Field Manual: Section 4
Section 4 is a condemned subterranean industrial corridor beneath an abandoned surface compound. You awaken inside the surface cabin with nothing but your bare hands and an impenetrable locked exit door. Your survival, expansion, and commercial wealth depend on mastering the 4 starter tools, establishing an efficient cultivation pipeline, and trading with the operators below.
The Starter Cabin Briefing:
• Player Spawn: (X: 97, Y: 20) inside the wooden surface cabin.
• Starter Chest (X: 103, Y: 19): Open with [E] to claim Note #1, your 4 primary tools (Axe, Shovel, Pick, Crowbar), and 3 placeable chests.
• Cabin Door (X: 94, Y: 18-19): Locked tight! Equip your Heavy Crowbar to pry it open and gain access to the outdoor grounds and the Surface Teleporter Pad.
• Central Ladder Shaft (X: 100, Y: 20-35): Climb down to reach Sub-Level 1 (NPC Junction) and Sub-Level 2 (Cultivation Lab).
Controls & Signature Precision Reticle
The custom dot reticle replaces the operating system cursor globally. It smoothly scales, detects target blocks, and communicates exact interaction context in real time.
| Action |
Keyboard & Mouse |
Xbox / PlayStation Controller |
| Horizontal Movement |
A / D or Left / Right Arrows |
Left Analog Stick (LS) |
| Climb Ladders |
W (Climb Up) / S (Climb Down) |
Left Stick Up / Down |
| Jump |
Spacebar |
A / ✕ Button |
| Mine / Dig / Chop / Pry |
Left-Click (Hold within reach) |
Right Trigger (RT) |
| Place Block / Tile |
Right-Click with hotbar block selected |
Left Trigger (LT) |
| Free-Look Camera Pan |
Left-Click (Hold when out of reach) |
Right Analog Stick (RS) |
| Interact / Open / Harvest / Talk |
E Key |
X / □ Button |
| Quick Transfer (Chest ↔ Backpack) |
Right-Click slot in open chest modal |
X Button / LT |
| Adjust Held Stack Drop Count |
Mouse Scroll Wheel (while holding item) |
LB / RB Bumpers |
| Cycle Hotbar Slots (1–5) |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
LB / RB Bumpers |
| World Camera Zoom |
Mouse Scroll Wheel (in world) |
D-PAD ◄ / ► |
| Menu Scrolling (Shop & Manual) |
Mouse Wheel / Drag Scrollbar |
Right Stick (RS) / D-PAD ▲ / ▼ / Drag A |
| Open Backpack / Inventory |
Tab or I |
Y / △ Button |
| Open The Black Book |
M or Top Bar Button |
VIEW Button |
| Close Windows / Cancel |
ESC |
B / ○ Button |
Reticle Color States:
• Green Halo: Valid block in mining reach (~76px). Hold Left-Click to extract.
• Red Ring (✕): Out of physical reach. Hold Left-Click to pan the camera across the world!
• Gold Highlight: Hovering an interactive element (door, chest, NPC, workstation, or inventory slot). Click or press [E] to interact.
The 4 Unified Tools & Material Specificity
Section 4 enforces strict physical tool specificity. Each tool has a single engineered role and deals zero damage to unauthorized materials:
| Tool Icon |
Tool Name |
Effective Target |
Role & Capabilities |
| ⛏️ |
Shovel |
Turf, Loam Soil, Dirt Blocks |
Rapid excavation of soft ground and soil blocks. Cannot mine quarry stone or chop timber. |
| 🪓 |
Stone Pick |
Hard Rock, Stone Masonry |
Chisels and quarries dense metamorphic hard rock. Cannot dig loam soil or chop lumber. |
| 🪓 |
Wood Axe |
Wood Planks |
Felling and harvesting wooden structures, walls, floors, and roofs. |
| 🔧 |
Crowbar |
Hardware, Doors, Fixtures |
The universal deconstruction tool. Pries open locked doors, unbolts empty storage chests, pots, grow lamps, workstations, and ladders cleanly back into your inventory. |
Subterranean Cultivation & Overhead Lighting
Growing top-grade flower underground requires a dedicated micro-climate. Follow the 5 rules of cultivation:
The Cultivation Formula:
1. Enriched Soil: Buy ready-to-use Potting Soil bags directly from Tony (£5) on Sub-Level 1.
2. Light Clearance: Mount Grow Lamps 4 to 6 blocks directly overhead. This provides photon energy while ensuring clearance for the 3-tall mature cannabis crop. (Natural sunlight outdoors also provides photon energy!).
3. Potting: Interact with a placed pot [E]. Insert Potting Soil into Slot 0 and a Cannabis Seed into Slot 1. Growth begins immediately (base cycle: 360 seconds / 6 minutes).
4. Bloom Fertilizer (2x Acceleration): Adding Fertilizer into Slot 2 immediately halves remaining growth time (180 seconds / 3 minutes) and activates the ⚡ 2x Speed boost badge!
5. Harvest: When the plant reaches Stage 3 full maturity with frosted colas, interact [E] with bare hands to collect 5–7 Wet Weed colas!
Post-Harvest: Curing & Packing Station
Freshly harvested wet weed cannot be sold directly. It must be slow-cured and weighed into sealed baggies to command cash value on the street:
Step 1 — Drying Racks: Place a Drying Rack (built with stainless wire mesh screens). Interact [E] to open the rack. Spread wet weed across the 6 screens to initiate curing. Each nug cures independently into dense, aromatic Dried Weed Nugs.
Step 2 — Packing Station: Place a Packing Station (equipped with precision digital scale and heat-sealer). Interact [E] to open the station. Combine 1 Cured Nug + 1 Baggie (purchased from Tony for £1) to produce a street-ready Sealed 1g Bag!
The Black Market Network: Sub-Level 1 Operators
Climb down the central cabin ladder to Sub-Level 1 (Floor Y: 29) to conduct business with the corridor's key operators:
Dispensary operator. Supplies all botanical hardware, seeds, pots, lamps, baggies, and workstations for your grow rooms.
Baggies (£1)
Cannabis Seeds (£15)
Potting Soil (£5)
Grow Pots (£10)
Grow Lamps (£10)
Packing Station (£10)
Drying Rack (£10)
Bloom Fertilizer (£5)
Wholesale cash distributor. Buys your sealed 1g bags in bulk. Pays cold hard cash (£10 / bag) instantly. Refuses raw unbagged weed!
Sealed 1g Bag Buyout (£10)
Instant Cash Payouts
Quantum Gateways & Level 2 Expanse
Section 4 contains permanent, unmovable Quantum Teleporter Pads connecting two distinct dimensional realms:
Dimensional Waypoints:
• Main World Surface Teleporter: Located outside the Cabin exit door at X: 91, Y: 19. Stepping onto the pad and pressing [E] warps you across the anomaly to Level 2.
• Level 2 Return Teleporter: Cleanly positioned dead-center at X: 100, Y: 19 in the pristine, untouched second realm. Stepping on the pad warps you back to the Surface Cabin.
Zero Item Loss Guarantee & Storage Protocol
The engine guarantees complete item safety across all gameplay loops:
- Cursor Return Guarantee: If any container or modal closes while you are holding an item on your cursor, it is automatically returned to your available inventory slots.
- Physical Overflow Drop: If all 53 slots (5 hotbar + 48 backpack) are completely full, held items drop safely into the world at your feet as physical dropped items.
- Quick Transfer Boundaries: Right-clicking items transfers strictly between your Backpack and open Storage Containers. The bottom Hotbar is permanently protected from accidental quick transfers.
- Stack Adjustment: Scroll the mouse wheel while holding a stack on the cursor to adjust the exact drop count before placing it into a slot.