First Camp and Research
Start a working StoneEra settlement, understand the current controls and progress toward the first copper bar without skipping research prerequisites.
Build one working chain first
Begin with the camp guide and wait for completed woodcutting and planks before expanding. Use the controls reference if object placement or order cancellation is confusing. Once the shelter chain works, move to the research table and first copper bar. Check the demo comparison before interpreting a locked node as a bug: the session is untimed, but later technologies remain outside the demo.
Open the beginner guide
Beginner Guide: From First Camp to a Working Settlement
Start the StoneEra demo with a practical camp-to-shelter checklist, including workbench, planks, research and checks when a tutorial objective stalls.
Last updated: 11/6/2026
Controls: Object Rotation, Camera and Individual Orders
Separate object rotation from camera controls, cancel the right pending order, clone supported objects and understand resident-view controls in Demo 0.9.18.
Last updated: 11/6/2026
Research and the First Copper Bar
Understand StoneEra research tables, samples, prerequisite checks and the first copper-bar demo milestone without confusing locked full-game technologies.
Last updated: 11/6/2026