Verity · 6 min read
Verity crafting guide: every recipe and what to build first
Published 2026-09-20
Crafting in Verity is deliberately simple: open your inventory with E, pick a material and the game shows you everything that material can become. There is no recipe book to memorise — but knowing the priority order saves you a dangerous first night.
Every recipe at a glance
From oak wood
- Oak Planks (x4) — 1 oak wood.
- Sticks (x4) — 1 oak wood, or 2 planks.
- Wooden Pickaxe — 1 oak wood, or 3 planks.
- Wooden Sword — 1 oak wood, or 2 planks + 1 stick.
From stone and cobblestone
- Stone Pickaxe — 3 cobblestone or 3 stone.
- Stone Sword — 2 cobblestone or 2 stone.
- Stone Bricks (x4) — 4 cobblestone or 4 stone, for a tougher-looking base.
From coal, sand and food
- Torches (x4) — 1 coal. Your cheapest light source.
- Glass Block — 1 sand.
- Cooked Steak (+8 food) — 1 raw beef, from the cows that wander the world.
From diamonds
- Diamond Pickaxe — 3 diamonds.
- Diamond Sword — 2 diamonds.
What to craft first
- Wooden pickaxe. Without it you cannot mine stone, and stone is what makes a base that actually protects you.
- Torches. Light keeps you safe and it is the cheapest recipe in the game. Craft a bundle as soon as you find coal.
- Stone pickaxe and stone sword. Faster mining and a real weapon before the first night.
- Stone bricks. Use them on your outer walls once you have spare cobblestone.
- Diamond gear last. Save your diamonds for a diamond pickaxe before a sword — better mining snowballs into everything else.
A note on diamonds
Diamonds are rare, and you can also earn a few free ones in the shop. They have two uses: crafting the best tools, or feeding them to Verity with a right click to restore its sanity. Early on, prioritise the pickaxe; keep one diamond spare for an emergency sanity top-up (see our sanity guide).
Learn the movement keys first in our controls guide, then open Verity and craft your first pickaxe.
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