The Stick is a raw material classified under the Plant type in Hytale, and it's one of the first items you'll interact with when you spawn into the world of Orbis. It feeds into 28 distinct crafting recipes, making it essential from the moment you craft your first Crude Hatchet all the way through late-game decoration projects. Sticks drop on death, so losing a stack in a dangerous dungeon is a real risk worth planning around.
Quick answer: You get Sticks by chopping down trees and bushes with a hatchet or by picking up Pile of Sticks found on the ground in forests and grassy areas. The in-game item ID is Ingredient_Stick.
Where to find Sticks
There are two primary ways to collect Sticks. The fastest method is to craft a hatchet and chop down trees or bushes — both reliably drop Sticks alongside logs and other plant materials. Early on, before you have a hatchet, you can walk through forest and grassy biomes and pick up Pile of Sticks scattered on the ground. These loose piles are common enough to get you started, but won't sustain heavy crafting demands for long.
Because Sticks are needed at every stage of progression, keeping a reliable source near your base matters. Trees in Hytale do not respawn naturally and do not drop saplings the way they do in Minecraft. If you want to replant, you'll need to craft saplings at the Farmer's Workbench, which requires upgrading its tiers to unlock different tree varieties. A practical alternative is to harvest trees farther from your base to preserve the landscape around your home, especially once you unlock teleporters through the Arcanist's Workbench for fast travel between resource zones.
Sticks can also fuel the Furnace
Beyond crafting, Sticks serve as fuel for the Furnace. Wood logs and Charcoal are more efficient fuel sources, but Sticks work in a pinch when you're smelting ores into ingots, and your log supply is low. This dual role — crafting ingredient and fuel — is part of why you burn through Sticks faster than you might expect.
All 28 crafting recipes that use Sticks
Sticks appear across tools, weapons, food, furniture, and decorations. The table below covers every confirmed recipe.
| Item | Sticks needed | Other materials | Crafting station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campfire | 4 | Any Rubble ×2 | Workbench |
| Crude Torch | 1 | Plant Fiber ×1, Tree Sap ×1 | Pocket Crafting |
| Crude Sword | 2 | Any Rubble ×2, Plant Fiber ×2 | Pocket Crafting |
| Crude Hatchet | 2 | Any Rubble ×2, Plant Fiber ×2 | Pocket Crafting |
| Crude Pickaxe | 2 | Any Rubble ×2, Plant Fiber ×2 | Pocket Crafting |
| Crude Daggers | 2 | Any Rubble ×3, Plant Fiber ×2 | Pocket Crafting |
| Crude Shortbow | 4 | Plant Fiber ×6 | Pocket Crafting |
| Crude Arrow | 4 | Any Rubble ×1 | Pocket Crafting |
| Crude Hammer | 3 | Any Rubble ×2, Plant Fiber ×3 | Pocket Crafting |
| Training Dummy | 3 | Any Tree Log ×1, Tree Sap ×3 | Workbench |
| Pile of Sticks | 5 | — | Workbench |
| Mushroom Skewer | 1 | Any Mushroom ×3 | Workbench |
| Fruit Skewer | 1 | Any Fruit ×4 | Workbench |
| Meat Skewer | 1 | Any Raw Meat ×4 | Workbench |
| Vegetable Skewer | 1 | Any Vegetable ×4 | Workbench |
| Small Kweebec Chest | 1 | Essence of Life ×2, Plant Fiber ×2 | Workbench |
| Old Scroll | 2 | Plant Fiber ×4 | Workbench |
| Wall Ring | 1 | Iron Ingot ×2 | Workbench |
| Woodcutter's Block | 2 | Any Tree Log ×1, Any Rubble ×2, Plant Fiber ×2 | Furniture Workbench |
| Wooden Mug | 1 | Any Planks ×1 | Furniture Workbench |
| Cane Ornament | 1 | Tree Sap ×2, Red Petals ×1 | Furniture Workbench |
| Halloween Pumpkin (Scary) | 2 | Pumpkin ×1, Charcoal ×1 | Furniture Workbench |
| Halloween Pumpkin (Cute) | 2 | Pumpkin ×1, Charcoal ×1 | Furniture Workbench |
| Halloween Pumpkin (Hytale) | 2 | Pumpkin ×1, Charcoal ×1 | Furniture Workbench |
| Snowman | 2 | Snow ×3, Charcoal ×3, Red Petals ×1 | Furniture Workbench |
Early-game Stick priorities
Your first handful of Sticks should go toward a Crude Hatchet (2 Sticks), a Crude Pickaxe (2 Sticks), and a Crude Sword (2 Sticks). These three tools dramatically speed up resource gathering and give you basic combat capability. After that, a Campfire (4 Sticks) lets you cook food, and a Crude Torch (1 Stick) keeps you alive underground. That's 11 Sticks before you've even built your first Workbench — so grab every Pile of Sticks you see while exploring.
Skewers are worth crafting early, too. A single Stick combined with mushrooms, fruit, vegetables, or raw meat produces food items that keep your health topped off without requiring a Furnace. They're efficient and cheap.
Managing your Stick supply long-term
Because trees don't grow back on their own, long-term Stick farming requires some planning. The Farmer's Workbench lets you craft saplings to replant trees, but you'll need to level up its tiers to access different tree types. An alternative strategy that many players prefer is to designate a separate area — reachable via teleporter or portal fragment — as a dedicated resource-harvesting zone, leaving the area around your base untouched.
If you find yourself drowning in excess Sticks (it happens once you start mass-harvesting trees for logs), the community-made Useful Sticks mod on CurseForge adds a custom workbench that lets you convert Sticks into wood logs or planks and vice versa. It's a quality-of-life addition with over 8,800 downloads that solves the common problem of Stick overflow.
Stick item properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Item ID | Ingredient_Stick |
| Type | Plant |
| Classification | Raw Material |
| Farmable | Yes |
| Enemy drop | No |
| Drops on death | Yes |
Sticks sit at the foundation of Hytale's entire crafting chain. They're easy to overlook once you're chasing Thorium and Mithril, but running out mid-project — especially when you need Crude Arrows or a quick Campfire — is a frustrating setback. Keep a chest stocked near your Workbench, harvest trees strategically, and you'll never be caught short.
