Tree

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Trees
Resource	Surface

For fruiting trees, see Fruit tree. For reeds, grasses, and wild edibles, see Plants and Foraging.

Trees are a source of sticks and logs, unable to be chopped down with bare hands and requiring the use of stone tools or higher.

As trees require an axe to be felled, boards likewise cannot be made without the use of a saw .

Sticks can be hand-gathered, though shears notably improve collection when applied to branchy leaves. Leaves with no branches yield no sticks.

Variants

Visual differences

Variant	Log	Plank	Other
Acacia
Bald cypress
Green Bamboo
Brown Bamboo
Birch
Crimson King maple
Ebony
Mediterranean cypress		Not possible*.
Kapok
Larch
Maple
Oak
Pine
Purpleheart
Redwood
Walnut

Natural generation

Left-to-right: Acacia, Kapok, Ebony, and Purpleheart

Certain trees are native to certain climates. Bamboo, acacia, kapok, ebony, and purpleheart can be found near the equator, but not in very cold regions. Larch can be found in cold regions, or high in the mountains.

There are many varieties of trees that spawn in the world. Some of these trees can naturally spawn in massive variants, such as big oaks. Keep in mind that these large variants cannot be replanted, as they only spawn in naturally (with the exception of redwood).

Planting 2x2 saplings will not create bigger variants of the normal trees.

In the table below, temperature refers to annual average, rather than the current temperature a player can observe in the Character panel.

Worldgen regional conditions

Species	Variant	Log	Plank	Minimum temperature	Maximum temperature	Minimum rain	Maximum rain	Minimum Fertility	Maximum Fertility	Minimum Forestation	Maximum Forestation	Minimum elevation	Maximum elevation
Acacia	Normal, Dead			28	40	80	140	50	200	50	255	0	0.8
	Prickly Moses			22	40	60	140	30	150	50	255	0	0.93
Bald cypress	Normal, Swamp			15	24	180	255	100	255	120	255	0.3	1
Green Bamboo	N/A			34	40	170	235	0	255	0	255	0	1
Brown Bamboo	N/A			25	35	170	235	0	255	0	255	0	1
Birch	Silver 1			3	16	95	255	10	100	10	255	0	0.65
	Silver 2			0	12	65	180	10	100	10	180	0	0.75
	Himalayan			3	12	95	220	10	100	0	255	0.65	1
	River			6	22	180	255	100	255	0	255	0	0.4
	Dwarf			-15	12	30	255	0	180	0	255	0	1
Crimson King maple	N/A			8	9	110	130	90	200	90	250	0.15	0.5
Ebony	N/A			28	40	100	140	50	200	50	255	0	0.8
Mediterranean cypress	N/A		Not possible*.	8	22	30	90	72	130	28	72	0	0.8
Kapok	Normal, Dead			27	40	185	255	160	255	120	255	0	0.9
	Viney			27	40	185	255	160	255	120	190	0	0.9
	Large 1, Large 2			27	40	185	255	160	255	160	255	0	0.9
	Shrub			25	40	185	255	160	255	160	255	0	0.9
Larch	Normal			-17	-3	100	255	30	255	0	255	0	0.92
	Deep forest			-17	-4	100	255	30	255	220	255	0	0.92
Maple	Norway			3	23	110	190	80	200	90	200	0	0.4
	Mountain			4	20	85	190	80	220	0	250	0.5	1
	Japanese			10	18	150	180	90	200	60	100	0	1
	Sugar			0	20	95	180	90	200	90	250	0	0.7
	Small Sugar			0	22	95	180	90	200	90	250	0	0.7
Oak	Normal, Old, Large old, Shrub			2	22	95	170	90	255	90	200	0	0.7
Pine	Mountain			-18	12	50	150	30	255	0	255	0.4	1
	Scots			-14	12	50	150	30	255	0	255	0	0.92
	Fir			-10	15	75	150	30	255	0	255	0	0.88
	Bristlecone			20	40	40	80	20	255	150	180	0	1
Purpleheart	N/A			27	40	185	255	160	255	120	255	0	0.9
Redwood	N/A			14	18	180	255	30	255	50	255	0.4	1
Walnut	N/A			6	22	95	170	90	255	20	100	0	0.7

Propagation

Trees and bamboo are propagated by planting seeds. When placed on any soil , the seed will take 1 day to grow into a sapling, and anywhere between 10 and 58 days to grow into a tree or bamboo depending on the type, provided weather conditions are ideal. When trees/bamboo are harvested, seeds drop rarely. To acquire more seeds, break the leaves manually before cutting the tree/bamboo.

Planted seeds do not have a minimum space requirement to grow into trees. However the leaves will overlap if planted too close together, reducing how many there are to harvest.

Runtime cultivation data

Variant	Growth time + 1 day (from sapling)	Seed	Sapling	Log	Plank	Optimal space requirements	Average seed yield chance
Acacia	10-18 Days					Needs 6 or more blocks of space around. Leaves tend to spread along a branch in one direction. Flat treetop.	Branchy leaves: 12% Non-branchy leaves: 5%
Bald cypress	10-18 Days					About 1 block distance between seeds. Straight trunk, with extruding branches.	Branchy leaves: 5% Non-branchy leaves: 2%
Bamboo	10-18 Days					Needs a bit of space per shoot, with each growing into its own cluster of bamboo stakes. At least 3 blocks in each direction.	Branchy leaves: 5% Non-branchy leaves: 2%
Birch	10-18 Days					About 2-3 blocks distance between seeds. Bushy treetop or leaves starting directly one above ground.	Branchy leaves: 5% Non-branchy leaves: 2%
Crimson King maple	10-18 Days					Needs 4-5 blocks distance between seeds. Identical to the Maple, but has crimson leaves.	Branchy leaves: 3.25% Non-branchy leaves: 1%
Ebony	50-58 Days					About 3 blocks distance between seeds. Leaves are clustered around its logs.	Branchy leaves: 1% Non-branchy leaves: 0.4%
Mediterranean cypress	10-18 Days				Not possible*.	1 block distance between seeds. Completely vertical tree composing of leaves, with the occasional trunk.	Leaves: 16%
Kapok	10-18 Days					4-5 blocks of distance between seeds. Very bushy treetop.	Branchy leaves: 5% Non-branchy leaves: 2%
Larch	10-18 Days					2 blocks of distance between seeds. Low hanging leaves starting directly one above ground.	Branchy leaves: 2.5% Non-branchy leaves: 1%
Maple	10-18 Days					Needs 4-5 blocks distance between seeds. Bushy treetop or leaves starting directly one above ground.	Branchy leaves: 5% Non-branchy leaves: 2%
Oak	10-18 Days					About 5 blocks distance in each direction. Very bushy treetop.	Branchy leaves: 5% Non branchy leaves: 2%
Pine	10-18 Days					Distance of just 1 block between seeds is enough. Doesn't need a lot of space.	Branchy leaves: 12% Non-branchy leaves: 5%
Purpleheart	44-52 Days					At least 4 blocks between seeds. Bushy treetop.	Branchy leaves: 1% Non-branchy leaves: 0.4%
Redwood	50-90 Days					At least 7 blocks between seeds. Trunk is 2x2, with a large canopy.	Branchy leaves: 0.4% Non-branchy leaves: 0.2%
Walnut	24-32 Days					At least 3 blocks between seeds. Bushy treetop.	Branchy leaves: 5% Non-branchy leaves: 2%

* Mediterranean cypress log, when broken, only drops firewood .

Special cases

Some tree variants are spawned during world creation such as large oaks, large kapok, and old kapok. These larger variants of trees cannot be regrown.

Harvesting

• When the player needs wood, trees are best harvested using an axe , which will cut down the entire tree, but will drop very few sticks or seeds. Alternatively, a saw can be used to cut individual logs from a tree.
• When the player needs sticks or seeds, the foliage of the tree should be broken first. Breaking leaves with shears harvests foliage blocks in a 3x3 area. A pair of shears does not itself raise the drop probability for saplings; however they allow faster harvesting than breaking every block by hand. Keep in mind that felling the tree with an axe without prior de-leaving will lower the drop chances of seeds for the remaining foliage.
• When the player wants saplings, wait for a seed to grow into a sapling, and break the sapling.

Usage

Wood paths, woodtyped in v1.21.0.

When harvested, trees drop logs, sticks, and seeds.

Fuel

All wood items can be used as fuel and logs will burn for different lengths of time, depending on the wood type.

Crafting

Logs can be converted into boards using a saw or into firewood using an axe in the crafting grid. Redwood logs are obtained only from the branches of Redwood trees. Chopping the trunk of a redwood tree will instead yield redwood quarter logs, with bark on only one of the surfaces.

Special use drops

Pine and acacia trees generate resin that can be harvested by clicking with and used as an essential component in wood lamellar armor and windmills . Pine and Acacia trees are currently the only trees that yield this product.

Special use logs

Oak and acacia can be added to water in a barrel to make weak tannin and strong tannin, essential components in leather working . Oak and acacia logs are currently the only logs that can be used for this process.

Bamboo

Bamboo is a special subclass of tree. When harvested, bamboo drops bamboo stakes and saplings. Bamboo stakes may be crafted into bamboo planks. Both stakes and blocks can be burned as fuel in a firepit .

Bees

Wild beehives can sometimes be found in the foliage of trees. Most of the time you will hear the bees before discovering their hive. If you break the hive you can get some honeycombs but the hive will not spawn back. However, there is a way to transfer the bees safely to a skep for beekeeping at home.

Storage

Logs stack to 16 and can be transported in the player's inventory or stored in stationary containers, but may not be stacked on solid surfaces for storage(though log products including boards and firewood can be stacked on solid blocks); placing a log will require an axe again to relocate it. Seeds and sticks stack to 64 and can be transported in the player's inventory or stored in stationary containers. Saplings may also be stored in flower pots or planters for decoration.