Can not break kitchen tool that were improved with upgrade card
I have .5 left on a saucepan, and it will not break. Will not let me make one more item to break it. Not sure if I repair it if it will count toward badge.
That's odd. I got the card and every single kitchen tool in my inventory broke immediately upon the changeover to usage bars. Even one I had repaired earlier in the day.
If you want to break something with a remnant of sturdiness on it, just repair it and interrupt the process by hitting the little X as soon as you can. This is the only way to break some tools which by default burn a point value which is not cleanly divisible into the total.
You might have to try a couple of times to get a good number.
Quote from badge description
"Used a Tinkertool to repair 127 cooking tools from their half-life to a fully-repaired state"
I'm pretty certain that I saw a staff post that confirmed repairing kitchen equipment by more than 50% counts for the badges.
"Correct, cooking tools will need to be repaired from 50% (or less) to 100% in one go for them to count towards the "Kitchen Division" achievements."
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