Crafting a kayak to get to Little Bear island

[balbo_bibendi]

Sorry if this has been suggested before, but I'd like to see a craftable sea vessel that would take players to a new, more challenging area that would have animals and loot that couldnt be found elsewhere. The idea would be to provide a long term project while settling into the end game. The requirements to craft could be something like:

Boat: 25 birch bark, 5  cured birch sapling, 10 pine resin (rare, found on snags), 5 cedar firewood

Paddle: 2 cured maple sapling, 2 moose antlers, and some cured guts to tie them together

Maybe an option to add a sail? (faster, less calories, but less reliable): 15 cloth, 2 cured guts, 2 cured maple saplings

Project would take about 70 hours? 80 hours? I dont know how long boat making takes.

 

Some ideas for what unique stuff could be found on the island:

-Quiver from beaver (or some other new animal): faster draw speed, slower arrow decay

-Mink ushanka

-porcupines can be havested for quills, which functions as one use sewing kits

 

[Doc Feral]

The small island idea is nice, but it's not like boats are difficult to find on Great Bear.

[balbo_bibendi]

3 hours ago, Doc Feral said:

The small island idea is nice, but it's not like boats are difficult to find on Great Bear.

Thats a good point. The existing boats would have to be updated to require massive repairs or be completely beyond repair to keep a barrier of entry to the new area. Preferably the latter