Forestry

Main / Skills / Nature / Forestry

Description

Forestry is the skill used when:

• Cutting sprouts from trees and bushes
• Harvesting from bushes and trees when they are in season
• Pruning trees

Picking Sprouts

• To pick an available sprout, activate a sickle, right-click the bush or tree tile, and click Pick sprout. Trees and bushes only have sprouts at certain ages.

• A forestry skill of 30 or more allows the player to see the age of trees and whether they're sprouting. This works up to one tile away and by simply hovering the mouse over the tile in question. This range at which players can recognize such plant features from afar increases every 15 skill points gained in forestry. For example, 45 forestry allows identification from up to two tiles away, 60 allows at three tiles, and so on.

• Planting sprouts is part of Gardening.

Harvesting

• To harvest, activate a sickle, right-click the bush or tree tile, and click Harvest. Trees and bushes can only be harvested when mature or older, and must be in season.

• Examining the tree or bush will tell you if it's ready to be harvested, almost ready, or is in season but has been harvested already. With enough skill, hovering the mouse over it will also tell you if it can be harvested.

• The amount of goods harvested depends on the player's forestry skill level and the age of the tree/bush:

1 below 26 skill (maximum amount from mature trees)

2 at 26 skill (maximum amount from younger stages of old trees)

3 at 53 skill

4 at 80 skill

Pruning

• Very old trees with sprouts, mature trees, and overaged trees can be pruned with a sickle to reduce their age.

• Unsuccessful pruning gives the message "You make a lot of errors and need to take a break" , but you can try again until you succeed.

Characteristics trained

See: Characteristics

Titles

• Forester at 50 skill
• Arboriculturist at 70 skill
• Arbophiliac at 90 skill
• Lorax at 100 skill

See also

• Gardening