Petit Planet Tool Management and Resource Gathering Guide

To harvest resources efficiently during the Petit Planet test server phase, use the quick-flick radial menu to swap tools without stopping, empty your bags into base storage before long exploration runs, and align your character carefully before swinging to prevent wasted durability.

Radial Menu Tool Switching

The radial menu controls your gathering implements, including your shovel and axe. To maintain movement speed and resource flow across mixed node types:

• Flick to select: Open the menu briefly, select your required tool, and release it immediately. Keeping the menu open unnecessarily slows terrain traversal.
• Pre-select for terrain: Swap tools as you approach a node cluster rather than waiting until you stand directly in front of it.

Early Inventory and Storage Optimization

Inventory slots are severely limited early in progression. Manage your space by following these storage rules:

1. Check active recipes: Keep only the raw materials directly required for your current crafting objectives.
2. Leave decorative items: Ignore early decorative objects that lack immediate progression utility.
3. Empty bags before trips: Store excess logs, stone, and forageables in your base storage chest before leaving on extended gathering runs so you never have to abandon rare nodes due to full bags.

Tool Durability and Hit Alignment

Every tool swing consumes durability. To prevent wasted durability and maintain tool efficiency:

Structured Daily Gathering Loop

Establish a routine across each in-game day to maintain steady crafting supplies without map clutter:

• Early Morning: Clear weeds and debris from your immediate base site to maximize usable building space.
• Mid-Day: Travel to secondary resource spawns across the terrain to collect specialized crafting components.
• Evening: Process collected raw materials into refined items at your base stations and dump remaining inventory into storage.