Skip to content
Part 3
Starbound

Part 3

Complete Starbound Part 3 walkthrough, including cooking alien meat, crafting a furnace, and finding iron ore.

By ···10 min read·Multi-source verified
1 reading this guide  

Complete Starbound Part 3 walkthrough, including cooking alien meat, crafting a furnace, and finding iron ore.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Craft a Hunting Bow using 1 Plant Fibre and 10 Unrefined Wood.
  2. 2
    Craft a Camp Fire using 1 Torch and 5 Unrefined Wood.
  3. 3
    Explore near cave entrances to find Plant Fibre. Harvest it by clicking and holding with your Matter Manipulator on the reed connecting to the ceiling.
  4. 4
    Once you have Plant Fibre, craft the Hunting Bow.
  5. 5
    Hunt a monster using only your Hunting Bow, ensuring all damage comes from arrows.
  6. 6
    Collect the Raw Alien Meat dropped by the monster.
  7. 7
    Place your Camp Fire (preferably on your ship) and use it to cook the Raw Alien Meat.
  8. 8
    Collect the Cooked Alien Meat from the campfire.
  9. 9
    Craft a Stone Furnace using a Camp Fire and 25 Cobblestone at your Wooden Crafting Table.
  10. 10
    To make crafting easier, craft a Stone Pickaxe first using 10 Cobblestone and 25 Wood Planks. Harvest Cobblestone by using your Matter Manipulator or Stone Pickaxe on grey stone.
  11. 11
    Gather 25 Cobblestone and craft the Stone Furnace.
  12. 12
    Find 2x Iron Ore. It appears as grey/dark grey ore with small orange specks. It is found in the ground, either on the surface or in caves. You will also need Coal, a black ore found underground.
  13. 13
    Harvest the Iron Ore using your Pickaxe.
  14. 14
    Smelt the 2x Iron Ore in your Stone Furnace to obtain an Iron Bar.
  15. 15
    Craft a Distress Beacon.
Tips
  • It is recommended to gather at least 16 Iron Ore to smelt into 8 Iron Bars for crafting an Anvil later.
  • Use the Stone Pickaxe for all subsequent mining and harvesting as it is much faster than the Matter Manipulator.
  • Place your Camp Fire and Stone Furnace on your ship as they will not burn out there.

Quest - Out of the frying pan...

Quest - Forging Ahead

Quest - First Contact

100% Human-Written. AI Fact-Checked. Community Verified. Learn how AntMag verifies content