No food at start of game. Where to get pot to cook rabbit?

[cool skill]

OK. I just started playing. My main question is about where to find pot to cook rabbit.

My plane crashed. I barely survived with low condition. Next day, condition still low. No food at all. Found my plane crash, candy bar, flare gun, and other stuff. (Also a case with extremely easy code that I could probably crack in under 5min).

Found rabbits. Nightmare to kill with no reticle. But figured out how to kill them by crouching and getting really close. Got two. But no way to cook without pot. Even though I got one at start.

I have no afflictions. All three are maxed - temp, rest, water. But zero food. Condition bar at 25%.

Other questions -

How to raise condition? It has been really low from the start. I guess with enough food, I can just rest up in that cave with fire?

I could not figure out what to play. Because the main menu shows three options - Survival, Expansion (which I don't own), Wintermute. I figured Wintermute was the main game with story to survive and play through? For the actual Survival mode, aside from challenges, I guess there's no objective? Just to practice surviving? So I just started on Wintermute. Because I don't really understand the purpose of Survival, and Wintermute seems to be the actual game.

Thanks!

[SouthernMan1972]

Survival mode is what has given the game it's longevity. You're right, there's no objective other than stay alive. How many days can you last? Some have lasted several in game years.

No pot needed. You can cook rabbit steaks by placing them directly on the cooking surface (rock or stove).

[Bobywan]

You need to harvest the meat from the rabbit before being able to cook the meat on any fire.
Since a recent update, you need a tool for the first piece you want to harvest from the rabbit; either hacksaw, hatchet or knife.
In the story, you'll eventually find a knife, and I think a hatchet too, required to harvest big pieces of wood.

You recover condition when sleeping if all your warmth, fatigue, thirst, food meter are over 0 (and must be for all the duration of your sleep).

Wintermute has objectives, saves and no permadeath, survival has only one: survive as long as possible, no save except autosave and permadeath

[cool skill]

Originally posted by Bobywan:

You need to harvest the meat from the rabbit before being able to cook the meat on any fire.
Since a recent update, you need a tool for the first piece you want to harvest from the rabbit; either hacksaw, hatchet or knife.
In the story, you'll eventually find a knife, and I think a hatchet too, required to harvest big pieces of wood.

You recover condition when sleeping if all your warmth, fatigue, thirst, food meter are over 0 (and must be for all the duration of your sleep).

Wintermute has objectives, saves and no permadeath, survival has only one: survive as long as possible, no save except autosave and permadeath

Thanks for the info. I had figured it out rabbit. You start with a knife. So I was able to skin it. But yes good to know how to recover condition meter. So right now, I can eat, drink, sleep near fire.