Missing items to craft/build?

[Meckon]

Am I to understand by this: "Skills and discoveries unlock various building and crafting recipes" in Jackards Welcome to H&H, that if I can't build something that I have the skill for, it's because I haven't discovered it's 'ingredients/materials?'

Thanks in advance, I'm getting frustrated and am started to wonder if my game is bugged.

[MagicManICT]

That's correct. In order to count as a discovery, you have to produce the item yourself. You can't pick it up from the ground where someone dropped it or out of a crate or cupboard. Some items, such as boards, drop to the ground when produced, so it counts when you make it yourself.

As a note, some items are produced in an inventory, such as metal bars in a smelter or bricks in a kiln, and these are discovered when a character picks it up from there. Thus, one characters work can provide discoveries for many. If, in your travels, you come across someone with a barter or vending stand, buying from that (or building your own for this purpose) works as making a discovery, too.