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Solarpunk Beginner Guide

Complete Solarpunk's 16 opening objectives with exact item, recipe, buildable, and research links.

Follow the quest order shown in game. Before crafting a placeable objective, open its recipe and buildable records so you can distinguish crafting ingredients from placement cost.

Opening Quest Route

Step	Objective	Exact Targets
Quest 1	Collect a berry bush	Berry Seeds, Crop workflow
Quest 2	Chop a tree	Wood and tree resources
Quest 3	Mine a stone with the pickaxe	Stone, Pickaxe
Quest 4	Craft a stick in the quick craft menu	Stick, Stick recipe
Quest 5	Craft a hoe	Hoe, Hoe recipe
Quest 6	Craft and place a crafting table	Crafting Table, Crafting Table recipe, Crafting Table buildable
Quest 7	Plant and water a berry bush	Berry Seeds, Crop workflow
Quest 8	Craft and read the survival guide	Survival Guide, Survival Guide recipe
Quest 9	Build and place Research Table	Research Table, Research Table recipe, Research Table buildable
Quest 10	Craft and place a rain collector	Rain Collector, Rain Collector recipe, Rain Collector buildable
Quest 11	Craft a Build-Hammer	Build-Hammer, Build-Hammer recipe
Quest 12	Build and place a bed	Bed, Bed recipe, Bed buildable
Quest 13	Plant a tree	Tree and wood resources
Quest 14	Chop a bush with an axe	Axe, Bush resources
Quest 15	Open key items overview in the inventory	Inventory controls
Quest 16	Research an item in the research Table	Research records, Research Table

Crafting Gates

Recipe	Station	Ingredients	Output	Placement
Stick	Crafting Table, Quick Craft	1 Wood	2 Stick	Inventory item
Hoe	Crafting Table, Quick Craft	3 Stick, 2 Stone	1 Hoe	Inventory item
Crafting Table	Crafting Table, Quick Craft	6 Wood	1 Crafting Table	Open buildable
Handbook	Crafting Table, Quick Craft	1 Wood, 2 Leaf	1 Survival Guide	Inventory item
Research Table	Crafting Table	8 Wood, 1 Cloth	1 Research Table	Open buildable
Rain Collector	Crafting Table	6 Wood, 8 Stone, 6 Stick	1 Rain Collector	Open buildable
Build Hammer	Crafting Table, Quick Craft	4 Stick, 5 Stone	1 Build-Hammer	Inventory item
Bed	Crafting Table	5 Wood, 1 Cloth, 2 Cotton	1 Bed	Open buildable

If Progress Stops

Symptom	Check	Next Record
The objective says craft, but placing does not complete it	Craft the listed recipe first; placement is a separate action.	Recipe records
A research objective will not advance	Use the Research Table, complete one listed research row, then recheck the task.	Research records
The berry-bush objective is unclear	The crop records connect Berry Seeds to Raspberry harvests.	Berry Seeds, Raspberry

Next Guides

Research decisions, Farming and water, Crafting chains