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Bigdog8686 wrote: You need the forge before you can create your own iron pickaxe.

Here is my similar way of doing it.

1. Get all of these things before doing anything else except for oil, you can get that if it is too inconvenient at a later time. 16 small tree trunks, 4 large leaves, minimum of 2 wheat, recommended to get as much as you can for easy food later, 4 bush stumps, and 12 small leaves. Recommended: Get some oil as well.

2. Assuming you have all these things, turn 10 of the trunks to walls, 4 tree trunks into handles, 2 wheat into thatching, and all small leaves to hemp. Craft wall + wall + large leaves = tool to make either a hut or a mill, whichever you prefer. Craft wall + wall + wall + large leaves = tool to create a lumbermill.

3. Travel to Rockma island and get 16 small stones.

4. Turn 8 into cut stones and 8 into boulders.

5. Craft cut stone + cut stone = tool to create flint.

6. Craft handle + cut stone = tool to create a stone pick.

7. Craft boulder + boulder = item x2 to get 2 stone walls.

8. Mine around 3 veins of iron. It is optional but if you want, you can pre refine them before mining.

9. Craft 2 stone wall + 2 refined iron + thatching = tool to create a forge. Place it wherever you think is best, and make an iron pickaxe by crafting Anvil (The silver block in the forge) + iron + handle = tool to create a stone pickaxe.

10. You can also make your choice of a iron sword, iron bucket, milking pail, or iron spear as well to increase your smithing skill.

11. Craft 3 hemp into rope, and then 1 hemp into string.

WARNING: At this point you can make the decision to mine coal to get steel or keep mining iron. The fastest way is to mine coal for steal however having a lot of iron is very useful.

12. Use that string with the anvil to create either a steel or iron knife.

13. Use your last tree stump to create 2 planks with your lumbermill which you will then cut with your knife.

14. If you haven't already, get some oil, kill some rockmas and bentos for their hides for armor, and do any last minute things like making a bucket with your rope. Craft bush stump + hemp + rope = tool to create a crude oil filter and filter the oil.

15. While you wait for it to filter, grab sand and cook it with your burning large leaves.

16. Make a lantern using handle + oil + glass = tool.

17. Go to whichever place is closest and go crazy. I never ever make a crappy iron pickaxe.