Pre-Steam Demo · Player tool
Why Can’t I Get or Unlock This?
Choose what you’re trying to get, craft or unlock. We’ll show you the known requirements and what may still be missing.
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Item
Why can’t I get the Metal Rod?
Available after an unlock in the release.
Do this first
Start with this one
The nearest step on the route is “Unlock the Craftsman's Bench”.
Do this first
How to Get It
Either of these routes works.
Get it the recorded way
Why?
Unlock the Craftsman's Bench
The recipe is already known; the Craftsman's Bench is what produces it.
Get it the recorded way
Unlock and place a Furnace
This is produced with a Furnace.
Get it the recorded way
Unlock the Workbench
The recipe is already known; the Workbench is what produces it.
Get it the recorded way
Part of what this needs is recorded in a form we cannot turn into something you can check, so the list above is the part we can confirm.
Other requirements
You need 10 × Copper Bar
The recipe for Metal Rod calls for it.
You need 10 × Iron Bar
The recipe for Metal Rod calls for it.
You need Void Crystal Bar
The recipe for Metal Rod calls for it.
- Exact requirement not fully confirmed.
What You Can Check
You do not need to work out which of these something is first — search for it and we will take it from there.
Items
Anything you can pick up, buy, craft, grow or loot.
How This Tool Works
- Search for whatever you are trying to get, and we show every requirement the release records for that thing.
- Tell us which of those you have already done, and the answer narrows to the one thing still in the way.
- Where a requirement is not recorded clearly enough to check, we say so instead of guessing.
Not Sure What You’re Missing?
The Progression Assistant starts from where you are and tells you what to do next. This page starts from the thing you want and works backwards.
Open the Progression Assistant →Playing the Steam release? Use the Steam Dependency Checker