Icarus beta update#
Icarus beta windows#

Use guns: the hunting rifle is used for hunting anything that hasnвЂ™t seen you. You will need to unlock a bunch of things as prerequisites, but by now, you should have a feel for the game mechanics and the Tech Tree. Again, after sleeping 7 вЂ“ 10 nights, the caves re-spawn all the nodes (this may or may not change in the future). Some are the open entrances, and some are walled off. You just need to walk along the walls to find them. вЂ“ focus on metals (iron and copper in a 4:1 ratio) by searching caves. вЂ“ at this point, it should be much easier to survive. Move all your gear/benches into the stone building. вЂ“ start building a stone hut (3 x 3) or 4 x 2 (easier to roof вЂ“ not as many mats). вЂ“ keep levelling to 15, hunt, gather, mine, cook, and process mats. вЂ“ Should be buffing yourself when cave exploring for metals with food: flatbread, cooked meat, berries/fish (berries are easier to come by, and do not take cooking time), but your choice. This will give you much better health/stamina boosts.

вЂ“ get the Waterskin and Oxygen Bladder, use the waterskin in the Herbalist bench to make flatbread dough. Each field of wheat will be about 10,000 XP worth! You should NOT gather wheat with anything but the sickle. Use your sickle on wheat fields to gather way more than by hand. вЂ“ get your Herbalist bench and Fireplace up. The yield on the iron pick is higher than the stone one (and the same goes for all the rest of the tools and tiers вЂ“ the higher the more they gather). If you have iron nodes still ready to be mined, use the iron pick instead of stone pick. вЂ“ get your anvil up and make the iron pick first. вЂ“ get your stone furnace up and start smelting iron only. Do not spend your points on Wood buildings. вЂ“ stay in a cave while levelling until level 15. If you have built anything inside they will be destroyed, this includes your bedrollвЂ¦ IMPORTANT NOTE: if you are caving, rather than building a wood hut, be aware that on day 7 or 10 (not sure which), the caves re-spawn for new metal nodes.

Icarus beta update#

You can update the hut by buying and replacing the floor ceilings with the roof/ramp. вЂ“ after the building is done, move your campfires with all you loot inside. This will вЂњsealвЂќ your house, and anything you put in it wonвЂ™t be exposedвЂ¦ This will level you up by gathering wood and building the building to about level 7 or 8.

Icarus beta windows#

вЂ“ build a 3 x 3 hut or 4 x 2 (easier to roof вЂ“ not as many mats, and easier to repair), use floor for the ceiling, and do not make windows yet. вЂ“ take the points from level 4 and 5 (4 points) and spend them on wood building (do not take thatch for beta 2вЂ¦). Regular arrows do 135 head damage while sneaking, and do not crit as often, but the bone arrows hit harder and crit more (so it seems) and will one-shot killdeer. вЂ“ whatever you decide below, take the bone arrow talent!!! It will make hunting MUCH easier, and you will see the one-shot kills to the head while sneaking. Put some oxide in it to fill up the bladder. вЂ“ Get the oxidizer and build it in the cave. Keep one campfire strictly for food making, that you turn on to cook food. вЂ“ build campfires and use them as storage for the things you are gathering. Hunt animals, chop trees or gather metals until level 5. вЂ“ Get the level 2 option that you didnвЂ™t get. вЂ“ you may have to eat more berries to keep the hunger meter up. Stay in the cave and mine metal ore until level 3. вЂ“ gather Oxite and put it in your O2 slot on your character screen. Combine with berries for the best effect. вЂ“ cook up the meat and eat up to fill hunger and provide buff. Just eat one at a time for the buff it gives. All caves have water in them (from what I have seen so far). Do not eat the stack because water is low.

вЂ“ get berries, but do not eat the whole stack unless Hunger is really low. This is your bear & wolf trap, seeing how this is the only way to survive a level 50+ bear/wolf at level 1вЂ¦ Once found, do not break the wall low, and only make the hole big enough when you can jump over into the cave. (Beta 2 only: head West from the dropship.) Stay near the wall and gather mats until level 2, while looking for a cave with a wall that can be broken with a pickaxe.

вЂ“ gather enough mats for pickaxe and axe.