Guide:Forest Foraging/Bonez565's Early Game Guide

This is probably the first activity most players will attempt. It is a good early game source of sticks and stones for your first few crafts in addition to what you can get from Helpful Herbert's Hut.

I recommend "buying" all the stones, sticks, and rope from Herbert's Shop first and using that to craft 2 Basic Sickles The rest of the sticks, stones, and rope can be used to craft 1 each of a Basic Hatchet, Basic Pickaxe, and Basic Fishing Net. You should equip the Basic Hatchet, Basic Pickaxe, and Basic Fishing Net to complete the Thanks, Herbert! achievement and some good starting money. Use this to buy Herbert's Cape, Herbert's Hat and Herbert's Boots which you should immediately equip.

Next you should swap to your best crafted Basic Sickle that will give you a boost to your first few actions of foraging. Try to fill about 2/3 of your inventory with foraging drops and then fill the last 1/3 with Birch Logs from Cut Birch Trees.

You should now be overencumbered and get the My Back Hurts achievement, with luck you'll also get a fine material and can complete the Ooh, Shiny! Achievement, and you can also drop an item to complete the No Trashing achievement (A single thistle is ideal for this, but anything works.) importantly don't drop anything else as most materials are useful or at worst can be sold.

If you can equip the Tiny Backpack and Shiny Ring from the achievement rewards.

Once you have a full inventory you'll want to open any chests you obtained and then open the map and travel to Kallaheim.