Nitrate ore in Snow biome and Coal ore in the burned biome. Dig up the gravel spots at the surface to see what is direct under it(or not).
As for the ferals, is intended. You better start in smaller POI's until you got better armor.
I love to sneak up to them and headshot them (also costing perks). You want it all but you can't
Unfortunately no gnu-linux support.
And for special carparts you need a crowbar (loot only). But I never had to make minibike frames or handlebars, easier to find as loot. Go for Pass-n-Gas and Working Stiff places and crates.
You find them randomly and you can make them (but you need to find one to make a mold)
Grills are found in ovens and you can wrench barbeques (50% chance).
You 'find' (get them randomly) fossils when you are mining or digging. Takes a while just be patient.
Yes they are quests but for completing the archeology journal you must find 5 fossils first.
You need to be player level 60 to make steel.
Last 6 slots stay encumbered (intended), you need the storage pocket/s mods in your armour for ful un-encumberedment
I bet it is a vanilla thing, when you leave a poi without have cleared all, the spawn is reset. For sure the ones you didn't kill in the first place.
When you run into a poi you can often see them spawning in front of you, or worse behind you
The discord channel of RH is full of players that can help. The next update to 5.1 will give more information about where to craft items. It is still work in progress.
https://discord.gg/YBHD9f3
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You have to craft a pig in the farm table first. tne press E on that pig to make a piglet.
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Not craftable, you find them in POI's (garages)
You can only craft cows, you don't need live ones. Check your crafting menu and type cow.
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Looks like you need to do some more digging
Live chickens you get occasionally from harvesting killed chickens (found in the desert)