Credits: Coffee | The Nocturnal One
Bitter Features (Increased Difficulty):
- Hardcorous Mechanics & Healing: Food only restores hunger, and health does not regenerate naturally. Use healing items to recover health.
- Realistic Early Game: Starting tools require flint and plant fibers instead of wood.
- Challenging Minibosses, Night Siege Events & Dungeon Towers: Encounter tougher enemies and events that require strategic planning.
- RPG-like Bounties, Quests & Structures: Engage in quests to help villagers and explore new structures.
- Item Physics: Items no longer float; players must interact or sneak to pick them up.
Early Game Guide for the Bittersweet addon
- Punch Trees: You can still punch trees, but you can't craft planks from logs directly anymore.
- Get Flint: Find Gravel and break it until you get Flint. Alternatively, craft 3 Gravel blocks into 1 Flint.
- Make Knappable Flint: Use the crafting menu to turn flint into Knappable Flint.
- Create Flint Shards: Tap Knappable Flint on a Stone or Metal block to get Flint shards.
- Find Sticks: Collect Sticks from breaking leaves, dead bushes, or picking them off the ground.
- Craft a Flint Knife: Combine a Flint shard with a Stick to make a Flint Knife. Use it to cut grass and obtain Plant fibers.
- Make Plant String: Craft Plant Fibers into Plant String.
- Craft a Flint Axe: Combine a Flint Shard, Stick, and Plant String to make a Flint Axe.
- Create a Chopping Block: Craft a Chopping block using a Log.
- Process Logs: Chop trees, strip the logs, place them on the Chopping block, and use the Flint Axe to turn Stripped logs into Planks.
- Craft a Crafting Table: Once you have Planks, make a Crafting table and continue as usual.
