Hunting

Hunting is essential in to survive to keep your Vitamin Nutrition up. You will also need it to tame Creatures and to feed your crew members.

=Getting Started=
 * To get started, you need to collect resources to survive. You'll need them to build tools, structures, and sailing vessels.


 * You can collect basic resources by hand like and  by punching trees, pick up rocks from the ground by pressing  to collect, and collect  by  picking bushes by pressing.

Basic Tools
You can then use these to craft some tools to make it easier to gather more resources. Some tools have better harvesting efficiency for certain resource types.

As you level up, it is recommended that you spend a few skill points in the Survivalism skill tree to unlock some basic tool blueprints:
 * 1) You need to spend some skill points on the The Basics to unlock the blueprints to be able to craft some basic stone tools.
 * The  is better for harvesting  and  from animal corpses, but also will harvest more  than  when using them on trees.
 * The is better for harvesting  and  from animal corpses.
 * The can be used as a basic weapon and will light your way at night.


 * After killing an animal you can hit the corpse with the to get some  or you can hunt fish in the ocean or ponds, (after killing the fish you can drag it back to the shore by pressing  to grab it, and again to drop it).


 * 1) Note that many resources can fill as substitutes for resource types (ex:  or  are also considered a  resource).
 * 2) Holding  while looking at a resource will show a HUD of what resources come from that resource node.

Beyond the basics

 * To gather be able to hunt animals more efficiently and defend yourself, you can unlock the Tools Of The Trade skill which gives you access to the.
 * Add some Skill points in the Archery Unlock to craft the and  to attack some Creatures at range.

Tamed Animals

 * If you have tamed an animal, you can also harvest meat and other resources by attacking other animals, but you will need to keep a store of food in the creature's inventory to restore its stamina and health.
 * You can move the or food item into the inventory of your tamed creature with.

Using Food

 * While berries and fruit can be consumed directly from your inventory, it is recommended to cook raw meat and fish, as it will fill your hunger bar, but will also damage you.
 * You can cook the food and eat it, or place it into a to preserve it and to feed your crew members.

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