Ancient Tools is a Vintage Story mod by Taska. Ancient Tools adds historical crafting methods to Vintage Story, including mortar grinding, curing, tanning, pitch making, carts, and bark processing.
Why this mod is worth installing
This mod suits players who want more believable early-game progression and practical uses for wood, bark, resin, hides, and animal by-products.
What Ancient Tools adds
Ancient Tools expands early crafting with a mortar and pestle that can grind individual items without a quern, plus a primitive barrel with reduced capacity. An adze strips bark from logs, while bark can be processed into tanning materials, healing salve, or an intentionally unappetizing bread substitute.
Several preservation and material-processing techniques add new survival choices. Meat can be hung on wooden curing racks with bone hooks, hides can be treated through bark tanning or a simplified brain-tanning process, and resinous trees can be scored to provide a renewable source of resin.
The mod also introduces pitch made from charcoal powder, resin, and dry grass. It can seal crocks, protect light sources from rain, and fuel outdoor fire pits, forges, and pit kilns. Hand-drawn carts provide extra hauling options when fitted with a compatible inventory.
Where to download Ancient Tools
The official Vintage Story Mod DB page is the right place to get the current release through the in-game mod manager.