Wood
Material · MaterialWood0★Chopped from trees. Feeds into structures and items.
Wood feeds 65 different recipes, which is why it is worth farming past the point you think you need it.
Details
It stacks up to 9,999.
Where to Find Wood
Wood comes out of the ground: there are 4,654 lumber nodes on the Palpagos Islands, and each one grows back a while after you break it, so a good cluster is worth remembering.
If you would rather just buy it, the seller is Wandering Trader at 12 Gold.
Trees are the bulk supply, and the axe in your hand is what gates them. Stone Axe unlocks at technology level 1 for 5 Stone + 5 Wood, Metal Axe at 11 for 20 Wood + 15 Stone + 15 Ingot, and Refined Metal Axe at 34 for 30 Stone + 10 Refined Ingot + 4 Wooden Board. Each rung is one technology point, so there is no reason to still be swinging a stone head at level 11.
The Logging Site is the point where you stop chopping. It unlocks at level 7 for 2 technology points and costs 50 Wood + 20 Stone + 10 Paldium Fragment — cheap enough that your first base should have one before you build anything decorative. Park a Pal with Lumbering on it and the wood arrives while you are elsewhere.
Logging Site II is an ancient-technology unlock at level 43: 3 ancient technology points plus 100 Hardwood, 50 Stone, 20 Paldium Fragment and 5 Ancient Civilization Parts. Since it is paid for in boss currency and hardwood, treat it as a late upgrade rather than a second early base project.
| How | Where | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Mining and gathering | Palpagos Islands — 4,654 lumber nodes | Respawns after you break it |
| Merchant | Wandering Trader | 12 Gold |
Using Wood Well
The Crusher, level 8 for 2 technology points and the same 50 Wood + 20 Stone + 10 Paldium Fragment as the Logging Site, converts Wood into Fiber. Building the pair together means a fibre supply that refills itself, instead of running laps around the bushes near your base every time a saddle recipe asks for it.
Lumbering rank decides throughput at the site, and the top of the list is narrow. Celesdir Noct is the only Lumbering 8 in the game; Hartalis and Celesdir sit at 7; Silvegis, Paladius, Necromus, Cryolinx Terra and Bastigor all reach 6. Before any of those are catchable, Wumpo, Wumpo Botan, Mammorest Cryst and Dualith hold Lumbering 5 and are the realistic mid-game staff.
Alternatives and Upgrades
Other crafting materials at a similar tier, for when you want to weigh this against the rest of its class:
What Wood Is Used For (65)
Arrow×2
Fire Arrow×2
Poison Arrow×2
Farming Hat×49Farming Hat×33Farming Hat×22Farming Hat×15
Common Shield×20
Farming Hat×10
Enhanced Hip Lantern×30
Large Feed Bag×20
Average Feed Bag×10Hip Lantern×10
Mammorest Cryst Saddle×120Mammorest Saddle×100Direhowl's Saddled Harness×20
Lifmunk's Submachine Gun×20
Small Feed Bag×5
Tanzee Ignis's Assault Rifle×18Tanzee's Assault Rifle×15
Normal Parachute×10
High Quality Wooden Board×10
Charcoal×2
Fiber×1
Wooden Board×10
Ultra Sphere×10
Giga Sphere×5
Hyper Sphere×8
Mega Sphere×3
Crossbow×100
Fire Arrow Crossbow×100
Old Bow×60
Poison Arrow Crossbow×100Crossbow×87Fire Arrow Crossbow×87Old Bow×52Poison Arrow Crossbow×87Crossbow×75Fire Arrow Crossbow×75Old Bow×45Poison Arrow Crossbow×75
Beegarde's Spear×1Crossbow×62
Elizabee's Staff×1Fire Arrow Crossbow×62Metal Axe×20Metal Pickaxe×20Old Bow×37Poison Arrow Crossbow×62
Bat×30
Crossbow×50
Fire Arrow Crossbow×50
Fire Bow×40
Hand-Held Torch×2
Meat Cleaver×20
Metal Spear×27Old Bow×30
Poison Arrow Crossbow×50
Poison Bow×40Refined Metal Spear×36
Stone Axe×5
Stone Pickaxe×5
Stone Spear×18Three Shot Bow×50
Wooden Club×5