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The fort is coming along well, if we do say so ourselves, with the Raptor's help the local undead are kept in check and it is time to think bigger and for that, we are gonna need a lot more wood. Thankfully a dashing lumberjack has shown up on your doorstep at an opportune time.
This update will see you setting up a little Grove of your own to help supply the Fort with the raw materials it will need to sustain itself and pick up a few Woodcutting tips and tricks along the way.
With our defences fortified and new threats seemingly looming in the shadows, it's a good time to stock up on resources and push out into the Wilderness to reclaim more of the land.
With the help of Oak your new Lumberjack/Grovekeeper we will push just outside of our gates and begin setting up a Grove to help supply the fort with lumber.
As with the previous updates, there is a new shiny extension to the Fort, this time in the form of a domicile for your new Woodcutting friend and the adjacent Grove he will be managing and cultivating for you.
Don't forget to build the Eastern Gate from your Miscellaneous menu if you want a quick and easy way to the Grove!
With this update, we will be giving Woodcutting a modest refresh to bring it more in line with other skills. A lot of this is behind the scene rearrangements of systems that will allow us to more easily and actively update aspects of the skill such as adding in new Hatchets or Trees and other rewards. We will continue to improve on the core skill and updates like this help to streamline that process.
With that said there are plenty of things being updated that players will be able to sink their hatchets into.
Alongside adding in the new Imcando Hatchet the requirements for hatchets have been re-tiered (no more needing odd levels like 41) and some of the previous tiers have been rebalanced to better reflect this new tier scale.
Looking at how we could add the Imcando hatchet - and better hatchets in future - gave us the opportunity to review the previous balance of the tiers and smooth out the tiers as previously it was more inconsistent going from Adamant → Rune was a massive difference while Dragon → Crystal being a noticeably smaller jump.
One of the biggest aims of this update is to add more consistency to skill, so we have rebalanced the tiers to update every 10 tiers and promoted Acadia to a "core" type.
The aim is to keep the current status quo at the top end of the XP rate and then reduce that back down gradually for trees that give more desirable resources, this raises the "floor" of the skill making different trees more useful for different goals.
| Tree | Chop Speed | XP per cut |
|---|---|---|
| Hollow | Reduced - but more likely to succeed at higher levels | |
| Maple | Significantly Increased | |
| Mahogany | Increased | |
| Arctic pine | Increased | 140.2 → 145 |
| Eucalyptus | Increased | |
| Yew | Significantly Increased | 175 → 187.5 |
| Magic | Significantly Increased | 250 → 365 |
| Blisterwood | 2000 → 2650 | |
| Elder | Increased | 3250 → 4250 |
| Crystal | Changed to follow regular formula | 4345 → 3500 |
| Golden bamboo | Changed to follow regular formula | |
| Jadinko Lair (Roots near queen) | 1400 → 1616 | |
| Acadia | Increased slightly | 920 → 800 |
| Building | Tier 1 | Tier 2 | Tier 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodcutter's Grove | Access to normal trees and oak trees in the Woodcutters' Grove. Ability to store log spirits in the Wood box. Log piles in the Woodcutters' grove can be used to deposit logs directly to the bank. Bird's nests found whilst woodcutting are automatically placed into the backpack. |
Access to willow trees, yew trees and choking ivy in the Woodcutters' Grove. Access to a fairy ring in the Woodcutters' Grove. Access to a Farming tree patch in the Woodcutters' Grove. Bird's nests can be stored in the wood box. Bird's nests found whilst woodcutting are automatically stored into the woodbox. |
Access to an elder tree in the Woodcutters' Grove. Ability to obtain Imcando Hatchet pieces from bird's nests. Bird's nests obtained from woodcutting after completing this upgrade have improved rewards. Thurgo can create an Imcando Hatchet will all four Imcando Hatchet pieces and additional materials. |
It's a whole diverse Grove! There is an abundance and variety of trees from regular all the way up to even Elder! This will be one of the most convenient ways to level up Woodcutting from 1 - 99 and with an ample supply of materials new Planks and Wooden Frames can also be made.
A brand new best-in-slot T80 Augmentable Hatchet! Once you have unlocked Tier 3 of the Grove you will be able to find fragments of the hatchet in birds nests. Once you have gathered all the pieces Thurgo can help you out.
Introducing Wood Boxes! The Ore Box’s more sustainable cousin! Use your fletching skill to create these new boxes to store all the wood you will be chopping.
You can upgrade these boxes from Basic to Elder, To upgrade your Wood Box, use a previously crafted Wood Box along with the next tier of logs to start crafting!
You will find Log Piles scattered around the Grove that you can use to deposit your logs and empty your Wood Box directly into your bank!
Upon building the Grove you will automatically begin collecting Bird's Nests that drop. At Tier 1 they will go into your Backpack, at Tier 2 they will go into your Wood Box if you have one with you. At Tier 3 you will be able to find the Imcando Fragments in these nests and higher tier seeds!
Similar to Stone Spirits, Wood Spirits are an item that while chopping relevant trees (e.g Willow Spirit → Willow Tree) will be consumed to grant an additional log to increase your logging potential massively!
Once you upgrade the Grove to Tier 2 you will gain access to the Fairy Ring making transport to various locations even easier and a Tree Patch that you can use to grow even more trees.
To get started with the Woodcutter's Grove you will need to have completed Unwelcome Guests and built your Guardhouse at Tier 1. Once you have completed that you can speak with Bill or Aster about the recently arrived Lumberjack and start your new venture there!