Gathering

Everything in the economy starts with gathering. Walk up to a node, press E, and you pull raw material out of the world.

Common and scarce

Not every material is equal. Some turn up everywhere, some are harder to find, and the scarcest ones need real Power to pull at all. The exact mix is still settling as the world fills in, so for now think of what you gather as the raw feedstock the whole economy is built on.

It takes a beat, and it costs you

Gathering takes a moment and drains a little stamina, so you cannot spam it. Your Speed makes it quicker, your Power pulls more from the tougher nodes.

The world runs down

Every node draws from its zone's fixed pool. Gather from it and that pool drops, for everyone, for good. A node you share cools down between pulls, so no one can strip a zone before you get a look. When a pool hits zero, that material is gone from that zone forever. See The Economy.

Next: Crafting.