I am having all kinds of problems. I did all this on a dry run testbed with just the core mods like hugslib and jecstools + the ST recommended mods, FYI.

At first I thought it was primitive tools mod, but even removed and just with ST+auto tool switcher and pocketsand I get no dice chopping / felling trees. My pawn first grabbed a normal weapon axe to chop the tree, and the stats say "no tool penalty". Then I force dropped the axe and the pawn switched to a primitive axe (from ST) and still "no tool penalty". Maybe the normal axe tool works but I don't own any.

I also confirmed with the primitive hammer from ST, they equip to build but the stats show 100% penalty for no tool.

Also, unless hardcore requires a restart, the game is not respecting the hardcore requirements. When tools are denied / disallowed, the pawns are still performing all the tasks with no tools in their inventory. I did this as a diagnostic and it looks like the rules aren't being followed.


So at this point sadly I can't run the mod.