Introduction:
The stone axe is one of the most important tools in the early game as well as later until you get to the more advanced versions of the tool. It can be used to cut various trees and materials to reduce them to smaller forms. So it is a crucial item for the player’s survival. When the player first reaches the shores of the island he already has 1 piece of rope in his inventory. So he can easily craft the rope. The main issue arises during the first run is when the player realizes they lack the rope to create a second stone axe. This item cannot be found by scavenging but has to be crafted via a utility device. Building this device requires very few ingredients but requires an axe itself to cut the Yucca Tree. So make sure to craft this device early on when your axe still has durability remaining.
How to craft:
First we will need to build the spinning wheel. This can be built by accessing the journal and clicking on the utility section which is in the top menu of icons. In the bottom right corner we will find the spinning wheel. Select it and place it on an eligible surface.
To completely build it we will need to add 8 small sticks and 1 metal sheet. These can be found scattered around the shores of the island. Sticks can be carried in multiples and will be added to the backpack, whereas the metal sheet can be carried one at a time.
Add them to the device and it will be ready to go but we are not done yet. We need a crucial ingredient called the Yucca leaf to craft the rope. These trees are actually quite small and are not easy to find but once you are familiar with the island you will find a bunch of these near the rock formation close to the starting area.
Aim at the stem of the plant and use an axe to cut it till it splits into multiple Yucca leaves. Collect the leaves and feed them to the Spinning wheel. You will get a single piece of rope from a single Yucca leaf.
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