Polylithic Wiki
Stone Age survival, tribe building, and crafting after the 1.0 launch.
Unofficial Polylithic wiki for Stone Age survival, tribe building, crafting, hunting, and co-op after the 1.0 launch.
- 1.0
- Launched 25 Aug 2026
- 10
- Players in online co-op
- Win
- Steam, Windows
- 70%
- Mostly Positive all-time
Hubs for the searches players actually make after waking up in camp.
Guides Hub
Polylithic how-to guides after 1.0: first hour, sandbox, hunting, crafting, co-op, story, and the fifteen Steam achievements.
Read guide SurvivalSurvival Hub
Polylithic survival hub after 1.0: controls, hunger, cooking, combat, taming, biomes, and the loop that keeps a camp alive.
Read guide TribeTribe Hub
Polylithic tribe hub after 1.0: villagers, settlement, farming, enemy camps, outposts, and online co-op for nine friends.
Read guide CraftingCrafting Hub
Polylithic crafting hub after 1.0: tech tree, flint, workstations, weapons, tools, and buildings that unlock the next recipes.
Read guide ToolsTools Hub
Polylithic player tools: a first-day survival checklist and a gathering planner so 1.0 camps stop forgetting fire, flint, beds, and stalk.
Read guide ReviewReview Hub
Polylithic 1.0 review after hotfixes: Mostly Positive all-time, Mixed recent, tribe jank, and who should buy this week.
Read guideStart here if the dream tutorial dumped you in a hut with no next step.
Getting Started
Polylithic getting started after 1.0: survive the dream tutorial, craft flint in your pack, light a fire, and lock a hut save.
Read guide GuidesHow to Hunt
How to hunt in Polylithic 1.0: caribou first, bison never early, mammoth only with a plan, and why followers fail on escort.
Read guide GuidesHow to Form a Tribe
How to form a tribe in Polylithic: happiness gates, elders, first recruits, and why injured followers delay the next villager.
Read guide GuidesHow to Craft
How to craft in Polylithic: flint from rocks in inventory, choppers, campfires, hide racks, grindstones, and the stalk-to-string bottleneck.
Read guide ReviewReview Hub
Polylithic 1.0 review after hotfixes: Mostly Positive all-time, Mixed recent, tribe jank, and who should buy this week.
Read guideMost 1.0 complaints are the same three walls. Jump to the page that unblocks you.
The dream ended in a hut
The opening is a long tutorial-dream. Wake up, then follow a real first-hour loop instead of wandering the plains.
Read guide Stuck after the opening?You cannot find flint
Flint is usually crafted in your personal inventory from rocks, not scraped off the dirt for twenty minutes.
Read guide Stuck after the opening?The tribe will not work
Villagers get stuck, ignore gather tasks, and fold in hunts. Learn what they can do and what you still must do yourself.
Read guide Stuck after the opening?Co-op has no tutorial
Sandbox skips the dream. Story stalls. After 1.0.0.24, guests can chop and fight again. Share a host and split gathering.
Read guidePolylithic is not just a hunt-and-eat loop. These pages cover the rules that actually change a run.
Hunger, body, and shouting
1.0 quadrupled metabolism, added fat/lean, freeze/heat buffs, and a shout that costs stamina. Learn the body before the bison.
Read guide Systems worth learningControls and saving
Keyboard, controller, hold-to-gather, and why a ten-minute autosave is not enough on a mammoth hunt.
Read guide Systems worth learningCooking and food buffs
Campfires, generated recipes, and why roasted meat still beats berries when a bison herd turns.
Read guide Systems worth learningDogs, hyenas, and taming
Companions eat, heal, and follow. They also path like drunk goats. Use them without losing the camp.
Read guide Systems worth learningTech tree and workstations
Each building unlocks only a few more items. Plan stalk, hide, and grindstone time before you overbuild.
Read guide Systems worth learningSettlement and outposts
Frames, hide covers, elders, and the quest that asks you to assign a clan member to an outpost.
Read guide Systems worth learningEnemy tribes and farming
Hostile camps wear random clothes. Fields take fertilizer. Raid after the hut can eat, not before.
Read guide Systems worth learningMap and biomes
Forests, snow hills, rapids, and the plains where mammoths and bison share the same bad ideas.
Read guideChecklists beat another twenty minutes staring at the crafting wheel.
First-day checklist
Tick fire, flint, food, bed, and the first recruit so you do not forget a save point.
Read guide Tools for a cleaner runGathering planner
Track stalk, rocks, hide, and clay before the next workstation so the tribe is not waiting on string.
Read guide Tools for a cleaner runIs 1.0 worth it?
A honest review of the launch build: beauty, bugs, and who should wait a patch.
Read guideA short path from sticks and flint to a camp that can feed itself.
- 1
Wake up and learn the keys
Open the controls guide before you sprint at a bear. Tab is inventory, C is crafting, T is technology, M is the map.
- 2
Craft flint in your pack
Do not search the ground for twenty minutes. The crafting guide shows how rocks become flint, choppers, and the first fire.
- 3
Feed the camp, then hunt
Berries and roots keep you moving. Use the hunting guide when you are ready for caribou, and skip bison until you have range.
- 4
Raise a hut you can sleep in
A frame plus a cover is a save point. The settlement page covers beds, outposts, and why sleeping bags want a hut.
- 5
Recruit only when happiness holds
Injured followers tank morale. Read how to form a tribe before you drag six people into a mammoth.
Wiki FAQ
Quick answers to the most common questions.
Is this an official Polylithic wiki?
No. This is a fan-made guide site. Confirm patches and store text on the Steam page and the developer site.
When did Polylithic leave Early Access?
Version 1.0 launched on 25 August 2026 for Windows on Steam after Early Access that began in November 2023.
Does Polylithic have multiplayer?
Yes. Online co-op supports you plus up to nine friends. Story mode and sandbox both work; sandbox skips the campaign beats. See the co-op guide.
Where do I start if I am new?
Read getting started, then the survival checklist. Come back to the review if you are still deciding whether to buy.
Which languages does this wiki cover?
English at the root, plus French, German, and Spanish. Those match the largest Steam languages after skipping Simplified Chinese and Russian.