I personally do not think it is necessary, but I'll let Rith or Pigman have the final say.

What kind of templates are you talking about?

I believe Tim means templates like this:

Tools
Sword | Pickaxe | Axe | Shovel | Hoe | Flint and Steel | Shears | Compass | Clock | Carrot on a Stick | Fishing Rod

Except one for each tier of tool.

HeHe... I kind of found that after searching a little, but tried looking at the specific tier tool first... :-)

The question then becomes, how would we like this to look for a given page, and how is that possible to do?

I.e. How would/should/could the page for Shears and Iron Sword, look like?

Let me try something here:

?	Tools
Non-tier	Flint and Steel | Shears | Compass | Clock | Carrot on a Stick | Fishing Rod
Axe	Wooden | Stone | Iron | Gold | Diamond
Pickaxe	Wooden | Stone |Iron | Gold | Diamond
Sword	Wooden | Stone | Iron | Gold | Diamond
Hoe	Wooden | Stone | Iron | Gold | Diamond
Shovel	Wooden | Stone | Iron | Gold | Diamond

Are we talking about something like this (but with a lower height)?

Or another idea, could be:

Tools
Flint and Steel • Shears • Compass • Clock • Carrot on a Stick • Fishing Rod • Axe (Wooden, Stone/Iron, Gold, Diamond) • Pickaxe (Wooden, Stone, Iron, Gold, Diamond) • Sword (Wooden, Stone, Iron, Gold, Diamond) • Hoe (Wooden, Stone, Iron, Gold, Diamond) • Shovel (Wooden, Stone, Iron, Gold, Diamond)

This version does take less space, but it kind of hides the different tools, and there is a lot of wood, iron, etc...

Oh well, we still need to decide if in general we would like for something like either alternative at all. But these are doable, as proven by my examples.

The previous alternative is available as {{User:Holroy/Template/ToolTiered}}, and this one as {{User:Holroy/Template/ToolTieredII}}. You can test-edit any of the tools, and see result in preview. But do not save!

That seems nice, but can you make the background brighter? Teal on blue link is hard to see for most people.