Palm Tree
| Palm Tree | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Tree |
| Growth Time | Variable |
The Palm Tree is the wild tree of the Calico Desert and Ginger Island. It grows only where the game places it, which gives it a fixed home in those two regions. Shaking or chopping a palm can drop a Coconut. On Ginger Island, the same palms are one of the main ways to find Golden Coconuts. Those golden nuts hold rare rewards, from tropical saplings to Mahogany Seeds and a unique helmet. The palms of the island are therefore well worth a shake on every visit.
Growing
Palm Trees stand in the Calico Desert and all over Ginger Island. The island palms have their own look, different from the desert ones. Both kinds can be chopped down with an Axe.
Every palm grows from the spot where it first stood. The tree keeps no seeds to shake loose, so the palms on the map are the only ones a farm can use. Shaking them is the main reason to visit.
Products
A palm sometimes drops a Coconut when shaken or chopped down. Coconuts count as one choice for the Exotic Foraging Bundle in the Crafts Room. The Desert Obelisk needs ten Coconuts, along with Cactus Fruit, Iridium Bars and a large sum of gold.
On Ginger Island, a palm can also drop a Golden Coconut. When a Coconut is visible in the tree, there is a small chance that it is golden. Golden Coconuts also turn up in Artifact Spots on the island.
Clint, the blacksmith, cracks Golden Coconuts open for a small fee. The first Golden Coconut always holds a Golden Walnut. After that, each one holds one item from a short list. The list includes a Banana Sapling, a Mango Sapling, Pineapple Seeds, Taro Tubers, a Mahogany Seed, a Fossilized Skull and Iridium Ore. The rarest prize is the Golden Helmet, which can be found only once.
The Island Trader offers another route to Golden Coconuts. After the first one has been cracked, the trader swaps ten ordinary Coconuts for one Golden Coconut. Sandy sells Coconuts at the Oasis in the desert on Mondays. Buying them there and trading them on the island skips the need to forage.
A Golden Coconut can also go into the Sewing Machine with Cloth to make the Island Bikini. Doing so uses up the prize inside. Villagers hate receiving a Golden Coconut as a gift.
Notes
Shake every palm on Ginger Island on each visit. A visible Coconut is the sign that the tree may hold a golden one.
Crack the first Golden Coconut quickly. It always gives a Golden Walnut and opens the Island Trader's Coconut trade.
Keep spare Coconuts for the Desert Obelisk. Ten of them are needed to build 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 | - |