recipe for bronze pickaxe not available?

[discruiser]

Hello,
I already found tin and copper and crafted every bronze item i need. My smithing table is level 3 but i still dont get the recipe for the bronze pickaxe. Is it still in the game?

[Sinclair]

Have you cut down the pine trees in the black forest? Bronze pickaxe requires core wood.

[discruiser]

Originally posted by Sinclair:

Have you cut down the pine trees in the black forest? Bronze pickaxe requires core wood.

I have cut down some birch trees. isnt that the core wood?

[Tibi]

Originally posted by discruiser:

Originally posted by Sinclair:

Have you cut down the pine trees in the black forest? Bronze pickaxe requires core wood.

I have cut down some birch trees. isnt that the core wood?

No, birch trees give fine wood, and require bronze axes to cut down.
Core wood is given by Pine trees. They are tall slender trees in the Black Forest biomes.

[discruiser]

Originally posted by Tibi:

Originally posted by discruiser:

I have cut down some birch trees. isnt that the core wood?

No, birch trees give fine wood, and require bronze axes to cut down.
Core wood is given by Pine trees. They are tall slender trees in the Black Forest biomes.

alright i will try. Thank you very much

[yeknod]

The funny part is pine trees and birch trees produce some of the cheapest quality wood in the forestry industry. 'Fine' wood doesn't apply to a Birch tree. Birch wood is only good for firewood. Birch grows rapidly and crooked. 'Core' wood doesn't apply to pines either. Pines are slender tall trees. Their "core" is small and not at all differentiated from the rest of the wood. Both birch and pine are softwoods. Mystery here how the trees in V got these super powers. So many other hardwoods would have been better choices.

[Sinclair]

Originally posted by yeknod:

The funny part is pine trees and birch trees produce some of the cheapest quality wood in the forestry industry. 'Fine' wood doesn't apply to a Birch tree. Birch wood is only good for firewood. Birch grows rapidly and crooked. 'Core' wood doesn't apply to pines either. Pines are slender tall trees. Their "core" is small and not at all differentiated from the rest of the wood. Both birch and pine are softwoods. Mystery here how the trees in V got these super powers. So many other hardwoods would have been better choices.

I'm guessing they chose the most iconic and easily recognisable tree species for their game, then decided to give them different wood types based on game progression rather than actual real-world properties.

[knighttemplar1960]

Originally posted by yeknod:

The funny part is pine trees and birch trees produce some of the cheapest quality wood in the forestry industry. 'Fine' wood doesn't apply to a Birch tree. Birch wood is only good for firewood. Birch grows rapidly and crooked. 'Core' wood doesn't apply to pines either. Pines are slender tall trees. Their "core" is small and not at all differentiated from the rest of the wood. Both birch and pine are softwoods. Mystery here how the trees in V got these super powers. So many other hardwoods would have been better choices.

Um, lol? Birch is a hard wood. The heartwood is red and the sapwood is white. Its very popular for interior decorating, veneer, and flooring. For value compared to expense its 2nd only to white oak.

On the Janka hardness scale white oak has a rating of 1360, red oak 1290, and birch has a rating of 1260. River birch is tall and straight and has a fine straight grain (much better than the coarse grain of red oak and the moderate grain of white oak).

As for pine they grow quickly and are quite straight and can be taller than hard woods like birch and oak. The American White pine was taller and straighter than any pine tree in Britain. A single tree could be used as a mast that's why American frigates in the revolutionary war could turn tighter than their British equivalents that required stepped masts made from 2 trees. The game probably considers them core wood for construction purposes. Just like IRL they are used to make builds both taller and wider. White pine is a soft wood that has a Janka hardness rating of 420. Its especially good for making boards that can be used to build houses or ships.

What the devs got wrong was that pine and fir aren't used for fires they give off noxious smoke and leave tar and pitch behind in chimneys that can cause fires. Pine and fir were used only for building and boats.

The other thing they got wrong was beech. Beech is a hard wood too. European beech (what is in the game) has a Janka harness rating of 1300. It wasn't well suited to building dwellings. It was mainly used to make furniture, cabinets, and handles for tools. It was also what was used for fuel. It dense and burns hot, clean, and long and it was the go to wood for smoking fish, particularly herring.

The other thing the devs got wrong (actually changed for locking content progress) was the flint axe. It could cut down any type of tree even a black walnut.

[Nephturi]

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

What the devs got wrong was that pine and fir aren't used for fires they give off noxious smoke and leave tar and pitch behind in chimneys that can cause fires.

I don't know about fir, but living in a pine region, I assure you pine is used for fires. I cut and moved enough of it for our fireplace when I was a kid :p

[knighttemplar1960]

Originally posted by Nephturi:

Originally posted by knighttemplar1960:

What the devs got wrong was that pine and fir aren't used for fires they give off noxious smoke and leave tar and pitch behind in chimneys that can cause fires.

I don't know about fir, but living in a pine region, I assure you pine is used for fires. I cut and moved enough of it for our fireplace when I was a kid :p

I know that people do but as I said it leaves a sticky residue in flues and chimneys that can start fires if not cleaned often. The other problem with pine is that it is s soft wood so it doesn't burn long.

When I was in my 20s I'd go on week long fish trips in late spring. I didn't use a tent just 2 tarps. I'd lay on top of them if it was dry and lay on one and under one if it was wet. When I went hunting fire wood I'd gather dry pine needles and pine cones from under blue spruce to start the fire but I would look for dead limbs on oak trees for fuel. At night I could bank the fire and it would stay nice and warm all night. In the morning after I checked my diddy poles and throw lines I could stir the coals and just add a little more wood. No need to start a new fire.