Mahogany Tree
| Mahogany Tree | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Tree |
| Seed | Mahogany Seed |
| Growth Time | Variable |
| Tapper Product | Sap |
The Mahogany Tree is the wild tree that drops Hardwood instead of ordinary Wood. It grows from a Mahogany Seed and stands naturally on Ginger Island. Hardwood is always in short supply, so a grove of mahogany is one of the best long-term answers. Each felled tree gives roughly as much Hardwood as a full day's round of the stumps in the Secret Woods. The trees grow slowly, even with Tree Fertilizer, so planning ahead pays. Mahogany Seeds are also one of the four seed types in the Mystic Tree Seed recipe.
Growing
Mahogany Seeds come from several places. Breaking a Large Stump gives a small chance of one. Slimes in the Secret Woods drop them now and then. A grown mahogany can drop a seed when shaken or chopped, though less often than other trees. On Ginger Island, cracking a Golden Coconut sometimes reveals a seed. The Island Trader there also swaps one Mahogany Seed for one Stingray.
The seed is planted like any wild tree seed. It goes into untilled ground on the farm and needs no water. Off the farm, it can go into ground that a Hoe could till, such as the Quarry, if the spot is left untilled.
Mahogany grows more slowly than oak, maple or pine. A planted seed has only a small chance each night of moving up a stage. Most unfertilised trees take close to a month to mature, and a few take much longer. Like other wild trees, mahogany stops growing outdoors during Winter.
Tree Fertilizer helps a great deal, but growth still depends on luck. A fertilised seed has a good chance of growing each night, rather than a certain one. Most fertilised mahogany trees mature in about a week. Fertilised trees keep growing in Winter too. Tree Fertilizer becomes craftable at Foraging level 7 from Fiber and Stone.
Space matters as it does for other wild trees. A sapling with a mature tree on one of the eight tiles around it stays small. Planting with one free tile between trees avoids the problem.
Wild mahogany grows on Ginger Island, and those trees can be felled for Hardwood. After chopping, the seeds they drop can be planted to grow new trees in the same area.
A Tapper fits on a grown mahogany and fills with Sap every day. A Heavy Tapper gives the same daily Sap, so it is better used elsewhere. Chopping trees already gives plenty of Sap, which makes a mahogany a poor place for a Tapper.
Products
Chopping down a mature mahogany gives a large stack of Hardwood. Estimates range from eight to thirteen pieces per tree. The tree also drops Sap and sometimes a Mahogany Seed. That makes a mahogany grove a steady Hardwood supply long before the Lumberjack profession.
Hardwood has a long list of uses. A Heavy Tapper needs thirty pieces, a Worm Bin twenty-five and an Oil Maker twenty. An Ostrich Incubator takes fifty, and a Cheese Press ten. Robin needs a large amount for the Stable and the second farmhouse upgrade. Repairing Willy's Boat to Ginger Island takes two hundred Hardwood. Robin's own requests ask for ten pieces and later eighty.
Hardwood also opens parts of the Community Center. The Construction Bundle in the Crafts Room needs ten pieces. Warp Totems and the Hardwood Fence take smaller amounts.
A Mahogany Seed has one more use. Five Mahogany Seeds, together with five Acorns, Maple Seeds and Pine Cones, make one Mystic Tree Seed. That recipe comes with Foraging Mastery. The other three seeds drop freely from common trees. Mahogany Seeds therefore usually decide how many Mystic Tree Seeds can be made.
Notes
Plant Mahogany Seeds in the Quarry or another open spot off the farm. The trees grow there without taking up farmland.
Fertilise every Mahogany Seed. The extra nights saved are worth far more than the Fiber and Stone it costs.
Keep a few mature mahogany trees standing as seed producers. Shaking them and digging up the seeds they spread keeps the grove going.
Hardwood makes a poor gift. Robin is the one villager who likes it.
All Trees
Every entry in this group, with its key details.
| Name | Image | Seed | Tapper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Rain Trees | - | - | - |
| Large Log | 
|
- | - |
| 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 | - |