Tool

Stone Hatchet

Your first real tool after the rock: no bench, just stones and wood, and it chops the wood for your first base. Swap it out once the bench is up.

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Characteristics

Category: Tool

Stack size: 1

Durability: 100

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 10 Scrap

Damage: 15

Swing time: 0.9 s

Overview

In-game description

Primitive tool used for harvesting wood from trees and logs.

Every wipe starts the same way: a rock, a torch and a beach. The rock will chop a tree, slowly, and break stone nodes too. That is all you need to be holding this hatchet within a few minutes.

Hit a tree with the rock until you have 200 wood.
Break stone nodes for 100 stones.
Craft the hatchet straight from your inventory; no bench needed.
Gather a second batch and craft the stone pickaxe from the same recipe.

With 100 durability it does not last long, and it will not win you a fight. Treat it as a bridge. Once you have frags and a Level 1 bench, the metal hatchet gives you four times the durability and chops faster, and the stone one goes into the recycler.

One habit to pick up now: as you chop, an X appears on the trunk. Aim for it and the tree comes down sooner.