Your Tarps can be found in the top-right corner of your inventory.

Left-click to place the Tarp flat on the ground.

The next step is to look down at one corner of the Tarp until a white arrow marker appears.

A Shelter Tent on the beach in Sons Of The Forest.

Left-click to place a Stick under the Tarp, turning it into a Shelter Tent.

This is all you better do to make a Shelter Tent.

This is very important, as there’s no autosave feature in this game.

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We also have guides on how to find important tools such as theRebreatherand theShovel.

The player in Sons Of The Forest prepares to place down a Tarp on the beach.