Category: Project Castaway

Project Castaway: How to craft Rope

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.

Metal Sheet
Small stick

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.

Yucca Tree

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.

Project Castaway – Starting Basics

Introduction:

A recently released early access survival in which the protagonist goes in search for his missing relative, good old Seamus Alevary. The game starts with the player’s character is seen recording a message on a tape recorder as a last ditch effort to inform whoever finds it about his mission and the current adversity he is facing. Upon crashing into the ocean you miraculously survive and have to swim to the shore of an unknown island which seems to be close enough to the last known location of where the person you came to search for, went missing. We are then tasked with the usual survival related tasks of acquiring food and building shelter and resistance from the environment. Below we shall see what are the initial requirements for setting ourselves up on this unknown shore.

Materials:

Sticks and rocks and your priority at the start. You will find these scattered along the shores and in the forested area as well. Collect a few as we will need these to create the basic tools that are required to harvest resources and build structures.

Tools:

The stone hammer and stone axe are the basic tools required at the end. With the stone axe you will be able to cut down palm trees as well as kill small creatures for meat and materials. The stone hammer on the other hand is required to build structures.

Important Materials:

Next with the tools we have built we will first cut the palm trees to harvest Logs, Palm Frond and Coconuts. Logs and Palm Fronds can be used to build structures, whereas Coconuts can be used to replenish Hunger and Thirst. The axe can also be used to kill turtles in order to harvest meat and shell. You can craft the stone knife as well to kill creatures and harvest certain plants.

Saving the game:

Now with the Palm Fronds you can build a bed, with which you can interact to save the game as well as rest. This can be accessed by opening the journal by pressing the ‘B’ key and then navigating to the Shelter & Beds section. It requires 6 Palm Fronds and these can be carried three at a time.

Healing:

Cloth
Seaweed
Palm Frond
Medicine Section

Next we move to healing items since you might get too close to the aggressive animals or take fall damage or get inflicted by some ailment. So in order to create this you will require cloth to make a bandage and then some seaweed to create the Seaweed Dressing Bandage that will slowly heal as well as prevent infections and rashes. In place of Seaweed you can use palm fronds to create an even effective Palm Frond Bandage.

Structures

Structures can be built by first equipping the hammer and then pressing the ‘R’ key. After placing the structure you will need to add materials and then build it. Use the hammer to craft your much needed amenities. Using this menu you can create a variety of things but make note of the durability of the hammer. Use ‘Q’ and ‘E’ keys to vertically scroll through the items.

Campfire and Cooking

An important note here is that rocks can be carried 3 at a time. Make sure to create the Campfire by accessing the Fire Making section as this will allow you to cook meat that can be harvested by killing turtles or lizards. After building the campfire, open your backpack by pressing ‘TAB’ and then clicking on the arrows on top to access the inner bag space. Here select the meat then hover it over a stone with a circle icon over it, this allows you to place the meat. Next start the fire by repeatedly tapping the ‘F’ key. A timer will show above the meat that has been placed on the campfire. Once cooked make sure to pick it up. Uncooked meat will give the character indigestion or parasites.