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11 Wood is the baseline building material in Windrose. The current live item entry describes it as a resource harvested from large trees and palms, and the moment you look at station costs it becomes obvious why every new world starts with a tree-cutting routine.

44 Current Item Basics

66 FieldCurrent Live ValueTypeResource, CommonStack size50Direct sourceHarvested from large trees and palmsOrdinary vendor tradeThe current base-item listing says Wood is not bought or sold by ordinary vendors

77 Where Players Actually Get It

99 Chop large trees and palms. That is still the core route.Destroyed ship containers are also listed as loot sources on the current item page, including Brigantine, Galeon, Merchant, and Royal wreck containers.Because Wood feeds stations, tools, and charcoal at the same time, early shortages are usually a throughput problem rather than a pure map problem.

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1111 Why Wood Never Really Stops Mattering

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1313 UseCurrent ExamplesCore camp setupBonfire x5, Workbench x5, Cooking Fire x3Refining chainCharcoal Kiln x25, Millstones x15, plus Wood into Charcoal and Wooden PlanksShip supportWharf x10 and Shipwright's Workshop x15Tool lineStone tools, Copper Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, and many repair items

1414 That spread is why Wood shortages feel worse than they look. A stack of Wood is never only a building stack. It is also fuel, station progress, emergency repair stock, and the material behind a lot of the game's basic tool line.

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1616 Key Conversion Paths

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1818 ImageInputOutputWhere It HappensWoodCharcoalCharcoal KilnWoodWooden PlankWorkbenchWoodCopper PickaxeWorkbenchWoodIron PickaxeWorkbench

1919 Vendor Note

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2121 Wood is one of the clearer examples of why ordinary vendor listings and merchant contracts should not be mixed together. The current Wood item page says ordinary vendors do not buy or sell it, while the separate Merchant Contract system can create a base merchant that supplies Wood for Piastres. Those are two different systems.

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2323 Complete Crafting Uses

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2525 Wood is an ingredient in the following recipes.

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2727 Recipe OutputQuantity12-Pounders×1024-Pounders×1536-Pounders×20Blunderbuss×10Bonebreaker×10Buccaneer's Friend×10Charcoal×1Club×10Copper Axe×5Copper Pickaxe×5Crusher×10Dragon's Breath×10Drake's Double-Barreled Pistol×10Executioner×10Halberd×10Hull bracing×20Infantry Musket×10Iron Axe×5Iron Pickaxe×5Musket×10Naval Tactics I: Ambush×1Naval Tactics II: No Quarter×1Naval Tactics III: Stretch the Supply×1Naval Tactics IV: Shipshape×1Naval Tactics V: Silence the Guns×1Pistol×10Plague Halberd×10Plague Pistol×10Reliable Blunderbuss×10Reliable Musket×10Reliable Pistol×10Repair Kit×10Shovel×10Smasher×10Stone Axe×3Stone Pickaxe×3Sturdy Halberd×10Sturdy Mace×10Swamp Creature's Tooth×10Wooden Plank×2Ashx1ConstructionBuildings, Stations, and Decorations that require this itemStationsAlchemy Tablex5Anvilx10Armor and Clothing Workshopx5Bonfirex5Charcoal Kilnx25Cooking Firex3Cutting Tablex10Disassembly Tablex10Distillerx5Fast Travel Pointx20Floor-Standing Torchx2Jeweler's Benchx10Jewelery Tablex10Material Rackx20Millstonesx15Sawhorsex20Seedbed for Plantsx1Shipwright's Workshopx15Spinning Wheelx10Tanning Rackx10Tentx4Toolboxx10Weaponsmith Workshopx10Wharfx10Workbenchx5Buildings- Barricade Openingx1A vaulted arch-type ceiling covered with plasterx1Arched Canopyx5Arched Doorx10Baluster (Mahogany)x5Barricade Palisadex1Beam (Mahogany)x2Beam (Timber)x2Beam (Weathered)x2Canopyx5Capital (Mahogany)x2Chimney Capx5Column (Mahogany)x2Column Base (Mahogany)x2Connecting Barricade Corner (Equilateral)x1Corner (Timber)x2Corner (Weathered)x2Corner Railings (Mahogany)x5Corner Stairs (Mahogany)x4Doorx15Double Doorx15Double-Sashed Windowx15Fence (Logs)x2Fence (Sticks)x1Floor (Logs)x1Floor (Mahogany)x2Floor (Planks)x1Foundation (Logs)x1Gabled Canopyx5Gate (Logs)x4Large Beam (Mahogany)x2Large Beam (Timber)x2Large Beam (Weathered)x2Large Double Doorx15Large Floor (Logs)x2Large Floor (Mahogany)x3Large Floor (Planks)x2Large Pediment (Reed)x4Large Pillar (Timber)x2Large Pillar (Weathered)x2Large Roof (Reed)x1Large Roof (Straw)x1Large Roof Corner (Reed)x2Large Wall (Clay and Log)x1Large Wall (Log)x3Large Wall (Mahogany)x4Large Wall (Planks)x3Large Wall (Stone and Timber)x1Large Windowx15Left Gable (Straw)x1Left Panel (Planks)x4Left Panel (Stone and Timber)x2Long Roof Ridge (Straw)x1Narrow Windowx15Palisade (Logs)x1Pediment (Straw)x1Pierx1Pier Canopyx5Pier Pilex2Pier Stairsx5Pillar (Timber)x2Pillar (Weathered)x2Pillar with a Basex2Plank and Timber Wallx1Plank Stairs (Planks)x2Primary: Pillar (Mahogany)x2Railings (Mahogany)x5Railings (Weathered)x3Ramp (Planks)x2Right Gable (Straw)x1Right Panel (Planks)x4Right Panel (Stone and Timber)x2Roof (Reed)x1Roof (Straw)x1Roof Corner (Reed)x1Roof Corner (Straw)x1Roof Pediment (Straw)x1Roof Ridge (Reed)x1Roof Ridge (Straw)x1Rope Fencex2Rope Railingsx3Rounded Floor (Logs)x2Signal firex20Spiral Stairs (Left)x6Spiral Stairs (Right)x6Square Windowx1Stairs (Mahogany)x4Stairs (Sticks)x1Tall Windowx15Triangular Floor (Planks)x1Triangular Roof (Straw)x1Triangular Wall (Clay)x1Triangular Wall (Planks)x2Wall (Clay and Log)x1Wall (Log)x2Wall (Mahogany)x2Wall (Planks)x2Wall (Stone and Timber)x1Wall Beam (Clay)x2Wall Beam (Planks)x2Weathered Log Stairsx2Wooden Staircasex2DecorationsBasket of Cornx2Basket of Peppersx2Bookx3Bottle Cratex2Canopy with Nettingx2Cutter in a Bottlex5Cutter in a Bottle (Water)x5Cutter on a Standx5Firewood Rackx5Fishing Barrelx4Helm Chandelierx5Landscapex1Large Canopyx2Large Fishing Barrelx4Log Benchx5Log Stoolx5Open Bookx3Open Scrollx3Ornamental Sabersx5Ornamental Swordx5Pier Cranex10Pier Flagpolex10Pier Winchx5Portraitx4Row of Booksx3Scrollsx3Sea Landscapex4Simple Bedx3Simple Bed with Headboardx3Simple Black Flagpolex5Simple Blue Flagpolex5Simple Green Flagpolex5Simple Orange Flagpolex5Simple Purple Flagpolex5Simple Red Flagpolex5Simple White Flagpolex5Spyglassx5Spyglass SNFx5Stack of Booksx3Still Lifex4Trophy Boarx5Trophy Crabx5Trophy Dodox5Urban Landscapex4Wall Bas-Reliefx1Wall Torchx2Wall Weapon Rack 1x1Wall Weapon Rack 2x1Wall Weapon Rack 3x1Wall Weapon Rack 4x1Wall Weapon Rack 5x1Wall Weapon Rack 6x1Wall Weapon Rack 7x1Wall Weapon Rack 8x1Wall Weapon Rack 9x1Wall Weapon Rack 10x1Wall Weapon Rack 11x1Wall Weapon Rack 12x1Wine Barrelsx10Wooden Bowlx3Wooden Bucketx3Wooden Mugx3

2828 See Also

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3030 Stone - the other starter material every first camp burns throughCharcoal - the main Wood conversion that keeps metal progression movingMillstones - one of the mid-game stations that still needs a lot of WoodMerchant Contracts - the separate base-merchant system that can supply Wood later

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3232 Efficient Wood Farming

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3434 Wood shortages on a healthy base almost always come from picking the wrong trees rather than from a shortage of forest. Three tactics cut wood-farming time sharply once the tools are in place.

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3636 Chop Ficus Clusters, Not Palms

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3838 Large palms and jungle giants take five or more swings per tree and drain stamina for a middling payout. Ficus trees are the opposite: small trunks that fall in one to three hits of any axe tier, and they grow in tight clusters surrounded by dense bushes.

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4040 A single horizontal swing through a Ficus stand often connects with multiple trees and several adjacent bushes in the same motion, filling the inventory with stacks of Wood and Plant Fiber at the same time. Because ropes, coarse fabric, and early bandages all draw from the same Plant Fiber pool, a pure Wood run that also tops up fiber is the fastest single-trip way to feed both chains.

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4242 Chain-Fell on Slopes

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4444 Falling trees have physical collision in Windrose. A tree chopped at the top of an incline will crash into the trunk below it and can knock that second tree over as well, cascading down a wooded hillside.

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4646 Position on the uphill side of a dense grove and fell the highest tree at a downward angle; gravity handles most of the rest of the cluster. The tactic stacks well with Ficus groves on sloped coastal terrain, where one deliberate swing can clear several trunks in one pass.

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4848 Cannon-Clear a Shoreline

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5050 When a shoreline needs to be cleared fast, a ship with mounted cannons can substitute for an axe. Explosive broadsides into a tree line reduce trunks to collectable logs on the beach, with no stamina cost at all.

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5252 The trade-off is ammunition: cannon shots burn powder and shot that would otherwise go into ship combat, so the method is best reserved for moments when a quick coastal clear is needed for a new dock or outpost and the player already has a surplus of gunpowder and shells.

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5454 Tool Tier Still Matters

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5656 Even with the right trees, axe tier controls chops-per-tree. A stone axe works as a disposable starter. A copper axe is the first genuine speed jump and also unlocks reasonable chopping pace on hardwood species like the Divi-Divi Tree. An iron axe is the launch-build ceiling for chopping speed.

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5858 Details

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6060 Properties

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6262 PropertyValueWeight0.5Stack50

6363 Taught By

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6565 Wood appears in the recipe lists taught by these plans: Reliable Halberd, Reliable Musket.

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6767 Sold by Merchant: Natural Resources for 50 Piastre per 25 Wood.

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6969 Wood Returned by Disassembly

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7171 Source ItemWood Returned12-Pounders×1024-Pounders×1536-Pounders×20Club×10Smasher×10Crusher×10Bonebreaker×10Sturdy Mace×10Halberd×10Plague Halberd×10Executioner×10Sturdy Halberd×10Blunderbuss×10Dragon's Breath×10Reliable Blunderbuss×10Musket×10Infantry Musket×10Reliable Musket×10Buccaneer's Friend×10Pistol×10Plague Pistol×10Drake's Double-Barreled Pistol×10Reliable Pistol×10Worn-Out Pistol×2Hull bracing×20Stone Axe×3Copper Axe×5Iron Axe×5Stone Pickaxe×3Copper Pickaxe×5Iron Pickaxe×5Shovel×10

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