Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-35933026-20181009031021/@comment-27950421-20181009210607

Fire, of course has immense combat potential. It allows for repairs to metal equipment in the field given the adventure has the right skill set. It can be life saving in colder climes. General cooking. And it provides safe travel through arachne territory. Frighten off wild animals. Provide jet propulsion when used in a hogh pressure stream. With a big enough tarp and some rope you can turn almost anything into a hot air balloon.

Water, the shit Jany just said but more importantly, the capacity to purify water.

Air, mostly mobility stuff. If you're a cheeky bastard you might pull some underwater air supply shit with it. Flight if combined with the appropriate tools. All else fails, suffocation is a bitch.

Earth, potentially the most useful. Create shelter, create/clear obstacles, potentially find your way inside a cave, say fuck it and make a new way out of a cave, and maybe even make a profit by pulling ores straight out of the ground.