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 route | Area | Bring |
|---|---|---|
| Flax, thread, hides and leather → | Bramblemead Valley | Starting weapon; processing stations at camp |
| Clay → | Eastern Whispering Swamp | Stone Pickaxe or better |
| Copper and Tin → | Fractured Plains | Bone Pickaxe or better |
| Iron Ore → | Eastern Stormtouched Highlands | Bronze Pickaxe or better |
| Vault Shards and Cores → | South Temple Woods / Crasorak Kara | Combat 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
- Ash Logs
- 4
Your starting equipment station. This total excludes a shelter.
Sources for this section
Build menu
Campfire
- Ash Logs
- 4
- Stone
- 4
Cook food and purify dirty water. Cooking fuel is extra.
Sources for this section
Build menu
Spinning Wheel
- Ash Logs
- 12
- Flax
- 4
- Stone
- 2
Process 1 Flax into 1 Coarse Thread.
Sources for this section
Build menu
Tannery
- 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
Crafting Table
Bone Pickaxe
- 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
- Stone
- 24
- Clay
- 8
- Charcoal
- 4
- Fire Rune
- 10
- Vault Shard
- 8
Build cost only. Charcoal for smelting and a Crucible are separate.
Build menu
Lodestone
- 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