in my lameness, I am having trouble figuring out how to equip things. Not sure what I have equip'd, how to equip something else, etc... and the 1 and 2 thing... that happened as I was clicking elsewhere, so no clue what that is for...
Weapons are equipped automatically by power (you can see the currently equipped items in the bottom right panel of the inventory screen). Weapons can be specifically equipped by selecting them in the inventory to always use that specific weapon instead of the automatically chosen one until it is unequipped (useful for non-standard weapons like Bows). But in most cases, attacking an enemy or mining will use the equipment you want it to.
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Weapons are equipped automatically by power (you can see the currently equipped items in the bottom right panel of the inventory screen). Weapons can be specifically equipped by selecting them in the inventory to always use that specific weapon instead of the automatically chosen one until it is unequipped (useful for non-standard weapons like Bows). But in most cases, attacking an enemy or mining will use the equipment you want it to.