Ashen Thicket

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The Ashen Thicket

Overview

Once a forest of giant ashen trees, this land has been ravaged by relentless industrial exploitation and heavy mining, all driven by the lure of Thunderblight Shards - magically charged amber crystals used to craft cornerstones.

Ashen Thicket is exclusive to the Keepers of the Stone DLC.

Effects

File:Icon Biome Effect01 Placeholder.png Deeply Hidden Riches	Gain a Thunderblight Shard with every 40 vein charges mined copper ore, coal, and salt). You can receive up to 3 shards, each requiring more resources to be mined.
File:Icon Biome Effect02 Placeholder.png Cornerstone Forge	There's an ancient forge in this region that allows its users to create cornerstones. However you will recieve no Epic cornerstones in years 3, 5, and 7.
File:Icon Biome Effect03 Placeholder.png Royal Mining Operation	The crown is investing heavily in the region's industrial development. For every 80 units of Coal, Copper Ore, and Salt used in crafting, an automated rainpunk cart will be assigned to one of your warehouses.

Resources

The Ashen Thicket has an average amount of Fertile Soil and contains the following Resources:

Trees

All trees can be harvested by Woodcutters' Camps to give Wood. They may also grant additional Resources depending on the biome. These trees have 2 charges each.

Trees	Charges	Bonus Resources	Description
Ashen Tree	2	Resin 15% + Berries 10% + Sea Marrow 10%	A diminished remnant of the legendary giant spruce that once inhabited this region.

Natural Resources

Primary Resources	Charges → Resource Deposits		Bonus Resources	Gathering Building	Speed per Unit	Specialization Bonus
Eggs	70 → Snake Nest		40% + 20%	Trappers' Camp ★★	00:17	Meat production Lizards
	15 → Snake Nest		20%	Small Trappers' Camp ★	00:25
Roots Vegetables	70 → Roots Node 70 → Moss Broccoli Patch		30% + 30% 40% + 20%	Foragers' Camp ★★	00:17	Farming Humans
	15 → Roots Deposit 15 → Moss Broccoli Patch		20% 30%	Small Foragers' Camp ★	00:25
Mushrooms	70 → Bleeding Tooth Mushroom		40%	Herbalists' Camp ★★	00:17	Alchemy Harpies
	15 → Bleeding Tooth Mushroom		20%	Small Herbalists' Camp ★	00:25
Clay	60 → Clay Deposit		75% + 30%	Stonecutters' Camp ★★	00:05	Masonry Frogs
	20 → Clay Deposit		50% + 20%
Plant Fiber Leather	60 → Flax Field 60 → Water Strider Molt		50% + 30% 100% + 40%	Harvesters' Camp ★★	00:05	none
	20 → Flax Field 20 → Water Strider Molt		30% + 20%
Fish Algae	80 → Thunderfish Pond		100% + 2 50%	Fishing Hut ★★	00:15	none
	80 → Algae Pond		100% + 2 50% + 2 20%		00:08
	60 → Thunderfish Pond		40%	Small Fishing Hut ★	00:20
	60 → Algae Pond		40%		00:12
Copper Ore Coal Salt	75 → Copper Vein 120 → Coal Vein 75 → Salt Vein		30% 30% 30%	Mine ★★	00:40	Engineering Beavers

Deeply Hidden Riches

TODO: Add description of deeply hidden riches effects.

Cornerstone Forge

TODO: Add cornerstone forge description, UI, and possible results.

Royal Mining Operation

TODO: Add description and details about automated rainpunk carts.