Mining and crafting

Overview

Mining and crafting are core resource-gathering and creation systems in Petit Planet. Players use the Mattock to hit rocks and trees, gather raw materials, and use crafting stations to produce furniture, tools, and decorative items for their planet. These activities contribute to Luca generation and support planet customization.

The Mattock

The Mattock is the main tool for resource gathering. Unlike games with separate axes and pickaxes, the Mattock serves as a multi-purpose tool for hitting both rocks and trees. Each swing consumes Strength, the game's energy system, which can be restored by eating food.

Mining

Players use the Mattock to smash rocks found across their planet. Rocks yield ores, stone, gems, and occasionally rare minerals. Different rock types produce different materials, and some deposits only appear in certain biomes or after specific Luca milestones.

Key resources

Gathering

Beyond mining, players gather wood from trees (using the Mattock), shells from beaches, and fibers from plants. Specialized tools like Shellfish Tongs and Bug Nets expand the range of gatherable items. Gathering is generally lower in Strength cost and can supplement mining during low-Strength periods.

Crafting

Crafting stations allow players to combine raw materials into finished goods. Furniture, decorations, clothing, and tools can all be crafted. Recipes are unlocked through progression, Neighbor quests, and Starsea Voyage discoveries. Each crafted item has specific material requirements.

Crafting journal

The game includes a crafting journal that tracks all objects the player has created and tells them where to find the materials needed for items they have not yet crafted. This journal serves as both a catalogue of accomplishments and a guide for planning gathering trips, including Starsea Voyages for materials like Quartz that are only found off-planet.

Common crafted items