Cultivating Silkworms and Weaving Silkweave Armor

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Silkworm cultivation enables woodland herbalists to harvest raw silk fibers, spin textiles, and tailor protective silkweave vestments. Gathering silkworms from wild forest cocoons and feeding them fresh canopy foliage establishes a sustainable textile cottage industry capable of outfitting adventurers in agile cloth armor and mystical idols.

Harvesting Silkworms and Producing Silk Fiber

Wild silkworms colonize forested canopies, dropping directly into your inventory when harvesting suspended Silkworm Cocoon blocks or delicate Egg Cluster colonies hanging beneath tree limbs. In addition, exploring overland herbalist huts provides a twenty-five percent chance of discovering between one and three pre-spun Silk Fiber strands within structure chests.

Producing fresh silk fibers from living silkworms follows an easy feeding process:

Place one live Silkworm alongside any vanilla tree leaves block on a crafting table. The silkworm feeds on the foliage to spin two clean Silk Fiber strands.
In earlier editions, grinding one Silk Fiber strand with a Mortar and Pestle unravels the fiber into three standard String strands.
Combining four String with one central Silk Fiber on a crafting grid weaves one artificial Cobweb block, providing sticky traps for monster defense.

Tailoring the Silkweave Vestment Set

Combining raw silk fibers with processed leather armor and wool produces the four-piece Silkweave armor set, offering lightweight protection and high agility:

Silkweave Hood: Tailored by placing one Leather Cap in the center slot of a crafting grid, three Silk Fiber strands filling the top, left, and right positions, and one block of wool in the bottom slot.
Silkweave Mantle: Crafted with one Leather Tunic in the center, flanked by three Silk Fiber strands in the middle-left, middle-right, and bottom positions, while two String and one wool block fill the top row.
Silkweave Bindings: Assembled in modern editions by placing one pair of Leather Pants in the center, flanked by three Silk Fiber strands, two String, and one wool block.
Silkweave Footwraps: Completed by placing Leather Boots in the center, surrounded by three Silk Fiber strands, two String, and one wool block.

Specialized Silk Relics and Celestial Infusion

Beyond conventional protective vestments, silk fibers serve as vital binding threads for aquatic mobility gear and magical effigies:

Bogshade Boots: Crafted by placing two Silk Fiber strands in the upper corners, one Water Node in the top-middle, and two Kelp in the bottom corners, providing specialized wading boots.
Ghostveil: Crafted in modern editions by combining three Leather hides across the top row with four wild Ghost Fern leaves and one central Silk Fiber strand, creating stealthy woodland headwear.
Silk Idol: Arranging four Silk Fiber strands around one central unit of crushed herbs on a crafting grid crafts one Silk Idol, which serves as the essential blank doll for all seasonal weather idols.
Celestial Transmutation: Exposing completed Silkweave garments to celestial infusion altars transmutes each piece into its astral counterpart, upgrading hoods, mantles, bindings, and footwraps into shimmering Moonweave vestments.