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How to make a fire for light and cooking in Sons Of The Forest
How do you make a fire in Sons Of The Forest?Early Sapiens really were onto something with that whole fire malarky, weren’t they? And as it turns out, fire is an absolute necessity early on inSons Of The Forest, Endnight’s ambitious new Early Accesssurvival game.
Fire is useful not only for lighting the surrounding area, but for cooking your food to make it much more effective at staving off starvation. But for players unused to the immersive, diegetic user interfaces ofThe Forest, it can be a bit tricky to figure out how to make a fire.
In this guide we’ll walk you through exactly how to craft a fire in Sons Of The Forest out of nothing more than some Sticks and your handy Lighter, so you can get to work surviving and filling your belly with the remains of your slaughtered enemies. Yum-yum!
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How to make a fire in Sons Of The Forest
To make a fire in Sons Of The Forest, all you need are 2 Sticks and your Lighter, which you always have on you. Sticks can be found anywhere where there are shrubs or trees. They’ll often be found on the floor, but you can also use your Axe to chop down bushes and shrubs for lots of Sticks - or you can ask Kelvin to gather Sticks for you.
Once you have 2 Sticks, open your inventory and click on a Stick to equip it in your hands. Then look down at the ground until a white dotted marker appears. There are two ways to place a Stick on the ground:
Right-click to change the stick placement icon to the two sticks, rather than the circle.
After that, you’ll automatically be prompted to break another Stick in half and place that down to provide more kindling for the fire, so go ahead and left-click again to do that. Technically you can light a fire using just one Stick, but the fire doesn’t last long at all so we recommend using two Sticks.
How to use a fire to cook food
You can use this fire simply to light your surroundings during the dark nights, but more importantly you can use it to cook raw meat and other foods to make them far more nutritious. To do this, interact with a lit fire and place down whatever foods you like. You can cook multiple foods at once on a single fire.
That’s everything you need to know about making a fire in Sons Of The Forest. If food isn’t the issue but you’re currently dying of thirst, then check out our quick guide onhow to get water in Sons Of The Forest. Alternatively, consult our guides onhow to get the Rebreatherand theShovelto help make your early game a bit easier. And don’t forget to save! If you don’t know how, follow our guide onhow to save in Sons Of The Forest!
