Pine Tree

Pine Tree
Release						6 November 2024 (Update)
Episode						Hopeforest
Premium						No
Variant type						Skill node

A Pine Tree is a type of Woodcutter Skill node located in Hopeforest. Harvesting a Pine Tree requires a Hatchet and yields a Pine Log. The quality of the log depends on the player's Woodcutter level, starting with Coarse Pine Log at level 4. Pine Branches of various tiers can also be lopped using Tree Loppers, costing 7 knowledge points, beginning at level 48 woodcutter.

Pine Trees take 3.5 seconds to fell with a hatchet, and have a 45 second respawn timer.

Locations

Location	Episode	Quantity
Ivy Junction	Hopeforest	2
Ivy Trail	Hopeforest	4
Fern Junction	Hopeforest	3
Cliffside Shortcut	Hopeforest	1
Lumber Clearing	Hopeforest	4
Cliffside Junction	Hopeforest	2
Mine Road East	Hopeforest	7
Path of Good Intentions	Hopeforest	6
Barricades	Hopeforest	3
Cliffside Path	Hopeforest	6

Variants

Item		Level
	Pine Tree (coarse)	4	48
	Pine Tree (rugged)	27	92
	Pine Tree (average)	84	136
	Pine Tree (fine)	139	181
	Pine Tree (sturdy)	197	285
	Pine Tree (perfect)	370	430

Strategy

Pine Tree Strategy, Red is the path between trees, Black is the path to deposit to the storage rift.

The most efficient place to fell Pine Trees is in the vicinity of the Stump Clearing, where there are 5 trees close to each other, and a storage rift.

The 5 trees shown in the picture are close enough together that all 5 may be chopped in sequence before they respawn. This path is marked in red, and a cycle takes takes 53 seconds, for 10.6 seconds per tree or 339 logs per hour. However after every 24 logs chopped the players inventory will be full, and the logs must dropped, sold, or banked.

Discarding the logs by dropping them on the floor is the fastest option, and can be done with practically no time loss. This maintains 339 logs per hour, at the cost of giving no items or coins.

Depositing the Pine logs in the Storage Rift in the nearby Huntsman's Path is the second fastest option. The path travels past aggressive Wendigos so it is recommended to use Fear potions to avoid being interrupted by them, which reduced the number of available inventory slots from 24 to 23. On every 5th cycle when only 3 trees need to be chopped, the Eastern trees in the Lumber Clearing are skipped to instead travel to and use the storage rift. This 5th cycle is actually the same cycle time of 53 seconds but gives only 3 logs, resulting in a total value of 312 logs per hour. This provides logs into the Lumber Bank, the most convenient location to use them for training Carpentry, saving money from buying those logs in the future from Gwen.

Selling the Pine logs as you chop them is not recommended, as is is a moderate distance to the shop where they may be sold, however after banking it is possible to make trips between the lumber bank and the shop to sell the logs. Players without access to the Storage Rift may run to Timberwell Green for either the the shop or the bank as they choose, however unlocking the rifts should be a priority for anyone intending to chop a considerable number of Pine Trees.

After the Jan 2nd 2024 update that enabled action queueing whilst changing the time and method on how nodes respawn, it appears that the Path of Good Intentions is quicker (or at least comparable) in speed to the aforementioned Stump Clearing. Due to all 6 trees respawning rapidly at once, you are able to easily queue up 6 actions in one go. This allows the player longer periods of time to be distracted in other windows while still maintaining optimum chopping speed (which this anonymous editor is a big fan of!).

Comparisons

Variant	Discarding 339 log/hr	Depositing 312 log/hr
	XP	XP	Saved vs buying
Coarse	30,171	27,768					177			840
Rugged	56,613	52,104					374			400
Average	167,805	154,440			1			17		120
Fine	?	?			1			787		760
Sturdy	?	?			2			826		720
Perfect	?	?			7			144		800

Update history

This information has been manually compiled. Some updates may not be included yet.

• update 6 November 2024 (Update):
  • Added to game.