Little-Known Pro-Tips Thread - Now up to 113 Tips!

[Ants]

Flags can be used as makeshift wall posters.


They don't make good wallpaper due to blocking the view from certain angles, though.

[jordancoles]

You can wear a badger vest in both the armor and shirt slots

[qoonpooka]

Early Game Storage Tip:

Urns have the same storage capacity as crates (5x3, instead of 3x5) but take up a MUCH smaller footprint. If floor space (or p-claim space) is a concern, cook urns and you can store at least twice (and maybe 3-4x if you don't mind having to shuffle the urns) the stuff in the same space.

Because they're pottery, you can color-code them as well by using different kinds of clay for each urn. (e.g. Acre clay to make red urns to store meat, etc.)

Clay quality doesn't matter worth a damn, nor does kiln quality, so you can easily get a basic q1 kiln going nearly the moment you spawn.

A single kiln can cook 2 urns and 2 pots in one go, and even a pot + urn holds more than the crate that takes up the same footprint. Plus when you're done with them, the pots make a cool sound when you destroy them.

[azrid]

Catch magpies early world for a nice int boost gilding(Magpie's Thieving Claw +2 int).
Drop any item down on the ground when near a magpie and when it flies to pick it up right click it on the minimap.

[qoonpooka]

Catch magpies early world for a nice int boost gilding(Magpie's Thieving Claw +2 int).
Drop any item down on the ground when near a magpie and when it flies to pick it up right click it on the minimap.

I tried this and it just flew away, when do we want to be clicking? When it lands, when it's inbound? After some time?

[Willberfollower]

Catch magpies early world for a nice int boost gilding(Magpie's Thieving Claw +2 int).
Drop any item down on the ground when near a magpie and when it flies to pick it up right click it on the minimap.

I tried this and it just flew away, when do we want to be clicking? When it lands, when it's inbound? After some time?

Best way is to kill them. raid a nest it will attack you then fly away. If you raid the nest again while in combat you can usually time your punch for when the bird reaches you.

[shubla]

If you find a dead body and want to destroy it, block an animal like boar with it, boar will destroy the body instantly.

[azrid]

Catch magpies early world for a nice int boost gilding(Magpie's Thieving Claw +2 int).
Drop any item down on the ground when near a magpie and when it flies to pick it up right click it on the minimap.

I tried this and it just flew away, when do we want to be clicking? When it lands, when it's inbound? After some time?

When it flies towards the item to pick it up you right click on him on the minimap.
You can drop multiple items to make it faster to fly towards an item.

[FrankMcFuzz]

In Autumn, you can walk through leaf piles and collect lots of Perfect Autumn Leaf; an arguably okay curiosity with higher Int at 40-60 LP/hour (ingame time) and 12 mental weight.
Because leaf items stack in piles of 250, you can walk around the woods with a wheelbarrow, picking up leaves and stacking them in a pile. Pile them up for mass storage of a semi-decent curio!
Additionally, you can disturb the leaf piles while using the wheelbarrow or riding a horse. (Bonus tip: Leaf piles are also good for mass collecting grubs, snails, and sometimes stag beetles!)

[qoonpooka]

Catch magpies early world for a nice int boost gilding(Magpie's Thieving Claw +2 int).
Drop any item down on the ground when near a magpie and when it flies to pick it up right click it on the minimap.

I tried this and it just flew away, when do we want to be clicking? When it lands, when it's inbound? After some time?

When it flies towards the item to pick it up you right click on him on the minimap.
You can drop multiple items to make it faster to fly towards an item.

Did that, he just turned around and flew away without stealing the item.