Overview
- Beginner walkthroughs agree on the early loop: craft a Workbench with 4 tree trunks and 3 stone, then a Furnace with 6 tree trunks and 6 stone to smelt ores into ingots.
- Copper is most reliably found in Zone 1–2 cave systems around Y-levels 35–100, shows as brown protrusions that shimmer in the dark, and can be mined with a crude pickaxe before smelting.
- Iron appears deeper and more sparsely, commonly about 50–100 blocks below the surface in cave networks, is mineable with a crude or copper pickaxe, and is refined in the Furnace for tools and armor.
- Early resources like rubble and plant fiber are gathered from ground stones and bushes to craft crude tools such as the pickaxe and hatchet, with rubble picked up via the interact key.
- Expanded crafting rundowns map the broader station network, highlighting recipes and roles for additions like the Armorer’s Workbench, Blacksmith’s Anvil, and Chef’s Stove to unlock armor, repairs, and cooking.