Mining Materials
Rock
Mother Earth is full of resources that you can extract and use. One of these resources is rock which you can mine in 3 mining sites located around the islands. You will need to mine rocks when you build base buildings.
To mine rocks you will need to have a pickaxe
in your tool belt. Approach the door of the mining shaft, open your inventory by pressing the G key
on your keyboard and then richt-click on the pickaxe and select 'use pickaxe'.
Your player will begin mining rocks and will continue until 15 have been mined. If you need less than 15 you can interrupt the process by pressing the W key
on your keyboard.
The mined rocks will appear on the ground beside you, pick them up and put them in your inventory.
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| There is a chance that your pickaxe may break when using it in which case you will need to find a new one. |
Harvesting Wood
Starting fires is important to help you keep warm and to boil drinking water as well as cook meat to prevent yourself from contracting infections.
To start a fire you first need to harvest some wood. To do that you will first need to find a hatchet
. Once you have found a hatchet go in to a forest, open your gear menu by pressing the G key
on your keyboard and place the hatchet in your tool belt by right clicking it and selecting 'Add to tool belt'. The hatchet must be in your tool belt in order to harvest wood, not in weapon mode.
Once in your tool belt, right click the hatchet again and select 'Harvest Wood'.
Your player will being harvesting wood. Your player will automatically harvest 15 wood piles, however to start a fire you only need one, hence you can stop harvesting wood by pressing the W key
on your keyboard. Wood piles can not only be used to start fires but for other things such as building too. Click here to find out more.
Some wood piles will have now appeared on the ground beside your player. Put them in your inventory.
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| There is a chance that your hatchet may break when using it in which case you will need to find a new one. |
