Task 4 - The Mechanic Station 

The instructions on screen tell you the easy bit - 'Find the Mechanic Station'. It's easy because you should now have set a waypoint to the Mechanic Station and it's a simple matter of heading that way. There are a few things to do first before you go.

1. Go back to the pond and harvest the crops you planted. You'll need these to restore your food and thirst.  Harvest the crops and re-plant. You'll find that as well as crops you get more seeds.
2. At the pond dismantle the shed by right clicking it. You'll need to hold the right button on the roof and scrap walls and right button drag across the wood and mesh parts. You won't need the light or crates. 
   
3. Near the ship you'll find some burnt trees. If you hit these with your hammer you'll get some embers. You'll need these later. Get as many embers as you can.
   
4. Pick up the radio and  the empty cabinet and take them with you.
5. Check the time. Using the Fant mod you can see that at the top left of your screen.
   
   If the time is in the afternoon then it's a good idea to take a nap on one of the bunks. That will reset the time to early morning.

Travel to the Mechanic Station

Follow the waypoint icon to the mechanic station. On the way watch out for items to collect and, of course, deal with any bots you encounter.

Goodies to collect

1. Corn. Hit with the hammer and collect the corn cobs. You can't eat them though :(
   
2. Wocs. Feed these elttac (cattle backwards) corn cobs and they'll give you one woc milk bottle for every three corn. A useful source of food/drink.
   
3. Wax. Get this from bee colonies. Hit the colony and collect the wax.
   
   

Eventually, following the waypoint icon, you'll end up at the mechanic station. You may notice the on-screen instruction has now changed from 'Find the mechanic station' to 'Find a way to activate the mechanic station.'

To do that follow the exclamation icon to where you'll find another power cell; it's in the top one of the three round bunk buildings. Beware - there may be bots there also. You'll find it a good idea to enter room 3 first and reset your spawn point by using the bunk in it. Room 3 is usually safe to enter.

It was just as well that I did because as well as seeing the power cell on the floor of bunk room 2 I also found it occupied by a heavy haybot and a straw dog; both difficult to destroy, especially in a confined space where you can't back up.

I got killed four times before I was able to retrieve the power cell!

Once you have the power cell enter the mechanic station and fit it in the holder to power the station up. You have now completed all the startup tasks but you are not finished with the mechanic station yet. Now you have to start using it.

Next page -Using the mechanic station