Wood

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Wood is a raw material used to make things such as wood woads, quarterstaffs, cudgels, spellstaffs and totems. It can be collected by typing gather wood. Adding the suffix staff searches for pieces of wood suitable to make spellstaffs e.g. gather wood staff.

You gather up a wooden branch.
A wooden branch looks like it would make a good spellstaff.
You receive 60 experience.

As a Material type

Wood is also a material type of some items. It is the first type of material that a druid learns to carve on and can be searched for in containers, donation rooms, storage lockers and shops by adding the search switch -material wood.

As a raw material

Examples of objects collected using the gather wood command. Note: raw wood is temporary and will timeout.

Item: 'branch wood firewood'  
Weight: 3  Size: 5'10"
Type: OTHER   Composition: WOOD
Object is: 
Estimated cost: 3  
This item is in almost new condition.
A wooden branch looks like it would make a good spellstaff.


Making fires

Wood can also be used to make fires using the firestarting starting skill.

  1. start the fire: start fire wood
  2. Add fuel to fire to keep in burning: put wood campfire

It is important not to add too much fuel to the fire too quickly or it won't catch light. Starting a fire can be used to access the area A burned out forest.

Woodcrafting

Different types of wood suit different woodcrafted items differently. You can see what the affinity of a type of wood is with the wood check command. The output will look something like:

>wood check bran<
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A sassafras branch can be crafted into...
a club
a walking cane
a quarterstaff
a blowgun
a handle
a fishing pole

It is aromatic. Its fragrance will help relax the mind.
FYI, sassafras is a less common variety of wood and is highly sought after.

Note the last two lines.

Affinities

Different species of wood have affinities to different stats when crafted.

Aromatic
Check: It is aromatic. Its fragrance will help relax the mind.
Effect: Items crafted with Aromatic wood will have MANA_REGEN
Bitter
Check: It is bitter and astringent. Its fragrance will help sharpen perception.
Effect: ? (Possibly Wisdom and Mana Reg)
Dense
Check: It is dense and heavy. It will be good for crafting shields and melee weapons.
Effect: Weapons crafted with Dense wood will have higher damage, shields crafted will have higher AC
Flexible
Check: It is flexible. It will be good for crafting bows and crossbows.
Effect: Ranged weapons created with Flexible wood will have better damage. Favors DEX and MOV_REGEN stats
Resinous
Check: It is resinous. Its fragrance will help invigorate the body.
Effect: Items crafted with Resinous wood will have HP_REGEN, MOV_REGEN, CON, or STR
Rotten
Check: It is rotten. It will be difficult to work into a finished product, but the final result may be unique and interesting
Effect: Items crafted with Rotten wood will have random effects (Needs confirmation)
Soft
Check: It is soft and easily worked. It will be decent for making almost anything
Effect: More likely to succeed in craft. (Might be easier to MASTERCRAFT, needs confirmation)
Rigid
Check: It is very rigid. It would make excellent melee weapons and shields, with exotic properties.
Effect: Similar effects as Dense but with random secondary stats
Sweet
Check: It is sweet-smelling. Its fragrance will help focus the mind.
Effect: Items crafted with Sweet wood will have INT and WIS
Warped
Check: It has been warped and polished by exposure to water.
Effect: Items crafted with Sweet wood will have WIS and AGE

Species

Species Affinity Rarity
Apple Sweet Common
Aspen Soft Common
Birch Dense Common
Boxwood Dense Common
Catalpa Soft Common
Cedar Resinous Less Common
Chestnut Dense Less Common
Cottonwood Soft Common
Darkwood Rigid Common
Driftwood Warped Common
Elm Flexible Common
Hawthorn Dense Common
Hemlock Resinous Less Common
Hickory Flexible Common
Hornbeam Dense Less Common
Larch Resinous Common
Laurel Aromatic Common
Linden Soft Common
Locust Soft Common
Maple Soft Common
Mulberry Flexible Common
Oak Dense Common
Peach Sweet Common
Pear Sweet Common
Pine Resinous Common
Poplar Flexible Common
Rotten Rotten Common
Rowan Flexible Common
Sassafrass Aromatic Less Common
Sumac Flexible Common
Sycamore Soft Common
Tulipwood Dense Common
Willow Flexible Common
Worm-eaten Rotten Less Common