Vintage Sticks

VintageSticks is a simple yet essential quality-of-life mod that finally lets you craft sticks directly from wood in Vintage Story.
No more begging the RNG gods or crawling through bushes like a starving caveman — if you have wood, you can make sticks. Clean. Logical. Progression-friendly.

🪵 Why this mod exists

Sticks are crucial for early survival, but the base game gives you no direct crafting method. VintageSticks fixes that through crafting efficiency that scales with tool quality:

 

<table style="border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 750px; border-spacing: 0px;" border="1" cellpadding="6"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Tool + Material</th> <th>Sticks Output</th> <th>Durability Cost</th> <th>Progression Tier</th> </tr> <tr> <td>🔪 Knife + Firewood</td> <td>1 Stick</td> <td>3</td> <td>Early Improvised</td> </tr> <tr> <td>🔪 Knife + Plank</td> <td>2 Sticks</td> <td>3</td> <td>Early-Mid</td> </tr> <tr> <td>🪓 Axe + Firewood</td> <td>2 Sticks</td> <td>4</td> <td>Mid Efficient</td> </tr> <tr> <td>🪓 Axe + Plank</td> <td>3 Sticks</td> <td>4</td> <td>Mid-Late</td> </tr> <tr> <td>🪚 Saw + Firewood</td> <td>3 Sticks</td> <td>5</td> <td>Late Optimal</td> </tr> <tr> <td>🪚 Saw + Plank</td> <td>4 Sticks 🔥</td> <td>5</td> <td>Best Production</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

✨ What this mod provides

✔ Craft sticks using wood (finally)
✔ Tool progression matters &mdash; better tools give more sticks
✔ Firewood serves early-game crafting
✔ Planks boost mid-late game efficiency
✔ Vertical placement avoids vanilla recipe conflicts
❗ No worldgen changes
❗ No DLLs &mdash; pure content mod
❗ Requires Vintage Story 1.21+

Perfect for players who want:

• Early-game progression without frustration
• Crafting that feels realistic and rewarding
• Less scavenging, more building and surviving
• A tiny mod that solves a big early-game bottleneck