To unlock the full construction and upgrade potential of your crafting station, you will have to increase that level. You can do that by placing special Supporting Structures within 2 meters radius around the Workbench - these elements can be placed outside and will still work (as displayed on...
If you can alternate between berries and mushrooms then you are free to fill up while preparing to hunt the good stuff: Meat. Start by building yourself a cooking station so you can prepare them once you return with a haul of raw meat. Cooked meat will not only fill you up, but also ...
Doing so will unlock a special power for your character, one for each boss, and grant you access to some new resources and gathering techniques. Some of the biomes also allow you to explore instanced dungeons that tend to be filled with enemies, but also useful loot and materials. This ...
You have to upgrade to actually unlock certain places in the world, but it will also increase the time you have in the other fog areas that are available to you. As such, you will have more time to really explore these places. There are also points of interest in the fog, and obvious...