Beginner, Grinding and Solo Guides (Patch 4367)

A guide for brand new players and solo players; grinding methods; plus a collection of answers for frequently asked questions in the Pax Dei Discord.

Disclaimer

I'll be adding to this as questions come up on discord. I've also just quickly written this up to help someone randomly on discord over the course of an hour. So if I skip over anything inadvertently, let me know so I can correct it. This tends to be a relatively slow process, so if I don't update it right away - sorry for any delays.

In the meantime, if you need any further information use: https://paxdei.gaming.tools

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Beginner's Guide Chapter 1: Welcome to Pax Dei!

So you've just bought the early access, and have spawned in. Unfortunately, besides spending an hour perfecting your very sexy avatar, I'm sure you have absolutely no idea how to play this game! Well, have no fear! I'm here to help you step by step as best I can.

Let's begin with the absolute basics. Do you see this majestic monolith ripped straight out of a Stanley Kubrick movie?


That's called the Petra Dei.

This is your spawn point. This is where you end up when you die and respawn. This is also where you'll recall to.

Do you also see a bunch of things laying around on the ground like rocks and sticks?


Those are VERY important! Pick them up now! Pick as many up as you can, because you will eventually need them all as time goes on.

Now press "TAB" on your keyboard. From there, click "Craft", which is the third tab in the center of the bar that will show up.


Proceed to create the following:

Construction Hammer
Gneiss Stone Axe
Pointy Stick
Crude Shield

Beginner's Guide Chapter 2: Finding your forever home.

Now that you've outfitted yourself with the absolute bare bones of equipment. You need to find an area that you can call your own. This is important in Pax Dei - not only is this game focused primarily around the creation of your own base, but it's important to use your plot as a base of operations for storage, crafting and more.

So without further ado. Highlight your Hammer. Then while the hammer is highlighted, right click your mouse to bring up the "Plots" screen.


Choose "Unclaimed Plot" on the plots screen, and then keep looking around until you find a spot that is highlighted as blue. Orange means you can not place it. Usually this is due to the proximity to other people's plots, or due to a road being nearby. Sometimes other people's objects can prevent the placement of your plot as well.


Once you've got your plot placed down, now you can build things on it! Let's start by building the basic "Wood Chopping Block", this is necessary to not only allow you to make important building materials, but to also grind your carpentry later on.


Crafting in Pax Dei is entirely dependent on your skill. The requirement of crafting a Plank for instance is "4 Carpentry" - if you start at level 1 carpentry, this will likely be very hard, and will result in a large amount of failures. Don't worry though! You will eventually improve, and it will become very easy to create what you need! Persistence is the key in Pax Dei.


Once you've got your Chopping Block set up. You'll then need a Basic Carpenter's Workbench.


4 Wooden Beams
6 Planks
20 Wooden Pegs

You can use your Wood Chopping Block to make these materials.

Believe it or not, this is all you actually need to begin building your homebase! Just note that you will not have 100% access to all building goods yet, as that requires a higher carpentry level. Still, you can very easily make due with the basic stone foundations and wood hut walls.

Take some time to get creative and make something that you think would be a good starter base. You can always delete it and remake it later, so don't fret about the little things.

To make a foundation for your home, you will need clay and gneiss (stone) - Clay can be found by shorelines of water in large clusters.


Gneiss can be mined in nodes using a stone pickaxe, or found on the ground.


For the hut, you'll likely need reed, which can also be found by shorelines - usually right up against the water.


You can easily get sapwood from using your Gneiss Axe to cut down trees, or you can continue to pick up the branches by the Petra Dei (You won't find as many, or any branches or gneiss rocks laying around outside of the petra dei area, so be aware of that!)


If you have your Carpenter's Bench created, you can actually take some time to make a Stone Pickaxe, which will allows you to mine Gneiss, Copper and Tin. Mining with a Stone Pickaxe will net you Gneiss and Sand which are both useful materials.


Another important item that you will want to make with your Carpenter's Bench is a "Simple Chest" - which is an important object that you can place with your construction hammer to serve as storage for all of your myriad of items.


Anyhow, this should give you what you need for a bare bones base. In the next chapter, we're going to start talking about the steady line of progression for a solo player in Pax Dei. Everything is interconnected, so you can expect to be forced to grind a very large amount of skills just to create the next tier of equipment and workbenches.

Beginner's Guide Chapter 3: Ready to move up in the world?

Once you've got a starter base that you are confident and happy with. Now comes the main crux of the game of Pax Dei. Grinding. By pressing J, you can bring up your Journal to see exactly every single skill that is in this game. 16 Crafting Skills and 10 Combat Skills in total. You will likely need to make use of nearly 12 out of 16 crafting skills to get the most out of Pax Dei, with only about four being purely optional. So if you're actually planning to play Solo. Expect to put in a lot of work.

My suggestion is - if you aren't willing to grind heavy hours in your time in Pax Dei. Go to the Pax Dei Discord, and find yourself a Clan to join on your chosen server. You'll likely be a lot happier, and will be streamlined through the game much faster and comfortably.

For the rest of you who are crazy - like me - and want to solo your way through? Prepare yourself.

I will proceed to do my best to give you a guide from your starting base's creation, all the way to Tier 2 workbenches. It is a long, arduous process with a lot of grinding involved, so don't go into this half-heartedly.

Solo Guide Chapter 1: Bronze Production

Your first steps after getting your base up, and filling it with storage and whatever amenities you feel look nice, is to get the other workbenches up. As a solo, you will be receiving no help in this process, which means you must gather everything - craft everything.

This means you will need furnaces, charcoal kilns and workbenches!

To begin your journey, your goal should be to create a Basic Blacksmith Workbench - Which will require:

1 Basic Blacksmithing Tool
4 Wooden Beams
6 Planks
20 Wooden Pegs.

The creation of that Basic Blacksmithing Tool meanwhile requires:

2 Bronze Sheets
2 Bronze Bars
4 Bronze Nails.

This means you will need to produce bronze to progress! Bronze is made by smelting Tin and Copper into Tin and Copper Ingots, then using those ingots to create Bronze Ingots. As seen in the previous chapter, you will need to locate Copper Deposits and Tin Deposits, and you need to use a Stone Pickaxe to mine them down to collect tin ore and copper ore.

However, you will also need to create facilities to produce these ores! That means Basic Charcoal Kilns and Basic Furnaces.


Gather up 60 clay, 8 gneiss and 12 short wood stocks to create a Basic Furnace, and 25 clay and 10 sapwood to create a Basic Charcoal Kiln. Once you have both on your plot, you can then begin to create charcoal.

By chopping down trees, you can produce sapwood, which can then be added to the Charcoal Kiln. 50 Sapwood will create 25 Charcoal, of which, 30 charcoal will be necessary to create copper ingots and tin ingots. 100 charcoal will be necessary to create the bronze ingots afterwords. So my suggestion is to create a lot of charcoal very early, once you get your charcoal kiln up! If you're very industrious and can chop trees efficiently, you can even make extra charcoal kilns to create the charcoal faster!

Now, while your Charcoal and Ingots are being created. The next thing you're going to want to create is an "Anvil Stone" from your Basic Carpenter's Workbench.

This will then allow you to create a "Stone Anvil" from your construction menu with 5 Gneiss and 10 sapwood.


Using this Stone Anvil, once you have your Bronze Ingots created - you can proceed to make the resulting Bronze Bars, which you can fashion into Bronze Nails. Don't forget to make a stack of Bronze Sheets as well to complete your Basic Blacksmith Workbench.


After that, congratulations! You've created your Basic Blacksmith Workbench, which will open up even more venues and items to create!

Solo Guide Chapter 2: Workbenches Everywhere

You've got your Blacksmithing Workbench set up, but you're still not done. You're going to need a whole lot of Workbenches to truly thrive as a solo player. Why? Most skills intermingle with other skills to create things. There will be times when you will need high Leatherworking Skill to create Tools on your Blacksmithing Workbench. Likewise, there will often be times when you will need high Blacksmithing to make Buckles for Leatherworking products.

So, my suggestion is - get your Workbenches up and get yourself ready for the wonderful world of Solo Grinding every skill. (Yes, even Cooking, Charcuterie and Alchemy are useful for solos)

You will want to make the following:

Basic Leatherworking Tools (1 Bone Fragment, 10 Sapwood, 5 Flint)
Simple Tanning Rack (6 Long Wood Stock, 2 Short Wood Stock, 8 Reed)
Simple Leatherworking Table ( 1Basic Leatherworking Tools, 4 Wooden Beam, 6 Plank, 20 Wooden Pegs)
Basic Weaponsmithing Tools (4 Bronze Bar, 5 Bronze Nails, 2 Short Wood Stock)
Basic Weaponsmithing Workbench (1 Basic Weaponsmithing Tools, 4 Wooden Beam, 6 Plank, 20 Wooden Pegs)

Once you have every one of these workbenches up. Take some time to tan some leather into Rawhide. Then use the Leatherworkbench to create Coarse Leather String. (Make at least 15 in total for everything you'll need later)

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The next set of things you want to build are:

Spinning Wheel (10 Short Wood Stock, 1 Plank, 6 Wooden Pegs)
Basic Tailoring Parts (1 Bone Fragment, 5 Flax Fiber, 10 Sapwood)

You will also want to gather up some Flax from a nearby Scrublands or Rolling Hills biome, and use it to create some coarse linen string from the Spinning Wheel. This will allow you to make the following for later:

Simple Tailoring Table (1 Basic Tailoring Parts, 4 Wooden Beam, 6 Plank, 20 Wooden Pegs, 5 Coarse Linen String)
Simple Loom (12 Plank, 40 Wooden Pegs, 8 Short Wood Stock, 40 Coarse Linen String, 12 Coarse Leather String.

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Optionally you will also want to make the following (It's suggested you do, but it's not required):

Basic Fletching Tools (20 Flint, 20 Sapwood, 10 Reed)
Basic Fletching Table (1 Basic Fletching Tools, 4 Wooden Beam, 6 Plank, 20 Wooden Pegs)
Basic Cooking Tools (1 Bronze Sheet, 2 Short Wood Stock, 2 Flint)
Basic Cooking Workbench (1 Basic Cooking Tools, 60 Gneiss, 50 Charcoal, 25 Clay)
Basic Cooking Hearth (1 Basic Cooking Tools, 20 Gneiss, 50 Charcoal, 25 Clay, 2 Copper Ingot)
Basic Alchemy Instruments (5 Copper Ingots, 2 Bronze Bar, 5 Rough Glass)
Basic Alchemy Table (1 Basic Alchemy Instruments, 4 Wooden Beam, 6 Plank, 20 Wooden Pegs, 5 Rough Glass)
Basic Reagent Distiller (4 Plank, 12 Bronze Nails, 10 Rough Glass, 100 Bronze Studs)

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Once you've got all of your required workbenches done, it's time to create the Basic Forge! Start by creating the Basic Bellows (Long Wood Stock, 3 Coarse Leather String, 4 Rawhide, 10 Sapwood, 20 Bronze Nails, 1 Iron Anvil Head) on the Blacksmithing Workbench.

Then place it in the construction menu under "Basic Forge" (1 Basic Bellows, 2 Wooden Beam, 4 Plank, 2 Clay, 10 Charcoal, 3 Gneiss, 20 Wooden Pegs)

This will open up a wide venue of options that you didn't have on your Stone Anvil, in particular, you will have the option to create Iron equipment.

For now, let's put a pin in this. Iron Production is important, but there is a diversion that is equally as useful to you as a solo player. Take some time to look over your Weaponsmith Workbench and see if you can craft a decent weapon that's quick and easy... but don't worry if you can't, a pointy stick and a crude shield will help you with the following chapter.

Solo Guide Chapter 3: Equipping Yourself

You're going to be dealing with a lot of combat as a Solo player. Not only will you be expected to fight potentially thousands of boars - but due to the inability to stitch together small or medium tier 2 hides together, you will actually have to fight bears for your tier 2 large animal hides. This means the most important thing you can do for yourself early in your run is to get yourself some very good equipment.

Luckily Mainframe has graced us with new camps in the game. These are known as the Inquisitor camps.


As a new player, you should focus primarily on the level 4 Inquisitor camps that are nearest to the Petra Dei, or any respawn shrines in your homeland. Dying in this game can be difficult if you're far away from a respawn, especially since your main weapons by this point will be a Pointy Stick and a Crude Shield.


Your goal is to isolate, and kill off the level 4 inquisitors that you find at these camps. Remember to CTRL + Left Click to use the Jab special attack with your pointy spear for extra damage. More importantly, remember to CTRL + right click to use the Shield Bash special attack with your Crude Shield. The Shield Bash stuns enemies, and gives you openings to do more damage before they can retaliate.

The Inquisitors actually drop a lot of very good loot for early game players. Sometimes you'll get already smelted Iron Ingots. Sometimes you'll get ultra-valuable Iron Ore. However, your aim is to collect Cracked Lockets, Worn Out Lockets, Small Amulet - Earth, Small Amulet - Water and Small Amulet - Air.

Collecting the Amulets will give you the recipes for the following equipment:


These pieces of armour come with very special magic that can be added to your task bar by Pressing "I" to bring up your inventory. Then highlighting one of the 5 circles in the bottom right corner of your screen.

Breath of Life restores 17 HP/s for 5 seconds.
Breath of Balance restores 50 stamina after a 3 second cast.
Breath of Joy is a 7s sprint buff that increases your run speed, and removes all stamina use while running. (This is the best spell in the game right now.)

Select the spells that come up to add them to the task bar. You can then use CTRL + 1 through 5 to cast the spells.

Solo Guide Chapter 4: Iron Production

During these chapters, you've hopefully been keeping up with your skills. Bronze alone should be able to get you to level 10 Weaponsmithing and 8 Blacksmithing. You've also probably had a little time to go through your new workbenches, and have come to the conclusion that better weapons and armor are a good idea. I'm inclined to agree - take some more time between these chapters to make yourself the best gear you can for your skill levels.

If, by chance you've been working on your Weaponsmithing (And you should be) - you may have come across something known as the "Bronze Pickaxe", not only is this little beauty the best item to grind on to 10 Weaponsmithing, it's also imperative to have.

This little Pickaxe is something that will lead you down the path of progression all on it's own. By creating this, you open up the possibility to mine those pesky little "Impure Iron Deposits" you've probably noticed laying around the cliffside by the Tin and Copper nodes.


With the Bronze Pickaxe in hand, take it upon yourself to start farming these Impure Iron Deposits to your hearts content. Then when you feel you've collected enough, smelt it down into Iron Ingots. During this time, you'll probably notice a need for even more charcoal. This is because, unlike Bronze, you will need a large quantity of Iron Ingots to really grind through the necessary levels it takes to get to Tier 2 workbenches. My suggestion is to ramp up your production time, by increasing the number of furnaces and kilns. I personally went with around 3 furnaces, and 10 kilns. Others can do better with more, or less pending on how willing they are to farm sapwood and impure iron ore to keep the kilns and furnaces fed.


Regardless of how much effort you're willing to put into it. Your goal remains the same right now. Garnering Tier 2 Workbenches. Right now you have only the basic forms of the workbenches, otherwise known as the Tier 1's. This is limited in that you can not create everything in the game on them, you can only create maybe 1/3rd of what's possible on Basic Workbenches.

However, the requirements to making the most important Tier 2 workbench (The one that makes the others), the Carpentry Workbench are:

Carpenters Tools (1 Wrought Iron Nail, 1 Boiled Generic Leather)
Carpenter Workbench (1 Carpenter's Tools, 4 Fine Wood Beam, 6 Fine Wood Plank, 20 Wooden Pegs)

This means, to create a Carpenter's Workbench, you will need at the very minimum:

19 Blacksmithing to make Wrought Iron Bars/Nails/Knife Head.
16 Leatherworking to make Generic Boiled Leather.
15 Carpentry to actually place the Tier 2 Carpenter Workbench.

Another important skill milestone you're likely going to want will include:

15 Tailoring to make Coarse Linen String for the Tier 2 Forge

Now that you've got your Iron Production started, it's time for you to grind.

Solo Guide Chapter 5: WIP

--I'll write it up when I get a chance.--

Grind Guide - Alchemy

(15 Alchemy is used to actually place your Tier 2 Alchemy Table.)

Alchemy is going to be a HEAVILY subjective grind. Honestly, it will depend more on what you have the easiest access to, when it comes to grinding. I'm going to give up on a linear form of progression.

Skill 1 -> 2: Weak Health Tonic I (Fly Agaric) then Skill 2 -> 4: Weak Healing Potion I (Datura Fruit)
Skill 1 -> 4: Weak Healing Potion I (Datura Fruit)
Skill 3 -> 7: Aegis Potion I (Soapwort)
Skill 4 -> 8: Weak Potion of Vitality I (Meadosweet)
Skill 4 -> 8: Weak Tonic of Vitality I (Fly Agaric)
Skill 5 -> 10: Weak Healing Tonic II (Fly Agaric)
Skill 5 -> 10: Weak Healing Potion II (Datura Fruit)
Skill 6 -> 11: Aegis Potion II (Soapwort)
Skill 7 -> 12: Weak Tonic of Vitality II (Fly Agaric)
Skill 10 -> 12: Weak Potion of Vitality II (Datura Leaf) (10 Alchemy for Datura Leaf Extract)
Skill 8 -> 13: Aegis Potion III (Alfalfa)
Skill 9 -> 13: Fire Resistance I (Sow Thistle) (9 Alchemy for Sow Thistle Extract)
Skill 10 -> 15: Weak Health Tonic III (Lavender)
Skill 10 -> 15: Weak Healing Potion III (Tansy)
Skill 11 -> 16: Aegis Potion IV (Castor)
Skill 12 -> 16: Poison Resistance I (Amanita Regalis) (12 Alchemy for Amanita Regalis Extract)
Skill 12 -> 17: Weak Potion of Vitality III (Datura Leaf)
Skill 12 -> 17: Weak Tonic of Vitality III (Amanita Regalis)
Skill 14 -> 19: Cold Resistance I (Crane Flower)
Skill 14 -> 19: Aegis Potion V (Castor)
Skill 14 -> 20: Minor Healing Potion I (Crown Beard)
Skill 18 -> 20: Minor Health Tonic I (Death Cap) (18 Alchemy for Death Cap Extract)
Skill 15 -> 21: Minor Potion of Vitality I (High Mallow)
Skill 15 -> 21: Minor Tonic of Vitality I (Golden Poppy)
Skill 16 -> 22: Steady Mind I (Golden Poppy)
Skill 19 -> 23: Aegis Potion VI (Starwort) (19 Alchemy for Starwort Extract)
Skill 19 -> 25: Fire Resistance II (Pasque Flower)
Skill 19 -> 25: Minor Health Tonic II (Death Cap)
Skill 19 -> 25: Minor Healing Potion II (Crown Beard)
Skill 20 -> 26: Aegis Potion VII (Starwort)
Skill 22 -> 26: Minor Tonic of Vitality II (Red Poppy) (22 Alchemy for Red Poppy Extract)
Skill 23 -> 26: Minor Potion of Vitality II (Wolfsbane Leaf) (23 Alchemy for Wolfsbane Extract)
Skill 22 -> 28: Poison Resistance II (Red Poppy)
Skill 23 -> 29: Aegis Potion VIII (Starwort)
Skill 23 -> 30: Minor Healing Potion III (Fool's Webcap)
Skill 27 -> 30: Minor Health Tonic III (Skullcap) (27 Alchemy for Skullcap Extract)
Skill 25 -> 32: Cold Resistance II (Deadly Nightshade)
Skill 25 -> 32: Aegis Potion IX (Bladder Campion)
Skill 26 -> 33: Minor Potion of Vitality III (Wolfsbane Leaf)
Skill 26 -> 33: Minor Tonic of Vitality III (Bladder Campion)
Skill 28 -> 35: Steady Mind II (Batflower)
Skill 28 -> 35: Aegis Potion X (Bladder Campion)
Skill 29 -> 36: Health Tonic I (Skullcap)
Skill 29 -> 36: Healing Potion I (Skullcap)
Skill 31 -> 38: Fire Resistance III (Batflower)
Skill 33 -> 39: Potion of Vitality I (Loios' Tears) (33 Alchemy for Loios' Tears Extract)
Skill 33 -> 39: Tonic of Vitality I (Loios' Tears) (33 Alchemy for Loios' Tears Extract)
Skill 36 -> 38: Potion of the Aegis (Elegant Stinkhorn) (36 Alchemy for Elegant Stinkhorn Extract)
Skill 36 -> 40: Poison Resistance III (Elegant Stinkhorn) (36 Alchemy for E. Stinkhorn Extract)

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Armorsmithing

(15 Armor Smithing is used to actually place your Tier 2 Armor SmithWorkbench.)

Skill 1 -> 4: Wooden Buckler
Skill 4 -> 8: Primitive Chainmail Coif I
Skill 8 -> 10: Primitive Chainmail Shoes I
Skill 10 -> 15: Primitive Chainmail Gloves II
Skill 15 -> 16 or 19: Inferior Chainmail Coif II
Skill 16 or 19 -> 22: Butted Chainmail Gloves I
Skill 22 -> 24: Butted Chainmail Coif III
Skill 24 -> 29: Butted Chainmail Gloves V
Skill 29 -> 36: Riveted Chainmail Gives I
Skill 36 -> 38: Riveted Chainmail Shoes II
Skill 38 -> 40: Riveted Chainmail Coif IV

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Baking

I've never done baking, so you'll have to be patient. I'll grind it up in game first before I write out a guide for this one. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Grind Guide - Blacksmithing

(19 Blacksmithing is used to make Wrought Iron Bars/Nails for Tier 2 Workbenches.)

Skill 1 -> 3: Bronze Bars
Skill 3 -> 4: Bronze Sheets and/or Nails
Skill 4 -> 5: Bronze Studs
Skill 5 -> 8: Bronze Buckles
Skill 8 -> 11: Iron Bar
Skill 11 -> 12: Iron Nails
Skill 12 -> 13: Iron Studs
Skill 13 -> 14: Iron Knife Blade
Skill 14 -> 17: Iron Crossbar
Skill 17 -> 18: Large Iron Crossguard
Skill 18 -> 19: Large Iron Sword Blade
AND/OR
Skill 18 -> 19: Jewelcrafting Tools (Requires a Tier 2 Blacksmithing Workbench)
AND/OR
Skill 14 -> 19: Leatherworking Tools (Requires a Tier 2 Blacksmithing Workbench)
AND/OR
Skill 15 -> 19: Furnace Parts (Requires Boiled Generic Leather)
Skill 19 -> 20: Wrought Iron Bar
Skill 20 -> 21: Wrought Iron Nails or Wrought Iron Spike (For Weaponsmithing) (Tier 2+)
Skill 21 -> 23: Wrought Iron Studs (Leatherworking) or Wrought Iron Spike (Weaponsmithing)
Skill 23 -> 25: Wrought Iron Spike
Skill 25 -> 28: Wrought Iron Arrowhead
AND/OR
Skill 28 -> 29: Baking Tools (Fine Linen Cloth)
AND/OR
Skill 28 -> 30: Basic Distilling Tools (The distilling tools are reversed/bugged)
AND/OR
Skill 28 -> 35: Large Wrought Iron Crossguard
AND/OR
Skill 30 -> 37: Steel Bar
Skill 37 -> 38: Steel Nails or Steel Studs
Skill 38 -> 39: Steel Spike
Skill 39 -> 40: Steel Crossbar or Steel Arrowhead


(The Large Iron Sword Blades HURT at 10 iron bars each. Solos do not have access to Tier 2 Blacksmith Workbenches, so they can not make Leatherworking Tools for cheaper. People in clans however, can instead use Leatherworking Tools to Wrought Iron. Furnace Parts will require a lot of generic boiled leather, which likely is only possible again, if you have friends or neighbours with tier 2 workbenches for you to use.)

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Carpentry

(15 Carpentry is used to make the Tier 2 Carpentry Workbench.)

Skill 1 -> 2: Wooden Pegs
Skill 2 -> 3: Long Wood Stock
Skill 3 -> 6: Wooden Beams
Skill 6 -> 7: Tiny Stool
Skill 7 -> 9: Wicker Window Flower Pot (Requires no Iron)
AND/OR
Skill 5 -> 10: Sand (Gneiss into Sand)
AND/OR
Skill 7 -> 12: Decorated Chest (Requires Iron Hinges)
AND/OR
Skill 9 -> 12: Ornamental Table (Requires no Iron)
Skill 12 -> 17: Fine Wood Beam
Skill 17 -> 19: Fine Wooden Plank
AND/OR
Skill 14 -> 20: Sand (Limestone into Sand)
Skill 19 -> 23: Long Fine Wood Stock
Skill 23 -> 27: Short Fine Wood Stock
Skill 27 -> 40: Stone Planter with Frieze and/or Ivy.

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Charcuterie

(15 Carpentry is used to place your Tier 2 Charcuterie Workbench, so your Charcterie skill doesn't matter here.)

Skill 1 -> 2: Meat Chunks (Rabbit Carcasses)
Skill 2 -> 3: Meat Strips
Skill 3 -> 5: Poorly Parted Deer
Skill 5 -> 7: Parted Deer
Skill 7 -> 9: Poorly Parted Boar
Skill 9 -> 14: Parted Boar
Skill 14 -> 16: Well Parted Deer (Tier 2+)
Skill 16 -> 22: Well Parted Boar
Skill 22 -> 25: Butchered Deer
Skill 25 -> 27: Butchered Boar
Skill 27 -> 30: Skillfully Butchered Deer
Skill 30 -> 31: Skillfully Butchered Boar
Skill 31 -> 35: Premium Butchered Deer
Skill 35 -> 36: Premium Butchered Boar
Skill 36 -> 39: Premium Butchered Wolf
Skill 39 -> 40: There is nothing. Enjoy grinding on Trivial stuff.

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Cooking

(15 Cooking is used to place your Tier 2 Cooking Workbench.)

Skill 1 -> 4: Barley Water or Tallow or Lard
Skill 4 -> 8: Amber Barley Water
Skill 8 -> 9: Golden Barley Water
Skill 9 -> 14: Blueberry Syrup
Skill 14 -> 18: Raspberry Syrup
Skill 18 -> 23: Strawberry Syrup
Skill 23 -> 28: Red Currant Syrup
Skill 28 -> 33: Raisins
Skill 33 -> 34: Blackberry Syrup
Skill 34 -> 38: Elderberry Syrup
Skill 38 -> 40: There is nothing. Enjoy grinding on Trivial items.

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Fletching

(15 Fletching is used to actually place your Tier 2 Fletching Workbench.)

Skill 1 -> 2: Wooden Arrow
Skill 2 -> 5: Flinthead Arrow
Skill 5 -> 7: Bronze Tipped Arrow
Skill 7 -> 9: Iron Tipped Arrow
Skill 9 -> 14: Wrought Iron Tipped Arrow
Skill 14 -> 15: Rough Bow Stave (It starts to suck from this point on.)
Skill 15 -> 18: Sturdy Longbow
Skill 18 -> 19: Curved Longbow
Skill 19 -> 23: Bow Stave
Skill 23 -> 24: Silver Tipped Arrow
Skill 24 -> 31: Steelhead Arrow
Skill 31 -> 36: War Bow
Skill 36 -> 40: There is nothing. Enjoy grinding on trivial items.

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Jewelry Making

I've never done Jewelry Making, so you'll have to be patient. I'll grind it up in game first before I write out a guide for this one. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Skill 1 -> 2: Simple Bronze Band
Skill 2 -> 4: Blizzard Stone Amulet
Skill 4 -> 8: Small Topaz Amulet
Skill 8 -> 9: Onyx Headband (Or grind on Trivial, Small Topaz Amulet to save Onyx)
Skill 9 -> 14: Slender Bronze Earring
AND/OR
Skill 11 -> 16: Small Silver Bracelet (Wrought Iron)
AND/OR
Skill 12 -> 17: Onyx Bronze Ring (Bronze)
AND/OR
Skill 13 -> 18: Shiny Silver Bracelet (Wrought Iron)

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Leatherworking

(16 Leatherworking is used to make Generic Boiled Leather for Tier 2 Workbenches.)

Skill 1 -> 2: Coarse Leather Band
Skill 2 -> 3: Coarse Leather String
Skill 3 -> 6: Suede Leather Shoes or Bonded Leather Hat
Skill 6 -> 7: Suede Leather Gloves
Skill 7 -> 11: Rough Leather Bands AND Rough Leather String (You need more Bands than String)
Skill 11 -> 16: Split Leather Gloves
Skill 16 -> 20: Animal Hide AND Large Animal Hide
AND/OR
Skill 18 -> 22: Leather Bands AND Leather String (You need more Bands than string.)
Skill 22 -> 23: Decent Leather Gloves
Skill 23 -> 26 or 28: Split Leather Hat
Skill 26 or 28 -> 31: Corrected Leather Blacksmith Gloves
AND/OR
Skill 26 or 31 -> 33: Fine Leather Bands and Fine Leather String (More Bands than string.)
Skill 33 -> 35: Fair Leather Hat
Skill 35 -> 39: Splendid Corrected Leather Blacksmith Gloves
Skill 39 -> 40: You're on your own here. Everything here requires sigils or leashes.

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Tailoring

(15 Tailoring is used to make Coarse Cloth String for Tier 2 Workbenches.)

Skill 1 -> 2: Coarse Linen String or Swing Needles
Skill 2 -> 3: Cloth Pins
Skill 3 -> 5: Plain Cloth Pants
Skill 5 -> 10: Rough Linen String
Skill 10 -> 11: Rough Cloth Tippet
Skill 11 -> 13: Rather Simple Cloth Tippet
Skill 13 -> 14: Unremarkable Undergarment
Skill 14 -> 20: Linen String
Skill 20 -> 21: Coarse Cotton Cord (Trust me, this is better than anything involving cloth pins)
Skill 20 -> 23: Rough Wool Yarn (Trust me, this is better than anything involving cloth pins)
Skill 23 -> 30: Fine Linen String
Skill 30 -> 31: Rough Cotton Cord (Trust me, this is better than anything involving cloth pins)
Skill 31 -> 33: Wool Yarn (Trust me, this is better than anything involving cloth pins)
Skill 33 -> 40: Cotton Cord (Trust me, this is better than anything involving cloth pins)

Cloth Pins become obscenely expensive after around level 15 for items, and it becomes much faster to simply farm Level 15+ boars for wool, or to make a trip to a Drowned Lands for cotton, than it does to actually make anything like a tippet above level 15.

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Weaponsmithing

(15 Weaponsmithing is used to actually place your Tier 2 Weaponsmithing Workbench.)

Skill 1 -> 2: Bronze Pike
Skill 2 -> 10: Bronze Pickaxe
Skill 10 -> 15: Simple Heavy Spear
Skill 15 -> 16: Wooden Spear (Tier 2+)
Skill 16 -> 22: Novice Spear
Skill 22 -> 24: Wrought Iron Pickaxe or Novice Handspear
Skill 24 -> 29: Sleek Spear
Skill 29 -> 32: Wrought Iron Pickaxe II
Skill 32 -> 37: Balanced Spear or Fine Spear
Skill 37 -> 40: Steel Pickaxe

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

Grind Guide - Winemaking and Brewing

(15 Cooking is used to actually place your Tier 2 Cooking Workbench, so Winemaking skill doesn't matter here.)

Winemaking, like Alchemy can be very subjective and entirely based on what you have closest to you. It's not as bad as Alchemy, but do expect a lot of And/Or's. This will also not be a linear progression table.

Skill 1 -> 2: Shire Gold (Blueberry/Honey)
Skill 1 -> 4: Strawberry Mead (Strawberry/Honey)
Skill 1 -> 5: Plain Ale (Barley Grain -> Malt/Yeast -> Weak Ale Base)
Disclaimer: If you live nearby Barley, making Ale's are probably the easiest to grind.
Skill 4 -> 8: Small Cider (Raspberry/Honey)
Skill 6 -> 11: Autumn Heat (Blackberry/Honey)
Skill 7 -> 12: Farmhouse Cider (Blueberry Syrup)
Skill 9 -> 14: Harvest Gold Ale (Honey/Barley Grain -> Weak Ale Base)
Skill 11 -> 16: Meadow Song Ale (Barley Grain -> Cloudy Ale Base)
Disclaimer: If you live nearby Barley, making Ale's are probably the easiest to grind.
Skill 14 -> 19: Blueberry Mead (Blueberry/Honey/Barley Grain -> Weak Mead Base)
Skill 15 -> 21: Weak Mead (Honey/Barley Grain -> Weak Mead Base)
Skill 18 -> 24: Raspberry Mead (Raspberry/Honey/Barley Grain -> Cloudy Mead Base)
Skill 19 -> 25: Summer Heat (Red Apple/Honey/Raspberry Syrup)
Skill 21 -> 27: Duskfire Ale (Rosemary/Barley Grain -> Cloudy Ale Base)
Skill 22 -> 28: Strawberry Mead (Honey/Strawberry/Barley Grain -> Cloudy Mead Base)
Skill 23 -> 28: Small Beer (Hops/Barley Grain -> Weak Beer Base)
Disclaimer: Weak Beer Base requires level 23 Winemaking
Skill 23 -> 30: Piquette (White Grapes -> Weak White Wine Base)
Skill 24 -> 31: Dry White (White Grapes -> Weak White Wine Base)
Skill 26 -> 33: Kerys Cider (Red Apple/Honey/Red Currant Syrup)
Skill 26 -> 33: Sweet Mead (Honey/Hops/Barley Grain -> Strong Mead Base)
Skill 28 -> 35: Harvest Glow Ale (Yeast + Hops/Barley Grain -> Strong Ale Base)
Skill 30 -> 37: Summer Brew (Hops/Barley Grain -> Cloudy Beer Base)
Skill 30 -> 37: Lora des Papes (White Grapes -> Cloudy White Wine Base)
Skill 32 -> 39: Red Currant Mead (Honey/Red Currant/Hops/Barley Grain -> Strong Mead Base)
Skill 32 -> 39: Gallian Red (White Grapes -> Cloudy White Wine Base)
Disclaimer: Yes, Gallian Red uses White Grapes... don't ask me why.
Skill 32 -> 40: Mulled Redwine (Red Grapes -> Weak Red Wine Base)
Skill 33 -> 40: Bold Winter Stout (Honey/Hops/Barley Grain -> Cloudy Beer Base)

40 is the new max as of patch 4367

FAQ #1 - Where to find Heartwood.

Oaks Trees in Old Forest give heartwood. Oaks are the dark barked ones, while beech are the light barked ones. This requires an Iron+ Hatchet.

Twisted Oaks in Forsaken Forest give Heartwood at I think 35+ Woodcutting. This requires a Wrought Iron+ Hatchet

Juniper Trees in Lands of Stone/The Pale give heartwood at any level woodcutting. This requires an Iron+ Hatchet

Fir Trees in Evergreen Forest give random amounts (0 to maybe 10) of heartwood at any level woodcutting. This requires a Bronze+ Hatchet

Hawthorne Trees that look like the small sized juniper trees in the Scrublands give 4 heartwood at any level woodcutting also. This requires a Bronze+ Hatchet.

Pine Trees in the Eerie Pines give random amounts (Around 20) of heartwood at any level woodcutting. This requires an Iron+ hatchet.

Beech Trees in the Rolling Hills give random amounts (Around 10) of heartwood at any level woodcutting. This requires a Bronze+ Hatchet.

Birch Trees (Large) in the Old Forest give random amounts (Around 8) of heartwood at any level woodcutting. This requires a Bronze+ Hatchet.

Birch Trees (Medium) in the Old Forest give random amounts (Around 5) of heartwood at any level woodcutting. This requires a Stone+ Hatchet.

FAQ #2 - Where can I find ____ ?

Honestly, you should take some time to learn how to use https://paxdei.th.gl/

It's also a good idea to learn how to differentiate the biomes on the map based on the key here:



In alphabetical order grouped by taxonomy (If it isn't listed here, it's likely been removed):

Gatherable/Botanicals:

• Alfalfa - The Pale
  
• Amanita Regalis - Evergreen Forest (Wildlands Only)
  
• Barley - Lands of Stone, Scrublands
  
• Batflower - Forsaken Forest (Wildlands Only)
  
• Bay Bolete - Forsaken Forest
  
• Black Trumpet - Forsaken Forest
  
• Blackberry - Lands of Stone
  
• Bladder Campion - The Pale
  
• Blueberry - Old Forest
  
• Castor Plant - Drowned Lands
  
• Chanterelle - Evergreen Forest
  
• Cloudberry - The Pale
  
• Cotton - Drowned Lands
  
• Crane Flower - Drowned Lands
  
• Crown Beard - Drowned Lands
  
• Dandelion - Rolling Hills
  
• Dapperling - Eerie Pines
  
• Datura - Scrublands
  
• Deadly Nightshade - Drowned Lands
  
• Death Cap - Forsaken Forest
  
• Divine Mushroom - Old Forest
  
• Elderberry - The Pale
  
• Enoki - Forsaken Forest
  
• Fennel - The Pale
  
• Flax - Rolling Hills, Scrublands
  
• Fly Agaric - Forsaken Forest, Old Forest
  
• Fool's Webcap - Evergreen Forest
  
• Garlic - Old Forest
  
• Golden Poppy - The Pale
  
• Green Apples - Forsaken Forest
  
• High Mallow - The Pale
  
• Hops - Forsaken Forest
  
• Lavender - Drowned Lands
  
• Lemon Grass - Lands of Stone
  
• Loios' Tears - Eerie Pines
  
• Meadowsweet - Drowned Lands, Rolling Hills
  
• Morel - Whispering Woods (Wildlands Only)
  
• Mustard - Scrublands
  
• Oat - Lands of Stone
  
• Oyster Mushroom - Evergreen Forest
  
• Parsley - Drowned Lands
  
• Pasque Flower - Lands of Stone
  
• Penny Bun - Old Forest
  
• Periwinkle - Rolling Hills
  
• Rain Lilly - Rolling Hills
  
• Raspberry - Evergreen Forest
  
• Red Apples - Forsaken Forest
  
• Red Cabbage - Lands of Stone
  
• Red Currant - Forsaken Forest
  
• Red Grapes - Eerie Pines (Wildlands Only)
  
• Red Onion - Forsaken Forest
  
• Red Poppy - Lands of Stone
  
• Reeds - All Biomes (By Shorelines nearest to Water)
  
• Rose Bush - Drowned Lands
  
• Rosemary - The Pale
  
• Rye - Lands of Stone, The Pale
  
• Sage - Rolling Hills
  
• Skullcap - Forsaken Forest
  
• Soapwort - Scrublands
  
• Sow Thistle - Lands of Stone
  
• Starwort - Forsaken Forest
  
• Strawberry - Evergreen Forest
  
• Sweet Plums - Eerie Pines
  
• Tansy - Lands of Stone
  
• Thyme - Lands of Stone
  
• Wheat - The Pale
  
• White Grapes - Eerie Pines, Evergreen Forest
  
• Wolf's Bane - Evergreen Forest (Wildlands Only)
  
• Yellow Onion - Evergreen Forest, Old Forest

Gatherables/Mineral

• Clay - All Biomes (By Shorelines nearest to Water)
  
• Copper - All Biomes (By Cliffsides, Mountains and Rock Formations)
  
• Flint Rock - All Biomes (By Shorelines nearest to Water)
  
• Gneiss Deposits - All Biomes (By Cliffsides, Mountains and Rock Formations)
  
• Granite Deposits - Forsaken Forest, The Pale, Lands of Stone (Wildlands Only) (By Cliffsides, Mountains and Rock Formations)
  
• Impure Iron Deposits - All Biomes (By Cliffsides, Mountains and Rock Formations)
  
• Iron Deposits - Lands of Stone
  
• Limestone Deposits - The Pale (By Cliffsides, Mountains and Rock Formations)
  
• Pure Iron Deposits - Corrupted Plains (Wildlands Only)
  
• Tin Deposits - All Biomes (By Cliffsides, Mountains and Rock Formations)

Gatherables POTENTIALLY removed from the game?

• Alpine Juniper
  
• Angelica
  
• Cat Grass
  
• Chives
  
• Chlorine
  
• Daisy
  
• Gooseberry
  
• Hawthorn
  
• Hemp
  
• Lily of the Valley
  
• Pears
  
• Pineberry
  
• Plantago
  
• Pumice Stone
  
• Sugarcane
  
• Watercress

[Dairuka]

They did say they were bringing it in line with how it was prior to Proving Grounds being released. So it 'should' be a lot more manageable. Regardless, I'll keep it updated.

[Ava_rhodan007]

Remarkable. I hope it won't be too much work next week after the patch next week that will bring the craft XP where it was.