Originally posted by Solarus:

This conversation brings an issue to light. Once you make something you never need to worry about having supplies to repair it. There is no incentive to keep going out and mine the things you needed to make the initial equipment. The only thing I have found that shows a need to keep harvesting supplies is the pointed stakes. The supplies needed to create the pointy little defense items disappear if the item is destroyed. That needs to happen more in the game. Otherwise there is no need to continue to harvest supplies
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You constantly have to farm for food items though... at least for high end food. I <3 hunting sea serpents for food.