From ingredients to the next upgrade

Find it. Bring it home. Build.

Choose a gathering route by its material, area and tool requirement. The recipe reference below connects construction costs to the material planner.

Prepare the right tool

Where to gather

Material and routeAreaBring
Flax, thread, hides and leatherBramblemead ValleyStarting weapon; processing stations at camp
ClayEastern Whispering SwampStone Pickaxe or better
Copper and TinFractured PlainsBone Pickaxe or better
Iron OreEastern Stormtouched HighlandsBronze Pickaxe or better
Vault Shards and CoresSouth Temple Woods / Crasorak KaraCombat supplies; Windstep for the optional room

Locations and requirements checked against the linked sources. These are landmark routes, with no guaranteed spawn timer or yield.

Starter recipes

Build menu

Crafting Table

Plan materials →
Ash Logs
4

Your starting equipment station. This total excludes a shelter.

Sources for this section

MetaForge: Crafting Table recipe

Build menu

Campfire

Plan materials →
Ash Logs
4
Stone
4

Cook food and purify dirty water. Cooking fuel is extra.

Sources for this section

MetaForge: Campfire recipe and uses

Build menu

Spinning Wheel

Plan materials →
Ash Logs
12
Flax
4
Stone
2

Process 1 Flax into 1 Coarse Thread.

Sources for this section

MetaForge: Spinning Wheel recipe and processing

Build menu

Tannery

Plan materials →
Ash Logs
12
Animal Bone
4
Coarse Thread
2

Process 1 Animal Hide or 3 Animal Hide Scraps into 1 Leather.

Sources for this section

MetaForge: Tannery recipe and leather processing

Crafting Table

Bone Pickaxe

Plan materials →
Animal Bone
8
Ash Logs
6
Leather
4

The early mining upgrade for copper and tin.

Sources for this section

MetaForge: Bone Pickaxe recipe · Shacknews: How to get a Bone Pickaxe · April 18, 2025

Build menu

Furnace

Plan materials →
Stone
24
Clay
8
Charcoal
4
Fire Rune
10
Vault Shard
8

Build cost only. Charcoal for smelting and a Crucible are separate.

Sources for this section

MetaForge: Furnace recipe and smelting inputs · Destructoid: Vault Shards and Cores guide · Early Access reporting

Build menu

Lodestone

Plan materials →
Stone
32
Rune Essence
20
Vault Core
1

Discover a Vault Core to unlock. Law Runes for travel are extra.

Sources for this section

MetaForge: Lodestone recipe · RuneScape: Dragonwilds Wiki: Lodestone: teleport rules and recipe

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