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A tall, sprawling tree which is particularly rare to come by. Oaks can take months to reach old age, but are often used for ornamental purposes rather than utility.  

*Simply in terms of general resilience and durability, oak is the most ideal wood type in Wurm. Items made from oak Oaks can take 20% less [[damage]] during use and receive a 25% bonus to resilience against bash damage. This is in addition to identically matching the slow decay rate of the popular cedar wood type. It is important months to note, howeverreach old age, that but are often used for some ornamental purposes, such as fishing poles and arrow shafts, a wood other rather than oak may provide more ideal qualities. See individual item pages for more detail regarding such special circumstances. *[[Charcoal pile]]s made out of oak produce more [[charcoal]]utility. [[Acorns]] may be harvested from oak trees during the appropriate [[season]]

Oak trees are known to kill other trees and bushes around them due to their thick foliage blocking sunlight to the lower forest floor. This kill zone is 1 tile at mature and 2 tiles at old (see illustration below). For this reason, when planting an oak, leaving at least 2 tiles between it and other trees or vegetation is highly recommended. Planted hedges will not * [[Acorns]] may be killed by harvested from oak trees.during the appropriate [[season]]

Exclusion zones from Oaks or Willows may overlap the exclusion zone of the * Oak, but all trees that are actually growing inside known to kill other trees and bushes around them due to their thick foliage blocking sunlight to the lower forest floor. This kill zone is 1 tile at mature and 2 tiles at old (see illustration below). Planted hedges will dienot be killed by oak trees. The dying tree will only be killed when the oak moves to the next age level that induces the kill. Until that time, it will continue to grow and age as normal.