Resources

Resources are the main source of progression, allowing you to build Structures, craft Items, and feed your Workers. At the start of the game, you must gather resources in order to grow your settlement, however as the game progresses and you obtain both more workers and the cart, you can sit back and oversee the town since your manual contributions become less pivotal.

The main source of resources is gathering or crafting them at your settlement, however once the Trade option is unlocked, you can purchase resources using gems.

**Wood:** This is the first resource you can gather, being required to build the bonfire, and nearly every other structure in the game as well as many smaller items. It is collected from the woods by the Wood Gatherer and helped by equipping an Iron Axe. This is one of the three initial resources which the player can manually gather.

**Food:** This resource is required to keep your settlers from going hungry, as well as being used by the Herdsman to make Skin. You must first build the Farm in order to collect Food, and the Farmer's gathering rate is helped by equipping the Sickle. This is one of the three initial resources which the player can manually gather.

Food can also be gained from trading.
**Skin:** Required to craft a Bow and Arrow for the Scout, it is also used by the Tanner to craft Leather.

Skin is collected from corpses of attacking predators.

**Iron:** The fourth resource available, Iron is used to craft the Axe, Pick Axe *(sic)*, Sickle, Bow and Arrow, Iron Armor, Shield, Ship, and used by the Steel Worker to craft Steel.

It is mined by the Iron Miner in the Iron Mine and gather rate is increased by the Pick Axe. ADungeon.

This is the last of the three initial resources which the player can manually gather.

**Leather** Crafted from Skin or from trading, this resource is made by the tanner and used to craft Iron and Steel Armor, the Leather Bag, and the Shield.

**Coal:** Mined in the Coal Mine by the Coal Miner, this resource is exclusively used by the Steel Worker to craft Steel with the combination of Iron. It is later used to craft Temple Hut.

**Steel:** Used to craft the toughest armor in the game, Steel Armor, as well as the Steel Sword. It is created by the Steel Worker in the Steelworks or from Trading.

**Meteorite Shards:** Used by the Alchemist to create Sun Stones, Shards have a chance to be found by workers in the Coal Mine or from Dungeon.

**Gems:** The currency used in trading, Gems are necessary for obtaining Ancient Texts, but can also be used to purchase other resources once sufficient trade routes have been established. Can also be found in mines like Coal and Iron.

**Sun Stone:** Crafted by the Alchemist, this endgame resource is used to create the Flaming Sword, as well as to open the Temple and upgrade the Titan. It is made from Meteorite Shards and Iron or with Iron only.

**Ancient Texts:** These are unlocked through your first established trade route, and can be studied by a wise settler to unlock the power of alchemy.

**Tips**

If you're desparate for Gems or Meteorite Shards, send multiple wanderers to Iron or Coal mines to increase the chance to find them. With sufficient gems, you can also purchase Ancient Texts.