Firewood

[littlefox1970]

I have been hearing players talk about harvesting wood --- could someone please tell me how and where I can use my hatchet to chop wood? I will definitely need that knowledge to go beyond my three week run... Someone please spoil me?

Many thanks,

Little Fox~

[elloco999]

Where: anywhere

How: open the survival menu (TAB) and click the "Forage" option to open the forage menu. Use the tabs to select tinder (default), softwood and hardwood.

You can use the hatchet (selected by default if you have it in your inventory) to lower the amount of time required per piece of wood.

You can also forage inside in the same way but instead of soft/ hardwood you will get reclaimed wood and max 20 per building (and max 5 tinder per building)

[littlefox1970]

Where: anywhere

How: open the survival menu (TAB) and click the "Forage" option to open the forage menu. Use the tabs to select tinder (default), softwood and hardwood.

You can use the hatchet (selected by default if you have it in your inventory) to lower the amount of time required per piece of wood.

You can also forage inside in the same way but instead of soft/ hardwood you will get reclaimed wood and max 20 per building (and max 5 tinder per building)

First it was shift for RUN - now it is tab for MENU --- I keep fading into the long dark for lack of computer knowledge ... wish there was a control assignation tab in the main menu bar....hint, hint, Hinterland

Thanks so much Elloco- appreciate the help very much

[littlefox1970]

My apologies - just discovered there IS one ... sheepish grin.

Computer game journal log entry 1: learn to loot and forage main menu bar prior to playing new computer games.

I'm such a pcgame noob! (facepalm)

[elloco999]

Yup, you can set your own controls through the options menu. Another function that can be of great help, especially for new players is the help function. Press F1 while in game for a overview of the most important controls. Although I expect it will display the default controls, so if you change them they will not match with your actual controls.

[Bill Tarling]

First it was shift for RUN - now it is tab for MENU --- I keep fading into the long dark for lack of computer knowledge ... wish there was a control assignation tab in the main menu bar....hint, hint, Hinterland

As elloco999 mentioned, there's also OPTIONS >> Key Bindings to see and assign various controls

[FatherTime72]

You can forage wood without using a tool - just follow the directions the others gave but remove the hatchet from the drop-down. I found this helpful when I either run out of materials to repair the hatchet, or just didn't want to waste them. It takes more time by hand, but can be worth it.

[littlefox1970]

Thanks so much for all your good advice, everyone- very helpful

[littlefox1970]

Oh- BTW - Just want to say...the discovery of the tab menu has REALLY upped the game for me! I love it