Building & helpers
Pup commands: follow, carry and build
Use F for follow/unfollow and hold F on the floor for a go-to order. E is contextual: target a material for pickup, a blue plan for construction, or an animal for attack.
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Bring pups to the task
The tutorial gives F for follow and unfollow. Holding F on the floor issues a go-to command. A tap and a hold serve different tasks, so decide whether you want company or a destination before using the input.
Keep the current job small: bring pups to the material or plan you intend to use before issuing the next contextual order.
Command pickup
Press E on the object you want carried. The guidebook names stones, logs and animals as things pups can carry; the building tutorial separately demonstrates pickup with a plank.
The tutorial also lists E for commanded drop-off. The hauling route connects pickup, moving the carrier and choosing between loose delivery and construction.
Change from carrying to building
A pickup order alone does not specify construction. With a pup carrying planks, target the blue preview and press E to give the construction order. See the Blueprint steps to mark that target and the Mallet route to finish it yourself.
Recognize the attack context
The tutorial demonstrates E on chickens as a manual attack command. The guidebook warns about certain animals; a command input does not make every target safe.
To turn the attack into a meal, follow chicken hunting and feeding through the food and stopped-order checks.
Stop work for food
The care page explicitly instructs you to stop commands so pups can eat nearby food. If the job continues, adding more food is not a substitute for letting them stop.
F toggles the follow order. For other work commands, consult the pause book’s Commands page rather than assuming follow/unfollow cancels every possible job. Then check the food and thirst counters before assigning the next task.
A pup described as locked needs a different state action: the developer says to right-click that pup to unlock it. Follow/unfollow and unlocking are separate instructions.