Earth has 10 resources arranged from lowest to highest value. The resource you mine depends on your current heat zone — click faster to reach higher heat zones and mine rarer materials. Each resource is tied to a specific heat level, so maintaining high click speed is key to earning more per click.
Tools are auto-mining machines that generate income passively every second. Each tool is tied to a specific resource and produces a fixed dollar amount per second. Tool prices increase by 15% with each purchase, but owning multiple copies of the same tool stacks their output. Every tool pays for itself in about 100 seconds at base price.