Survival Guide - Your first day: Difference between revisions

This guide is a collaboration between many individuals and may have issues. A wonderful member of the community, copygirl, who is a contributor to the Vintage Story code, has compiled a more concise and potentially more user friendly [https://copy.mcft.net/vs/guide/ survival guide on her own page]. As with the wiki, there is no guarantee on the accuracy of the content and is correct to the best of the author's knowledge.

This is the default key bind, please keep in mind that when changing, for instance, the {{Keypress|Shift}} key for sneaking to a different one, all combinations previously using the shift key will change to your new key choice as well.

|+ '''Character controls'''

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|W}} {{Keypress|A}} {{Keypress|S}} {{Keypress|D}} || To move around

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|Space}} || Jump

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|E}} || Backpack Inventory (Access Crafting Grid)

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|C}} || Character Inventory (Clothes and other Gear)  

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|Shift}} || Sneak (used to place active items on blocks)  

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|Ctrl}} + {{Keypress|W}} || Run  

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|G}} || Sit down  

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|Q}} || Drop currently held item  

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|F5}} || Cycle through camera modes (first person, third person, overhead)  

|+ '''User interface controls'''

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|Tab}} || Show/Hide chat overlay

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|T}} || Begin typing in the chat overlay

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|F4}} || Show/Hide user interfaces

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|F6}} || Show/Hide user minimap

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|B}} || Show/Hide block info

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|H}} || Survival Handbook - can also be used while hovering over an item in the inventory

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|Shift}} + {{Keypress|H}} || Survival Handbook while looking at a block or item in the world

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|M}} || Show/Hide [[worldmap]]

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|N}} || Show/Hide block interaction help

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|V}} || Show/Hide coordinates

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|F12}} || Take a screenshot

| style="padding-right:0.5em" | {{Keypress|Esc}} || Exit/close any interface

 

# Find '''Flint''' or '''Loose Stones''' (basalt, granite, andesite, obsidian or peridotite).

# <code>Sneak + Right click</code> on solid ground to create a [[knapping]] surface. (Only Flint will immediately create a [[knapping]] surface. In order to use the other loose stones, you need to place it once, then <code>Sneak + Right click</code> again with another loose stone.

# Choose the tool to create from the menu. [[Axe]] and a [[Knife]] are highly recommended as first tools.  

# Using a stone in the active hand, <code>left click</code> on the orange boxes to remove them from the stone and shape the finished blade or tool head. When the last orange box is removed, the completed tool head will transfer to the player's hotbar.

# Press E to open the inventory GUI and access the crafting grid. In the grid, combine the stone tool blade with a stick (handle) to create the finished tool.

:'''''Note''': Sticks can be collected from the ground or by breaking leafy branches using <code>left click</code>.''

 

 

 

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# Main inventory that holds 10 slots and every slot is linked to a shortcut for quick access (default: keys 1 to 0).  

# Portable containers. Up to 4 containers can be added to expand the inventory even further, the slots are shown in the inventory/crafting window (default: E key).

:'''Tip''': [[Containers#Portable_Containers|Hand Baskets]] are the best first options to expand your inventory. Harvest [[Cooper's_Reed_(Cattail)|Reeds]], which can usually be found near lakes. The crafting grid can be found [[Containers#Portable_Containers|here]] or by pressing <code>H</code> and searching for ''basket'' to see its grid crafting recipe.

 

* [[Wild_Foods#Mushrooms|Mushrooms]] can be harvested with a [[knife]] or empty hands. They will regrow at the exact spot, so marking mushroom clusters on the map can be advantageous. Make sure to check the mushroom with the Handbook to check for poisonous variants, as some mushrooms can drain your [[health]] or even kill you when consumed raw or cooked

* Ripe [[Berry_Bushes|Berry Bushes]] can be harvested without tools, and then broken and replanted anywhere else. After a while they will start to bloom again.

* Most animals can be killed and harvested with a knife for nutritious meat and fat. Hold <code>Sneak + Hold Right mouse button</code> with a knife in hand to harvest animals. Meat must be cooked in a fire pit.

 

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Once the sun sets, a player might want to create a [[Firepit|firepit]] as a source of light and for cooking. Be aware though, [[weather|rain]] will extinguish any uncovered fires or torches, so be sure to build a simple roof over any firepits. <br>

Gather the following resources:

* Dry grass: <code>left click</code> with a [[Knife]] in hand to gather Tall Grass.

* Firewood: <code>left click</code> with an [[Axe]] in hand to cut [[trees|Trees]] and harvest '''logs'''. Place the '''axe''' and '''logs''' in the crafting grid to create firewood.

Hold <code>Sneak + Right click</code> on solid ground with the dry grass in hand to place a fire pit. Next, <code>Sneak + Right click</code> with 4 firewood in hand to complete the fire pit. Then, light the fire using a [[Firestarter|firestarter]] (or a torch), hold <code>Right click</code> with either item in hand and aim at the base of the firepit. (Optionally check the handbook, opened with <code>H</code>, to find out how to make a [[Firestarter|firestarter]].)

 

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[[File:Woodenclub-normal.png|60px|link=Club|left|text-top]] To defend against hostile creatures, craft stone age weapons by knapping or carving a club from a log. Different weapons have different ranges. [[Spear]]s are the strongest long range weapon in the stone age, but break quickly. Create a stone spearhead by knapping, and combine with a stick (shaft) in the crafting grid to finish the spear. Wooden clubs are durable but have less damage and less range. Knives, axes, or just plain sticks can all be used as weapons, but these have shorter ranges than the spear. In an emergency, small stones can be thrown at mobs. For more information, see the main article on [[Combat]]

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:''See [[Temperature| Temperature's main article]] for detailed information''.

:''See [[Temporal Stability| Temporal Stability's main article]] for detailed information''.

* Transfer the temporal stability from a temporal gear: hold the gear in the left hand, a knife in the right hand, and hold <code>right mouse button</code> to provide a 30% boost