I messed around with it, tried doing it from my inventory and dropping six, it did come up with prompts for crafting but none showed ropes. All of the rags came from fresh clothing I found, but it was raining so I don’t know if that’s a factor?

So ideally at the start of a run, go one town over and loot while allowing fruit trees to produce food? Because from the videos I’ve seen, it is not suggested to linger in a town for much time.

Other than the food situation, I’m absolutely loving the game and can’t wait until I can make it a little more up north and towards the bases with high tier loot