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36 items

Gathering

Wood Log

Gather from trees. Keep a small reserve for stations and charcoal.

Woods and wooded areas
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Gathering

Stone Chunk

Gather from rocks. Used for first tools, campfires and stone processing.

Rock deposits
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Gathering

Fiber

Gather from plants. Turn it into rope by hand or cloth at a Loom.

Fiber plants
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Building

Plank

Split logs by hand to start; sawing at a Workbench gives more planks per log.

Hand crafting or Workbench
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Building

Stick

A basic tool component made from wood logs.

Hand crafting
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Building

Rope

Used in tools, bags, storage and town construction. Fiber and sinew are separate recipe options.

Hand crafting
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Fuel

Charcoal

Make it at a Campfire. The basic wood-fuel recipe consumes two logs in total.

Campfire
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Ore

Copper Ore

Mine it with a stone pickaxe or better. Smelt copper before moving into bronze.

Woods and Heights
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Ore

Tin Grains

Pan at water edges with a Panning Tray. Three grains make one Tin Ingot.

Water edges
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Metal

Copper Ingot

An early forged metal and one of the ingredients used to alloy bronze.

Smelter
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Metal

Tin Ingot

Combine tin with copper to make bronze. Can be smelted from ore or grains.

Smelter
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Metal

Bronze Ingot

Your bridge to iron mining. A bronze pickaxe head needs three ingots.

Smelter
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Ore

Bog Iron

An alternative iron source in swamp regions. Requires a bronze pickaxe or better.

Fen
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Metal

Iron Ingot

Smelt from Iron Ore or Bog Iron. Used for steel, metal storage and founding a town.

Smelter
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Metal

Steel Ingot

The current recipe uses three Iron Ingots and two Charcoal. A steel pickaxe opens Star Iron mining.

Smelter
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Ore

Obsidian

Look for the large black glass deposits in Ashlands, rather than ordinary stone. Used in Blacksteel.

Ashlands
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Advanced

Ember Core

Dropped by the Cinder Colossus in Ashlands. Used in Blacksteel production alongside steel, obsidian and emberstone.

Cinder Colossus drop · Ashlands
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Metal

Blacksteel Ingot

An advanced alloy made in a Blast Smelter. Reserve both its component metals and its fuel.

Blast Smelter
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Ore

Star Iron

Found in meteorite craters; requires a steel pickaxe. Smelt into its own ingots.

Meteorite craters
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Metal

Star Iron Ingot

Process Star Iron with Emberstone in a Blast Smelter. It is a separate metal, not a steel ingredient.

Blast Smelter
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Building

Cut Stone

Use a Stonecutter to turn four Stone Chunks into three Cut Stone. Used for forges and town halls.

Stonecutter
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Survival

Cloth

Weave four Fiber into three Cloth at a Loom. Cloth goes into bags and bandages.

Loom
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Survival

Bandage

Craft a pair from one Cloth and two Fiber.

Hand crafting
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Tools

Stone Axe

An early gathering tool assembled at a Workbench.

Workbench
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Tools

Stone Pickaxe

Your first mining upgrade. It can mine copper; step up to bronze for iron.

Workbench
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Tools

Panning Tray

Make one from two Planks and use it at water edges for tin grains.

Workbench
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Tools

Fishing Rod

A reusable fishing tool assembled from sticks, rope and fiber.

Workbench
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Tools

Wooden Handle

A basic handle for fitting a forged head at a Workbench.

Workbench
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Tools

Reinforced Handle

A handle made from a Plank and two Sticks.

Workbench
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Tools

Bronze Pickaxe Head

Forge from three Bronze Ingots, then fit a handle at a Workbench. The head alone is not a finished pickaxe.

Forge
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Survival

Simple Bag

A carry-capacity upgrade made from cloth or leather plus rope. Bags stay with you on death.

Workbench
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Reference

Checked 24 October 2026 against the player wiki and its item data.

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