FAQ

## Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

These are a series of frequently asked questions that are common on the Steam community forums. If you have additional questions, please comment on this page or ask on the Steam forums.

#### How do I drink water?

Water is used to reduce your thirst, and can be found by interacting on any fresh water source (the prompt needs to show up for this to work and can't be in the ocean). It takes a few seconds for the icons at the bottom right of the user-interface to update, but the current thirst level can be found on the Player page (default "P"). In order to store water for later, the player must make a waterskin, which first needs to be unlocked in the blueprints, then can be crafted in the player inventory.

#### Where do I find food?

Food is everywhere! There are a variety of berry bushes that can be harvested be interacting with them, as well as any animal you see can be a source of fresh meat which can be cooked over a campfire or other heat source. You can also purchase food in the shipping bin, and corn bread is a cheap option.

Remember that when you hunt you should finish harvesting the entire animal to get the pelt, which then can sold for a healthy profit.

#### How do I set a respawn point?

The player needs a bed to respawn, which first needs to be researched in the blueprint screen. The first option that can be crafted in the player inventory once unlocked is the mattress.

#### Can I tame animals?

Yes. In order to tame an animal you need a blowgun and darts, which first need to be unlocked on the blueprint screen then crafted in the player's inventory. To daze an animal, the player needs to shoot at least one dart, if not more than one dart, at the animal until it falls down unconscious. Then the player must put the animal's preferred food type in the animal's inventory and the animal will automatically eat the food, increasing the taming bar. The object of this process is to increase the "tamed" bar to full before the "dazed" bar runs out. If you need more time, shoot the animal with more darts to increase the dazed meter. Any food type will do, but the process will be more efficient with their preferred food type (meat for predators, hay and vegetables for docile creatures).

#### How does storage work?

There are three types of storage in the game. One is for "heavy" materials, one is for regular items, and one is for both types of storage. The type that allows for any storage is the player stash (craftable in player inventory), and a player may only have one at a time. Regular items will fit in chests, cabinets, and safes, and "heavy goods" like wood, charcoal, and stone must go in a stockpile (craftable in the player menu).

#### How can I start farming?

First you need to unlock the "stone hoe" blueprint and craft it in your player inventory. You can then right click on the ground to turn the soil to tilled soil. There are a variety of buffs you can add to the soil to reduce growing times. Seeds can be purchased in the shipping bin or gathered in small quantities from harvesting vegetation in the world.

#### How do I make iron?

The player must first unlock the kiln blueprint, craft and place the kiln, and upgrade it twice to become a furnace that will allow you to turn 15 iron ore into 1 iron ingot. While the furnace can take any source of fuel, certain fuels will burn hotter and more efficiently. Charcoal is a common fuel type for iron smelting.

#### How do I make steel?

Same as for iron, a furnace is needed to create steel. The player must also be level 15 and have the steel recipe blueprint unlocked. The steel mixture is made in a twice upgraded laboratory station then smelted in the furnace.

#### Why did I see babies in the trailer?

A female playable character can become pregnant with the help of a partner or babies can be adopted from the Newspaper or from the shipping bin.

#### I am being shot at in the woods, but I don't think it's another player. Why?

There are groups of bandits that spawn at the tents you come across in the woods. Most of the time, your proximity to the tents will cause the to spawn, and if you are within their view range they will instantly aggro on you.

#### How do I get the pelt off a slain animal?

You need to completely;y harvest the animal until it is gone. This takes a long time for tools that do not specify they are for skinning. The iron and steel knives will harvest animals very quickly. The amount of meat, giblets, fat, hide, and specialty items that are harvested from animals depends on the animal's level and their size, which will also affect the price of the pelt.

#### How do I get clay?

There are three ways to get clay in HEAT, and two of them are viable for large quantities. Clay can be bought in the shipping bin for very cheap, harvested from clay nodes that spawn in the world, and by using a shovel on the ground for a random chance to get clay. Using a shovel is not a viable method for gathering large amounts of clay that are needed for many recipes and upgrades.

#### How do I delete building pieces?

Right click with a construction hammer. Depending on the server settings you may or may not have to pay $10 when you remove building pieces.