Fire

Fire is essential to maintain Body Heat, cook/smoke Raw Meat and boil Unsafe Water

To start a fire you will need Wood and Tinder.

Wood is collected using the collect Wood icon.

Tinder can be made from Wood, Tinder Fungus, Newspaper and Birch Bark. The "Survival Manual" you always have at the beginning, the manual in the First Aid Kit and bandages can be shredded into tinder as well.

You will also need some method of starting a Fire. In general you will begin with some form of Fire Lighting equipment (Matches, magnesium fire starter, butane lighter). However these usually run out and you may need to make your own. To do this you can Craft a Fire Plow (Wood, 30mins) or a Bow Drill (Wood, Rope, 30mins). Both take practice to get right, literally, you are likely to fail the first 2/3 times you try and light a fire, however the more times you light a fire the easier it becomes. I would suggest using the Bow Drill if you can, but it is prone to breaking.

It's important to keep your Fire lit, to do this Stoke the Fire with additional Wood (Remember it takes 1h to collect Wood). Also Fire's burn out quicker when it's raining, and if not Stoked properly will go out while you are Sleeping.

You could cook or smoke raw meat when the fire is lit(Won't cost any time). Cooked meat gives 400 energy ,but it would spoiled after some time. Smoked meat gives 300 energy, but it won't spoil.