How to make a sled in Sons of the Forest

A quick guide on how to make the sled, and how to use it.

The sled in Sons of the Forest is a brilliant tool to navigate the island super fast and avoid needless damage, as long as you’re travelling downhill. As such, you’ll probably want to figure out how to make a sled as fast as possible.

While it’s quite the undertaking, this guide will take you through how to get the sled in Sons of the Forest , as well as the best ways to use it if you want to avoid some nasty cannibals roaming the wilderness.

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• How to make a sled in Sons of the Forest
• How to use the sled in Sons of the Forest

How to make a sled in Sons of the Forest

The sled must be created with the 3D printer in Sons of the Forest , which you can find hidden in an underground cave. When you’re nearby, your GPS will mark it as a point of interest. For an exact location, refer to the marked map below.

Just below the river on the west side of the island is the easiest 3D printer to reach.

Once inside, you’ll find the 3D printer which is a crucial tool for crafting specific important items to help you survive. Interact with the 3D printer and you’ll be presented with a menu of available items — scroll down to the bottom to find the sled.

Each item requires 3D printer resin to create, with the sled needing 1000 in total. This makes it incredibly costly, but if you want to create the sled as soon as possible, you can do so right away with the combined resin located in the 3D printer and around the room it’s located in.

You’ll be back to the 3D printer a lot.

Doing so will largely deplete your 3D printer resin supplies, which means you’ll have to find more if you want to make other useful items like the grappling hook and tech mesh. You can find 3D printer resin scattered around the island in underground facilities, so keep an eye out while you’re exploring.

How to use the sled in Sons of the Forest

The sled is purely a method of transportation in Sons of the Forest, acting as a quick way to travel downhill. On the steeper declines you’ll be going pretty fast, so be careful not to wipe out against a tree, big rock, or roaming cannibal.

It’s especially fun to use when at the top of the giant mountain around the centre of the island. Just open your inventory to equip it, jump, then hit left click with the sled equipped to jump onboard and enjoy the ride.

Whenever you find yourself in need of a fast escape from a higher point on the spooky cannibal island, bust out the sled and let it rip. You’ll be out of there in no time.

That wraps up our guide on how to get the sled in Sons of the Forest! For more guides that’ll keep you alive, check out our pieces on how to get the rope gun for the shovel , all the keycard locations including maintenance, VIP, and guest keycards , and our general Sons of the Forest walkthrough and tips page .

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How to find and use the 3D Printer in Sons of the Forest

I know what you’re thinking. There’s a fully functional 3D Printer on this island?

Sons of the Forest is host to all sorts of secrets. What is going on across this island of cannibals and mutants, exactly? Why are there laboratories and VIP getaways underground? Time, and exploration, will tell all, and one of the first things you should seek out when exploring is the 3D Printer.

In an easily accessible underground lab, the 3D Printer hides away. With it, you can create a few items that’ll be vital to your survival. So, without further ado, here’s how to find and use the 3D Printer in Sons of the Forest.

• Where to find the 3D Printer in Sons of the Forest
• How to use the 3D Printer in Sons of the Forest

Where to find the 3D Printer in Sons of the Forest

The 3D Printer in Sons of the Forest is located just south of the cave containing the Rope Gun , and is marked by a green and white glowing circle on your map. We’ve marked this on the below map.

Be sure to look around this general area too, as there’s a nearby Stun Baton and Flashlight to grab.

This is the entrance to the cave containing the 3D Printer.

Enter the cave and press forward. The first room you come to will contain the 3D Printer, and a bed to save or sleep in.

It’s also worth noting that this isn’t the only 3D Printer you’ll find across Sons of the Forest, but it is the easiest to access from the start of the game.

How to use the 3D Printer in Sons of the Forest

To use the 3D Printer in Sons of the Forest, it’ll need filling with Resin. It will already have some Resin in it, but there are a few cartons of the stuff around the room, too. You’ll find more resin in underground areas like this.

With the Resin in the 3D Printer, select which item you want to create using ‘R’. Press ‘E’ to begin making it. Wait a few seconds and your item will be ready to collect. You can use the 3D Printer as often as you want, as long as you’ve enough Resin.

Using the 3D Printer, you can craft the following:

• Flask (for collecting and drinking water ) - requires 100ml Resin
• Mask - requires 150ml Resin
• Arrows - requires 50ml Resin
• Tech Mesh (for crafting Tech Armor ) - requires 250ml Resin
• Grappling Hooks (uses by your Rope Gun) - requires 100ml Resin
• Sled (used for fast traversal downhill) - requires 1000ml Resin

For more on Sons of the Forest, take a look at how to place Map Markers across the island , so you never get lost again. It’s also well worth making use of Kelvin and befriending Virginia .

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