

If you want to fish, head to the water before winter comes and craft yourself a spear using 2 Sticks, Duct Tape, and your Utility Knife. Make Stick Storage and ask him to fill it up, so you can quickly craft plenty of Drying Racks, and other useful storage structures. These only require 13 Sticks to make, so ask Kelvin to help you out and collect some sticks for you. This can take some time, but if you get a few Drying Racks crafted early on, you can start to fill these up. Instead of just cooking food, you can cure a lot of it in one go. Make sure you put it on before you approach any camps, to keep the cannibals from becoming hostile. This can be worn around cannibal encampments to stop them from attacking you. While you're using the 3D Printers, it's also worth creating some Arrows and the Red Mask. There's a blue bar underneath the flask that shows you how full it is. You can monitor how much water is in your flask by opening your crafting menu (or inventory) with I. Prioritize getting the flask, then fill it up at a freshwater source. Luckily, enough resin can usually be found in the same room as the printer, or in the nearby storage rooms. Crafting the flask will cost 100ml of Printer Resin.

There are four of these on the island (show on the map above). We mentioned the forest as a potential starting point for this game, and the reason for this is it's close to one of the 3D Printers. Speaking of those key items, the one you'll want to find to help with your thirst is a 3D Printed Flask, and in order to do this, you need to find the 3D Printers. Winter arrives on day 10, so you'll want to have plenty of food and water stocked up to see you through. In the first few days, we'd recommend you catch animals, spend time fishing, forage, and find key items to set you up for the rest of the game. The best way to look after your basic needs is to use the island and its creatures to your full advantage - especially when you're just generally exploring. Press E rather than hold it down to pick up food items and avoid accidentally consuming them.
