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Rope is a basic crafting material in Windrose made by processing Plant Fiber at the Workbench. It is Uncommon rarity, used in backpack crafting, tool recipes, and ruin-descent mechanics.

Recipe

Where It Is Used

• Torn Sailcloth Bag. The first backpack tier uses 2 Coarse Fabric and 1 Rope

• Shovel. Crafting a Shovel requires 3 Copper Ingots and 10 Wood at the Workbench. Rope is a precursor in other early tools such as fishing and ship-rigging recipes

• Ruin descent. Some Ancient Ruins have vertical entry shafts that require a Rope to descend safely; this is the canonical way to reach a room of Tumbaga Ingots on certain ruin layouts

• Ship-rigging repairs. Some Shipwright's Workshop recipes layer Rope on top of Wood and Nails as structural material

Rope vs Coarse Fabric

Both Rope and Coarse Fabric are crafted from 3 Plant Fiber at the same station, which makes Plant Fiber the single bottleneck for early-game crafting. Most players alternate production: a full Plant Fiber loop is typically processed into 5 to 8 units of each, depending on which upcoming recipe is the priority. If you are rushing the Torn Sailcloth Bag, craft more Coarse Fabric; if you are rushing the Shovel for buried-treasure hunting, craft more Rope.

See Also

• Plant Fiber — the raw input

• Coarse Fabric — the companion plant-fiber product

• Shovel — primary Rope-consuming tool

• Ancient Ruins — ruin descent use case