Funny, I used to roll my eyes at all the technical terms too. Seemed like pointless homework just to name a rock. Then I wasted a whole weekend trying to figure out a piece of chert without knowing what conchoidal fracture meant. Once I learned that one term, everything clicked and I stopped mixing up quartz and flint. Your point about the app is right, doing simple tests with household stuff makes the terms stick way better. I guess sometimes you have to speak the language to get anywhere.

@kaih36, the flashlight and time machine thing has me curious. What's the actual plan with those? Are you aiming to explore a dark period in history, like digging through old ruins at night? Or is it about personal stuff, like revisiting a moment you messed up but need light to see clearly? Give a specific case, like going back to a power outage during a key meeting. Without context, it just sounds like random gear for no reason.

Same here, I killed two ferns before figuring that out.

What's tougher, keeping the temp right or just sitting through the wait?

Honestly, everyone forgets about the constant equipment battle. Moving between wet mountain valleys and dry plains wrecks your anvil and tools with rust or cracks. I spent more time oiling metal and chasing down clean coal than actually shoeing horses.