Development Log #22 - Material Refinement — Lost Isle Steam update #180596

Hello Survivors.The Isle is overflowing with raw materials. It's isn't overflowing with instructions for how to use those materials. This week we cover how to find those resources, how one material can serve multiple builds, and why the best materials aren't necessarily the ones you find.CollectingAlmost everything on the Isle is worth picking up. Wood from trees, stone and ore from veins, hides and bones from what you kill, and fibers from plants most players walk past. The Isle won't tell you what any of it is for. You learn by trying!Tools change how much you get, not whether you get it. A knife will pull ore. A pick will just pull more.Multiple UsesAny given raw material rarely has a single purpose. Wood keeps a furnace lit, holds up a wall, and turns into charcoal at the Charcoal Kiln. Fur goes on your back as-is, or through the Spinning Wheel and becomes cloth for something better....