Board

A log

Using an Axe, a Lumberjack can chop Logs, which in turn can be used to produce wooden Boards. Beginning Lumberjacks will only be able to harvest plain wood, but with practice, they can extract types that come with special properties. Elves enjoy a racial bonus for finding such logs. These colored logs are used by carpenters and fletchers for a variety of crafting purposes.

Whenever a tree refreshes after being harvested from, there is a slight chance it will change resource type. For example, a tree that yielded Bloodwood today might give plain wood tomorrow, and vice versa. Nevertheless, it is a good idea to revisit a tree until the type changes.

Making Boards

Logs weigh two stones each, but can be converted to boards by using an Axe type item on them. Boards are just as useful but only weigh a single stone.

Colored logs require high levels of Carpentry or Lumberjacking skill to trim down into boards and the minimum skill requirements for each type are listed in the table below.

Unlike the smelting of mined ore there is no chance of failure; you either have the skill level required and it works, or you don't and it doesn't.

Wood Types

Note that the skill levels listed here relate to those required to harvest logs and/or convert them to boards. For the skill levels required to create other items from colored woods, refer to the Carpentry and/or Bowcraft & Fletching pages.

Wood	Skill	Equipment						Total	Other
Plain	0	Armor	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Shield	0	0	0	0	0	0
		Weapon
Oak	65	Armor	3	3	0	2	3	11	40 Luck
		Shield	1	1	1	1	1	5
		Weapon	40 Luck, 5% Damage Increase
Ash	80	Armor	4	2	4	1	6	17	20% Lower Requirements
		Shield					3	3
		Weapon	10% Swing Speed Increase, 20% Lower Requirements
Yew	95	Armor	6	3	3	0	3	15	1 Hit Point Regeneration 1
		Shield	3					3
		Weapon	5% Hit Chance Increase, 10% Damage Increase
Bloodwood	100	Armor	3	8	1	3	3	18	2 Hit Point Regeneration 1
		Shield		3				3	40 Luck, 2 Hit Point Regeneration
		Weapon	2 Hit Point Regeneration, 16% Hit Life Leech 1
Heartwood	100	Armor	2	3	2	7	2	16	Random Property (see note)
		Shield						0
		Weapon	Random Property (see note)
Frostwood	100	Armor	2	1	8	3	4	18
		Shield			3			3	Spell Channeling, -1 Faster Casting
		Weapon	40% Cold Damage, 12% Damage Increase
Wood	Skill	Equipment						Total	Other

¹ Does not stack with existing life leech/hit point regeneration and will set any existing values that exceed this to this new amount.

Heartwood Properties

The Heartwood random property is different for each type of equipment.

• Armor - Luck 40, Durability 50%, Lower Requirements 20%, Damage Increase 10%, Lower Weight 50%, Hit Chance Increase 5%, Mage Armor, None
• Shield - Dexterity Bonus 2, Strength Bonus 2, Physical Resist 5%, Reflect Physical Damage 5%, Self Repair 2, Cold Resist 3%, Spell Channeling
• Weapon - Luck 40, Durability 50%, Lower Requirements 20%, Swing Speed Increase 10%, Lower Weight 75%, Hit Chance Increase 5%, Hit Life Leech (variable), Luck 10

Tests have shown that all wooden shields found as loot on creatures can be enhanced with Heartwood. However, repeated attempts often have to be made.

See Also

• Resources
• Lumberjacking
• Special Lumberjacking Resources
• Carpentry
• Fletching