Summary
RuneScape: Dragonwildsis the survival crafting spin-off of developer Jagex’s perennial MMORPGRuneScape. While its early access release still has a lot that needs to be implemented, most players agree that the game has launched with a solid foundation on which to build. Pardon the survival-crafting pun, but players will also need a solid foundation to engage withRuneScape: Dragonwilds’building system.
Much like in other survival crafting RPGs, gameplay inRuneScape: Dragonwildscomes in three main forms: gathering, crafting/building, and combat. Building is a core part of this system, as players will need to craft both a home and a variety of additional workstations to keep expanding their crafting abilities throughout the game. With that in mind, these are thebest things to build inRuneScape: Dragonwilds.
This topic is aimed at players who want to prioritize the most useful building pieces and crafting stations. While it doesn’t list the numerous housing pieces here, players should be aware that many of the crafting stations need a roof over them to function, requiring them to build indoor spaces to house these items.
Sleep through the night or rest to regain stamina
The Bed Roll is an essential early item to craft inRuneScape: Dragonwilds. It has three functions. First, it sets the player’s respawn point, so they’ll come back to their bed if they die out in the world. Second, players can lay down on the bed in the daytime to regain lost stamina.
Lastly, players can use the bed toskip the night by sleeping. Beds need to be enclosed and have a roof over them, so players will also need a structure to put the Bed Roll in.
4 x Ash Logs
Access crafting for basic armor, weapons, and tools
The Crafting Table is one of the few stations that can be placed freely, so players don’t have to worry about putting it inside a structure. It’s also used for most of the game’sbasic equipment crafting, including weapons, armor, and gathering tools, so players will want to build one right away.
Players will likely end up building numerous crafting stations as they explore the world ofRuneScape: Dragonwilds, as they can also be used to repair gear, which can come in handy quite often.
Cook basic food
The Campfire is the first station players will want to build for food crafting. Campfires can only cook basic food, but players can later upgrade this with a cooking pot for more complex recipes.More advanced food items can provide buffsto the player, as well as being essential for filling the hunger meter.
Campfires and Cooking Pots have to be built outdoors; they’ll only function without a roof over them. Later in the game, however, players will be able to build a Cooking Range, which can be placed indoors.
Access to potion crafting
The Brewing Cauldron has an extensive recipe, but these items can all befound in early-game areas, and players will want to build this station as soon as they can. It grants access to potion brewing, which allows players to create potions with a range of effects - from healing potions to experience boosters.
To create the potions, players will also need Charcoal for fuel, a herb and a secondary ingredient for the recipe, and a Clay Vessel to hold it. The specific herb and secondary ingredient will depend on the potion the player wants to make. For example, a healing potion needs a Snapdragon and two Dwellberries, whereas an anti-poison potion needs a Harralander and a Bittercap Mushroom.
16 / 24 item storage slots
The Crate is thesmallest storage option inRuneScape: Dragonwilds, but it still holds 16 item stacks and is easily accessible to craft early in the game. Players will need to hoard a lot of resources for crafting inDragonwilds, so building storage is a must.
Players can build Small Chests that hold 24 item stacks if they add 4 x Coarse Thread and 2 x Swamp Tar to the Ash Logs needed for the Crate. Since these smaller storage options are much more accessible than the large chest, which requires higher-tier materials, it’s arguably more efficient to build multiple smaller storage chests than the larger, more expensive versions.
Processes Stone, Sandstone and Granite
The Grindstone can’t be built until players are past the early-game, as it needs Oak Logs and some processed materials. It’s an essential piece of refining equipment if players want access to higher-tier building parts, though.
Players put their stacks of Stone, Sandstone, or Granite into the Grindstone, and it processes the materials passively over time. There’s not much more to it than that, but it’san essential step in the crafting/building loop.
Smelt ores into metal bars
The Furnace is another processing station that marks an essential step in the building/crafting loop ofRuneScape: Dragonwilds. This station is needed for processing metal ores like iron and copper into metal bars.
These bars are needed tobuild more advanced crafting stationsand gear, though players will need to progress the game beyond the point where they’ve conquered their first vault in order to access the materials for the Furnace. Players should note that the Furnace needs to be placed outside (or not have a roof) in order to function.
Access fast travel between two lodestones
Once players have access to them, Lodestones become an essential tool for long-term exploration inRuneScape: Dragonwilds. The first Lodestone players build will only allow them to teleport back to the previously inactive stone in the Temple starting area. Once they have multiple, though, they’ll be able to teleport between any two Lodestones.
It’s an essential traversal tool, but teleporting isn’t free; it costs Law Runes. Players should already have access to a Rune Altar by the time they build a Lodestone, but they’ll need to bear this cost in mind. The Law Rune cost is a minimum of one, but it can be increased by distance traveled and the weight a player is carrying.
Access crafting for advanced weapons, armor, and tools
The Smithing Forge is how players accessthe higher tiers of gearand tools inRuneScape: Dragonwilds. They’ll need a Vault Core and the ability to smelt Bronze Bars to build one, so it’s not accessible during the early-game.
Still, this station is an essential tool for mid-game progress. From Iron and Bronze gathering tools to enchanted weapons and mage robes, the Smithing Forge gives players access to a laundry list of gear recipes with the right ingredients.
Access Rune crafting and Wardstones
The Rune Altar is available to craft from quite early in the game, and it should be built as soon as possible. This is how players access Rune Crafting, which is absolutely essential for general gameplay inRuneScape: Dragonwilds. That’s because runes are commonly used to fuel abilities, as well as in crafting.
Special moves like Woodcutting’s Axtral Projection require runes, as do actions like fast travel. As a secondary benefit, players can also create Wardstones at the Rune Altar, which can be used to increase one’s Lifeward temporarily.
