Woodcutters and Birch?

[Beetroot]

I can't get my woodcutters to cut birch trees.
I've given them crude iron axes and put a marker in a birch grove. But it seems like I have to do all the cutting and delivering for my carpenter. Any tips?

[DWI_Suriil]

Got the same issue ; then I leveled up the building into tier 3 and they started to cut them
Carpenter is kinda bugged actually - he brake the knife after 5 or 6 usages :/ , or may be he just throw away the tool , which is only 85% now, and Sir accept only to work with tools at least 90% good...
Anyway thats another huge issue of pawns wasting tools and resources.

[Beetroot]

My carpenter cuts the birch into planks and stuff, the issue is that my wood harvesters won't cut the birch trees down. I have a tier 3 wood house and have given the wood harvesters the metal axes, but they won't cut the trees.

[Kosevich]

Wood house has work priorities. By default birch is medium priority but in the bottom of the list (harvested last if other medium priority tasks done).
My recommendation - set birch priority to high.

[Random Kiwi Gamer]

I find I need 3 Wood cutter Houses so I dont run out. Outposts eventually becoming a requirement too but that requires a market setup too.

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what axe do i need for the birtch trees

[Tommytools]

Originally posted by blueeyes75:

what axe do i need for the birtch trees

Crude iron axe or better. You'd need to get a coal maker, bloomery and metal worker (workshop add on) going to make a crude iron axe.

You don't need hardwood for the crude iron axe or the draw knife, just about every other metal tool/weapon requires hardwood.