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== Controls ==
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The default key mappings are as follows (you can change these in the settings)
 
* '''WASD''' Keys to move around
* '''E''' for Inventory
* '''B''' for Block Info (shows you what you currently look at)
* '''C''' for Coordinates
* '''Shift''' to sneak
* '''L-Ctrl''' to run
* '''T''' to open the chat dialog
* '''Left Mouse''' break stuff
* '''Right Mouse''' place/use stuff
 
== Basic Tools ==
[[File:Stonesbranches.png|300px|right]]
* Find some loose stones and break some branchy leaves. Those 2 ingredients will let you make a stone axe, a stone shovel, a stone pickaxe and a stone hoe
* A Flint and a stick let's you craft a knife that let's you harvest dry grass from tallgrass. Flint are occassionally found amongst patches of loose stone
 
[[File:FlintKnifeRecipe.png|130px]]
[[File:StoneAxeRecipe.png|130px]]
[[File:StoneHoeRecipe.png|130px]]
[[File:StonePickaxeRecipe.png|130px]]
[[File:StoneShovelRecipe.png|130px]]
 
== Food ==
[[File:Black currant and wild crops.png|300px|right]]
Most importantly you will probably want to explore wide and far for crops and berry bushes to secure your food situation.
* Crops can be planted on any soil after tilling it with a hoe, but grows best on high fertility soil. Crops also require a nearby water source.
* Ripe Berry Bushes can be harvested and afterwards broken+replanted anywhere else. After a while they will start to bloom again.
 
== Inventory Space ==
Once you have a basic farm set up, you could go ahead and increase your inventory space
* Reeds can be crafting into baskets that have 2 slots each. Place it into one of the 4 bottom-right slots
* If you've found Flax, you can work towards Linen Sacks, which offer 4 slots of space.
 
== Entering the Copper and Bronze Age ==
 
=== Producing ingots ===
 
[[File:Claydeposits.png|300px|right]]
 
1. Collect some dry grass, clay, some logs, lignite or bituminous coal and native copper
* Clay is found in most areas that are not too dry
* Native copper and coal/lignite can be found in caves
* Dry Grass is made by breaking tall grass with a knife
 
2. Make a crucible and some ingot molds
* Use the clay to craft a crucible as well as a couple of molds
[[File:Crucible.png|130px]] [[File:Ingotmold.png|130px]]
 
3. Make a fire pit
[[File:Firepit.gif|right]]
 
* Put an axe and log in your crafting window to acquire at least 4 firewood
* Put dry grass in your active hand, then right click on the ground, now add firewood with the same method
 
4. Bake the crucible and molds
* Put your raw clay crafts on the top left slot of the firepit, add more fuel to the bottom slot if required
* Place your baked molds on the ground via Shift+Right click
 
5. Smelt ores
* Once the crucible is baked, move back from the right slot to the left slow. This will extend the firepit dialog by 4 additional slots
* These 4 slots can now hold your ores for smelting and alloying. Put it your native copper and wait.
* Currently available alloys:
** Tin bronze: 88-92% copper, 8-12% tin. Double durability than copper and quite strong
** Bismuth bronze: 50-70% copper, 20-30% zinc and 10-20% bismuth. Slightly higher durability than tin bronze but somewhat weaker (slightly less damage on swords, slightly less mining speeds)
** Black bronze: 70-90% copper, 8-16% gold, 8-16% silver. Highest durability and strength of all bronze alloys.
 
6. Pour your molten mix into the molds
* Once the molten metal has cooled to 20% it's melting point (usually around 200°C) you can take out the ingots and place them on the ground or store them in chests
 
Here is a video of the full smelting process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkaakcRTjC4
 
=== Producing Metal Tools and Weapons ===
 
1. Craft an anvil, forge and hammer
 
[[File:CopperanvilRecipe.png|130px]] [[File:ForgeRecipe.png|130px]] [[File:StoneHammerRecipe.png|130px]]
 
2. Fill the forge with bituminous coal or lignite and your desired metal holding shift + right mouse click. Ignite with a torch.
 
3. Once the metal is over 60% it's melting point it can be worked. Take it from the forge and place it on the anvil. This will open up a dialog allowing you to choose what to tool/weapon to craft
 
4. Your goal is now to fill in the empty blue squares with metal. Hit 'F' with a hammer in your hand to see your tool modes. The first mode spreads metal in all directions, the next 4 in a single direction and the last one removes a piece of metal. If your work item cools down too much you will need to reheat it on the forge.
 
5. The axe currently requires 2 ingots, you can see the available amount of spreadable metal in the block info. Place another hot ingot on top of the work item for refilling.
 
Here is a video of the full smithing process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5_DXjPPU6Y

Latest revision as of 16:54, 15 June 2020