Winter Survival Guide

This guide will tell you where to find the WInter Survival resources you need for building a shelter and crafting the equipment you need!

Once you’ve survived your first day in Winter Survival, you’re going to need to focus on gathering resources so you can craft the equipment you’ll need for long-term survival. This guide will show you what the materials you need look like and where to find them!

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Using Instinct Mode to See Resources — Activating “Instinct Mode” by pressing Q will highlight resources near you.

Where to Find Winter Survival Resources

Here is what the important Winter Survival resources look like and where you can find them based on our experience with the game thus far.

How to Get Animal Bone

You can get Animal Bone by killing and skinning an Animal. You can also find Animal Bone on the ground.

How to Get Animal Fur Pieces

You can get Animal Fur Pieces by killing and skinning an Animal.

How to Get Battery

A Battery is a blue cylinder that can be found inside of structures and other abandoned areas.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Battery — A Battery Found in Winter Survival

How to Get Blueberry

You can get Blueberry from Blueberry Bushes. You’ll also get Fiber from these plants.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Blueberry — A Blueberry Bush found in the game.

How to Get Branch

Branches are found on the ground or by grabbing a Branch Bush. You can also get them by chopping down trees.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Branch — A Branch found in the game.

How to Get Cave Moss

You can find Cave Moss on the walls of certain caves.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Cave Moss — A Moss Patch found in the game.

How to Get Chaga Mushroom

You can find Chaga Mushroom on angled tree stumps.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Chaga Mushroom — A Chaga Mushroom on an Angled Stump in Winter Survival

How to Get Chicken of the Forest

Chicken of the Forest is a yellow-colored mushroom that can be found on tree stumps.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Chicken of the Forest — Chicken of the Forest found in the game.

How to Get Cranberry

You can get Cranberry by harvesting Cranberry Bushes. You’ll also get Fiber from these plants.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Cranberry — A Cranberry Bush found in the game.

How to Get Fiber

You can get Fiber by harvesting certain plants such as Blueberry Bushes. You can also find Fiber in structures.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Fiber — A piece of fiber found in an abandoned structure.

How to Get Large Branch

As with Branches, Large Branches are found on the ground or by grabbing a Branch Bush. You can also get them by chopping down trees.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Large Branch — A Large Branch Found in the Game

How to Get Leather Pieces

You can get Leather Pieces by killing and skinning an Animal.

How to Get Liberty Cap Mushroom

Liberty Cap Mushroom can be found on the ground

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Liberty Cap Mushroom — A Liberty Cap Mushroom found in Winter Survival.

How to Get Marko’s Beans

Marko’s Beans is a food item in a teal can that can be found in structures.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Marko's Beans — A Can of Marko’s Beans found in an abandoned structure.

How to Get Meaty Pete

You can find cans of Meaty Pete in abandoned areas. Look for a yellow can of food.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Meaty Pete — A Can of Meaty Pete Found in the Game.

How to Get Medicinal Herb

Medicinal Herb can be found standing on its own out in the wild.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Medicinal Herb — A Medicinal Herb Found In The Game World

How to Get Metal Scrap

Metal Scrap can be found on the ground in abandoned areas.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Metal Scrap — Some metal Scrap, found in abandoned structure areas.

How to Get Metal Spring

You can find Metal Spring in abandoned structures.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Metal Spring — Some metal springs, found in abandoned structure areas.

How to Get Metal Wire

Metal Wire can be found in structures.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Metal Wire — Some metal wire, found in abandoned structure areas.

How to Get Moonshine Spirit

Moonshine Spirit can be found in abandoned areas. It’s stored in a glass mason jar.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Moonshine Spirit — A Jar of Moonshine, found in an abandoned structure.

How to Get Nails

Nails can be found in structures, either as loose items or in a white box.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Nails — A few nails found on a shelf in an abandoned structure.

How to Get Raw Wolf Meat

As you might expect, you can get Raw Wolf Meat by killing a Wolf and skinning it with an equipped knife.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Raw Wolf Meat — A defeated wolf, which meat can be obtained from.

How to Get Rock

You can get Rocks by picking up Rock Piles on the ground.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Rock — Yep, that’s definitely a rock!

How to Get Rosa Canina

Rosa Canina can be found in bushes in the wild.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Rosa Canina — A Rosa Canina Found in Winter Survival

How to Get Rye Vodka

You can find Rye Vodka in abandoned areas. Look for a distinct, short bottle.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Rye Vodka — A Bottle of Moonshine Found in Game

How to Get Salt Crystal

You can find Salt Crystals in clusters on the ground, often by bodies of water.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Salt Crystal — A Crop of Salt Crystals Found Near Water

How to Get Snow Mountain Garlic

Snow Mountain Garlic can be found in the wild and in garden fields on the map.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Snow Mountain Garlic — A Snow Mountain Garlic Plant Found in Winter Survival

How to Get Softwood Log Chunk

You can most easily get Softwood Log Chunk by chopping down a tree. They can also be found on the ground in abandoned locations.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Softwood Log Chunk — A Softwood Log Chunk found in a crate in an abandoned structure.

How to Get Sugar Beet

You can find Sugar Beets in garden fields around the map.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Sugar Beet — A Sugar Beet Plant in Game

How to Get Tall Grass

Tall Grass is ubiquitous and can be found throughout the map.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Tall Grass — Some tall grass found in game.

How to Get Turkey Tail

Turkey Tail mushrooms can be found on tree stumps.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Turkey Tail — Some Turkey Tail Mushroom in Winter Survival

How to Get Water

You can get Water by drinking from any fresh, unfrozen source of water.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Water — Some nice, fresh, water in the game.

How to Get Wild Carrot

Wild Carrots can be found in garden fields on the map

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Wild Carrot — A Wild Carrot, Buried in the Ground

How to Get Wild Flower

Wild Flower is an orange flower that can be found by itself on the ground.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Wild Flower — A Wild Flower in Winter Survival

How to Get Wild Potato

As with other crops, Wild Potatoes can be found in garden fields on the map.

Winter Survival Resources Guide - Wild Potato — A Wild Potato Plant

That’s the end of our Winter Survival Guide

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