Unable to make flint arrows?

[Razorblade Nipples]

I have a lvl 2 workbench and can make the other flint items, but this isn't an available item to make. What am I missing?

[Wizard of Woz]

Do you have feathers?

[jonnin]

feathers?

[Razorblade Nipples]

Ah nope. Didn't know those were needed. Thanks. So far I've only seen one bird in about 4 hours of gameplay.

[AllOutWar76]

Originally posted by Razorblade Nipples:

Ah nope. Didn't know those were needed. Thanks. So far I've only seen one bird in about 4 hours of gameplay.

Best place to farm birds for feathers is by the coast, I usually find the most in the meadows or plains.

The best time to farm them is during a storm or at night as they are usually on the ground.

[bigbadvoodoodady_1]

Just an FYI... sometimes the birds will be in the trees too...and when you're cutting down the trees... BAM... they get clobbered.

[Cooperal]

Originally posted by AllOutWar76:

Originally posted by Razorblade Nipples:

Ah nope. Didn't know those were needed. Thanks. So far I've only seen one bird in about 4 hours of gameplay.

Best place to farm birds for feathers is by the coast, I usually find the most in the meadows or plains.

The best time to farm them is during a storm or at night as they are usually on the ground.

All great advice. In addition to this you may consider turning your vegetation graphics setting to lowest during a feather farm to see grounded birds with greater clarity. It can be useful for seeing other things on the ground too but it does change the look of the game.

There is also a low chance for feathers to drop from trees as you are cutting them. And they can also appear as chest loot seemingly in every biome.

Personally I found myself being able to build up a surplus of feathers just by finding them in chests alone. It isn't until you start having to take out drakes or fuling camps that it really began to feel like I was losing arrows faster than I was gaining them.

[PorkSocks]

Advice: Don't make flint arrows. Save your feathers for much better arrows down the road so the feathers are less of a bottleneck at that point. Wood arrows can get you through the whole game if need be.

[Kmordain]

Originally posted by Cooperal:

Originally posted by AllOutWar76:

Personally I found myself being able to build up a surplus of feathers just by finding them in chests alone. It isn't until you start having to take out drakes or fuling camps that it really began to feel like I was losing arrows faster than I was gaining them.

+1

Also if you want to hunt birds, don't run. Follow the coast of a meadows biome and look for them. When running, by the time you see them, much like deer, they are spooked and flying off, but walking gives you time to spot them and kill them. They drop 3 feathers.