Large Stump
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A Large Stump is the old, wide remains of a long-dead tree. It is one of the first reliable sources of Hardwood, since a Copper Axe is enough to break it. Each stump gives a couple of Hardwood, a good chunk of Foraging experience and a small chance of a Mahogany Seed. Most stumps on the farm are gone for good once broken. A few places refill their stumps every day, and those turn stump clearing into a daily Hardwood routine. The Secret Woods is the best known of them.
Growing
Large Stumps sit on the farm, in the Secret Woods and in parts of the Mines. They are much bigger than the small stump left after a tree is felled. A small stump breaks with any Axe, while a Large Stump needs at least a Copper Axe.
Some Large Stumps come back every morning. All six stumps in the Secret Woods return each day. On the Forest Farm, a row of eight stumps on the west side also returns daily. The Four Corners Farm has a single returning stump in its top-left area. In the Mines, Large Stumps appear on floors 41 to 69 while the Shrine of Challenge is active.
Every other Large Stump on the farm stays away once it is cleared. That makes the early farm stumps a one-time supply of Hardwood.
Better Axes need fewer swings. A Copper Axe takes seven hits to break a Large Stump. A Steel Axe takes five, a Gold Axe four and an Iridium Axe three. A fully powered Iridium Axe breaks one in two hits.
Products
Breaking a Large Stump gives two Hardwood and a solid boost of Foraging experience. The Forester profession adds a coin-flip chance of one extra Hardwood. One stump in ten also drops a Mahogany Seed. Those seeds grow Mahogany Trees, which give Hardwood in much larger amounts.
Clearing the Secret Woods every day brings in about a dozen Hardwood. On the Forest Farm, the returning stumps add around sixteen more. A daily round of both builds up a Hardwood stock quickly.
Hardwood is wanted almost everywhere. The Construction Bundle in the Crafts Room asks for ten pieces. Robin's Request asks for ten pieces, and Robin's Project later asks for eighty. Willy's Boat to Ginger Island needs two hundred pieces for its hull. Repairing the Giant Stump in Cindersap Forest takes one hundred. Machines such as the Cheese Press, the Oil Maker and the Heavy Tapper all need Hardwood too.
The Secret Woods sits behind a Large Log in the north-west corner of Cindersap Forest. Breaking that log needs a Steel Axe, so its stumps open up only after that upgrade. Inside, Slimes roam among the stumps, and they sometimes drop Mahogany Seeds as well.
Notes
Break the farm's Large Stumps as soon as a Copper Axe is ready. Their Hardwood helps with early projects, and the experience speeds up Foraging levels.
Visit the Secret Woods daily while Hardwood is scarce. The stumps are back each morning.
Pick the Lumberjack profession to make the trips less necessary. Every felled tree then has a chance to drop Hardwood, wherever it grows.
Keep any Mahogany Seeds that drop. A small grove of Mahogany Trees eventually gives more Hardwood than the stumps.
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 | - |