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Foraging for tool making materials, foods, and other resources is important in the early stages of the game. Most gathering does not require any specialized tools, or can be accomplished using stone tools included in the starter guide: [[axe]], [[knife]] and [[spear]]. The uses for items provided in this guide are not "all encompassing" but are targeted towards "early game" necessities and can be used in conjunction with the Starter Guide.

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[[file:Flint.png|50px]] Loose stones are used to knap [[Tools and Weapons|stone tools]]. For instructions on creating stone and flint tools, see the [[knapping]] page.

Look around on the ground for loose stones of a type that can be used when [[knapping]]. To collect, break using the left mouse button.  

* Types of stones that are useful for tool making include: '''Andesite, Basalt, Flint, Granite, Obsidian and Peridotite.'''

[[file:Grid_Stick.png|50px]]Sticks are used to create torches and tools by adding handles to stone tool heads. Players can find sticks on the ground (left mouse button to break). If there are no sticks on the ground, look around for "leaves". There are two type of leaves in the game, regular and branchy. Regular leaves have an extremely low chance of dropping sticks and saplings. Branchy leaves can be broken without tools and are guaranteed to yield sticks.  

[[file:Grid Log (Oak).png|50px]] To collect logs, fell a tree using an [[axe]] and chop the base log. Logs can be converted to [[firewood]] and used for other early crafting needs including a pan used in [[panning]] and the primitive weapon, [[club]]. A few sticks might be dropped, but not many. Firewood is an important resource to make a [[firepit]] for cooking foraged foods, and creating torches.

[[file:Grid drygrass.png|50px]] With a flint [[knife]], harvest tall [[grass]] using left mouse button. Dry grass is used with firewood to make the [[firepit]] but also to make the [[bed|Hay bed]].

[[file:Grid Cattail tops.png|50px]] With a flint [[knife]], harvest [[cattail]] tops from [[Cooper's Reed (Cattail)]] using left mouse button. Breaking the block using left mouse button with an empty hand allows players to collect the cattail tops, but the destroys the plant. Reeds are used to craft the simplest portable containers, the [[containers#portable containers|handbasket]] to expand the player's inventory.

[[file:Crop-flax.png|50px]] Wild crops can be harvested using left mouse button and an empty hand for both the seeds used in [[farming]] and edibles including beans, grains and root vegetables. A crop that is not mature won't provide as many edibles, but any of these foods can be eaten raw.

   

[[file:Berrybush red currant ripe.png|50px]] Berry bushes grow in temperate and colder climates. Ripe [[Berry Bushes|berry bushes]] can be harvested using right mouse button to collect berries. Using the left mouse button allows players to collect the bushes. Berries can also be eaten raw.

Any animal can be killed and butchered for meat using a [[knife]]. Press shift and hold right mouse button with a [[knife]] in the active hand to harvest animal products. When the butchering process is complete, a small window will open that contains all the animal products for collection.  

[[file:Grid Raw hide.png|50px]] Raw Hides can be oiled with fat to create pelts and with reeds, to create a [[Containers#portable containers|hunter's backpack]] and expand the player's inventory.

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