Sparks do not automatically collect resource drops

[moozzie]

When i send my sparks to cut trees, they sometimes do not bring all resources back. Is this a bug or am i missing how it works?

Sending another spark to collect the drops is tedious...

[MaatSays]

This depends on how many sparks you are sending to cut trees, if you send two sparks and the tree drops three resources, only two will be collected because each spark carries only one item, and it does not return to pick up the remaining item. Try sending more sparks in a single tree to see if the issue is resolved.

[moozzie]

Thanks!

[darkmathis]

You need to throw groups big enough to fetch whatever drops. Here's the groups I throw depending on the resource (more Sparks speed up breaking it anyway) :
* Small trees (the ones Stumpies can break) : any 3
* Bushes (dry bushes, small bushes, etc) : any 2
* Spunny corpse : any 2
* Small rock (sprite is one rock) : any 1+ (1 required to retrieve)
* Small rocks (sprite is a pair of small rocks) : any 2
* Large Tree (the ones Choppies can break) : 5 choppies
* Large rocks (like in the forest lowlands, which requires Rockies to break) : 8 rockies
* Fluted coral (the ones that make you jump) : 4 choppies
* Orange-colored trees : 5 Choppies

If you miscount or there are extras, just toss another Spark at the pile after the node breaks

[Boondock]

Originally posted by MaatSays:

This depends on how many sparks you are sending to cut trees, if you send two sparks and the tree drops three resources, only two will be collected because each spark carries only one item, and it does not return to pick up the remaining item. Try sending more sparks in a single tree to see if the issue is resolved.

Really wish they were designed in a way that they would indeed go back and pick up what was left.