Oak Tree
| Oak Tree | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type | Tree |
| Seed | Acorn |
| Growth Time | Variable |
| Tapper Product | Oak Resin |
The Oak Tree is one of the everyday trees of the valley, growing on the farm and all through the countryside. It grows from an Acorn, and felling it gives Wood, Sap and fresh seeds. A Tapper on an oak collects Oak Resin, and every Keg needs one Oak Resin to build. That makes a few tapped oaks one of the first steps towards an artisan farm. Oak Resin also goes into Deluxe Speed-Gro and fills a spot in two Community Center bundles. Beside a Mushroom Log, a mature oak brings Morels into the harvest.
Growing
Acorns start dropping once the farmer reaches Foraging level 1. Shaking a mature oak sometimes shakes one loose, and a felled oak can leave up to two more. Acorns also turn up now and then in the town's Garbage Cans. A well-stocked Woodskip Fish Pond can produce them too.
An Acorn goes into plain, untilled ground and needs no watering. On the farm, the tiles around it can be paved, and the tree can stand right next to water. Outside the farm, an Acorn can go into any ground that could be tilled, as long as it is left untilled.
From the seed, the oak passes through four young stages. Each night it has a chance to move up one stage. The last young stage lasts about twice as long as the others. A typical Acorn needs a little over three weeks to become a full tree, and an unlucky one takes far longer. Unfertilised oaks stand still all through Winter.
Tree Fertilizer removes the waiting. Sprinkled on a planted Acorn, it makes the oak grow one stage each night. The tree is then fully grown after five days, even in Winter. The recipe arrives at Foraging level 7 and costs only Fiber and Stone.
A young oak needs a little room to finish. It stays small while a mature tree stands on any of the eight tiles around it. Leaving one empty tile between trees lets every oak reach full size and leaves a path to walk through.
Mature oaks on the farm spread on their own. Each night a tree may drop a seed up to three tiles away, and it takes root if the tile is empty. Over a season, a few oaks can turn open grass into woodland. Paths or flooring on the gaps keep the seeds out.
The Tapper recipe comes from the Foraging skill and costs Wood and Copper Bars. Once it is fixed to a mature oak, Oak Resin is ready about once a week. A Heavy Tapper shortens the wait to three days. Its recipe is sold in Qi's Walnut Room on Ginger Island for Qi Gems. Tapped oaks keep working through Winter, and one hit with an Axe or Pickaxe takes the Tapper back off.
Wild oaks grow in Cindersap Forest, on the Mountain, at the Bus Stop, by the Railroad, at the Quarry and in the Backwoods. They can be tapped or chopped like farm trees. A Tapper on an oak at the Bus Stop is easy to check on the way into town.
Products
A felled oak drops a big pile of Wood, a few Sap and sometimes Acorns. Breaking the stump that is left behind adds a little more Wood. The Forester profession adds a quarter more Wood from trees, stumps and logs. Lumberjack follows Forester and gives every felled oak a chance to drop Hardwood. With it, an oak grove becomes a supply of Hardwood without daily trips to the Secret Woods. Reading Woody's Secret gives each felled tree a small chance of dropping double Wood.
Oak Resin is the main reason to tap an oak. A Keg is built from Wood, a Copper Bar, an Iron Bar and one Oak Resin. Since every new Keg needs its own Oak Resin, the number of tapped oaks sets how fast a Keg shed can grow. Deluxe Speed-Gro also takes Oak Resin. Together, these recipes make the resin the most useful tapped product for crafting.
Sold straight away, Oak Resin earns little. One bottle every seven days comes to about twenty gold a day for each Tapper. The Tapper profession raises its price by a quarter. Even so, a bottle is worth more as part of a Keg than in the Shipping Bin.
The Enchanter's Bundle on the Bulletin Board takes one Oak Resin. Finishing that bundle pays out a stack of Gold Bars. Oak Resin is also one of the choices for the Exotic Foraging Bundle in the Crafts Room.
Oaks change what a Mushroom Log produces. Each mature oak within a few tiles adds a Morel to the log's possible harvest. A log ringed by oaks therefore gives Morels far more often than a log standing alone.
Outside Winter, a mature oak slowly grows a coat of Moss. Any tool scrapes the Moss off, and the tree stays standing. Moss goes into Speed-Gro and the Mushroom Log recipe.
Cooking is another small use for the seeds. Crafting one Acorn with a Maple Seed and a Pine Cone makes a Field Snack, a recipe learned at Foraging level 1. Five Acorns also go into each Mystic Tree Seed, a recipe that comes with Foraging Mastery.
Notes
Tap a handful of oaks before building Kegs in bulk. The resin then keeps pace with the Copper and Iron Bars.
Before clearing a whole grove, let several oaks mature first. The felled trees then leave enough Acorns to replant the area.
Acorns that land in crop fields can be dug up with a Hoe, Axe or Pickaxe. Clearing them early saves chopping saplings later.
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 | - |