The Forest

The Forest Upgrade Recipes

All 113 upgrade recipes in 23 groups: pick an item, see what you add to it, where to find the ingredient and what the files say it changes.

Data from the game files (pre-1.10 build). Icons: rendered by PinDrop from the game's 3D models. © Endnight Games.

What the upgrade items change

The game's upgrade component stores these stat changes. How several of them stack (added or multiplied, and how the decay bends the next one) was not decoded, so only the stored numbers are shown, not a total.

  • Tooth — rendered from the game's model

    Tooth

    • weapon damage +0.1
    • weapon speed −0.05

    amount field 1 · maxViewsPerItem field 50

    The map data places no copy of this item.

  • Feather — rendered from the game's model

    Feather

    • weapon speed +0.1
    • weapon damage −0.05

    amount field 1 · maxViewsPerItem field 30

    The map data places no copy of this item.

  • Cloth — rendered from the game's model

    Cloth

    • burning weapon

    amount field 1 · maxViewsPerItem field 1

    46 on the map · 5 on the surface

    Show on map
  • Booze — rendered from the game's model

    Booze

    • weapon damage +0.2
    • weapon speed −0.125

    amount field 5 · maxViewsPerItem field 50

    24 on the map · 4 on the surface

    Show on map

Amounts are as stored. The same changes with every other weapon stat are in the weapons table.

Every upgrade, item by item

Arrows — rendered from the game's model

Arrows

6 recipes · item 83 · craft recipe

Camcorder — rendered from the game's model

Camcorder

6 recipes · item 267

Cassette Player — rendered from the game's model

Cassette Player

5 recipes · item 61

Club — rendered from the game's model

Club

5 recipes · item 96

Crafted Axe — rendered from the game's model

Crafted Axe

9 recipes · item 87 · craft recipe

Crafted Bow — rendered from the game's model

Crafted Bow (item 279)

1 recipe · item 279

  • Crafted Bow — rendered from the game's model1×Crafted BowArrows — rendered from the game's model0×ArrowsCrafted Bow — rendered from the game's model1× Crafted Bowhidden

    Stored effect: set weapon ammo bonus.

    not in the survival book at the start

Crafted Bow — rendered from the game's model

Crafted Bow (item 79)

1 recipe · item 79 · craft recipe

  • Crafted Bow — rendered from the game's model1×Crafted BowArrows — rendered from the game's model0×ArrowsCrafted Bow — rendered from the game's model1× Crafted Bowhidden

    Stored effect: set weapon ammo bonus.

    not in the survival book at the start

Crafted Club — rendered from the game's model

Crafted Club

4 recipes · item 95 · craft recipe

Explosive — rendered from the game's model

Explosive

1 recipe · item 29 · craft recipe

Flare Gun — rendered from the game's model

Flare Gun

1 recipe · item 44

  • Flare Gun — rendered from the game's model1×Flare GunFlare — rendered from the game's model1×FlareFlare Gun — rendered from the game's model1× Flare Gunhidden

    Stored effect: flare gun ammo.

    not in the survival book at the start

Katana — rendered from the game's model

Katana

4 recipes · item 180

Machete — rendered from the game's model

Machete

7 recipes · item 265

MapFull — rendered from the game's model

MapFull

8 recipes · item 169

Modern Axe — rendered from the game's model

Modern Axe

8 recipes · item 88

Plane Axe — rendered from the game's model

Plane Axe

8 recipes · item 80

Plastic Torch — rendered from the game's model

Plastic Torch

1 recipe · item 51

Rusty Axe — rendered from the game's model

Rusty Axe

8 recipes · item 86

Tennis Racket — rendered from the game's model

Tennis Racket

3 recipes · item 184

Timmy's Toy — rendered from the game's model

Timmy's Toy

10 recipes · item 179

Upgraded Rock — rendered from the game's model

Upgraded Rock

3 recipes · item 106

Upgraded Spear — rendered from the game's model

Upgraded Spear

5 recipes · item 177 · craft recipe

Upgraded Stick — rendered from the game's model

Upgraded Stick

8 recipes · item 105

Walkie Talkie — rendered from the game's model

Walkie Talkie

1 recipe · item 122

Where to find the upgrade ingredients

Everything that goes into an upgrade besides the item being upgraded, most used first. Copies are counted from the map data; “Show on map” opens the layer that holds most of them.

About upgrade recipes

The files give an upgrade recipe's ingredients and the stat changes of the items it uses; they give no total effect, so none is printed. Rows marked “hidden” are flagged hidden in the recipe database; “not in the survival book at the start” is the database's own flag. 17 recipes build an item that is not among their own ingredients (the toy and map pieces, upgraded sticks and rocks, and one arrow recipe). Data from the game files (pre-1.10 build). For the base recipes see the crafting guide.