As with its predecessor, in Sons of the Forest it is very important to create and build various structures for your survival. As you travel around the map, you will have to build different types of buildings and structures. In most cases, these structures can protect you from large hordes of mutants and other monsters. Since many game mechanics are not explained in detail, several players are looking for different building recipes. Don’t worry, check out the full list of Sons of the Forest Building recipes.
All building recipes in Sons of the Forest
Luckily, you can find the building recipes for each building in the Guide. You can access and use the Guide at the start of the game by pressing the B button. Since there are several categories of buildings and structures, you can press the X button to switch between them. However, we have compiled each building or structure with its recipes and crafting materials from the Guide.
So, here is a list of all building recipes in Sons of the Forest:
| Name of the building/structure | Recipe (Crafting Ingredients and Resources) |
| Tent | 1 tarpaulin, 2 sticks |
| base fire | Break 1 stick and light a fire |
| Enhanced Fire | Basic fire with stones around |
| Constant fire | Several sticks wrapped in cloth |
| Skull Lamp | Stick, cloth and skull |
| Firewood | Collect logs and chop them with an axe. |
| stick structures | Place the stick in the ground and add the skull. |
| Reinforced rod designs | Stick designs with rocks all around |
| hedge | Place two vertical and horizontal sticks next to each other |
| Floor | Place the logs on the ground in a square shape and add more logs inside them. |
| Wall | Position the joists horizontally on the edge of the floor |
| Door | Make a wall and leave room in the middle to place the logs vertically. |
| Window | Remove logs in the wall anywhere to make a window |
| The only step | Build a floor and place half a wooden log next to it. |
| Stairs and ramps | Make an arch with two diagonal beams. And use semi-logs as steps |
| Trap for small animals | 14 sticks |
| hunting shelter | 5 logs, 6 sticks and 7 stones |
| small log cabin | 75 Wooden logs |
| Tree Shelter 1 | 70 logs, 1 rope |
| Tree Shelter 2 | 96 magazines |
| Tree platform 1 | 7 logs, 1 rope |
| Tree platform 2 | 35 logs, 1 rope |
| lean towards | 53 magazines |
| lookout tower | 60 logs, 1 rope |
| Bonemaker’s traps | 2 sticks, 3 stones, 3 leaves, 1 rope and 1 bottle of vodka. |
| fly swatter trap | 10 sticks, 3 stones and 1 rope |
| Standing planter | 18 sticks |
| wall planter | 16 sticks |
| bird house | 18 sticks |
| Scarecrow | 14 sticks, 4 electrical tape |
| Rock Way | Collect stones and place them on the ground |
| The path of the stick | Collect sticks and place them on the ground. |
| Shelf | 2 magazines |
| Wall shelves | 2 sticks, 1 log |
| Dryer | 13 sticks |
| Dummy | 20 sticks, 5 adhesive tapes |
| Log storage | 8 sticks |
| Bone storage | 7 sticks |
| Stick storage | 6 sticks |
| Stone storage | 7 sticks |
| Shop | 2 magazines |
| Table | 3 magazines |
| wall torch | 1 cloth, 1 stick |
| Ceiling lamp with skull | 1 skull, 1 rope |
| bone chair | 15 bones, 1 skull |
| bone chandelier | 19 bones, 9 skulls |
| Stick Bed | 16 sticks, 1 adhesive tape |
| stick chairs | 14 sticks |
While all the building recipes are mentioned above, there may be some recipes that can be a little tricky to understand. You can check out our guide on how to build a roof without a center beam for more information. Also, check out our guide on how to build a defensive wall.
How to make spacers
Follow these steps:
- First, cut the logs into smaller pieces and lay them vertically on the ground.
- Then chop up more logs and lay three smaller logs horizontally on top of them.
- Now place two smaller logs at each end of the vertical beams.
- Remove two vertical beams from the middle to build the brace.
That’s all for the Sons of the Forest building recipe list.