Your first session, straight from the game's data

The opening quest chain

Grouped by the game's own quest tiers — it advances you tier by tier. Counts are the quest's own progress targets.

1. Tier 0

   • Chop a tree
   • Collect a berry bush
   • Mine a stone with the pickaxe

2. Tier 1

   • Craft a hoe
   • Craft a stick in the quick craft menu
   • Craft and place a crafting table
   • Plant and water a berry bush

3. Tier 2

   • Build and place Research Table
   • Craft and place a rain collector
   • Craft and read the survival guide

4. Tier 3

   • Build and place a bed
   • Chop a bush with an axe
   • Craft a Build-Hammer
   • Plant a tree

5. Tier 4

   • Open key items overview in the inventory
   • Research an item in the research Table

Recipes you start with

All 18 recipes the game marks as available from the start — no research needed. Station names come from the game's own crafting-location enum.

• Axe By handCrafting Table 2× Stick, 2× Stone
• Build-Hammer By handCrafting Table 4× Stick, 5× Stone
• Campfire Crafting Table 8× Stick, 6× Stone
• Cloth Crafting Table 1× Cotton
• Crafting Table By handCrafting Table 6× Wood
• Fried Egg Kitchen 2× Egg
• Hoe By handCrafting Table 3× Stick, 2× Stone
• Honey Kitchen 4× Beeswax
• Honey Bread Kitchen 1× Bread, 1× Honey
• Pickaxe By handCrafting Table 2× Stick, 3× Stone
• Raspberry Muffin (Not Baked) Kitchen 1× Dough, 1× Raspberry, 1× Egg
• Research Table Crafting Table 8× Wood, 1× Cloth
• Standing Torch Crafting Table 2× Stick, 1× Wood, 2× Cotton
• Stick By handCrafting Table 1× Wood
• Survival Guide By handCrafting Table 1× Wood, 2× Leaf
• Torch 2× Stick, 1× Stone
• Watercan (Wood) Crafting Table 4× Wood
• Watermelon Juice Kitchen 1× Watermelon, 1× Water Bottle

Plan materials for any of these in the Crafting Planner ›

First research worth taking

Tier-0 progression research: available immediately, no prerequisites. Costs and unlock counts are the game's own values. For the full tree, see the Research Order guide.

• Energy Workbench Electronics 1× Blueprint 6 recipes 3 research
• Unlock Tier 2 Other 1× Build-Hammer, 1× Beeswax 6 research
• Beehive Animals 2× Wood 2 recipes
• Bed Devices 2× Wood, 2× Stick, 1× Cloth 1 recipes
• chest Devices 2× Wood 1 recipes
• Drill Electronics 1× Blueprint 1 recipes
• Feeding Trough Animals 4× Wood, 2× Stick 1 recipes
• Rain Collector Devices 2× Wood 1 recipes
• Repairkit Devices 2× Iron 1 recipes
• Sprinkler Electronics 1× Blueprint 1 recipes
• Water Trough Animals 4× Stone, 4× Wood 1 recipes
• Well Devices 3× Stone, 2× Wood, 2× Stick 1 recipes

Full research order ›