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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.

[[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)]]s 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.

[[file:Grid mushroom bolete.png|50px]] Mushrooms are naturally generated in colder, wetter climactic regions. Breaking the block using left mouse button with an empty hand allows players to collect the mushrooms, but the tops will not regrow.  Mushrooms can be selectively harvested using left mouse button and a [[knife]] to collect only the tops. Over time, the tops will regenerate. (''Don't eat the red ones'')

[[file:Fruit saguaro.png|50px]] Saguaro or cactus fruit are naturally generated in arid or desert climactic regions. Breaking the cactus block using left mouse button with an empty hand allows players to collect the fruits, but the tops will not regrow.  Fruits can be selectively harvested using left mouse button and a [[knife]]. Over time, the fruit will regenerate.  

[[file:Grid redmeat raw.png|50px]] There are three types of meat: Red meat from Sheep, Pigs and Hares; poultry from chickens; and Bush Meat, from Wolves and Hyenas. All meat must be cooked before eating, but can be roasted using a [[firepit]]

[[file:Grid Fat.png|50px]] Lumps of fat can be used as fuel in a firepit, eaten raw as a source of protein, or used with a raw hide to create a pelt.

[[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.