Windrose Resource Planner

Resources

8 core

Best Use

Route planning

Crafting + builds

Use this planner to decide what to farm before you craft a station or leave an island. The most common player mistake is collecting random materials without knowing which tool gate they are trying to open.

Windrose resource planner
Resource	Where to Get It	Tool or Gate	Primary Uses
Wood	Trees, driftwood, wreckage	Axe	Bonfire, Workbench, repairs, charcoal
Stone	Ground rocks and deposits	Pickaxe	Stone tools, furnace, bullets
Plant Fiber	Plants and shoreline gathering	Hands or tool	Rope, Coarse Fabric, bags, bandages
Clay	Riverbanks and wet ground patches	Stone Pickaxe	Kiln, furnace, bottles, pots
Copper Ore	Copper cave icons and deposits	Stone Pickaxe	Copper Ingots, tools, bell, bullets
Iron Ore	Foothills deposits	Copper Pickaxe	Iron tools, Lv2 recipes, advanced bags
Gunpowder	Smuggler stashes, pirate camps, later crafting	Combat or Millstone	Ammunition and ranged builds
Sulfur	Foothills yellow deposits	Iron Pickaxe	Late gunpowder crafting

Best Farming Order

Wood, stone, and plant fiber come first. Clay and copper unlock smelting. Copper tools bridge into iron. Iron and sulfur push the late resource chain for stronger tools, backpacks, and ammunition.

Frequently Asked Questions

What resource should I farm first?

Wood and stone are first, but copper and clay are the first real progression resources.

Where should I farm gunpowder early?

Use smuggler stashes and pirate camps before you can craft gunpowder from sulfur and ash.