Crafting
Woodcutting
Fell mutant trees across The Wilderness to harvest timber for Pyrecraft.
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What Is Woodcutting?
Woodcutting is the fourth gathering discipline. Alongside Mining, BioHarvest, and Signal Tapping. Instead of mining deposits, you fell the mutant trees that have grown through Architect ruins and irradiated soil. Each tree yields timber, the core resource consumed by the Pyrecraft discipline.
Tree Tiers
Ten tiers of mutant timber grow across The Wilderness, from the soft Sporeshelf fungal-wood found near the crash site to the impossibly dense Genesis Timber deep in the endgame zones. Low-tier trees are plentiful and easy to harvest. Higher-tier trees require greater Woodcutting skill. You will need to train extensively before you can fell the ancient growth in the deepest regions.
Level Requirements
Woodcutting follows the same progression curve as the other gathering skills. Beginners start with the lowest-tier trees and gradually unlock access to rarer species as their skill improves. The most valuable timber is reserved for seasoned woodcutters who have spent significant time honing their craft.
What Timber Is For
Timber has a single destination: the campfire. The Pyrecraft discipline burns timber to produce powerful environmental effects that aid exploration, gathering, and combat survival. Higher-tier timber fuels stronger and longer-lasting burns. If you plan to use Pyrecraft, keep your Woodcutting level progressing alongside it.
More in Crafting
Crafting Disciplines
Crafting disciplines. Smelting, Forging, Synthesis, Signal Etching, Gem Resonance, Pyrecraft, and Cooking.
Resource Gathering
Harvesting materials from resource deposits scattered across The Wilderness.
Recipes & Materials
Material types, recipe gating, and what you can craft.
Forging & Tiers
Craft any tiered equipment using ore from the matching zone.
Beast Lures
Alchemical brews that increase enemy spawn rates for a limited time.
Pyrecraft
Keep fires burning at the campfire to maintain environmental buffs.
Signal Arrays
Construct and upgrade relay towers to passively collect signal data across multiple channels.
Lifeskills
Idle resource production and crafting. Talk to Syl at The Wreck.
Fishing
Catch aquatic creatures from Khael-Vorath's alien waterways to fuel your Cooking.
Cooking
Transform raw fish and ingredients into food. The primary way to heal during combat.
Signal Runes (Lifeskill)
The art of inscribing signal data into crystallized combat runes.
Fletching
Shape timber and metal into arrows, bolts, and bows.
Smelting
Convert raw ore into metal bars for forging and crafting.
Signal Etching
Etch signal data into combat sigils for offensive power.