progression
What to Do After Moder With Dragon Tears
Use Dragon Tears to build the Artisan Table, unlock Plains production, and choose the first post-Moder crafts.
Field note
Direct answer
After Moder, Dragon Tears should become an Artisan Table first. That table opens the Plains production chain: blast furnace for black metal, windmill for barley food, and spinning wheel for flax and padded armor.
Route card
Fast path before details
Return from Moder and repair before spending the Dragon Tears.
Build the Artisan Table at a base that already has storage, forge access, and room for Plains production.
Use the table to unlock the blast furnace, windmill, and spinning wheel path.
Scout Plains in daylight before raiding villages for barley, flax, and black metal scrap.
The real Dragon Tear answer
The item answer is simple: Dragon Tears craft the Artisan Table. The progression answer is more important: the Artisan Table decides when your world moves from Mountain silver into Plains production.
- +Build the Artisan Table before spending time on deep Plains raids.
- +Use it as the hub for blast furnace, windmill, and spinning wheel planning.
- +Keep the table near storage because black metal, barley, flax, and linen all create repeated craft loops.
Pick the first Plains bottleneck
After Moder, players often try to do everything at once. The cleaner route is to decide which blocker is slowing you down: food, armor, or weapon damage.
- +If survival is the blocker, prioritize barley food and safer farming.
- +If defense is the blocker, push flax into linen thread and padded armor.
- +If damage is the blocker, smelt black metal after the blast furnace is online.
Do not skip the scouting loop
The Artisan Table does not make the Plains safe. Deaths usually come from raiding villages before the route is mapped, the portal is protected, or fire resistance and food are ready.
- +Scout Plains from a neighboring biome edge before committing to a village raid.
- +Mark villages, tar pits, lox, and possible farm ground before hauling materials.
- +Use the Plains route once the production chain is visible and the next boss target is Yagluth.
Checklist
- +Store Dragon Tears safely
- +Build the Artisan Table
- +Place production stations near storage
- +Scout Plains from a safe edge
- +Secure barley and flax
- +Choose food, armor, or black metal as the first blocker
Step-by-step plan
- +Return from Moder and repair before spending the Dragon Tears.
- +Build the Artisan Table at a base that already has storage, forge access, and room for Plains production.
- +Use the table to unlock the blast furnace, windmill, and spinning wheel path.
- +Scout Plains in daylight before raiding villages for barley, flax, and black metal scrap.
- +Turn the first Plains materials into the blocker you actually need: food, padded armor, or black metal weapons.
Common mistakes
- +Treating Dragon Tears as a trophy instead of a production unlock.
- +Running into Plains villages before fire resistance, food, and escape routes are ready.
- +Building production stations far from storage and turning every craft into inventory hauling.