Green Rain Trees
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| Type | Tree |
Green Rain Trees are the strange, mossy trees that appear when Green Rain falls over the valley. Most of them vanish the next day, but Mossy Seeds turn them into permanent trees. The leafy kinds are dependable sources of Moss, which many newer recipes need. The fern-like kind looks like a giant vine and gives Fiddlehead Ferns when chopped or tapped. A planted grove therefore supplies two ingredients that are otherwise hard to farm. Green Rain day is also the best chance of the year to gather Mossy Seeds.
Growing
Green Rain arrives on one random day each Summer. The day before, the weather report on TV mentions an odd, anomalous reading. On the day itself, Green Rain Trees and large weeds spring up across the valley. The farm and Cindersap Forest get the most of them.
Ordinary trees change too. Many grown Oak and Maple Trees take on a Green Rain look for the day. Nearly every tree in the valley is coated in Moss by morning. Young tree seedlings also put on a burst of growth, and many reach full size overnight.
Most of these trees are temporary. The next day, the visiting Green Rain Trees disappear and changed trees return to normal. A few spawned on the farm may stay behind.
Mossy Seeds are the way to keep Green Rain Trees all year. Shaking or chopping a Green Rain Tree can drop one. Large weeds from the Green Rain sometimes drop them as well. Mossy Seeds also lie half buried in the ground, and digging them up with a Hoe, Axe or Pickaxe collects them.
A Mossy Seed goes into any untilled ground, and it never needs watering. It then grows much like a common tree, taking roughly a month to mature. A seed planted in Winter waits until Spring to start. Tree Fertilizer makes it grow a stage each night, so it is fully grown in five days. With fertiliser, it grows in Winter as well.
Products
The leafy Green Rain Trees are Moss trees above all. Their trunks grow Moss in Spring, Summer and Fall. Any tool knocks the Moss off, and the tree keeps standing. Felling one gives Wood, Sap, a chance of Moss and sometimes a Mossy Seed. With the Lumberjack profession, a felled tree may also drop Hardwood.
Moss is worth farming. Speed-Gro needs it with Pine Tar, and the Mushroom Log needs it with Hardwood. The Treasure Totem and the Blue Grass Starter also take Moss. A small grove of leafy Green Rain Trees keeps all these recipes stocked.
The fern-like Green Rain Tree is the only kind that takes a Tapper. Once tapped, it gives a Fiddlehead Fern every two days. A Heavy Tapper makes that one fern every day. Chopping the tree down drops a pile of Fiddlehead Ferns, plus a chance of Mossy Seeds.
Fiddlehead Ferns are otherwise found wild in the Secret Woods during Summer. The fern counts as a vegetable, so a Keg or Preserves Jar turns it into Juice or Pickles. The Chef's Bundle on the Bulletin Board needs one. The remixed Wild Medicine Bundle can take five instead. The fern is also the key ingredient in Fiddlehead Risotto.
A tapped fern tree keeps supplying ferns long after Summer ends. That makes the bundle and the risotto easy to finish without waiting for Summer.
Notes
On Green Rain day, shake and chop the strange trees before they disappear. It is the easiest day to stock up on Mossy Seeds and Fiddlehead Ferns.
Clear the large weeds too. They drop Moss and Fiber, and sometimes a Mossy Seed.
Plant a batch of Mossy Seeds in one corner of the farm. The grove that grows there can supply Moss and Fiddlehead Ferns for years.
All Trees
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Seed | Tapper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Rain Trees | - | - | - |
| Large Log | 
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- | - |
| Large Stump | 
|
- | - |
| Mahogany Tree | 
|
Mahogany Seed | Sap |
| Maple Tree | 
|
Maple Seed | Maple Syrup |
| Mushroom Tree | 
|
Mushroom Tree Seed | Common Mushroom; Red Mushroom; Purple Mushroom |
| Mystic Tree | 
|
Mystic Tree Seed | Mystic Syrup |
| Oak Tree | 
|
Acorn | Oak Resin |
| Palm Tree | 
|
- | - |
| Pine Tree | 
|
Pine Cone | Pine Tar |
| Tea Bush | 
|
Tea Sapling | - |