Release 1.0 adds item colors and labels. In the Crafting Course, press N on the bag you made to open customization, choose a color and optionally rename it.
Organize a useful bag
The tutorial asks for the green swatch, third from the left, as a training task. That specific choice is not a requirement for ordinary bags. Pick a clear label or color scheme that helps you distinguish medical supplies, tools and raw materials.
Close the customization menu when finished and check that the item remains in the intended slot or container.
Labels do not protect ingredients
Renaming a bag does not stop crafting from consuming it. The separate Favourite interaction does that. The course uses F on a flimsy knife and explains that favourite items are excluded from recipes.
Protect anything you intend to keep before crafting with broad material categories. A color is an organizational cue, not a different material quality or an increase in carrying capacity.
If the menu is missing
Confirm you are running the full release and using the shown binding. The feature is explicitly named in the 1.0 additions; an older demo or incompatible mod may not behave the same way. See inventory and crafting blockers for related problems.
Sources & version notes
Reviewed against the primary sources below. Version-dependent details are identified in the article; these procedures have not been personally playtested.
- Developer release 1.0 English reference: tutorial, items and status text (2026-11-11 checked)
- Official Release 1.0 Patchnotes (2026-11-09)
Compiled from public sources. We have not personally played or tested these procedures. Check your installed build and its tooltips when details differ.