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Hands
Melee Damage
You can use your bare hands as tools as well

If you don't have a tool, you can just use your hands to collect resources like  Wood,  Thatch, Ground Resources such as  Stone,  Sand, and  Silica Pearls Other resources like  Berries cannot be gathered with the standard set of tools, and only by hands,  Whip (Scorched Earth) or creatures.

Gathering Efficiency[]

Resource Efficiency
Berries Berries ★★★☆☆
Fiber Fiber ★★☆☆☆
Sand (Scorched Earth) Sand ★★☆☆☆
Silica Pearls Silica Pearls ★☆☆☆☆
Thatch Thatch ★☆☆☆☆
Wood Wood ★☆☆☆☆
Seeds Seeds ★☆☆☆☆
Mutagel (Genesis Part 2) Mutagel (Genesis: Part 2) ★☆☆☆☆
Cactus Sap (Scorched Earth) Cactus Sap ★☆☆☆☆