Cattail

Cooper's reed (a.k.a. Cattails) are a very important early game item for making containers, rope, and skeps. They have two potential drops which include cattails tops and cattail roots.

Catttail tops can be used to craft hand baskets to increase your inventory, as well as stationary baskets that can be placed and used as item storage.

Cattail roots can be cooked and eaten to restore saturation.

To harvest the reeds you can break them with your hands, although this destroys the roots. To preserve the roots and allow multiple harvests use a knife. By breaking the roots you can then cook them to make them edible in a pinch. You can also replant the roots, useful for making a cattail farm or for decoration.

Vintage Story: Vanilla Game Content

Content
Terrain blocks	Gravel Sand Soil Rock
Metal Working	Anvil Crucible Forge Ingot Mold
Decorational	Paintings Plaster
Functional	Firepit Ore blasting bomb Loot Vessels Containers Quern
Tools & Weapons	Axe Hammer Hoe Knife Pickaxe Prospecting Pick Saw Scythe Shears Shovel Bow Spear Sword Club
Resources	Firewood Charcoal
Plants	Cattail Flax Onion Parsnip Rice Rye Soybean Spelt Turnip Flowers Trees Berries
Mobs	Bighorn sheep Chicken Drifter Locust Wild Pig Wolf Hyena

Guides

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