Every Crafting Resource You Can Find In Aloft

As you soar through the skies in Aloft, keep an eye on your map for all the little islands you might find floating between you and your next destination – there are going to be plenty of resources on each of them, with different resources in every new area you enter.

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Since these collectible resources are the key to practically everything you do in Aloft – from sustaining your health, to creating new tools, to establishing a home island and taking off for a far-out distance – we’ve kept track of every collectible in Aloft to help you find them.

How To Gather And Store Resources

Mine Rocks, Chop Trees, And Gather Plants

As you explore different islands sailing across the fractured sky in Aloft, you’ll encounter plenty of different kinds of natural resources scattered across islands. These can be all kinds of things, from natural resources like rocks and stones, to plant resources like flowers and leaves, animal-based resources like what livestock will produce or the various bugs you’ll find in different biomes, and so many more.

How you collect resources depends on which resource it is. For the most part, you’ll simply interact with things to collect them when you spot them out in the world, especially if you’ve turned on the white glow that occasionally highlights collectible resources nearby. However, there are a few resources that you’ll need to use assorted tools in your inventory to break down and grab, things like whole trees of larger rocks that can’t easily be stuffed into your pockets.

It’s important to note, though, that your inventory is limited – your pockets are only so big, after all, and your character doesn’t seem to be able to expand their inventory in any way. As such, you’ll likely want to build storage spaces on your home island to stash all your spare resources when you leave the island. It’s typically best to leave with as few things as you can, outside your tools and the things you may need to restore an unhealthy ecosystem should you find one.

Store Extra Resources On Your Home Island To free Inventory Space

Different resources require different kinds of storage, which you’ll find on the Storage tab of your Crafting menu. You can access this menu on any island with a healthy ecosystem, though it’s typically best to build these storage spaces on your home island so you can bring them with you. When you craft at a workbench on your island or from the Crafting menu, it seems to pull right from the storage on the island.

In the Storage tab on the Crafting menu, you’ll find both specialized storage for specific types of resources, with things like wood and charcoal both being stored in the Wood Stockpile or Small Plants being stored in the Leaf Stockpile, and more general storage options like baskets made of different materials that vary in size (with sturdier baskets offering additional storage slots).

It’s wise to keep a few resources on you, but not too many – while you’ll need some resources for fixing ecosystems, it’s often best to deposit extra resources into your home storage before you venture out to explore. You’ll be crafting and making new things all the time in Aloft, so it’s best to keep some of everything accessible for easy use when the time comes.

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All Natural Resources

In the table below, you’ll find all the earthy resources like rocks, wood, and gemstones. We’ve split them into groups based on where you store them and have included a section at the bottom for anything that doesn’t fit neatly into these storage containers but are similar in nature.

Every Wood, Rock, And Gem Resource In Aloft

Resource	Photo	How to Collect
Stone Storage
Face Sculpture		Gather from pillars in caves.
Rock Salt		Use your pickax on Rock Salt deposits.
Stone		Use your pickax on any regular gray rock, or gather fallen stones on the ground.
Windstone		USe your pickax on any gray rock with blue accents.
Wood Storage
Charcoal		Use your ax to chop up any burned tree stumps you find.
Wood		Use your ax to chop down trees, gather branches from the ground, or grab them from trees.
Other Natural Resources
Dirty Water		Use the Gather button while standing in water of any kind.
Hardstone		Use your pickax on the large, square, black stone deposits you’ll find sporadically across islands.
Opal		Find in treasure chests, often in locked chests.
Windstone Crystal		Use your pickax on any blue Windstone deposit you see as you explore islands, often within caves.
Windstone Gem

Keep your ax and pickax on you as you venture out in Aloft – who knows which natural resources you’ll need and when.

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All Plant And Crop Resources

Next, we’ve got all the plant-based crops, things like plants, bushes, decomposers, and flowers. While only Small Plants seem to go into the Leaf Stockpile bin at the moment, there are plenty of other plant resources in Aloft that you’ll need before long.

Every Farming And Plant-Based Resource In Aloft

Resource	Photo	How to Collect
Leaf Storage
Small Plants		Use the scythe on wild plants, and gather them from fallen trees.
Other Plant-Based Resources
Flax		Use your scythe on the purplish blue flowers in Fallen Heights.
Glasswort		Use your scythe on the green and brown finger-like tendrils when you see them in the wild.
Mykter Fibre		Defeat monsters in combat, and break up fungus nodes left over after healing an ecosystem.
Reishi Mushroom		Gather from the bases of certain trees.
Turf		Use the dorkip on any grass to pull up the turf and leave behind dirt instead.
Floral Resources
Azure Sky Blossoms		Gather from islands in the Fallen Heights during the day.
Brightsun Flower		Gather from islands in the Emerald Isles.
Yellow Moonbloom		Gather from islands in the Fallen Heights at night.

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All Animal And Bugs Resources

Finally, you’ll also be collecting plenty of bugs and livestock resources, which can be found either on your home island if you tamed and kept any animals you’ve found or just out and about as you explore if you’ve got hay or pellets on you to help make friends.

Every Bug And Livestock Resource In Aloft

Resource	Photo	How to Get
Livestock Resources
Egg		Occasional drop with female Pheasants on the island.
Feather		Occasional on islands with Pheasants.
Honey		Collect from trees that have a beehive in Fallen Heights.
Manure		Dropped on the ground from most livestock.
Milk		Use a bucket on a female goat after feeding it.
Wax		Collect from trees that have a beehive in Fallen Heights.
Wool		Use shears on any sheep or alpaca after feeding it. Animals with different patterns seem to produce the same wool.
Bug Resources
Bee		Gathered from trees that have a beehive.
Blue Beetle		Gathered from tree stumps across different islands.
Ladybug
Worm

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