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23a:Wood cutter

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Skill: Wood Cutter
Association  
Profession N/A
Labor Wood Cutting
Tasks
  • Chop down trees
Workshop
None
This article is about an older version of DF.

A wood cutter cuts down Template:Ls to create Template:L logs.

To employ a wood cutter, give him the Template:L Template:L, and Template:L some trees for logging using the keys d-t.

A wood cutter also requires an available Template:L. The quality or material of the axe has no effect on any aspect of woodcutting - a Template:L Template:L axe is the same as a Template:L Template:L or Template:L one. (The same is not true for axes in Template:L.)

This skill increases rapidly. With an ample supply of trees, a dedicated wood cutter who does not do his own wood Template:L can reach legendary status in well under a year, and can singlehandedly meet the lumber needs of most types of fortresses. A single Template:L can also function well as a dedicated wood cutter and Template:L, provided that this dwarf is not your sole food provider.

A dwarf cannot have both the Template:L and Wood Cutting labors enabled, as doing so would require them to dual-wield an axe and a pick.

Woodcutters are working outdoors where they are in constant danger of being Template:Led by invaders or attacked by wild animals, but they are also one of the few civilian professions which carry Template:L with them. Thus, it can be helpful to teach them how to use their axes to defend themselves (and others) properly by making them spend a few months as Template:Ls in your Template:L.

Setting all dwarves which must work outside to Wood Cutting can be a good idea, as it means they will carry axes with them at all times - though this also means that they will usually interrupt anything they're doing to go chop trees.

Also see Template:L.

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