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Materials are items that the player uses primarily for the use of Crafting better items, such as Tools, Clothing, First Aid, Fire Starting supplies, and sometimes even Food and Drink.

Animal Products

Fresh Hides

Item Weight Cure Time
Fresh Gut 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
Fresh Black Bear Hide 1.00 kg
(2.2 lb)
  • 12 days
Fresh Cougar Hide 0.75 kg
(1.65 lb)
  • 10 days
Fresh Deer Hide 0.50 kg
(1.1 lb)
  • 5 days
Fresh Moose Hide 5.00 kg
(11 lb)
  • 10 days
Fresh Rabbit Pelt 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
  • 3 days
Fresh Wolf Pelt 0.75 kg
(1.65 lb)
  • 7 days

Cured Hides

Item Weight Craft into
Cured Gut 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
  •  Line
  • Used to create and repair Animal Clothing
  • 2 are used to repair  Travois
Cured Black Bear Hide 1.00 kg
(2.2 lb)
Cured Cougar Hide 0.75 kg
(1.65 lb)
Cured Deer Hide 0.50 kg
(1.1 lb)
Cured Moose Hide 5.00 kg
(11 lb)
Cured Rabbit Pelt 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
Cured Wolf Pelt 0.75 kg
(1.65 lb)

Other

Item Weight Craft into
Cougar Claw 0.07 kg
(0.154 lb)

Plant

Produce

Item Weight Comment
Acorns 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
Burdock Root 0.15 kg
(0.33 lb)
  • Dug up from Burdock plants
  • Can be crafted into  Prepared Burdock
  • 2 are used as Recipe Ingredients to create  Prepper's Pie
  • Counts as Harvesteable Plant for Trades (when unprepared)
Old Man's Beard Lichen 0.01 kg
(0.022 lb)
  • Found hanging on the low branches of trees
  • 3 are used to create  Old Man's Beard Wound Dressing
  • Counts as Harvesteable Plant for Trades (when unprepared)
Reishi Mushroom 0.05 kg
(0.11 lb)
Rose Hip 0.01 kg
(0.022 lb)
  • 8 can be found when scavenging Rose Hip Bushes
  • 24 are used to create  Prepared Rose Hips
  • 4 are used as Recipe Ingredients to create  Camber Flight Porridge
  • 8 are used as Recipe Ingredients to create  Rose Hip Pie
  • Counts as Harvesteable Plant for Trades (when unprepared)
Birch Bark 0.05 kg

(0.11 lbs)

  • Found randomly in Birch Forests
  • 2 are used to create Prepared Birch Bark
  • Counts as Harvestable Plant for Trades (when unprepared)
  • Can be used as a firestarter (when unprepared)

Prepared

Item Weight Comment
Acorn Grounds 0.20 kg
(0.44 lb)
Prepared Acorns 0.05 kg
(0.11 lb)
Prepared Acorns (Large Portion) 0.25 kg
(0.55 lb)

Sapling

Item Weight Comment
Cured Birch Sapling 0.30 kg
(0.66 lb)
Cured Maple Sapling 0.20 kg
(0.44 lb)
Green Birch Sapling 0.30 kg
(0.66 lb)
Green Maple Sapling 0.20 kg
(0.44 lb)
  • Cure indoors for 6 days

Wood

Item Weight Comment
Reclaimed Wood 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
  • Used to craft Snare
  • Can be used as Fuel for Fires
Stick

Gunsmithing

Item Weight Comment
Bullet 0.005 kg
(0.011 lb)
Dusting Sulfur 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
Revolver Shell Casing 0.01 kg
(0.022 lb)
Rifle Shell Casing 0.005 kg
(0.011 lb)
  • Can be reloaded with Bullets and Can of Gunpowder at an Ammunition Work Bench to create [[Rifle Ammunition| Rifle Ammunition]]
Scrap Lead 0.25 kg
(0.55 lb)
  • Can be melted down at an Ammunition Work Bench to create 6 Bullets
Stump Remover 0.75 kg
(1.65 lb)
  • Can be mixed with Charcoal and Dusting Sulfur at an Ammunition Work Bench to produce [[Revolver Ammunition| Can of Gunpowder]]

Archery

Item Weight Comment
Arrow Shaft 0.05 kg
(0.11 lb)
Crow Feather 0.01 kg
(0.022 lb)

Repair

Item Weight Comment
Cloth 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
  • Used to repair Cloth/Cotton Clothing
  • Used in the creation of some Tools
Cured Leather 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
Ptarmigan Down 0.01 kg
(0.022 lb)
Scrap Metal 0.20 kg
(0.44 lb)

Other

Item Weight Comment
Workbench Vice 2.00 kg
(4.4 lb)
Used to construct a  Workbench
Fresh Leather 0.10 kg
(0.22 lb)
Cures into Cured Leather in 5 days. Very rare to find.