Get a pickaxe: Complete the Pirate Hideout, reach Sea Glass Harbor, and buy one from the general merchant beside the central Nui statue. Buy a spare: shop tools wear out quickly.

Version check: Some mechanics below come from demo footage; confirm recipes and locations in your game.

Gathering Tool Locations

Collect these tools as you progress.

Buy the pickaxe first; search for a field version when you visit its area.

Get More Durable Tools

• Field pickaxe: The demonstration shows higher durability than the shop version; exact values need verification.
• Expert's Logging Axe: Check the Watchers Village quest reward.
• Expert tools: Press O → Engineering → Tools, inspect the recipe, and craft the green version.
• Pro tip: Keep a shop spare until you find or craft a sturdier replacement.

Refine Materials in Sea Glass Harbor

• Find benches: Zoom in on the town map; the demonstration places refining benches on the right and crafting benches on the left.
• Buy supplies: Get Sweet Grass Powder from the central merchant.
• Check recipes: Press O, select an item, then press X for details and material sources.
• Gather drops: Monsters drop rags; other recipes may require items such as Shattered Blades.
• Process materials: Use the appropriate bench for a single craft or a timed batch.

Pro tip: Check every intermediate recipe before buying powder; lumber and additives use the same supplies.

Fine Lumber Recipe Planning

The demonstrated blue glider project lists three Fine Lumber, requiring 18 Standard Lumber and nine additives.

Verify each batch's output before calculating totals; the footage does not establish the yield.

Crafting Professions and Proficiency

Start with the finished item, then check its ingredient categories.

Check armor equip requirements before spending materials.

• Upgrade proficiency: Press C → Proficiency, select a skill, and use the appropriate manual with G.
• Butchery: Demo footage shows a production manual raising it to level 2, with reduced SP cost.
• Manual cost: One early-area vendor sold a production manual for five coins; the NPC and currency names need verification.
• Pro tip: Do not assume repeated Engineering crafts grant proficiency XP; the demo did not establish its progression.

Free Glider and Underwater Gathering

• Prototype glider: Demo footage shows an NPC at the top of a structure on Sea Glass Beach giving one away; check there before crafting it.
• Deploy the glider: Place it on your action bar in the demonstrated version.
• Underwater nodes: Gather Sea Mushrooms from coral and crabs from a suspicious rock.
• Pro tip: Leave the water before stamina reaches zero; the demo shows damage at zero stamina while swimming, even above the surface.

Where do I buy a pickaxe?

Buy one from the Sea Glass Harbor general merchant after completing the Pirate Hideout. The merchant stands right of the central Nui statue.

Where can I find a more durable pickaxe?

Check the Orc Encampment and War Memorial areas for field pickups. Their exact coordinates need verification.

Where do I get Sweet Grass Powder?

Buy Sweet Grass Powder from the Sea Glass Harbor general merchant. Check intermediate recipes before purchasing.

How do I upgrade gathering proficiency?

Press C, open Proficiency, select a skill, and apply the appropriate manual with G. The demo shows this method raising Butchery to level 2.

Can I get a glider without crafting it?

Demo footage shows an NPC at a Sea Glass Beach structure giving away a prototype glider. Verify the NPC's current location and reward before spending materials.