After grabbing the rope gun from its cave, you’re able to enjoy its many uses.

From making resource transportation easier to providing a quick escape, the rope gun is a lot of fun to use.

In this survival guide, we’ll show you how to use the rope gun in Sons of the Forest.

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If you haven’t grabbed the rope gun yet, then that’s no problem.

We have a helpful guide on where to find the rope gun and survive the cave.

You’re basically going to need to travel to a cave that’s near the 3D printer room at the center of the map.

The rope gun is at the very back of the cave, and you’re going to need to either fight or run through a series of mutants to get there.

There are a few things you can do with the rope gun and its rope ziplines.

For one, you can use it to quickly transport yourself along the rope.

You’re able to ride both up and down the zipline.

This makes it a great tool for traveling between tree platforms or along trails.

You can also transport resources this way.

When you’re holding a resource, move close to the zipline, and you can attach it to the rope.

The resource item can also move up or down the line.

Two log resources transporting down a zip line.
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It cannot, however, transfer from one line to the next.

The rope gun makes moving yourself and resources a lot faster.

In order to make ziplines, you’re going to need zipline anchors.

There are two main ways to get your hands on these anchors.

Zipline anchor location in your inventory.
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The first is to find them crates.

Zip line anchors aren’t the rarest drops, but they’re not too common either.

It’s a good idea to stockpile them on a shelf if you can to make room for more, especially if you have big ambitions with your ziplines.

You can also make zipline anchors on a 3D printer.

They’re relatively cheap when it comes to resin, so you can make a good number there as well.

To start making ziplines, you’re going to need to equip the rope gun.

Then make sure you have a zipline anchor in your inventory.

The gun will automatically reload the anchors, but if you don’t have any in your inventory, then it won’t be able to do much.

Once you’ve equipped the rope gun, you’re going to see a grey dot appear.

Grey dot on a beam forming a zipline.
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Once the grey dot is on an area where you want one end of the zipline, press the left-click button.

The gun will one of the anchors into that spot.

The range on the gun is quite impressive, so you can make pretty long ziplines.

Hover the grey dot where you want the other end of the zipline, then click again.

This will form the complete zipline.

If you don’t want to put an anchor somewhere but have already embedded it, then you can right-click the anchor.

It won’t use the anchor up.

However, if you already formed the zipline, then you need to get near the line until you see a trash bin symbol.

Hold the button that the prompt suggests, and it will remove the line.

You will not get back your anchor with this way, so make sure you don’t complete the zipline unless you’re happy with it.

Ziplines can be useful for quick transport of yourself or your resources.

To see how to use the rope gun in action, be sure to watch the video below.

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