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There are so many different types of wildlife roaming the island inSons of the Forest, with many of them offering resources that you can use to meet your survival needs. One of the more vital animals is turtles, with their shells and meat helping to extend your vitality.
Once you’ve found a general spawn location, you won’t ever have to travel very far to get more turtle shells or meat. Like in real life, you can find turtles near the sandy areas of the map where they go to lay their eggs, allowing you to collect their shells with ease.
Where To Get Turtle Shells
Thebest opportunity to find turtles is on the beachesthat make up the coast of the island sincethat’s where the sea turtles will go to nest. Keep your eyes peeled for the distinctive shapes of sea turtles sunbathing on the sand. They alsoseem to cluster togetheraround nests, which means you should be able tofind plenty of turtles together.
You cancollect small white turtle eggsat the base of the water near the turtles.
Once you find a turtle,you’ll need to severely damage itby attacking its head or other soft parts of the body. When it’s dead, a knife prompt will appear, andyou can skin the animal. This willremove the turtle’s shelland add it to your inventory. There willalso be meat under the shellyou can grab.
How To Use Turtle Shells
Once you get a turtle shell, you canfind it in the top right section of your inventory. Youcan’t combine it with anythingin your inventory, but it’s a vital crafting resource for your survival.
The primaryuse of a turtle shell is to craft rain catchers, which can provide aconstant stream of fresh waterfor you to drink from. This will bedependent on there being rainafter you place the rain catcher, however.
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Where you could use turtle shells as sleds in The Forest,that function has been replaced with actual sledsthat can be redeemed via a 3D printer in the sequel.
