Editing Poplar Tree

{{Infobox Variant Category
|name = Poplar Tree
|image = [[File:Poplar Tree.png]]
|release = 2024-11-06
|episode = Hopeforest
|variant_type = Skill node
}}
{{Map|type=Entity|target=Poplar Tree}}
A '''Poplar Tree''' is a type of [[Woodcutter]] [[Skill node]] located in Hopeforest. Harvesting a Poplar Tree requires a [[Hatchet]] and yields a Poplar Log. The quality of the log depends on the player's Woodcutter level, starting with [[Coarse Poplar Log]] at level 12. Poplar Branches of various tiers can also be lopped using [[Tree Loppers]], costing 4 [[knowledge]] points, beginning at level 35 [[woodcutter]].

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

==Locations==
{{LocTableHead}}
{{LocLine|loc=Central Crossroads|quantity=2}}
{{LocLine|loc=Central Junction|quantity=2}}
{{LocLine|loc=Logging Area|quantity=4}}
{{LocLine|loc=Snakes Clearing|quantity=1}}
{{LocLine|loc=Snakes Path|quantity=3}}
{{LocTableBottom}}

==Variants==
{{SkillNodeVariantsTable|variant=Poplar Tree}}

==Strategy==
[[File:Poplar Tree (strategy).png|thumb|400px|Poplar Tree Strategy, Red is the path between trees, Black is the path to deposit to the storage rift.]]
The most efficient place to fell Poplar Trees is in the vicinity of the [[Logging Area]], where there are 6 trees moderately close to each other, and a storage rift.

The 6 trees shown in the picture are close enough together that all 6 may be chopped in sequence before they respawn. This path is marked in red, and a cycle takes takes 114 seconds, for 12.33 seconds per tree or 292 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 292 logs per hour, at the cost of giving no items or coins.

Depositing the Poplar logs in the [[Storage Rift]] in the nearby [[Tangled Path]] is the second fastest option. Travelling to and from the storage rift takes 52 seconds and must be performed after ever 4 cycles, resulting in a total value of 248 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 Poplar logs as you chop them is not recommended, as is is a considerable distance to [[Gwen's Lumber (shop)|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 teleport to [[Hopeforest Central Portal Stone]] and run to 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 Poplar Trees.

===Comparisons===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Variant
! Discarding 292 log/hr
! colspan="11" |Depositing 248 log/hr
|-
!XP
!XP
! colspan="10" |Saved vs buying
|-
|Coarse
|32,704
|27,776
|{{currency_cell|195920}}
|-
|Rugged
|76,796
|65,224
|{{currency_cell|515840}}
|-
|Average
|?
|?
|{{currency_cell|1041600}}
|-
|Fine
|?
|?
|{{currency_cell|1778160}}
|-
|Sturdy
|?
|?
|{{currency_cell|3447200}}
|-
|Perfect
|?
|?
|{{currency_cell|7812000}}
|}

==Update history==
{{UH|
* {{UL|update=2024-11-06|date=6 November 2024}}
** Added to game.
}}

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