Gather and make

Gathering by hand

Fists work on wood, stone and ground. Tools only make it faster.

Punch a tree trunk with bare fists; bark chips fly.

Punch

Close your fist, pull back and punch. Every blow needs a fresh pull-back, so holding a fist against something does nothing. Chips fly to show a blow counted. Harder punches break more.

Punch a stone outcrop; pebbles chip off and drop as loose resources.

Grass fibre

Dig grass and you get fibre. It goes into your first tools, the Cooking stick and the Bedroll and sleeping, and it starts a Campfire.

Dig into the grass to turn up bundles of fibre.

Pick up what falls

Walk close to loose wood, stone and ore and it flies into your pack, as long as there is room. Fruit you pluck with a grip, see Fruit and planting. Hunger weakens your blows, see Food and eating.