rust

Gathering is a key component to Rust, In order to do anything you need to "Farm" also known as, Gathering.

Raiding, Building, PvP and everything in between requires farming.

The 4 types of farming are as follows

Tree farming

To be able to gather from trees you need either:

Amount of Wood Per hit
Rock 10
Stone Hatchet 20
Metal Hatchet 30
Salvaged Hatchet 50

Wood Is a key to advancing in Rust, You need it for building bases, guns. You need to to power furnaces and much more.

Stone Farming

To be able to gather from nodes such as stone, metal, and/or sulfur you need either:

Stone Metal Sulfur HQM
Rock
Stone Pick-Axe
Metal Pick-Axe
Salvaged Pick-Axe