Nature Guide

The nature guide is a chapter of the survival guide in which the player automatically notes what plants and animals they have found so far. It also gives an overview of what plants and animals can be found in The Forest.

The chapter is divided into two sections, the first containing two pages of plants and the second containing three pages of animals. Each kind of animals and plants has a box next to it, that is checked when the player encountered that animal or plant. An encounter is defined as picking or eating a plant or spotting an animal respectively.

Plant Life

#	Natures Guide	Nature Guide Image	In-Game Image
1	Aloe Aloe vera
1	Blackberries Rubus ursinus
1	Oval-leaved Blueberries Vaccinium ovalifollium
1	Chanterelle Mushroom Cantharellus cibarius
1	Chicory Cichorium intybus
1	Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
1	Dandelion taraxacum officinale
1	Deer Mushroom Pluteus cervinus
1	Fireweed Chamerion angustifolium
2	Amanita Mushroom Fly Agaric Amanita muscaria
2	Horsetail Equisetum
2	Jack O Lantern Mushroom Omphalotus olearius
2	Liberty Cap Mushroom Psilocybe semilanceata
2	Marigold Calendula officinalis
2	Poison Powderpuff Mushroom Findous meous
2	Snowberries Symphoricarpos albus
2	Thistle Carduus marianus
2	Twinberries Lonicera involucrata

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Animal Life

#	Natures Guide	Nature Guide Image	In-Game Image
1	Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
1	Surgeon Fish Zebrasoma xanthurum
1	Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides
1	Boar Wild Boar Sus scrofa
1	Canada Goose Branta canadensis
1	Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
1	Ozark cavefish Amblyopsis rosae
1	Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
1	Northwestern crow Corvus caurinus
2	White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus
2	European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
2	Glaucous Winged Gull Larus hyperboreus
2	Tree Goanna Varanus varius
2	Great White Shark Carcharodon carcharias
2	Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta
2	Raccoon Procyon lotor
2	Ring-Billed Gull Larus delawarensis
2	American Robin Turdus migratorius
3	Snowshoe Hare Lepus americanus
3	American Red Squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
3	Tortoise Testudo graeca
3	Rock Beauty Fish Holacanthus tricolor
3	Bluecheek butterflyfish Chaetodon semilarvatus
3	Paracanthurus Paracanthurus hepatus
3	Carp koi Cyprinus carpio haematopterus	There are two types of carp
3	Carp Cyprinus carpio
3	Pacific Cod Gadus macvocephalus
3	Pacific Cod Gadus macvocephalus	There are two types of cod

Known Bugs

• "Twinberry" also appears on the last page of the animal life section (confirmed in v0.60b).
• Even though all animals are listed in alphabetical order, the carp and cod appear on page 3, between animals whose names start with "y".
• Currently the oyster is not listed in the nature guide (confirmed in v0.60b).
• In the nature guide there are inconsistencies in the names of animals and their images. Maybe fix it.

Trivia

• Currently, the nature guide lists "Twinberry" and "Snowberry" in singular, whereas "Blueberries" and "Blackberries" appear in plural (confirmed in v0.60b).
• The nature guide does not list animals passive to the player, as for instance spiders or starfish. This might be due to the developers not wanting to cause confusion where to find these creatures as the player would not have a well defined action when to mark them in their guide.

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Update History

Version	Changes
v1.0	All plants in the nature guide are now checked off by looking at them briefly in the world Added plant/animal specific message when ticking off stuff in nature guide New check off animals system added with drawings. As you find animals and plants in the world, the greyscale drawings will turn to colored pictures. To activate, look at animals or plants up close for a short period of time.