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Nails - Version 22 vs Version 23
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11Can be salvaged from ship and boat wrecks along the shore. Crafted at a workbench from copper or iron.2233It is a Uncommonresource gathered or crafted in the world of Windrose with item level 1.445566Overview7788PropertyValueCategoryResourceRarityUncommonItem Level1Weight0.2Stack Size10099Description10101111Can be salvaged from ship and boat wrecks along the shore. Crafted at a workbench from copper or iron.1212How to Obtain13131414Crafting Recipes15151616IngredientQuantityCopper Ingotx11717Recipe Variant 218181919IngredientQuantityFoothills Iron Ingotx12020Salvaged by Disassembly21212222Nails can be recovered by disassembling:23232424Broken BladeWorn-Out PistolHull bracing: KeelholdHull bracingHull bracing: Iron resolveHull bracing: Standfast25252626Used in Crafting27272828Nails is used as an ingredient in the following items.29293030ImageUsed InHull bracingHull bracing: Iron resolveHull bracing: KeelholdHull bracing: Standfast3131Used to Upgrade32323333Nails is consumed by the following ship hull-bracing upgrades. Additional ascend recipes may exist but are not yet cataloged.34343535ImageUpgrade TargetHull bracingHull bracing: Iron resolveHull bracing: KeelholdHull bracing: Standfast3636Complete Crafting Uses37373838Nails is an ingredient in the following recipes.39394040Recipe OutputQuantityHull bracing×5Hull bracing: Iron resolve×5Hull bracing: Keelhold×5Hull bracing: Standfast×5ConstructionBuildings, Stations, and Decorations that require this itemStationsFermentation Barrelx10Jewelery Cabinetx10Toolboxx20Buildings- Plank Gate Panelx4- Treated Plank Gate Panelx4Gate (Logs)x4DecorationsTrophy Crocodilex4Trophy Great Goatx4Trophy Wolfx44141Tips42424343Weight 0.2 per unit; factor it into inventory capacity when gathering.44444545See Also46464747ResourcesCrafting48484949Early-Game Salvage Tip50505151Washed-up debris along every coastline doubles as a free nail supply. A Stone Axe swung at abandoned wreckage, broken rowboats, small crates, and barrels on the beach returns Nails whenever the struck object contains visible metal. The salvage takes no tool upgrades and works on the starter island, so a shoreline sweep around the first beach covers early-construction nail demand without pulling a single Copper Ore out of the mining queue.52525353Why this matters. The first few structures a player builds (a Bonfire, Workbench, storage containers, and a Smelting Furnace) burn through the first two or three stacks of Nails quickly, and Copper Ingot is the same input that gates the Fast Travel Bell (10 Copper Ingots) and the Shovel (3 Copper Ingots). Using beach salvage for Nails reserves every Copper Ingot the Smelting Furnace produces for those gatekeeper items, which in turn opens the rest of the early-game loop. Once Foothills Iron Ingot comes online, the trade-off fades, but for the starter-island hours the salvage sweep pays back in saved copper every single run.54545555Sweep routine. The efficient pattern is to run the perimeter of any new island with a Stone Axe before walking inland: every beached hull, half-buried rowboat, cluster of crates, and barrel along the tideline is a potential nail drop. Pair the sweep with a mining detour only once the beach yield tapers; this usually holds the early camp through the first dozen ship-gear upgrades before Copper Ingot demand for ship hulls forces dedicated mining runs.56565757Nails vs Steel Nails58585959Nails are the basic copper or iron fastener used for early structures, gates, and ship hull bracings. They are not the same item as Steel Nails, which are a higher-tier fastener used in later building pieces and upgrades. Recipes call for one or the other specifically, so keep both on hand once steel production comes online and do not expect one to substitute for the other.60606161Details62626363Properties64646565PropertyValueWeight0.2Stack1006666Crafted By67676868Crafted at: Workbench69697070IngredientQuantityCopper Ingotx17171Unlocked By72727373The iron variant unlocks through the Discovery system, which also opens iron tools, station upgrades, and larger ship cannons.Iron crafting becomes available after reaching the Foothills and mining Foothills Iron Ore.74747575Where Found76767777AcquisitionDetailCrafted at Workbench1 Copper Ingot, or 1 Foothills Iron Ingot, per craftBeach salvageStrike shoreline wrecks, crates, and barrels with a Stone AxeDisassemblyBreak down Broken Blade, Worn-Out Pistol, and used Hull bracing mods