Eventually, you WILL get attacked by something. And even if you get away, you'll probably get banged up. Some type of medical supplies would be good to carry around. Some suggestions:
* [[Cotton]] is probably the best. Derivatives also work, such as [[string]] and [[cloth tailoring]] items such as [[Cloth Glovescloth gloves]], [[sheet of cloth]], even ''[[Cloth_tailoring#Sails | Sailssails]]''. The important factor is the [[QL | Quality Level]], or QL of the item. Also cotton can now be [[botanize]]d while exploring.* [[Healing Covercover]]s - Components for HC's healing covers can also be botanized, which every character can do without tools.
== Useful Tools ==
* [[Pickaxe]] - If you're going through heavily mountainous terrain, you may consider carrying one to mine rocks for stone wall ladders to climb the mountain (Link to pictures?).
* [[Butchering Knifeknife]] - For gathering [[Healing Coverhealing cover]] parts off of [[deer]], [[pig]]s and such.
* [[Shovel]] - For [[flattening]] & [[digging]] very steep places that are mostly dirt. The idea is just to flatten it so you won't slip, not to flatten to flat. Also if you are close to the water table, but nowhere near water, you can dig down to water. Very useful.
* [[Carving Knifeknife]] & [[Sawsaw]] - With them you can fashion all the [[Wooden Fence]] parts (Excluding nails), and other tools such as [[mallet]]s, [[small cart|carts]], etc.
== Survival Tips from a Seasoned Spelunker ==