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In a game where building a base necessitates a lot of tree chopping, having the best axe possible becomes fairly important (unless of course you’re making Kelvin do all the manual labor). The tactical axe you start with may not…

You may start the game with an axe, but the tactical axe that comes in your emergency kit is pretty dinky — and when it comes to whacking foes or chopping trees, size matters. Fortunately, there are a couple of…

Ask someone why they only have a couple hours played in Sons of the Forest, and it’s even odds that they tell you that the caves were simply too dark and too scary. Well, if there ever was an item…

Unlike many similar titles, you can’t make everything you need in Sons of the Forest. Instead, you’ll have to explore — scattered across the island, hiding in caves, or buried beneath the ground are myriad tools and equipment that you…

Survival crafting games are all about staying alive — and there are plenty of enemies in Sons of the Forest trying their best to prevent you from doing so. Because of this, collecting all the weapons you can is generally…

Ah, the shovel. Such a simple tool, yet one that is required to enter some of Sons of the Forest’s most important locations. You’d think you could use your hands to dig 6 inches into the ground, but no. Getting…

Much like its predecessor The Forest, Sons of the Forest is very light on tutorials. Besides a few basic suggestions about looking at your inventory and guidebook, the game doesn’t give you any short term goals, or any real direction…

Sons of the Forest’s island is not a friendly place, and so you’ll want to get your hands on as many weapons as possible, as soon as possible. One relatively easy to acquire weapon is the Stun Gun — while…