Materials & Farming Guides
Choose the resource or production problem first. Ore, animal drops and cooked food use different routes; a missing ingredient and a missing station are different checks.
What is happening in your game?
Match the symptom, make the first check, then open the detailed steps.
I cannot find iron ore
Check the second dungeon level, then distinguish raw ore from the bars your recipe needs.
Find iron ore →The recipe is missing or red
Check the ingredients and nearby workstation before gathering more of an unrelated material.
Check crafting access →My sheep are not producing wool
Check the pen and sheep setup, then allow time for produce; this is a different task from collecting cow hide.
Check sheep and wool →I need food for Executive Chef
Use the three-dish checklist and match each recipe to its cookware.
Open the cooking checklist →I have wood but no pontoon recipe
The recipe is a Merchant discovery gift. More wood does not replace that unlock.
Unlock pontoon bridges →Find materials and make them usable
Find the right material, then check station and ingredient requirements.
Find and smelt iron ore
Search the second dungeon level, distinguish ore from bars and check the furnace recipe.
Use a furnace
Craft near the furnace, then diagnose missing recipes, ingredients and nested stations.
Obsidian
A community route searches crystal levels near lava; the Underworld is another documented location.
Soul Essence
Hunt Lost Souls at night around Pirate Islands; Soul Essence is a rare drop.
Build a crop and animal supply
Prepare the plot or pen before waiting for output. Hide and passive animal produce are different goals.
Grow crops
Prepare soil, plant crops, speed their growth and harvest without digging up immature plants.
Build an animal pen
Check enclosure requirements, tame animals and separate produce collection from chicken hatching.
Wool & sheep
Catch sheep in forests or check Agnes after building a trough; allow time for wool.
Cow hide
Search the northern islands for cows; choose whether to bring one home before collecting hide.
Cook for health or an achievement
Choose the health effect or exact dish first, then check all ingredients and the correct cookware.
Heal with food
Find the health-recovery route instead of searching for a missing health-potion recipe.
Seafood Platter missing
If bass and squid are not enough to reveal the dish, check crayfish, eel and potato at the stove.
Executive Chef checklist
Cook the three specified dishes and check their ingredients and different cooking stations.
Unlock a water crossing
Check the Merchant discovery gift rather than only collecting more wood.
Quick questions
Fishing before cooking
Prepare a fishing rod and bait before casting. The June 7 developer news says rod and bait quality affect catches. A September reply acknowledged poor returns, but did not confirm that a rebalance had shipped; check your build before expecting better catches.
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