Want to find and learn more recipes? This guide on How To Unlock All Recipes In Windbound tells you about the special items you need to find to unlock all of the recipes we have discovered during our adventure through the game so far.
Recipes represent all the different items you can craft and make it Windbound. They can provide you with brand new weapons, new tools for survival, and even upgrades to your boat. Windbounds recipe system is quite unique as you discover recipes as you harvest and gather more materials.
Some of the materials can be hard to find so if you want to unlock a specific recipe, check out our Windbound crafting ingredients guide.
Windbound Recipes Guide – Survival Recipes
| Recipe Name | Recipe Use | How To Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Grass Rope | Used in various recipes | Harvest Thick Grass |
| Bone Shovel | Used to dig | Interact with a digging spot |
| Palm Bag | Increases inventory space | Harvest a Palm Frond |
| Hammer | Harvest breakables | Craft Grass Sling |
| Campfire | Used to cook and tan items | Harvest A Stick |
| Axe | Used to harvest resources | Try to cut down a dead tree |
| Heavy Duty Bag | Increases inventory by 18 Slots | Find Silk Thread |
| Cat's Luck Helm | Reduces fall damage | Loot Plainstalker Horn & Silk Thread |
| Stealth Bag | Adds 12 inventory slots | Loot Gloomharrow Skin & Silk Thread |
| Shrouded Hood | Creatures are less likely to see you | Loot Gloomharrow Skin & Silk Thread |
| Shrouded Armor | Creatures are less likely to see you | Loot Gloomharrow Skin & Silk Thread |
| Armored Bag | Adds 12 Inventory slots | Harvest Crude Metal |
| Oil | Used in recipes | Harvest a Fish |
Windbound Recipes Guide – Weapon Recipes
| Recipe Name | Recipe Use | How To Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Stick Spear | A basic weapon | Unlocked automatically |
| Grass Sling | Basic ranged weapon | Harvest Thick Grass |
| Scatter Rocks | Ammo for sling weapons | Craft Grass Sling |
| Leather Sling | Better ranged weapon | Craft Grass Sling |
| Poison Bomb | Poison ranged attacks | Destroy pots in a village-like area (not a guaranteed drop). Loot a Poison Gland |
| Bone Tipped Spear | Improved melee weapon | Loot a bone from a dead animal |
| Torment Bow | Advanced ranged weapon | Find Leviathan's Heart Gem on a tiny island or from mining |
| Basic Arrows | Ammo for bows | Craft a bow |
| Bone Arrows | Ammo for bows | Craft arrows, loot Bleenk Frond |
| Oil Bomb | Ammo for sling | Loot an Oil Bomb from a broken jar |
| Glider | Allows you to glide | Find Silk Thread from enemies (Cocoon enemies in Chapter III+) |
| Stick Bow | Basic Bow | Find Silk Thread from enemies (Cocoon enemies in Chapter III+) |
| Plainstalker Bow | Advanced bow | Loot a Plainstalker Horn & Silk Thread |
| Hunter Bow | Advanced Bow | Loot Wood from a dead tree |
| Tempest Bow | Advanced bow with Lightning damage | Loot Storm's Eye Gem |
| Bastion Bow | Advanced bow that absorbs damage in an area | Loot Sentinel's Gem |
Windbound Recipes Guide – Boat Recipes
| Recipe Name | Recipe Use | How To Unlock |
|---|---|---|
| Grass Canoe | A basic boat | Unlocked on the starting island |
| Grass Basket | Adds 3 storage to your boat | Unlocked on the starting island |
| Anchor | Stops boat drifting away | Harvest a Rock |
| Grass Mast | Increases boat speed | Harvest a Stick |
| Bamboo Deck | Boat upgrade | Harvest a piece of Bamboo (Chapter II+) |
| Bamboo Mast | Boat upgrade | Harvest a piece of Bamboo (Chapter II+) |
| Bamboo Canoe | Boat upgrade | Harvest a piece of Bamboo (Chapter II+) |
| Grass Hull | Boat upgrade | Harvest a piece of Bamboo (Chapter II+) |
| Bamboo Hull | Boat upgrade | Harvest a piece of Bamboo (Chapter II+) |
| Bamboo Bucket | Stores 5 items on the boat | Harvest a piece of Bamboo (Chapter II+) |
| Bamboo Hull Spikes | Protects the boat | Harvest a piece of Bamboo (Chapter II+) |
| Bag Rack | Stores a bag on your boat | Harvest a piece of Bamboo (Chapter II+) |
| Wooden Deck | Parts for a wooden ship | Harvest a piece of Wood |
| Wooden Mast | Parts for a wooden ship | Harvest a piece of Wood |
| Wooden Canoe | Parts for a wooden ship | Harvest a piece of Wood |
| Wooden Hull | Parts for a wooden ship | Harvest a piece of Wood |
| Gloomharrow Figurehead | Figurehead for your boat | Harvest a piece of Wood & Leviathans Heart Gem |
| Wooden Hull Armor | Protects against collisions | Harvest Wood |
| Wooden Hull Spikes | Protects from predators | Harvest Wood |
| Plainstalker Figurehead | Figurehead for your boat | Loot Storm's Eye Gem |
| Metal Hull Armor | Protects your boat | Harvest Crude Metal |
| Wood Chest | Store 7 items on your boat | Harvest Wood & Crude Metal |
| Metal Hull Spikes | Protects your ship | Harvest Crude Metal |
| Scale Hull Armor | Protects your boat | Harvest Shell Fragment |
| Gorehorn Figurehead | Figurehead for your boat | Harvest Sentinel's Gem |
We are working on discovering more recipes so check back soon.
Once you find some Bamboo, you can upgrade your boat. This guide on How To Upgrade & Build A Bamboo Boat In Windbound explains how you can piece together the Bamboo Deck and Bamboo Hull so you can have a much bigger boat, allowing for additional storage and a portable campfire.
Finding and cooking food is vital for your survival. This guide on Where To Find Food In Windbound offers a basic introduction to the many different sources of food you will find during your early adventures through the first chapter of Windbound.
Lost and struggling on where to go in Windbound? This Windbound Chapter 1 Walkthrough Guide will explain the basics of the game and how you are meant to progress through the first Chapter as although there are no objective markers or hints, there's a clear route to follow.
Death has a huge penalty in Windbound so you'll want as much life as possible. This guide on How To Increase Life In Windbound will tell you what to search for in order to increase your maximum life pool, making the survival aspect of Windbound much, much easier.
