Totem Guide

Totems are powerful items but how do they work and how do we build them?

1) Firstly, we need to build the Totem base itself...

Base

12 Ceremonial Pigments - Indian Paintbrush

5 Shaman Spirit Spells - Wall Post

4 Totem Tools - Crafted

10 Stone Presses - Clearing Rocks

6 Gathered Spirits - Direct Request

4 Woodworking Tools - Crafted

Each Totem Tool requires 5 Chisel Chips (Non-Sapling Pines) and 5 Sharp Saws (Wall Post)

Each Woodworking Tool requires 5 Native Chisel Tools (Steel Forges) and 5 Sanding Stones (Direct Request)

2) Next we power up the Totem with a Spirit Crystal...

Animal Crystal

Action: Makes 4 Animals Surrounding the Totem grow instantly (6 after the wrapper is completed)

Duration: 60 hours or after 6 tends

Each Animal Crystal Requires 20 Crystal Shards (Squash), 30 Nature Spirits (Wall Post) and 14 Animal Essence (Direct Request)

Crops Crystal
Action: Makes 8 Crops surrounding the Totem grow instantly (12 after the wrapper is completed)

Duration: 80 hours or after 7 tends

Each Crop Crystal Requires 24 Crystal Shards (Squash), 36 Nature Spirits (Wall Post) and 16 Plant Essence (Direct Request)

Lumber Crystal

Action: Makes 1 Lumber Tree surrounding the Totem grow instantly (2 after the wrapper is completed)

Duration: 40 hours or after 5 tends

Each Lumber Crystal requires 16 Crystal Shards (Squash), 24 Nature Spirits (Wall Post) and 12 Wood Essence (Direct Request)

3) Once you have used up the tends, you can replace the Crystal with a new one for another set of tends.

4) If you leave the Totem for too long unpowered it can wither, 60 hours for Animals, 80 hours for Crops, 40 hours for Lumber. Then it turns grey and dull. You can rejuvenate a withered Totem but it takes TWO of the Crystals instead of one.

Totems Building Guide

To craft Totems we're going to need a Totem Workshop.

That means a four step build that is used as a requirement through missions 2-5.

Each step is what we're used to, a combination of Wall Posts, Direct Requests, Crafting and Homestead Drops.

Some things are used across multiple stages so be sure to look ahead and plan ahead, you may be able to get stuff in advance to help.

Stage One

5 Adzes - Crafted

5 Bark Chippers - Crafted

8 Animal Spells - Wall Post

6 Animal Instinct - Direct Request

8 Loyal Leash - Adult Cows

10 Animal Claws - Grass Debris

Each Adze requires 4 Thick Poles (non-sapling Oaks) and 6 Pounded Iron (Direct Request)

Each Chipper requires 5 Firm Grips (Cocoa Trees) and 6 Jagged Blades (Wall Post)

Stage Two

8 Detailing Knives - Crafted

10 Artist Saws - Crafted

15 Carving Stands - Wall Post

12 Totem Books - Direct Requests

12 Wood Sealers - Sheep

15 Finishing Oil - Chickens

Each Knife requires 3 Horn Handles (Goats) and 5 Fine Blades (Wall Post)

Each Saw requires 5 Handle Frames (Imported Tangerine Trees) and 5 Bendable Blades (Direct Request)

Stage Three

8 Traditional Axes - Crafted

8 Bark Chippers - Crafted

14 Crop Spells - Wall Post

12 Crop Extractors - Direct Request

12 Early Harvest - Fig Trees

18 Ancient Sickles - Sugar Cane

Each Axe requires 4 Curved Sticks (Bamboo), 10 Tuff Twine (Direct Request) and 5 Sharp Obsidian (Wall Post)

Each Chipper requires 5 Firm Grips (Cocoa Trees) and 6 Jagged Blades (Wall Post)

Stage Four

10 Carving Benches - Crafted

12 Artist Saws - Crafted

25 Lumber Spells - Wall Post

18 Wood Extractors - Wall Post

15 Cords of Wood - Direct Request

25 Ancient Axe - Maize

Each Bench requires 6 Stone Wheels (Sieve Stations), 6 Wheel Stands (Wall Post) and 6 Sturdy Tabletops (Direct Request)

Each Saw requires 5 Handle Frames (Imported Tangerine Trees) and 5 Bendable Blades (Direct Request)

Build-O-Matic Building Guide

With a building as complicated as the Build-O-Matic it's fair think Doc's building instructions might take some time to work through!

As usual we'll see a four step building process with a collection of requests, crafting and things dropping from homestead items.

With the Build-O-Matic we do see a number of things repeated, homestead drops are copied in missions 1 and 3, and 2 and 4 and crafting items are also copied in missions 3 and 4..

So keep an eye ahead of the game to see if you can collect in advance.

Stage One

10 Metal Hooks - Silver Forges

25 Plum Lines - Plum Trees

7 Stained Plans - Wall Post

9 Metal Scraps - Wall Post

7 Precise Levels - Direct Request

5 Steel Boilers - Crafted

Each Steel Boiler requires 8 Tin Piping (Tin Forges) and 4 Used Metal Drums (Direct Request)

Stage Two

14 Furnace Kindling - Thorns on your Homestead OR a neighbours

20 Beaten Bridles - Adult Non-Rideable Horses on your Homestead OR a neighbours

12 Bull Treats - Wall Post

14 Mootivators - Direct Request

12 Bull Sweatbands - Direct Request

7 Bovine Wheels - Crafted

Each Bovine Wheel requires 12 Enormous Pumpkins (Pumpkins), 9 Gourd Knives (Wall Post) and 8 Energetic Bulls (Direct Request)

Stage Three

10 Metal Hooks - Silver Forges

25 Plum Lines - Plum Trees

14 Quilted Curtains - Wall Post

16 Fancy Paint - Direct Request

9 Bovine Wheels - Crafted

6 Steam Pistons - Crafted

Each Bovine Wheel requires 12 Enormous Pumpkins (Pumpkins), 9 Gourd Knives (Wall Post) and 8 Energetic Bulls (Direct Request)

Each Steam Piston requires 9 Malleable Brass (Sparkler Crops), 9 Piston Skirts (Direct Request) and 7 Metal Cylinders (Wall Post)

Stage Four

14 Furnace Kindling - Thorns on your Homestead OR a neighbours

20 Beaten Bridles - Adult Non-Rideable Horses on your Homestead OR a neighbours

18 Recycled Lumber - Wall Post

20 Fancy Frieze - Direct Request

12 Steam Pistons - Crafted

5 Electric Gizmos - Crafted

Each Steam Piston requires 9 Malleable Brass (Sparkler Crops), 9 Piston Skirts (Direct Request) and 7 Metal Cylinders (Wall Post)

Each Gizmo requires 6 Wrapping Sinews (Retired Bulls/Purple Echinacea), 15 Surplus Wiring (Wall Post) and 8 Cord Fittings (Direct Request)

Build-O-Matic In Depth Guide

This is the full in-depth guide on how to use the Build-O-Matic.

You can download the guide in PDF Format (1.2mb) or as a Word Document (7.5mb)

Or you can simply read the guide in image format below... Click the images to see full size.

Bigfoot Building Guide

If we're going to catch Bigfoot we need the best equipment we can find, and that means upgrading the Mystery Wagon and building some tricks and traps that will help to catch the mountain man.

That translates to a four step build procedure, in the now familiar style.

It'll contain all the stuff we're used to seeing in a build, wall posts, direct requests, crafting and, of course, those homestead drops from various items around the stead.

Stage One

6 No Stick Oil - Geese

6 Mud Boots - Requested

4 Log Bridges - Crafted

8 Wooly Steel - Imported Silver Sheep

8 Plaster Buckets - Requested

5 Foot Molds - Crafted

Each Log Bridge requires 3 Curved Logs (Sugar Cane) and 5 Walkin' Supports (Requested)

Each Mold requires 3 Castin' Plaster (Pigs) and 5 Measurein' Tapes (Requested)

Stage Two

15 Hair Gel - Blue Corn

15 Tough Combs - Requested

8 Hair Catchers - Crafted

12 Scene Tape - Skulls

12 Sample Bags - Requested

8 Testing Kits - Crafted

Each Catcher requires 3 Long Poles (Birch Trees) and 6 Snaggin' Claws (Requested)

Each Kit requires 4 Hair Dissolvers (Lemon Trees) and 6 Hair Sample Charts (Requested)

Stage Three

18 Paddles - Fully Grown Oak

15 Waterproof Liners - Requested

10 Wagon Pontoons - Crafted

20 Lip Balm - Blazing Stars

12 Ear Plugs - Requested

8 Bigfoot Callers - Crafted

Each Pontoon requires 4 Log Ties (Hide Prepping Stations), 8 Wagon Latches and 4 Sealed Logs (both Requested)

Each Caller requires 3 Duck Calls (Ducks) and 5 Phonograph Cones (Requested)

Stage Four

12 Trap Snares - White Roses

18 Tent Stakes - Requested

12 King Sized Traps - Crafted

15 Chilli Snacks - Chilli Peppers

20 Large Nets - Requested

8 Enticing Treasure - Crafted

Each King Sizes Trap takes 8 Trapping Boards (Requested), 6 Proppin' Stalks (Tomatoes) and 5 Snaggin' Ropes (Requested)

Each Enticing Treasure requires 5 Goldie's Lost Loot (Sieve Stations) and 5 Granny's Pies (Requested)