How do I get ironwood? [resolved]

[cal_ka]

My understanding is that ironwood is only available in the Desert or in the tree farm. But I need ironwood to make the items necessary for The Bassanio Lift (a quest to unlock WOW industries, which comes before unlocking the Desert), and also to build the water storage unit to save the tree farm.

Seems like a catch 22. To access the areas that have ironwood, I need ironwood :(

[poppetshadow]

Any of the larger trees give ironwood, in limited quantities. You will need a bronze axe for the rubberfruit trees and an iron one for the bigger ones that also give honey and cocoons.

Edit: rubberfruit trees don't always give ironwood, and usually only one, if at all.

[cal_ka]

Originally posted by nuttyrodent:

Any of the larger trees give ironwood, in limited quantities. You will need a bronze axe for the rubberfruit trees and an iron one for the bigger ones that also give honey and cocoons.

Edit: rubberfruit trees don't always give ironwood, and usually only one, if at all.

Hmm, I've cut a lot of large trees (both rubber and honey/cacoon) and I haven't gotten a single piece of ironwood yet. Do you know if any area in particular is more likely to drop them?

[Tad594's Intern]

you need to cut the super large trees some are around ur workshop

[cal_ka]

Man I must be bugged...I've cut down all the trees around my workshop several times already (except for the apple ones). I get a few pieces of hardwood from them, but never ironwood.

[poppetshadow]

That is strange. I've always gotten at least a few pieces from the largest trees, and if your axe should be upgraded enough. Have you tried the really big ones up towards the water engine, past the tree farm gate?

[poppetshadow]

Also, if you have finished the tree farm quests, you could adjust your daily wood order for more ironwood using the book by the tree farm gate.

[cal_ka]

Ok I got it! I went to the back of the tree farm and found some light bark trees with yellow-green leaves, which yielded ironwood. I've never seen these kinds of trees anywhere else (workshop area, Amber Island, Collapsed Wasteland).

The other trees (the medium ones which give resin+rubber, and the big ones which give you honey, bird's nests, cocoons, etc.) didn't yield any ironwood, even the mega big ones which take like a dozen hits with an iron axe. I'm not sure if this is by design, but I'm glad I've finally got some ironwood, haha.

That said, if the back of the tree farm really is the only way to get ironwood (before the desert) with the new update, I think it might be a good idea to somehow inform the player, like with a quest to fetch some ironwood (with the NPC telling the player to go to the back of the tree farm). Without ironwood, main story progress is bottlenecked. You can't get to the desert questline without it, and you can't finish the save-the-tree-farm questline without it either.

Anyway, thanks for the help guys.

[Rafein]

I find most of the ironqood early on curtting down the Very large trees, and especially removing tree stumps.

[cal_ka]

Oooooh derp, I'm an idiot. I had been leaving the stumps due to an old habit from another game (The Forest) where if you destroy the stump, the tree will never grow back/respawn. Figured it would only give me a few pieces of normal wood anyway. So I had been leaving all that ironwood behind the whole time xD

Tested it now, the light bark trees give ironwood, and big tree stumps also give ironwood (but just 1 piece). That said, the non-stump parts of big trees have never given me ironwood.

Sorry for wasting everyone's time, lol. Though, that tip to look at the back of the Tree Farm is still helpful, because those light-bark trees yield 4-7 ironwood each.

[lievielief]

I had the same problem. :-) So thanks for the solution.

[cal_ka]

Haha glad to hear I wasn't the only one!

[Ξrror]

Haha, me either...

[Dakkon]

But if you remove the tree stumps Do the trees grow back?? And if so how long does that take before the're grown back??

[Erin the Angry]

trees regrow. I think it takes a few days. Less than a week I am sure. Never timed it.