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Woodcutting is a Useful useful skill that many skills rely on, it is used for both lighting and maintaining the fires required in both Pottery [[pottery]] and Blacksmithing[[blacksmithing]], and provides the raw materials neccesary necessary for Carpentry Which carpentry which makes tools neccesary necessary for making Stringstring, Roperope, Stone Walls stone walls and Houseshouses, just to name a few things. Just because it seems simple and straight forward doesn't mean it is.

=== Trained Skills skills ===

=== Assumed Knowledge knowledge ===

==== Raw Materials materials ====''Raw Materials materials are consumed in the process of creating the item''

==== Neccesary Tools Necessary tools ====

''Neccesary Necessary tools that are required to make the item''* [[HatchetSmall axe]](Logs)

* [[Carving Knifeknife]](Shaft)

* [[Iron Filefile]]

* [[LogsLog]]s*: ''Logs are the largest managable manageable portion of a felled Treetree, When a tree has been chopped down it is still far too big to use, and so needs to be cut into Logslogs. Logs provide plenty of raw wood to fuel fires or create raw materials such as Planks planks or Shaftsshafts.

*: ''Planks are a staple in Carpentry carpentry where they are used to produce a vast number of items including: Raftsrafts, Chestschests, Barrelsbarrels, Cartscarts, Furniturefurniture, Wooden Fenceswooden fences, Signs signs and more esoteric items such as the Cheese Drillcheese drill, Fruit Pressfruit press, Archer Targetarcher target, Practice Doll practice doll and Guard Towerguard tower. They can also be used as an impromptu weapon, but the Pickaxe pickaxe or Hatchet small axe you start with is better.''

*:''Another impromptu weapon with many other practical uses. Used to Create Arrows create arrows and Wooden Handleswooden handles, Tools tools for Potterypottery, the Mallet mallet and Fishing Rod fishing rod it is also itself used in the creation of many weapons and other blacksmithing items as well as often being vital to finished items created with Planks''

*:''This might be considered self-explanatory but a Campfire campfire allows you to see at Nightnight. It is also used to turn Clay Items clay items into Potterypottery, and Iron Ore iron ore into Iron Lumpsiron lumps, which can be turned into metal objects using Blacksmithingblacksmithing''

* Don't chop down the first tree you see. The reason you may have to walk a few minutes to even find one is because of people who did this. As a general guide Dondon't chop down trees younger than 'Oldold' or 'Very Oldvery old', and don't chop down trees in areas where they are sparse or uncommon. If there is anyone in Local chat feel free to ask if they don't mind you taking a tree

*If you have a Sickle sickle try to take a sprout from a tree and plant it to replace the tree. If you don't have one you can ask the nearby people in Local chat if someone has one you can borrow or can plant the sprout for you, not everyone can, but many people will be happy to see the hills not deforested and to see someone who cares about the repercussions of his actions.

* Trees Are Bigare big, it will take more than one go to chop them down. You can right click to examine them to see how much damage you have done to the tree each attempt, when the damage reaches 100 the tree falls and you can now start chopping it into pieces.

* When you attempt an item at a low skill level you will often fail and have to start again. if If you fail producing an item made of wood you may mangle it so badly you end up with an unusable piece of wood known as a Woodscrap, woodscrap. Woodscraps are not completely useless, they can be used to create kindling, and can also be used to fuel a fire without wasting precious logs.

* Sometimes when you fail you will make an 'Unfinished item', a damaged item that is repairable with the right tools... if If you have the tools neccesary necessary to complete the item, or the time and resources to create them you can use those items to complete the unfinished item, if you can't or won't then your best bet is just to try over again. Completing unfinished items is not a waste of time though, items finally produced this way are of higher quality than items produced immediately

=== Making Logs logs ===# To Begin begin you will need to find an appropriate tree. See'' 'Hints and Tips' ''for Details on advice for picking trees without making enemies.# Activate your Hatchet small axe by Doubledouble-clicking it. When you right click the Tree tree now you have a 'Cut Down' option. This will turn the Tree tree into a Felled Treefelled tree## This will take time. Each attempt wil will hack further away at the tree until it falls over. See'' 'Hints and Tips' ''for more info. If you have a Sickle sickle you will want to try and take a sprout before you continue, Activate your Sickle sickle (double click it) and right click the tree, you should get a 'Take Sprout' option, if you fail in your attempt to take a sprout you will need to use another Treetree, if you DO have the sickle it's best to get one before you continue.# Now that the Tree tree is cut down you can Begin begin cutting it into more managable manageable pieces called Logslogs. Logs are generally too big to use on any one items, most are made by carving parts off the log into a usable shape. Your Hatchet small axe should still be active, right clicking the Felled Tree felled tree should produce a 'Chop Up' option. If you do anythng anything with the Logs logs produced this way before the Felled Tree felled tree disappears you will need to reactivate your hatchetsmall axe. You can chop the Felled felled tree into a number of Logslogs, depending on the age of the tree.## If you had a Sickle sickle now is a good time to plant the Sprout sprout you got earlier, preferably on the same square you took it from... the Logs The logs and the Felled Tree felled tree won't get in the way of planting it. Double click the Sprout sprout to select it, right click the place you wish to grow it, then choose the 'Plant' option. If you fail the sprout will be ruined, but the Logs logs and/or Felled Tree felled tree will mark your spot if you have to go take another Sproutsprout.# Once you are finished Chopping chopping the Felled Tree felled tree you should have a Number number of Logs logs in front of you, perfect to start experimenting with Carpentry carpentry or Firemakingfiremaking.=== Making Fire fire ====== Making Woodcuts woodcuts ===

* '''Improving:''' Many carpentry items can be improved with Log or sometimes Planksplanks, ''Right click, Examine'' something will generally tell you what can be used to improve it. Activate this item by double clicking it, and this time when you right click the item there should be an 'improve' option.

* '''Repairing:''' Many items can be repaired without tools, but some require tools and others require raw materials. Things like houses and fences generally require Planks planks in order to repair them, if an item does not have a Repair repair function when you right click it you generally need something. If you have the right item selected by double clicking, the 'Repair' option will reappear.

* '''Creating:''' Carpentry items without exception generally require Planks planks and/or Shafts shafts if they aren't to be made from a log itself, you will need to check what tools and materials they need. With the right tool active (by double clicking it) you gain a new 'Create' option.