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'''Age''' plays an important role in two parts of [[Basic Knowledge|Wurm]]:

=== Trees ===When it comes to [[tree]]s, age plays an important role in the yield of wood you will get from it. The age of a tree isTree and bush stages are: young, young, young, mature, mature, mature, mature-sprouting, old, old-sprouting, old, old-sprouting, very old, very old-sprouting, overaged, and old and shriveled. To examine the age of a tree, right-click the [[tile]] the tree is on and examine it. The age will show up in the event window. The stage within each age will not show up. For example, a tree will only show Young in any of the three Young grown stages, not further information.

Cutting down a young, mature, or old and shriveled tree will yield a very low amount of [[wood]] and will be a waste of a tree. The optimum time to cut down a tree is when is is old, very old, or overaged, with overaged yielding the most wood. Some overaged trees can be pruned to return them to very old status but still yield a high amount of wood. Old and shriveled Shriveled trees are lost and will yield very low useful wood and cannot be pruned to maintain a useful age. Size of the log or felled tree yielded will vary depending on the exact stage the tree is in.

{| class="wikitable"! Age! Yield (Lumber or nut tree)! Yield (Fruit tree)! Sprout?! Harvestable|-| Young || 1.60, 3.20, or 4.80 kg log || [[Wood scrap]] || No || No|-| Mature || 11.20 kg log || 2.00 or 2.40 kg log || No || Yes|-| Mature, sprouting || 11.20 kg log || 2.00 or 2.40 kg log || Yes || Yes|-| Old || 106.67kg or 133.33 kg or [[felled tree]] || 3.20 kg or 4.00 kg log|| No || Yes|-| Old, sprouting || 120kg or 146.67 kg [[felled tree]] || 3.60 kg|| Yes || Yes|-| Very old || 160.00 kg [[felled tree]] || 4.80 kg log || No || Yes|-| Very old, sprouting || 173.33 kg [[felled tree]] || 5.20 kg log || Yes || Yes|-| Overaged || 186.67 kg [[felled tree]] || 5.60 kg log || No || No <ref name="harvest">Prune the Overaged tree back to Very old to harvest it, during the right harvesting season.</ref>|-| Shriveled || 4.80 kg log || [[Wood scrap]] || No || No|} <references/> == Creatures ===When it comes to the ages of [[creaturecreatures]]s, the ages are: young, adolescent, mature, aged, old, and venerable. Creatures take several Wurm [[month]]s to reach the venerable stage. They will eventually die of old age, but most species have extremely long lifespans. One [[huge spider]] was observed alive after over six months of real time. The following table shows a good estimate of each stage's duration, [http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/120560-length-of-time-for-each-horse-age/ based on some research and testing] for horses, but could well be applicable for all creature types. {| class="wikitable"! Age! Real life days! Wurm weeks! Wurm months|-| Young ([[foal]]) || 3 days || 4 weeks || 1 months|-| Adolescent ([[foal]]) || 10.5 days || 12 weeks || 3 months|-| Young || 7 days || 8 weeks || 2 months|-| Adolescent || 17.5 days || 20 weeks || 5 months|-| Mature || 14 days || 16 weeks || 4 months|-| Aged || 63 days || 72 weeks || 18 months|-| Old || 35 days || 40 weeks || 10 months|-| Venerable || 48-365 days || 350-2920 weeks || 80-671 months|-|}

* [[Farming]], where age is represented (ages and stages in different stages of crop growth)* [[Animal husbandry]] (provides info on care-for mechanic)

[[Category:MiscGame mechanics]]