Survival Starter Guide: Difference between revisions

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Where you appear in the world is your "spawn location". If you die in the game, you will reappear at your spawn location until you find a way to reset your spawn point using a temporal gear. Sleeping in a bed does not reset your spawn location.

You can open your large world map by pressing M. Press M to close the map again. You can track your location in the world on your minimap and using your X, Y, Z coordinates (Display by pressing V)  

You can set a waypoint to mark any place of interest you find while exploring. The command to set a waypoint is <code>/waypoint add <color> <name></code>. It may be a good idea to set a marker for your spawn point when you first appear in the world. For example: <code>/waypoint add red spawn</code>. A red dot will appear on your large map and your minimap when you are close to the location.  

Your hotbar contains a single off-hand slot, 10 main-hand slots, and 4 container slots. You can only hold certain items in your off-hand. It's a good idea to move your torch to your off-hand so that you have a light source.

Initially, your hotbar can only contain 10 items at any given time, until you add containers to your 4 container slots.

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* Useful Stone Tools

** An [[axe]] lets you chop trees, bamboo and break logs to get [[firewood]].

* [[Cattail]] roots can be harvested using a knife and cooked over a fire as a source of early game forage.

A little later, after you craft a [[hoe]] or [[knife]], more options become available:

* [[Farming#crops|Crops]] can be planted on any soil after tilling it with a [[hoe]], but grow best on high fertility soil. [[Farming#crops|Crops]] also require a nearby water source.

* Animals can be killed for their meat. Use Sneak + right mouse click with a knife in hands to harvest dead animals.

Until then, hold on to the seeds and berry bushes until you found a place to settle down.

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''Main article: [[Light sources]]''

Your second priority should probably be to ensure a source of light because the nights can get pretty dark. You start with one torch, and when you hold this in your left hand slot, it will always provide the player with light.  This is great while traveling or exploring, however, you'll eventually want more than one source of light.

* '''Torch''': Provides good lighting at a low cost, but only lasts for 3 days when placed. Created by converting a stick in a firepit.

Later in the game, you can make more permanent light sources like Oil lamps and Lanterns.

* 6 extra slots: A backpack crafted from leather which drops from various animals when killed

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Without a pickaxe, there are only two ways to get ores: finding it on the ground, and panning. When you explore, you may come across surface deposits of various ores, the one you are concerned with is copper. It's more common compared to other metals that don't need to be alloyed, which is something you'll get to later.

[[File:Native copper in chert.png|300px|thumbnail|right|Copper ore can be found by surface chunks like these.]]

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|Surface ores are always an indicator of near-surface deposits. If you dig down where the surface pieces were you are very likely to find a deposit. If you don't have a pick, add a waypoint and a way of remembering the exact block location.

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Alternatively, panning doesn't have you running around, which can be nice if you don't want to face monsters. However, it is a more reliable source of ore.

You can pan sand and gravel using a wooden pan, crafted with a piece of log with a knife beside it in the crafting grid. You must use only dry sand and gravel - muddy gravel won't work. The block needs to be on dry land and not touching any water. You, however, must be standing in the water. Right-click the block to fill the pan, then hold your right mouse button to wash the gravel. You can pan 8 times from one block of gravel or sand. Once you collect a few dozen ore nuggets you are ready to leave the stone age.

Here's how to craft a pan. With it, you can pick up sand and gravel and wash it out in water to find copper and other treasures.<br>

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* You will need to gather fire clay, make fire bricks, burn the firebricks in a fire pit and then build a bloomery base and chimney

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