Mission 1 need to craft a totem.

[zubbus]

I even searched for "totem" posts on this board and it shows me a lot of problems with this item - it does not look good. It makes me want to return this game while I still can.

Well my problem is even more primitive than that.
I need to craft 1 and it shows me 7 ? and it tells me to craft more items to finish the wood technology but there's no direction on what else to craft. I've crafted 1 of everything I could and it's getting really boring. I googled for totem and it tells me I would need gold ore, silve ore and planks. Is that the one I need. Gold and silver ore seems kind of advanced for where I am.

[stylez]

The Task isn't craft a totem, it is "complete the shelter": https://i.imgur.com/uZCxJJJ.png

When you get your first level up, you get a Totem as a reward. Then you can build your shelter. Just keep completing the Tasks in the book, they should be giving you enough of a sense of direction.

The game doesn't hold your hand through every detail of "what to craft next", though, so if you're expecting that, try reviewing some guides.

[zubbus]

You are right. The game did not tell me to craft a totem. I have the totem and tried to place it before but did not know how. A guide showed me how to do it.

Now I have 2 new problems:
1) I need to complete the shelter. I have hatch but I don't know how to get walls
2) I very much doubt guides would cover this one: I have ordered my dwarves to destroy my totem. They already destroyed the Tesla Tower. How do I stop that task and ideally learn to repair the totem?

[stylez]

Walls are just blocks that you place. Can use dirt, stone, etc. First time you place a block, it's considered a background wall. Place another block over the background wall and it becomes a foreground wall.

If you click on the pickaxe icon that's over your Totem, it will remove the icon and stop them from mining it. There's no way or need to repair it, it will restore itself after a second or two.