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Simple Bed is the cheapest bed in Windrose, available from the very first Building Panel session. It is the gateway item for the optional sleep mechanic: a roofed Simple Bed plus the Q interact key fast-forwards in-game time, which is the only way to skip night without waiting it out.

Recipe and Placement

Both materials are first-day-trivial. Plant Fiber drops from any cut plant (use a shovel for the bulk-pile trick) and Wood comes from scattered logs along the beach. A starting character can place a Simple Bed inside the first hour of play.

Roof Requirement

The bed will not accept the sleep interact prompt unless a roof tile sits directly above it. Tarp tiles, leaf-roof tiles, and full timber roof tiles all satisfy the requirement. There is also a clearance requirement around the bed itself: avoid placing the bed under a low shelf, canopy, or stair lid, because the player needs visible standing space on at least one side to trigger the lie-down animation.

How to Sleep

• Place the Simple Bed under a roof, inside the bonfire footprint of the main camp.

• Walk up to the side of the bed and press Q. The lie-down animation plays, and the world clock fast-forwards.

• Sleep does not heal, does not restore Stamina beyond normal regeneration, and does not pause the game for other crew. It only skips time, which is most useful for skipping a hostile night cycle on the beach or to sync up with a daytime quest event.

Bed vs Tent

A Simple Bed in the home base is for time-skip. A Tent on a far island is for revival point reassignment. Both are cheap, both are constructable from beach-collected materials, and both are usually placed early. They serve different roles, so most camps end up with at least one Simple Bed under the roof and one or two Tents distributed across exploration islands.

Common Mistakes

• Placing the bed in the open. The sleep interact prompt will not appear without a roof tile directly above.

• Placing the bed under a low canopy with no clearance on any side. The lie-down animation cannot start, even though the roof check passes.

• Expecting sleep to heal. It does not. For passive heal-back to max HP, sit by a bonfire instead. Sleep is purely a time-skip tool.

See Also

• Beds

• Tent

• Plant Fiber

• Wood