Fire Making

= Handrill =

Now all combustible items need fire making actions to light them up.

Required Tools:


 * Drill stick: a Thin Stick can be used as the drill stick


 * Drill board: Drill on a Wood Stub can make a simple drill board


 * Tinder: many fibers can be chop down into tinders, like tree barks, rough fiber, thatch etc. Cut coconut shells or Plait four small leaves on a workbench can also give you tinders.

Preparation:


 * Tinders made from different plants got different burn point, normally herbal plants have lower burn point.


 * The hardness of the drill stick will also affect the max temperature added to the tinder while drilling, softer sticks can provide more temperature.


 * Environment temperature can also affect fire making drastically, start fire in an enclosed shelter or before sunset.


 * Wind is another factor that will affect fire making, hide behind a huge rock may avoid strong winds (depending on the wind direction and your relative position to the rock)


 * If it rains, you’ll also need a cover overhead to keep the fireplace dry.

Start the Action:


 * Take drill stick and drill board in hands (doesn’t matter which hand takes which)


 * Tinders should be dropped near the target fireplace


 * Use the “Fire” icon on the target fireplace to start the action

Making Fire: Drilling


 * Roll the mouse wheel to drill, and added temperature to the tinder


 * Switch the rolling direction can add drilling speed, but too frequent switching is not helpful.


 * Hold S key to create pressure on the drill board, this will add extra temperature to the tinder.


 * When the tinder’s temperature is 10% higher than its smoking temperature, will enter the next step.

Making Fire: Smoking Tinder


 * Click left mouse button to blow air to the tinder, this will add oxygen to raise the temperature further more.


 * Keep the oxygen amount as high as possible until the tinder start to burn.

Making Fire: Burning Tinder


 * Burning tinder will raise the temperature of the target fireplace (or torch)


 * Keep blowing air into the tinder until the temperature reaches target item’s burn point (wood from different plants has different burn point)

2. Link the fire:


 * Conditions:

When holding a burning item and look at an un-burning combustible item or vice versa, the link fire icon will show up.


 * Action:

When the conditions are met, you can use the link fire icon to light up the un-burning one.