How to get linen cloth in Hytale

Improving your tools is essential to thriving in the hostile world of Hytale. Crude weapons will help you build a sound foundation, but you won’t get far if you don’t upgrade from Crude to Iron tools.

Besides Iron, you’ll need Linen Cloth to make the leap into the Iron Age. Metal’s a lot heavier than wood, after all; you need something tougher than grass knots to hold these crafts together.

Where to find Linen Cloth in Hytale

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Unlike Sticks or Stone Rubble, you won’t find Linen Cloth lying around on the ground. Instead, it drops from Skeletons, a fairly common enemy. Unlike their cousins in Minecraft, Hytale‘s Skeletons aren’t allergic to sunlight, but they seem to prefer hanging out in the shade, sticking to ruined fortresses or underground caves until the sun goes down. At night, Skeletons become much bolder and have all kinds of nasty backup, so I’d recommend taking them in broad daylight.

Skeletons may not seem like much of a threat at first. They’re not very aware of their surroundings, and their attacks only do a little damage. However, they’re faster than you might expect, and where there’s one, there are usually a few more hiding somewhere nearby. If you run into a fight with them recklessly, the dead will mob you into their ranks in no time.

I’ve found the best way to deal with Skeletons is with a Bow and Arrow. Since they aren’t very attentive, you can easily sneak up on a single Skeleton and deal massive damage with a headshot. It only takes about three hits to kill a regular Skeleton with Crude arrows, two if you nail those sneak attacks. Even better, you can lead a lone Skeleton away from its group with a well-aimed arrow and a bit of taunting, letting you thin the herd one skull at a time.

Linen Cloth is the second most common thing Skeletons drop, next to Bone Fragments. It can also spawn in the Ancient Chests hidden in forts, so check them out once you’ve cleared the area of Skeletons.

With Linen Cloth, you can make several useful crafts at your Worktable, including:

• Iron Hammer
• Iron Hatchet
• Iron Pickaxe
• Iron Shovel
• Thorium Hatchet
• Thorium Pickaxe

Iron and Thorium tools are a significant upgrade over Crude tools, with higher stats and greater durability. So if you plan to take on the tougher challenges the world of Hytale offers, you’ll want to stock up on Linen Cloth.

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