Crude Stone Axe Durability

[DrLamp]

Is it intended to break 1-3 crude stone axes to chop down a single tree? No mods, fresh world, what is going on? I can't make regular stone axes either because I can't pick up smooth flat stones from the ground. It LOOKS like you're picking it up, but then it never appears in your inventory.

[Shady Allie]

Crude axe is very breaky. Even more so with low maintenance I wager.
My character, having a huge pile of broken flints, and nary a log to cut, ended up going around with a car full of ropes and choosing "remove log" from the grass floors until i filled the car and my pockets.

do you have enough inventory space to pick up flat rock? big hunker rocks, i need to strip nakey or bring a table out in the field to bust up.

[DrLamp]

Originally posted by Shady Allie:

Crude axe is very breaky. Even more so with low maintenance I wager.
My character, having a huge pile of broken flints, and nary a log to cut, ended up going around with a car full of ropes and choosing "remove log" from the grass floors until i filled the car and my pockets.

do you have enough inventory space to pick up flat rock? big hunker rocks, i need to strip nakey or bring a table out in the field to bust up.

That news sucks about the crude axe. It sounds like a waste of resources to even make at this point. Regarding the smooth flat stone; I have the inventory space. The character can carry up to 50 weight, I have like...7 weight on me.

[Shady Allie]

yeah, i don't know about that stone thing... i can pick up flat stone just fine.

the crude axe, im such a loser making them. chop chop. break. chop chop break. That is why I opted for 20 bundles of 4 logs from wandering around looking for logs.

[flynsquirrel]

+1 experiencing same durability problems. was able to pick up large flat stones before update, now i cannot in my current save. have tried reloading game, no dice.

[Shady Allie]

Originally posted by DrLamp:

That news sucks about the crude axe. It sounds like a waste of resources to even make at this point.

well you can look at it this way too:

you can forage for the flint stone for axe. you are getting forage xp, becoming better survivor.
(right click flint node too? like log? but no xp and you gotta bust it up.)

You make a billion and one stone axes, maintenece xp (is it?) thus becoming a better survivor.
chopping trees gains strength xp (am i right? and maintenance ? ...well, xp anyway) making you a better survivor.

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In the long run, me, getting no xp by surveying the land and right click get free log, im no better survivor, just really good at right click -> remove log, press f5 or 6...

the only thing I gain is not having to spend huge amounts of real life time grinding the make axe, chop, forage, make axe, chop.

I chose the way that seems faster to me (with a different grind) when I don't have time in real life to handle the chop chop break or have a real axe on hand.

I love the new "remove log" mechanic for when i cant spend real life slogging through low level make stone axe for tree chops.

I still make stone axes too, by the way, just not in mass quantities for quick, make a house while low level.

[Shady Allie]

Originally posted by flynsquirrel:

+1 experiencing same durability problems. was able to pick up large flat stones before update, now i cannot in my current save. have tried reloading game, no dice.

issue:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/108600/discussions/6/595145594903815848/

[theharber]

@Shady Allie -- there's a known issue in 42.7 where "Remove Large Smooth Flat Stone" when you right click on the stone decor tiles doesn't return a Base.FlatStone, in the same way that removing Stones / Twigs / Logs / Branches does. Being looked into 🙂

[Shady Allie]

Originally posted by theharber:

@Shady Allie -- there's a known issue in 42.7 where "Remove Large Smooth Flat Stone" when you right click on the stone decor tiles doesn't return a Base.FlatStone, in the same way that removing Stones / Twigs / Logs / Branches does. Being looked into 🙂

yep. i just linked the post here you made over there...thanks for communication, it is paramount and well received.

[MrSnuggleBottoms]

Originally posted by flynsquirrel:

+1 experiencing same durability problems. was able to pick up large flat stones before update, now i cannot in my current save. have tried reloading game, no dice.

Don't forget that you can run the game in debug mode to replace these items. I've had to do so for the propane glitch that made every single harvested propane tank become empty.