Sons of the Forest is in Early Access and created by the same studio that brought you The Forest, but there are differences between the games. A change that you’ll notice early on is that there are two crafting modes, and one mode doesn’t give you any guidance or tracking.
Making a fire is useful for both light and cooking in Sons of the Forest, but crafting one is done through the mode without guidance, so it can be a little confusing the first time you make one.
How to Make a Fire in Sons of the Forest
Before you craft a fire, it’s best to gather the materials since you won’t have material tracking for this crafting recipe. You’ll need two sticks and some leaves. Once you have them, go into your inventory (I or D-pad Down by default) and equip a stick.
While holding a stick, when you look at the ground, you should see the dotted outline of a broken stick.
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When you click, you’ll break the stick and place it on the ground, kneeling with another stick taken out.
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Break that stick as well and you’ll have a little unlit fire and the interact prompt will appear when you’re close to it if you have leaves. Interact to use leaves as kindling and light your fire, then you can get to cooking meat.
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Sons of the Forest has hit 260K+ players already, and you can play it with friends through multiplayer. Check out our growing list of Sons of the Forest guides as it grows in Early Access.
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