Wood

Wood is a basic item used as a crafting material and fuel in the base game. It is harvested by cutting trees and appears as the only crafting material in the unmodded game that cannot be gathered or produced by automation. Players rely on manual chopping for initial supplies and on trees found on the map for extra raw Wood.

Raw Wood is collected by personally chopping trees. Dead trees yield 1 Wood each and take 1 second to chop. Large trees yield 5 Wood each and take 2 seconds to chop. Several varieties of large trees and dead trees appear on the map; cutting any of these directly provides the appropriate amount of Wood.

There is no in-game machine or recipe in the base game that automates the collection or production of Wood. The lack of automation for Wood is a consistent design point across several language sources describing the game. The idea of automated Wood collection has been planned and has been discussed in community forums, but no automation is provided in the unmodded release.

The starter Wood provided at the beginning of a game can be sufficient to complete the game under typical settings without unlocking or relying on additional trees. This allows players to progress and finish objectives even when they do not harvest more trees beyond initial supplies.

• Wood is obtained only by manually chopping trees; dead trees give 1 Wood (1 s to chop), big trees give 5 Wood (2 s to chop).
• Wood cannot be produced or collected automatically in the base game; automation for Wood is not available.
• The concept of automating Wood collection has been planned and discussed but is not implemented in the unmodded game.
• Initial starter Wood can allow players to finish the game without unlocking or harvesting additional trees.