Trees

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Obtaining

Trees generate naturally in the world as well as grow naturally from saplings. A sapling must be planted for a certain amount of in-game days depending on the type, and have at least a light level of 9 before there is a chance for it to sprout into a tree. What type of trees can spawn in an area depends on the climate and region.

Types

Tree Temperature1 Rainfall2 EVT Region(s) Trunk Log Size
Min Max Min Max Min Max Small Large
Grid Sapling (Acacia).png Acacia (Utacacia) Subtropical Equatorial Desert Dry 0 2 Africa
Grid Sapling (Acacia).png Acacia (Koa) Subtropical Equatorial Moist Extreme Rainforest 1 10 Americas
Grid Sapling (Ash).png Ash Boreal Tropical Arid Extreme Rainforest 0.5 4 All Regions
Grid Sapling (Aspen).png Aspen Boreal Subtropical Arid Wet 0.25 2 Americas, Asia, Europe
Grid Sapling (Bamboo).png Bamboo Temperate Equatorial Dry Rainforest 0.5 4 Asia
Grid Sapling (Baobab).png Baobab Tropical Equatorial Desert Rainforest 0 4 Africa
Grid Sapling (Birch).png Birch Boreal Subtropical Arid Dry 0.25 1 Americas, Asia, Europe
Grid Sapling (Chestnut).png Chestnut Boreal Tropical Arid Extreme Rainforest 0.25 2 Americas, Asia, Europe
Grid Sapling (Douglas Fir).png Douglas Fir Temperate Subtropical Moist Extreme Rainforest 0.5 4 Americas
Grid Sapling (Ebony).png Ebony Tropical Equatorial Dry Rainforest 0.5 4 Africa, Asia
Grid Sapling (Fever).png Fever Temperate Equatorial Desert Arid 0 1 Africa
Grid Sapling (Ghaf).png Ghaf Temperate Equatorial Desert Arid 1 4 Asia
Grid Sapling (Gingko).png Gingko Temperate Equatorial Moist Rainforest 1 4 Asia
Grid Sapling (Hickory).png Hickory Boreal Equatorial Arid Extreme Rainforest 0.25 2 Americas, Asia
Grid Sapling (Joshua).png Joshua Subtropical Equatorial Desert Arid 1 4 Americas
Grid Sapling (Kapok).png Kapok Tropical Equatorial Wet Extreme Rainforest 1 10 Americas
Grid Sapling (Laurel).png Laurel Subtropical Equatorial Wet Extreme Rainforest 1 4 Europe
Grid Sapling (Limba).png Limba Subtropical Equatorial Wet Rainforest 0.25 8 Africa
Grid Sapling (Mahoe).png Mahoe Subtropical Equatorial Wet Extreme Rainforest 1 4 Americas
Grid Sapling (Mahogany).png Mahogany Subtropical Equatorial Wet Rainforest 1.5 8 Africa, Americas
Grid Sapling (Mangrove).png Mangrove Subtropical Equatorial Moist Extreme Rainforest 0 8 All Regions
Grid Sapling (Maple).png Maple Boreal Subtropical Arid Extreme Rainforest 0.25 4 Africa, Americas, Asia
Grid Sapling (Oak).png Oak Boreal Tropical Dry Wet 0.5 2 All Regions
Grid Sapling (Palm).png Palm Subtropical Equatorial Moist Extreme Rainforest 0 10 All Regions
Grid Sapling (Pine).png Pine Polar Tropical Arid Extreme Rainforest 0.25 3 All Regions
Grid Sapling (Sequoia).png Sequoia Temperate Subtropical Rainforest Extreme Rainforest 1 5 Americas, Asia
Grid Sapling (Spruce).png Spruce Polar Subtropical Arid Extreme Rainforest 0.25 1 All Regions
Grid Sapling (Sycamore).png Sycamore Boreal Equatorial Dry Extreme Rainforest 0.25 1 Asia, Europe
Grid Sapling (Teak).png Teak Subtropical Equatorial Dry Rainforest 1 8 Asia
Grid Sapling (White Cedar).png White Cedar Polar Tropical Arid Extreme Rainforest 0.25 2 Americas
Grid Sapling (White Elm).png White Elm Boreal Equatorial Dry Extreme Rainforest 0.25 1 Asia, Europe
Grid Sapling (Willow).png Willow Temperate Equatorial Wet Extreme Rainforest 0.25 1 All Regions
Grid Sapling (Yew).png Yew Boreal Equatorial Moist Rainforest 1 4 Asia, Europe
Grid Sapling (Yew).png Yew (African) Boreal Subtropical Moist Rainforest 1 4 Africa
  1. The temperature ranges are approximately as follows: -8℃ and below - Polar, -8℃ to 5℃ - Boreal, 5C to, 15℃ - Temperate, 15℃ to 20℃ - Subtropical, 20℃ to 30℃ - Tropical, 30℃ and above - Equatorial.
  2. The rainfall ranges are approximately as follows: 0 to 200 rain - Desert, 200 to 400 rain - Arid, 400 to 750 rain - Dry, 750 to 1000 rain - Moist, 1000 to 2000 rain - Wet, 2000 to 10000 rain - Rainforest, 10000 rain and above - Extreme Rainforest.

Usage

Logs

Trees require the use of an axe to cut down. Chop the bottom-most log to fell the entire tree. If the axe does not have enough durability to fell the entire tree, as many logs as possible starting from the top of the tree will be chopped and the axe will break. Branches break and will drop sticks and occasionally poles and saplings. Leaves disappear, dropping nothing. Using a stone axe yields fewer logs than using a metal axe. Most trees generate with trunks made of small Logs but will rarely generate with Large Log variants. A few Trees only generate with small Log trunks or Large Log trunks.

Sticks & Saplings

In order to get sticks and saplings from leaves, they must be destroyed before cutting the tree down. However, saplings can drop from the end of branches if the tree is cut, but overall the yield will be lower. Using a scythe makes stick gathering more efficient by destroying a 3x3x3 area of leaf blocks at once, centered at the broken block. Using the Scythe decreases the drop rate of sticks and saplings from 6% to 4%. Some trees have very few or no leaf blocks (such as pine) and in this case saplings can only be obtained by breaking the branches with an axe or chopping down the tree. Saplings can also spawn naturally on the ground and be picked up. Breaking leaf blocks is one of two ways to obtain sticks from trees, the other being crafting a log with any knife to make a pole, which can be crafted into 2 sticks.

Properties

Different trees have different properties, summarized by the following table. Some trees may be more desirable for specific purposes than others. For example, Baobab and Fever are very large and fast growing, making them an excellent choice to farm for making charcoal, Sticks burn cool enough to not melt Zinc or Lead for working into sheets for trap doors, and Oak or Peat burn the longest if you need to keep a fire going for cooking or smoking.

Tree Growth Speed Burn Length Burn Temperature
Grid Large Log (Acacia).png Acacia 9.8 to 10.8 Days 1 Hour Dark Red**
Grid Large Log (Ash).png Ash 7 to 8 Days 1.25 Hours Dark Red***
Grid Large Log (Aspen).png Aspen 8.4 to 9.4 Days 1 Hour Dark Red*
Grid Large Log (Bamboo).png Bamboo 7 to 8 Days 1 Hour Very Hot***
Grid Large Log (Baobab).png Baobab 7 to 8 Days 1 Hour Very Hot****
Grid Large Log (Birch).png Birch 7 to 8 Days 1.75 Hours Dark Red**
Grid Large Log (Chestnut).png Chestnut 7 to 8 Days 1.5 Hours Dark Red**
Grid Large Log (Douglas Fir).png Douglas Fir 7 to 8 Days 1.5 Hours Dark Red****
Grid Large Log (Ebony).png Ebony 7 to 8 Days 1 Hour Bright Red*
Grid Large Log (Fever).png Fever 7 to 8 Days 1 Hour Faint Red***
Grid Large Log (Fruitwood).png Fruitwood Several Years 1 Hour Dark Red**
Grid Large Log (Gingko).png Gingko 11.2 to 12.2 Days 1 Hour Dark Red
Grid Large Log (Hickory).png Hickory 9.8 to 10.8 Days 2 Hours Bright Red
Grid Large Log (Kapok).png Kapok 11.2 to 12.2 Days 1 Hour Dark Red**
Grid Large Log (Limba).png Limba 9.8 to 10.8 Days 1 Hour Dark Red
Grid Large Log (Mahogany).png Mahogany 7 to 8 Days 1 Hour Bright Red
Grid Large Log (Mangrove).png Mangrove  ???  ??? ???
Grid Large Log (Maple).png Maple 7 to 8 Days 2 Hours Bright Red
Grid Large Log (Oak).png Oak 9.8 to 10.8 Days 2.25 Hours Dark Red****
Grid Large Log (Palm).png Palm 8.4 to 9.4 Days 1 Hour Faint Red
Grid Large Log (Pine).png Pine 7 to 8 Days 1.25 Hours Dark Red*
Grid Large Log (Sequoia).png Sequoia 11.2 to 12.2 Days 1.75 Hours Dark Red*
Grid Large Log (Spruce).png Spruce 7 to 8 Days 1.5 Hours Dark Red
Grid Large Log (Sycamore).png Sycamore 8.4 to 9.4 Days 1.75 Hours Dark Red**
Grid Large Log (Teak).png Teak 7 to 8 Days 1 Hour Dark Red***
Grid Large Log (White Cedar).png White Cedar 7 to 8 Days 1.5 Hours Dark Red*
Grid Large Log (White Elm).png White Elm 9.8 to 10.8 Days 1.75 Hours Dark Red**
Grid Large Log (Willow).png Willow 11.2 to 12.2 Days 1 Hour Dark Red
Grid Peat.png Peat N/A 2.5 Hours Dark Red***
Grid Stick.png Stick N/A 0.2 Hours Very Hot
Grid Stick Bundle.png Bundle of Sticks N/A 0.7 HoursVerify Very Hot***Verify

Resin

Clicking Rmb.png Right Click a natural log block with a knife has a chance to return Resin. ⇧ Shift + Rmb.png Right Clicking on a tree with a knife will place the knife in the tree, spawning Resin on the ground over time. Placing a Large Ceramic Vessel on the ground under the knife will collect the Resin that is dropped automatically.

Leaf Litter

Leaf litter spawning under a tree.

Leaf Litter will spawn under trees, and is regenerated every autumn under trees when they shed their leaves. When broken, Leaf Litter may drop sticks, mushrooms, or feathers. Leaf Litter can be quickly cleared using an Axe or Saw.

History

Beta
v1gNo longer possible to karate chop trees with your bare hands!
v2 Build 30Hill biomes generate with trees.
v2 Build 37Explosions should (most of the time) fell a tree as if you used an axe.
v2 Build 40Douglas Fir have their own unique tree shape.
Build 58Chopping down trees uses up 1 durability per log contained in the tree.
Build 65Trees take a minimum of 7 in game days to grow from a sapling.
Jungles have been moved closer to the equator with the temperature ranges of other trees increased by almost double.
Saplings track when they were planted and they grow at varying speeds based upon the tree.
Build 70Attempting to chop down a tree with an axe that doesn’t have enough health left for each and every block in the tree will cause only part of the tree to be chopped down.
Saws may not be used for felling trees.
Using a stone axe to chop trees results in a 10% chance for a block to not yield a log.
78.0Leaves will only appear dead when the temperature is < 10 or Rainfall is < 100 and the tree isn't evergreen.
Added Acacia Trees.
78.6Tightened spawn parameters for Douglas Fir and Sequoia trees, making them a bit less common.
78.10Tweaked the spawn parameters of a few tree types to be less generic.
81.0Added Limba, Baobab, Gingko, Fever, Ebony, Mahogany, and Teak trees.
Acacia, Fever, Mahogany, and Limba trees can now be used to produce tannin.
Updated tree generation for all trees.
In the autumn, trees will begin to lose their leaves, forming new patches of fallen leaves.
In the spring, trees will regrow their leaves
Updated tree generation to make it a little more fair.
Added tree rareness, so that not all trees are equally likely to spawn.
Made crops, trees, and fruit trees spawn according to the region data
81.7Min temps for Aspen, Birch, and Pine slightly raised. Min temp for Spruce slightly lowered.

Gallery

Trivia

  • In the code, there are two forms of Acacia: "utacacia" (Umbrella Thorn Acacia), and "koa" (Koa Acacia), representing two forms of the Acacia tree.