How to Get Bark, Berries, and Make Rooty Stew

Gathering Bark

Craft a Bark Knife first. With the knife in hand, use it on a log to strip bark. Each wood type yields its own bark item:

• Oak Bark
• Birch Bark
• Spruce Bark
• Jungle Bark
• Acacia Bark
• Dark Oak Bark
• Cherry Bark
• Mangrove Bark
• Pale Oak Bark

Bark is the primary input for the Mortar and Pestle. Strip a stack of each type you can find and store it.

Berries

Berry bushes drop four kinds of fruit:

• Blackcurrant
• Redcurrant
• Whitecurrant
• Elderberry

Harvest them by hand. They are both food and Mortar ingredients, so keep a supply of each.

Rooty Stew and Fruit Salad

Combine your harvest into prepared food:

• Rooty Stew — a hearty meal made from roots and gathered ingredients.
• Fruit Salad — made from the four berries.

Both are crafted at a crafting table. Fruit Salad is the simpler of the two since it only needs berries. Rooty Stew is the better meal and uses the root-type ingredients you have dug up.

Loop

1. Strip bark with the Bark Knife.

2. Pick berries from bushes.

3. Craft Fruit Salad for quick food.

4. Craft Rooty Stew for a proper meal.

5. Grind leftover bark and berries in the Mortar for powders.