Efficient Building Path

Step-by-step order for maximum efficiency, from first axe to late game.

1. Step 1 — Stone Axe

   Punch trees and rocks for the first wood and stone, then craft the axe. Everything starts here.

   Requires: 5x Wood · 4x Stone

2. Step 2 — Hammer

   Unlocks the build menu. Without it there is no base.

   Requires: 3x Wood · 2x Stone

3. Step 3 — Workbench

   Crafting, repairs and stops enemy spawns nearby. Always roofed.

   Requires: 10x Wood

4. Step 4 — Shelter

   Walls and a roof around the workbench: rested bonus and dry crafting.

   Requires: 40x Wood

5. Step 5 — Bed and Fire

   Sets your spawn and gives the rested bonus. Never skip it.

   Requires: 8x Wood · 5x Stone

6. Step 6 — Flint Knife

   First real weapon. Boars and necks become trivial.

   Requires: 2x Wood · 4x Flint · 2x Leather scraps

7. Step 7 — Crude Bow

   Hunt deer safely from range and stock arrows early.

   Requires: 10x Wood · 8x Leather scraps

8. Step 8 — Leather Armor

   Full set before the Black Forest: cheap and effective.

   Requires: 18x Deer hide · 15x Bone fragments

9. Step 9 — Forge and Bronze

   Mine copper and tin in the Black Forest, smelt bronze, unlock metal gear.

   Requires: 4x Stone · 4x Coal · 10x Wood · 6x Copper

10. Step 10 — Iron Age

    Swamp crypts with a pickaxe: iron unlocks the next tier.

    Requires: 20x Iron · 2x Deer hide

11. Step 11 — Silver Age

    Mountains with frost protection: silver for Wolf armor and Frostner.

    Requires: 2x Wood · 40x Silver · 3x Leather scraps · 5x Iron

12. Step 12 — Plains and Beyond

    Black metal, then Mistlands magic and Ashlands fire. Follow the bosses.

    Requires: 2x Fine wood · 20x Black metal · 5x Linen thread