So I will eventually run out of Palm Tree and die?

[Achille12345]

I'm around 40 days in and I pretty much salvaged maybe 3/4 of all isles on the map from all of their trees, rocks, clays and so on and everything in on the isle I choosen to make my base.

For now I got a extremely massive reserve of wood/palm frond, but most of it is being used to build a base.

I also got a massive reserve of Coconut but they won't last forever, so I realize that eventually I will run out of Food due to the fact that wood isn't infinite

As far as I know Palm Tree do not respawn, so this is merely a logic conclusion that I will eventually be unable to continue this game due to lack of food?

So I have a serious question, why does Palm tree, rocks, clays and so on do not respawn? It could be on a 30 days respawn timer or something like that so the player will never eventually be force to start a new game or lack resources to build a nice base.

"Edit"

NVM I'm dumb I guess I never truly tried to use Fibrous Leaves for fire before, I though it was only for water, but it seem it also work for fire, well AT LEAST I won't die I guess that's a relief, If only I knew that before though, so many woods and Palm Fronds wasted for fire. XD

[Cosmo]

You can use Fibrous Leaves for water production, you don't have to rely on Palm Fronds and the Fibrous Leaves re-spawn.

Cosmo and Fred

[Achille12345]

Originally posted by Cosmo:

You can use Fibrous Leaves for water production, you don't have to rely on Palm Fronds and the Fibrous Leaves re-spawn.

Cosmo and Fred

Lol yeah I just remembered that I have no idea why I used water as a example when the issue will be food eventually due to the lack of wood/palm frond to burn.

[Cosmo]

You can use them as fuel in the fire too ....the real problem will be stone eventually to make the tools to cut down the Fibrous Leaves.

Edit:Just noticed you edited your original post lol :)

Cosmo and Fred

[Achille12345]

Originally posted by Cosmo:

You can use them as fuel in the fire too ....the real problem will be stone eventually to make the tools to cut down the Fibrous Leaves.

Cosmo and Fred

Yeah I didn't know about the fire part, I'm surprise I never thought of that thanks!

Well I guess the respawn question still stand though, they should make everything respawns after 30 or so days.

[I'm Trash]

Also, it's a big investment. But using your leaves for constructing additional water stills allows you to take advantage of the rains free water.

[Hantacore]

Originally posted by Cosmo:

You can use them as fuel in the fire too ....the real problem will be stone eventually to make the tools to cut down the Fibrous Leaves.

Edit:Just noticed you edited your original post lol :)

Cosmo and Fred

Holly molly, I think i learned somthing really cool today :D

[Boy Weevil]

Having fibrous leaves for fire and water is cool and all but how are you gonna skin your meat and start your fires without wood and rocks for tools?

[thomlovessue]

On some play throughs before the escape, I survived like around a 1000 days. Its only rocks that will stop you. Conserve them. A stone tool will last 100 hits. Use it 99, then craft a crude axe at 100%. Use the crude axe till its 1%, then craft a refined axe. Use that up completely. All the hits before the refined axe are free. As when crafted, they revert to 100%. Save water too. When crafting coconut flasks, you can drink the water and then craft medicines/stills with the empties. I only craft 1 refined knife per game as skinning does not use up the knife. The 100 hits also apply to the crude hammer. After 99, use it to craft a plank station...

[thomlovessue]

And to Boy Weevil: Youy can always skin, "see above". The kindling bundle lasts forever, so you can always start fires.

[QueenPixxa]

Would it be possible to survive eating only fruits? Once you plant them, you can have infinite food that doesn't need to be cooked, or skinned, nothing.
But I have no idea if a diet of only fruit might create problems with health: in-game tips often say that your diet needs to be varied.

[Cosmo]

Originally posted by QueenPixxa:

Would it be possible to survive eating only fruits? Once you plant them, you can have infinite food that doesn't need to be cooked, or skinned, nothing.
But I have no idea if a diet of only fruit might create problems with health: in-game tips often say that your diet needs to be varied.

There is no dietary problems eating just fruits, but you will still end up with the problem of collecting water, which needs a fuel source such as Fibrous Leaves. So in the end it will be those darn rocks again lol :(

Cosmo and Fred

[dazkaz]

I think I have worked out a way to survive forever, even when the stone has run out, using farming.
Needs more testing to be sure.

[QueenPixxa]

Cosmo, if you also plant yucca... You need to cut down the yucca every 3 days, of course. But using a knife it needs 2 or 3 slashes, and the knife only requires one stone tool.
At the end you will run out of stone, but: I can't do the math to save my life, but it seems almost an infinite time before you run out of stone for a knife!

Originally posted by dazkaz:

I think I have worked out a way to survive forever, even when the stone has run out, using farming.
Needs more testing to be sure.

Please, let us know!

[Cosmo]

Originally posted by QueenPixxa:

Cosmo, if you also plant yucca... You need to cut down the yucca every 3 days, of course. But using a knife it needs 2 or 3 slashes, and the knife only requires one stone tool.
At the end you will run out of stone, but: I can't do the math to save my life, but it seems almost an infinite time before you run out of stone for a knife!

I would imagine it would be quite some time yes, I believe thomlovessue said they survived around a 1000 days. I guess that gives some indication of just how long you can go if you are careful and use your rocks wisely.

Remember you can use just the stone tool to harvest Yucca or Fibrous Leaves then when its condition is low craft it into a stone knife or crude axe as you do not get penalised for using a low conditioned stone tool.

Edit:As a side note, of course if you believe in adding new custom islands as you go is a way to simulate the older version with infinite islands (like I do). Then getting more and more rocks wouldn't necessarily be a problem... of course that is a whole different conversation (can of worms) lol.

Cosmo and Fred

[QueenPixxa]

Originally posted by Cosmo:

Edit:As a side note, of course if you believe in adding new custom islands as you go is a way to simulate the older version with infinite islands (like I do). Then getting more and more rocks wouldn't necessarily be a problem... of course that is a whole different conversation (can of worms) lol.

Cosmo and Fred

Absolutely! I do that as well, just because I like to try out new islands and not die of boredom in the vanilla islands, before the stones run out lol
All this, is a completely hypothetical situation. I dare anyone to waste their time trying to determine how long you can survive before you run out of stones...