Plant Fibers

Harvested from a number of plants, these fibers are useful for a surprising number of things.

Notes

Plant Fibers are a common early-game material harvested from a wide variety of wild plants, including grasses, mosses, and shrubs, and also produced by processing crops like cotton and flax. They serve as a low-value fuel (100 fuel value) and a key ingredient in many basic items such as backpacks, fishing gear, and gathering research papers. Because they are abundant and also compostable, collecting Plant Fibers is a reliable way to meet early fuel needs and stockpile a versatile crafting resource.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Recipe (3 ways to make this)FisheryFiber Scutching Station · Gathering Lv 2Fiber Scutching Station · Gathering Lv 2

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Kelp	8	item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Food Scrap	0.06

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	25 calories
Craft time	1 min
Throughput	≈ 420 Plant Fibers / hour (base)

Recycling & waste

• 0.1× Bio Residue

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

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• 4× Cotton Boll

Categories

• Burnable Fuel
• Crop
• Fuel
• Ingredient
• Natural Fiber
• Product

Found in the wild

• Arctic Willow
• Barrel Cactus
• Big Bluestem
• Bullrush
• Bunchgrass
• Buttonbush
• Common Grass
• Deer Lichen
• Desert Moss
• Dwarf Willow
• Filmy Fern
• Heliconia
• Jointfir
• King Fern
• Lattice Mushroom
• Ocean Spray
• Peat Moss
• Pitcher Plant
• Rose Bush
• Salal
• Saxifrage
• Seagrass
• Switchgrass
• Waterweed
• White Bursage

Obtained from

• Cotton Lint
• Flax Fiber

• Shred Kelp

Used in

• Farmer Hat

• Charred Mortar

• Hewn Chair
• Tailoring Table
• Wooden Straw Bed

• Composite Filler
• Fiber Filler
• Scarecrow

• Basic Backpack
• Gathering Basic Upgrade

• Fish Rack
• Fish Trap

• Primitive Backpack

• Gathering Research Paper Basic

• Cellulose Fiber

• Wooden Hull Planks

• Gigot Sleeve Shirt
• Henley

• Fishing Pole
• Wooden Bow

• Research Table
• Stump Bed
• Torch Stand
• Wooden Wall Torch Stand

See also

DaisyFlax FiberKelpLupineRoseTulip