How To Remove Snow In GTA Online 2023

Snow only comes around once a year in GTA Online, but even that can be annoying for a lot of players who just want to drive around Los Santos without sliding all over the place, or being blinded by the whiteout. Here’s a guide on how to get rid of snow in GTA Online in your Freeroam lobby, in just a few minutes every time.

How To Turn Off Snow In GTA Online

Starting from any lobby, go to:

  • The Pause Menu
  • Right one tab to Online
  • Down to Jobs
  • Down to Play Job
  • Down to Rockstar Created (not to be confused for Rockstar Verified)
  • Down to Races
  • Right to Cayo Perico – Bike & Subscribe
  • Start the race solo with the default settings
  • Leave the pre-start settings of the race (vehicle selection etc.) default as well

Note that any of  the Cayo Perico races will work, because of the nature of the Cayo Perico session that will be created–it does not snow in Cayo Perico, just Los Santos.

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Allow the race to begin and hit the first checkpoint, or just wait 10-15 seconds to establish this session properly. Next, go to:

  • The Pause Menu
  • Right a few tabs to Friends
  • Down to any of your friends who are online in GTA and join
    • Alternatively request an invite from a friend who are online in GTA and join
    • You can also join in on any ‘recently played with’ players you were with in your last session, regardless of whether they are your friends or not

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Get Rid Of Snow In GTA Online

Once you load back in to a Los Santos lobby, the snow both on the ground and the weather effect in general will be gone. You can still pick up the invisible snow and pack it in to a snowball to throw at players and pedestrians. The visual effect is solely for you, and everyone else that hasn’t done the glitch will still have snow on their screens, despite being in the same lobby. All the Christmas decorations and props will still be visible to you though.

Do not swap sessions in any way, or it will cancel the glitch. If it takes you up into the clouds, that counts as a swap: Find New Session, Join Session, Join Job, Accept Invite, etc. 

Just follow all the steps again to make the snow glitch start over.

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When Does The Snow Leave In GTA Online

The snow is expected to go away in GTA Online on Thursday, January 4, 2024. While an actual official announcement has not been made, Thursdays are when the weekly reset always happens, and would be the most efficient time for the snow to stop in GTA Online. 

Heartbreaking: Gift Card Already Misplaced

OLMSTED FALLS, OHIO – Four days after unwrapping it on Christmas morning, former resident Denise Svetlik has already misplaced a $25 gift card to Carrabba’s Italian Grill.

 

“It was right here,” she said, gesturing to a corner of her parents’ coffee table now occupied by another gift, an “Autumn Sheets” scented candle from her mother Margaret. “I took it out of my stocking so it wouldn’t scratch the soaps and I know I put it right there.”

 

“Well it didn’t grow legs and walk away, honey,” said Margaret Svetlik as she packed away the remaining 101 Dalmatians ornaments and showed this reporter her favorite of the litter – a pup playing the French horn. “Remember when McDonald’s had these? I’ll get ‘em all some day.” She has owned eleven since 1996.

 

With a Spirit Airlines flight back to Houston looming, Denise had little time for seeing spots. She even woke up early this morning to pack the rest of her gifts, one being an oversized mug that read “I Don’t Need a Man I Just Need My Coffee”

 

After making sure all of her items would fit comfortably in her checked luggage, she was sure it would turn up. Once she noticed the gift card was not among the spoils, Denise feared the worst.

 

“Look, the only time I even eat at Carrabba’s is when I’m home, and they insist on paying anyway. I mean I like it, it’s fine. The Tuscan-Grilled Chicken is- it’s all fine. I’ve told each of them that I’d prefer, like, a plain, Visa gift card.” she said in her childhood bedroom, far from mom, dad, and the muffled sounds of Pluto TV’s Blue Bloods channel. “But if I can’t find this stupid card, I’m gonna hear about it all year and I’m not getting any more money until the funeral.”

 

Denise left no stone unturned. She had combed the living room, her bedroom, the dining room, the ill-defined backroom where her father spent most of the holidays, and even the kitchen garbage can.

 

“Would you look at how much that girl loves Carrabba’s? You’d swear lasagna was going out of style,” said Margaret, watching her daughter sift through discarded bills over an afternoon glass of Arbor Mist White Zinfandel. Covering her mouth with the back of her hand, she even offered a scoop: “Maybe next year we’ll spring for the $50.”

 

On the way to Hopkins International Airport, Denise dug through her purse one last time. To her amazement, she did find a Carrabba’s gift card, but closer inspection revealed it was two Christmases old and now worth $13 due to inactivity fees.

 

Denise’s father, Jim Svetlik, could not be reached for comment despite sitting on the couch the entire time.

Least Racist Friend Objectively Holding Back Call of Duty Squad’s In-Game Performance

TULSA, OKLAHOMA — In unfortunate news, local gamer Paul White, 27, has revealed that his least racist Call of Duty squadmate Garrett Rolland, 29, is objectively bad at the game.

“He’s a great guy for sure,” said White. “But the man is horrible at Call of Duty. Seriously. I didn’t know it was possible for someone with both hands to suck so bad at a video game. He can’t aim for shit, his callouts make zero sense, and he’s always the first one down.”

It seems White isn’t the only one of Rolland’s squadmates upset at his performance. His other squadmate, Kamal Asad, 30, had words as well.

“Garrett sucks for sure, at least at Call of Duty. As a person I like him a lot. He’s never once made a racist comment or joke towards me. He treats me just like anyone else. But I can handle a little subconscious bias if it means we can get a victory from time to time. I don’t love Paul constantly doing the Apu from Simpsons voice at me, but at least he gets kills. Garrett gets no kills. Non-problematic? Yeah. Non-skilled? Also yeah.”

We reached out to Garrett Rolland for his thoughts on his squadmates and his performance in Call of Duty.

“I love my friends, I’ve known them since middle school,” said Garrett. “But I wish they weren’t so toxic. There’s Paul with his Apu impression, but don’t even get me started on Daryl. I have to just put my controller down for a second and explain to them why those jokes are harmful, and before you know it BAM! I’ve been sniped in the head. I don’t even have a chance to shoot back or anything.”

Hard Drive also reached out to Garrett’s other teammate, Daryl Richards, who goes by PSN tag TRUMPLVR39483. Daryl, however, refused to comment, citing a distrust of the “fake-news woke liberal media.”

“Daryl didn’t game with us on January 6th, 2021,” said Kamal. “Whatever he was doing that day, I don’t make any judgements or assumptions. Anyways he’s easily our best player. Thinks the whole world is run by lizards who want us to eat bugs. Great callouts.”

This tragic news is in keeping with anecdotal evidence that suggests a positive correlation between offensive behavior and obsession with Call of Duty. Though evidence is plentiful, formal studies have yet to be conducted.

Swedish Chef Joins ‘The Bear’ Season 3

HOLLYWOOD – Swedish Chef, the beloved resident chef of the Muppet Show, has joined the cast of FX’s The Bear. The news comes as the critically acclaimed television show gears up for its third season set to release in 2024.

The celebrity chef will play Maurice Combs, a character described as a former NYC culinary genius that Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) butted heads with in his past. Swedish Chef becomes the latest in the list of prestigious actors to guest star on the show.

“We’re incredibly grateful to have a legendary actor joining our cast this season,” says show creator, Christopher Storer. “Watching a true professional fling fish across the set is like watching Lebron James in the playoffs.”

This guest starring role will be Swedish Chef’s first endeavor outside of the Muppet extended universe. Apart from this, the chef had a cameo cut out of the 2015 Bradley Cooper vehicle, Burnt, after a creative dispute with the film’s director.

“He was a nightmare offset! Refusing to get out of his trailer until his entire entourage of rats and chickens got free range of the craft services. It got to the point where we were losing money behind the scenes all for a disposable cameo that didn’t even push the plot forward.” said Burnt Director, John Wells, in an interview with the Tinsel Town Reporter.

This very public dispute landed Swedish Chef on a Hollywood short list of difficult actors that takes a PR miracle to get off. When questioned about his tumultuous past on set, Swedish Chef told the press, “ I’m ivere-a ouff my vrungduings in zee-a pest und hefe-a deescunnected frum indeefiduoels vhu led me-a istrey. Bork Bork Bork!”

At press time Ayo Edebiri, who plays Sydney, has been spotted with the Muppet guest star leaving a Techno-European dance club sparking dating rumors.

AEW Continental Classic Winner to Receive Hundreds of Additional Belts Because Why Not at This Point

JACKSONVILLE – As some of All Elite Wrestling’s greatest continue to clash near the end of the Continental Classic tournament, sources can confirm that the winner won’t just receive three belts, but two hundred and ninety-eight.

“The more belts that are put on the line, the more important the finals match automatically is,” revealed Tony Khan, founder of AEW. “I’ve been wanting to do something like this ever since I saw a picture of Ultimo Dragon holding ten belts on an old message board. Hell, I spent the last three days sketching designs for title belts in anticipation. Bryan can deal with figuring out what’s gonna be on Collision,” continued the booker. When asked if the winner would receive the Real World Championship, the AEW owner ran off, never to be seen again.

In order to make the stunt happen, rival wrestling promotions have been reporting talks with AEW in order to supply their belts.

“I really don’t get Tony Khan sometimes,” recounts Brett Lauderdale, owner of independent wrestling promotion GCW. “I was in the middle of booking another Cardona novelty match and he rang me up and asked if AEW could use our ‘TNT Championship’ – we don’t even run shows on television! Why even go through all the trouble when the winner’s just going to drop all those belts to MJF the next month?“ continued Lauderdale. “I let him use whatever fake belt he wanted, he’s gonna sign all my guys away anyways.”

Eddie Kingston, a participant in the tournament, finds the increased reward to be a massive opportunity.

“Everyone thought I was just a bum who’d never win a belt in my life, now I’m gonna be all draped out in gold,” explained Kingston, who currently has a paltry two belts. “They’re gonna have to call me Mad King Midas after this one, partner. Wrestling is my life, my blood, my spirit, I even took a bunch of CHIKARA dates that didn’t pay me just to wrestle. It’s gonna be the biggest honor of my life to proudly wear a belt that Toshiaki Kawada won in the Budokan in the 90’s. At least I assume so, I can’t be bothered to read every single one of these lineages.”

As of press time, fans of the wrestling company have vowed on social media that they will personally meet the winner of the contest and give him all of the replica belts they’ve bought off of eBay as a bonus.

How To Pick Up A Snowball In GTA 5 Online

Snowfall is a rare annual event in GTA Online, not least because the game is set in Los Santos, the GTA counterpart to bright and sunny Los Angeles. With the winter weather comes snowballs and snowball fights, and this GTA Online guide will show you how to pick up snowballs on each platform.

Note that on any platform, this process will have to be repeated in Freeroam if you hop between sessions, as your snowballs are wiped every single time.

How To Pick Up A Snowball In GTA 5 Online On PC

  • Ensure that you are unarmed or bare-handed, by putting away all weapons
  • Stand right on top of, or near snow
  • Press <G> on the keyboard to pack a snowball
  • Repeat up to eight times for a total of nine snowballs in your inventory
  • If it hasn’t automatically swapped to it, open your weapon wheel and choose the snowball

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How To Pick Up A Snowball In GTA 5 Online On Xbox One And Series X|S

  • Ensure that you are unarmed or bare-handed, by putting away all weapons
  • Stand right on top of, or near snow
  • Press right on the D-Pad on the controller to pack a snowball
  • Repeat up to eight times for a total of nine snowballs in your inventory
  • If it hasn’t automatically swapped to it, open your weapon wheel and choose the snowball

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How To Pick Up A Snowball In GTA 5 Online On PlayStation PS4 And PS5

  • Ensure that you are unarmed or bare-handed, by putting away all weapons
  • Stand right on top of, or near snow
  • Press left on the D-Pad on the controller to pack a snowball
  • Repeat up to eight times for a total of nine snowballs in your inventory
  • If it hasn’t automatically swapped to it, open your weapon wheel and choose the snowball

How To Throw A Snowball In GTA Online

The controls are the same as any other throwable, so simply aim with the mouse or thumbsticks and use your defined fire buttons.

Snowballs are (obviously) single-use only, so you will have to craft more as you go.

You should note that not only does the snowball have a parabolic arc, but it is also quite slow—no frozen fastballs to the face here.

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Tips On Winning Snowball Fight Deathmatches in GTA Online

Both headshots and bodyshots are a one-shot kill, but bodyshots can very rarely take two hits to drop an opponent. In Freeroam however, it takes several successful hits to kill players with snowballs, though AI pedestrians only take three.

Combat roll to dodge snowballs lobbed at you, and immediately prepare to lob one right back.

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You will be at your most vulnerable while reaching down to pick up snow for more ammo, so be aware of your surroundings and try to stay in cover.

 

Confirmed: Best Zelda Game Objectively Whichever One Came Out When You Were 13

TOKYO, JAPAN — Settling decades of debate, Nintendo finally announced today that you were right all along about which ‘Legend of Zelda’ game was the best.

Far enough removed from the release and success of “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom,” series creator Shigeru Miyamoto and series producer Eiji Aonuma have at last confirmed to Hard Drive that the greatest game in the long running franchise is, without reservation, the one that came out during your formative years.

“The last couple Zelda games have been okay, but there’s really no denying that we haven’t quite managed to hit the mark like we did with the one that we released while you were in middle school,” Aonuma admitted. “The level design was clearly superior, and no one can deny that it had the best setting of any Zelda game.”

Legendary Nintendo designer Miyamoto concurred with Aonuma’s statement. “That one also had the most thoughtful story with the most mature themes,” he told us.

“We were making a very deliberate statement with that specific Zelda game. For you to have grasped that, as young as you were, means that you were a particularly sophisticated teenager.”

Miyamoto also dismissed the idea that you only enjoyed that one the most because it came out during a time when you were young enough to still appreciate novel ideas and were also less likely to be bothered by or familiar with derivative ones, saying, “No, it’s just the best one, and that should be clear to everyone.”

Aonuma was quick to reiterate that everyone that ever disagreed with you was categorically wrong. Not even just about Zelda, but all media. He also wanted us to tell you how proud of you he is.

When asked whether or not they would make the game available on future Nintendo hardware, Miyamoto laughed maniacally and threw a GameCube controller at our head.

LEGO Fortnite Cold Resistance

Exploring the Frostlands in LEGO Fortnite will come to a sharp standstill if you are not properly equipped to handle the low temperatures. If you want to go into the cold, this guide will illustrate how to gain Cold Resistance with every single thing you can possibly do.

How To Survive The Cold In LEGO Fortnite

There are two primary methods to raise Cold Resistance and stave off the effects of the Cold:

  • Food
  • Charms

Foods are one-off consumables that grant you a time-limited measure of Cold Resistance. Charms are far more reliable and require less micromanagement since they can simply be equipped for permanent Cold Resistance and forgotten about, at least until you have to swap them out when traveling to another biome.

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Food recipes will unlock fairly early on, since the ingredients are readily available. The Charms on the other hand are a mid to late-game unlock, unless you stumble upon each ingredient in a chest through sheer luck.

Secondary methods include having a Torch in hand, or building a Campfire and remaining in its vicinity, but don’t count on either to help by a lot in extreme conditions.

All Cold Resistance Food Recipes In LEGO Fortnite

Spicy Peppers and Spicy Burgers are your two consumable Foods for Cold Resistance. The effects cannot be amplified, neither with a second of the same Food type, nor with the other. Consuming a second Cold Resistance Food will simply reset the countdown timer to two minutes, but never extend it beyond that duration.

They will combine with the effects of a Charm however, visibly raising your Cold Resistance in the temperature bar under your character portrait.

Here are the Cold Resistance Food recipes:

Spicy Peppers Recipe (Rare)

Eat to heal, reduce Hunger, and temporarily increase Cold Resistance.

Don’t burn your tongue.

  • No recipe, just eat it

Gives you 02:00 minutes of Cold Resistance, 1½  Hearts, and +3 Hunger

Spicy Burger Recipe (Rare)

Eat to heal, reduce Hunger, and temporarily increase Cold Resistance.

Like a regular burger, but with a little flair.

  • 1 Flour
  • 1 Meat
  • 1 Spicy Pepper
  • Grill

Gives you 10:00 minutes of Cold Resistance, 4 Hearts, and +10 Hunger

All Cold Resistance Charm Recipes In LEGO Fortnite

Charms do not have a timer on their effects and can be combined with Foods, as well as up to two more of the same Charms (if you can afford to craft them) in order to completely negate Cold status effects. The Heart and Armor bonuses also stack. Cold Resistance Charms in combination are the best way to survive frozen 

The Cold Resistance Charm recipes are as follows:

Inner Fire Charm Recipe (Rare)

Increases resistance to cold temperatures.

Keep yourself nice and toasty.

  • 3 Wool Thread
  • 5 Cut Ruby
  • 8 Brightcore
  • 5 Blast Cores
  • Crafting Bench (Rare)

Cold Resistance, 4 Hearts, and 7 Armor

Inner Fire Charm Recipe (Epic)

Increases resistance to cold temperatures.

In this case, DON’T chill out.

Cold Resistance, 5 Hearts, and 14 Armor

What Is Cold Resistance In LEGO Fortnite

Night time is especially bad in terms of temperature in the Frostland biome, even if you make it unscathed through the day. With the temperature drop comes two status effects: Cold, or worse, Freezing.

Cold will make your character visibly shiver, and deplete a tiny bit of health every few seconds, but it is survivable by using your restorative items because of how gradually it happens. A Torch or a Campfire can also help you along.

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Freezing ramps things up to a greater degree, and can slow you down as well. You might make it out with some vigilant health management, but don’t count on it.

This is where Cold Resistance comes in, acting as another form of defense, warding off the effects of the chilly climate.

You can observe it in the top-left corner in the quarter-arc gauge under your character portrait. The further the sky blue bar moves away from the white triangle, the higher your Cold Resistance is. Another gauge is also visible right there in the Inventory where you equip Charms.

How to Cut Ties With a Friend Who Won’t Shut up About Disco Elysium

We’ve all got that one friend who played Disco Elysium four years ago and hasn’t stopped talking your ear off about it since. It’s honestly gotten really annoying to hang out with them and they somehow always show up wherever you go, but don’t worry. We at Hard Drive have made a helpful 10-step guide on how to cut ties with the friend that won’t shut up about Disco Elysium.

#1 – Politely Tell Them You’ve Already Played Disco Elysium and They Can Stop Talking About It

Maybe it’s a bit drastic to start with completely cutting them off. They’re probably a pretty reasonable person, so if you tell them you actually already played the game and that they don’t need to tell you about it so much they might listen. If so, you can keep your friend.

#2 – Admit You Lied About Playing Disco Elysium but They Should Still Stop Talking About It

Unfortunately, they probably won’t just accept that, and they’ll start asking you insane questions like “what ending did you get?” and “what did you think of Kim?” Who the hell is Kim? This game has multiple endings? Be polite but firm: Just tell them that you lied about playing it but you weren’t lying about wanting them to stop talking about it all the time.

#3 – Convince Them to Play and Talk About Dark Souls Instead

Perhaps try shifting the subject to a game that you do like, such as Dark Souls. You could probably talk about Dark Souls for a pretty long time, so just convince them to buy it and say you’ll play through it with them. If you’re lucky, it will become their new obsession and you won’t have to hear about the alcoholic cop game anymore.

#4 – Pretend You’re a Voice in Their Head and Make Them Think They Hate You

If that doesn’t work, consider meeting them on their own turf. You remember reading in a review of the game back when it came out that the main character talks to his own emotions a lot, so if you break into your friend’s house while they’re asleep and talk to them about how much they actually hate you, hopefully they’ll think they came up with the idea and cut you off. That would save you a lot of the stress of cutting ties with someone.

#5 – Make Them Go to Rehab. Then You Move Across the Country.

You’re going to have to get a little more aggressive with your strategy at this point. In an attempt to be more like protagonist Harry Du Bois your friend became an alcoholic, so tell them you’re going to Disneyland or whatever, drop them off at the nearest rehab center, and pack your bags. You’re going to have to leave your old life behind, but it’ll be worth it.

#6 – Yell at Them to Leave You Alone

How on earth did they find you? You live in Northumberland, New Hampshire now and haven’t connected any devices to the internet out of fear, but sure enough, here they are at your doorstep. You should just freak out. Just absolutely lose it. Throw things at them. Scream until you can’t scream anymore. You wish that stupid game was never even made. You wish you could go back to your old life where you had friends that talked about something other than Disco Elysium.

#7 – Tell Them They Failed a Check and Are Locked Out of This Location

You wake up the next morning as snow begins to fall around your secluded cabin. You pray that you open your eyes and see your old house, and that it was all a dream. You’re out of ideas. Maybe go back to playing on their turf? Say they failed a check and aren’t allowed here anymore? Hope that they’re so invested in the game that they’ll play by its rules?

#8 – File a Restraining Order

You decide to take real action. Winter has come along in full force, and if you don’t do something quickly you’ll be snowed in with this guy until April. You put on your heavy boots and brave the storm to find the local courthouse and file a restraining order, even though you know it won’t stop them from regaling you with tales of an RPG you so desperately wish to forget. Nothing has before, and it seems like nothing will.

#9 – Buy a Gun

On your walk back home, you notice a firearms shop. You know what you have to do, but do you have the guts to do it? You decide to purchase a gun and a single bullet.

#10 – Go to Prison for Attempted Murder

You return home and throw open the door. Your hands are shaking from the cold, and your heart is pounding. You aim and pull the trigger. And you miss. You pulled your arms up at the last second. You couldn’t do what had to be done. They tell you this is just like that one part in the game. You sit down to think as they call the police. As you sit in the back of the cruiser and watch them wave as you’re driven away, you realize this isn’t so bad. You may be going to prison, but at least you’re free.

How To Get Cursed Bones In LEGO Fortnite

LEGO Fortnite has some difficult processes involved in acquiring certain critical Epic resources. This guide will show you how to get Cursed Bones in particular, in LEGO Fortnite.

 

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Where To Find Cursed Bones In LEGO Fortnite

Just one specific creature can supply you with Cursed Bones, and that would be the Bone Wolf aka Cursed Wolf. While obviously related to Arctic Wolves from the Frostlands biome, Bone Wolves are completely skeletal.

Frost caves are home to Bone Wolves, but are only really accessible later on in the game once you have acquired the tools, foods, and Charms that will keep you alive in the freezing climate, let alone safe from the creatures that inhabit this biome.

Once you have the requisite equipment, make your way to a frost cave in the Frostlands, which is where you will almost always encounter a small pack of Bone Wolves. While not a particularly difficult threat, they can be hard to take down with melee due to their fairly high health and damaging lunge attack. Bring a villager companion along to help you, especially since there will usually be more than one of these wolves to contend with.

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Even better would be if you could take potshots at them from the high ground, using one of the craftable crossbows. Be sure to bring lots of arrows though, as it will consume a fair amount.

Aside from Bone Wolf drops though, it is also possible to find Cursed Bones in any chests that you may stumble upon while exploring the Frostlands.

How To Use Cursed Bones In LEGO Fortnite

If you need further incentive to hunt Bone Wolves, here are two great recipes that use these Cursed Bones:

Regeneration Charm Recipe (Epic)

Regenerates health over time.

Speedy recovery.

  • 3 Heavy Wool Thread
  • 5 Cut Sapphire
  • 5 Cursed Bone
  • 1 Frost Brute Scale
  • Crafting Bench (Epic)

Gives you 5 Hearts, and 14 Armor.

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Charm of Resilience Recipe (Epic)

Grants bonus defense for a few seconds after taking damage.

The best defense is a good… defense.

  • 3 Heavy Wool Thread
  • 5 Iron Bar
  • 5 Malachite Slab
  • 5 Cursed Bone
  • Crafting Bench (Epic)

Gives you 5 Hearts, and 14 Armor.

These recipes will unlock once you have acquired all of the ingredients needed to craft them, as well as both the Village level, and the Crafting Bench level required.

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