Flax, thread and leather: a Bramblemead gathering route

Temple Woods → Bramblemead Valley → camp

1. Leave Temple Woods towards Bramblemead Valley to the east. Use the village as a recognisable return point.
2. Search the grassy ground for tall blue flowers. Pick up Flax as you move between nearby patches; avoid turning the first run into a trip through the swamp.
3. If you cannot find a patch, check a different stretch of the valley’s grass. The sources establish the region, but do not establish a dependable respawn timer or a fixed yield for a circuit.

Checked on screen · Oct 14, 2026

0:50–1:14 · 24 sWhere the Flax stop sits: Bramblemead Valley, east of Temple Woods

Bring back hides and bones on the same trip

Cows, rats and Kebbits provide useful early animal materials. Hunt manageable targets while looking for Flax, and inspect the actual loot before choosing your next recipe. Deer are another source of hides and bones, but a ranged option makes chasing them less wasteful.

Our recommendation is to gather for one missing station or tool at a time. Keep the route short enough to return with food and equipment durability remaining; a large haul is not useful if you cannot bring it home.

Process the haul in the right order

Reserve four Flax if you still need to build the Spinning Wheel. The Tannery itself needs two Coarse Thread. Process the remaining supply after the stations are built, then check what the chosen equipment needs.

The planner’s Processed inputs view keeps thread and leather as finished ingredients. Select Raw gathering plan to expand them into Flax and Animal Hide, after subtracting the supplies you already own. Station construction and operating fuel remain separate.