Overview
The Survivor Guide is the in-game blueprint compendium in Rooted. It stores recipes for tools, structures, furniture, and survival equipment that the player has unlocked through crafting progression and exploration.
Function
Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
Role | Persistent reference for every recipe the player has discovered. |
Unlocks | New blueprints become available when key stations are built, when items are salvaged, or when areas are explored. |
Crafting trigger | Recipes in the Survivor Guide become craftable once the matching station is available, such as the Workbench. |
Persistence | Discovered blueprints carry forward across sessions and are tied to the character or save. |
Blueprint Sources
Players expand the Survivor Guide through several activities. Building a Workbench automatically opens a new tier of recipes. Salvaging items adds repair-related entries, and exploring new points of interest can reveal location-specific designs. Recipe availability is tightly coupled to base building so that progression feels grounded in what the player has actually built and explored.
Use In Co-op
In cooperative multiplayer sessions, individual survivors expand their own knowledge as they craft and explore. Group bases benefit from having multiple players contribute different recipe paths so the team can quickly access a wider catalog of items. Sharing recipes through teamwork is part of the cooperative design pillar.
Tips
Build a Workbench as your first crafted structure to expand the Survivor Guide as early as possible.
When salvaging in a new area, take time to interact with intact machinery and signage. Some blueprints unlock from environmental discovery rather than direct crafting.
If you are playing in co-op, coordinate to spread blueprint coverage across the team, so the base does not depend on a single survivor's progress.