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Open the crafting menu in Notes
The most direct instruction comes from a developer answer to a player who could not use a workbench. CG Team identifies the Notes app as the place to craft items. This gives the player a specific menu to open, rather than simply repeating that the game contains crafting.
The answer was posted on June 29 during the demo period. Its version context should stay attached to the instruction. It establishes how the documented demo interface works without claiming that every later menu has identical controls.
Check the workbench requirement inside the phone
The developer says the Notes interface includes a workbench proximity indicator. That indicator shows whether the character is currently close to a bench. It is the specific check provided in response to the player’s report of being unable to craft nearby.
Standing beside the bench and looking for a separate bench interface can miss that explanation. The documented crafting route goes through the phone. The workbench article focuses on this interface misunderstanding and the boundary between a menu check and a real bug.
Use research to learn practical tasks
The developer’s introduction describes looking up recipes on the in-game internet. Its examples also include finding out how to repair a car, identify safe mushrooms and process an animal after hunting. These examples show the range of practical knowledge tied to phone research.
They are examples of questions handled by the information system, rather than published recipe instructions. The collected material does not provide a complete list of ingredients or unlock dependencies. This guide therefore explains the workflow without filling the gaps with invented crafting tables.
Understand why some descriptions sound contradictory
Some coverage describes the design as having no magical crafting menu that already knows everything. Read literally, that can sound as if no crafting menu exists at all. The developer’s Notes instructions show why that literal reading is misleading.
The useful distinction is between automatic knowledge and the interface used to make something. Recipes are investigated through the fictional internet, while crafting is accessed through Notes in the documented demo. Both statements can be understood together without removing either part of the workflow.
Search behavior was part of demo feedback
A separate impressions thread reports difficulty finding recipes using the phone search. The developer replies that additional search tags are being added. That exchange confirms that search usability was an area of active feedback.
It does not establish one universal search phrase for every task. The collected evidence also does not prove that the proposed tags were present in every subsequent build. Avoid treating a single demo complaint as a permanent rule for all recipe discovery.
Follow the source-backed next step
If your immediate problem is the bench requirement, inspect the indicator in Notes. If your question concerns materials, move to the resource or base-building article for the official scavenging examples. These are different questions and should not be collapsed into a guessed universal recipe.
The source links below include the developer’s direct answer and its wider introduction to the phone system. A fan summary repeating the same answer is useful context but is not a second gameplay test. This guide keeps the practical instruction attached to the original developer reply.
Sources
- Cornfield Games developer reply
- Cornfield Games announcements
- Fan wiki — crafting overview
- Demo impressions and developer response
Independent fan coverage. Official descriptions and dated demo reports are identified in the article.