The Forest

The Forest, full of trees and glades

The Forest

All Settlements are constructed in The Forest. The Forest consists of multiple Glades separated by a dense carpet of Trees.

Seasons

Main article: Seasons

Each Settlement must brave the three seasons of The Forest:

1. Drizzle lasts 4:00 minutes.
2. Clearance lasts 4:00 minutes.
3. Storm lasts 2:00 or 4:00 minutes depending on Difficulty.

Hostility

Main article: Hostility

With every fallen tree, with every ancient site sacked - the Forest grows angrier.

Hostility is a measure of how wary the forest is of the settlement. It always starts at 0. Each Hostility level above 0 will decrease Global Resolve by 2 (6 during storms) and may activate a negative Forest Mystery. All modifiers that raise Hostility scale with Difficulty.

Trees

Trees can be harvested by Woodcutters' Camps to provide Wood. Each tree has 2 charges, except Overgrown Abyssal trees, which has 20. Trees may also grant additional Resources depending on the Biome. You can always hover over an individual tree to see what Resources it provides.

You can set what chopping behavior you want each Woodcutters' Camp to use. You can also set a Default Woodcutters' Camp Mode from the Gameplay Settings.

Woodcutters' Camp Modes

• Fell All Trees - All trees will be felled
• Avoid Glades - All trees will be felled EXCEPT trees that open glades.
• Avoid Glades (except marked) - All trees will be felled EXCEPT trees that open glades, UNLESS you have marked glade-opening trees.
• Only Marked Trees - Only marked trees will be felled.
• Only Marked Trees & Avoid Glades - Only marked trees will be felled, and glade-opening trees will be avoided.

Mark and unmark tools

Usually (unless you are using Fell All Trees or Avoid Glades) you must mark which trees you would like to Woodcutters' camps to fell. You can click the green axe icon with the plus sign to the right of the building menus at the bottom of the screen - or use the hotkey (defaults to [F]) - to begin marking trees with a 3-tree width painting tool. Marked trees which are in range of a Woodcutters' Camp are highlighted in yellow, marked trees which are out of range are highlighted in grey.

If you need to unmark trees, you can click the green axe icon with the minus sign - or use the hotkey (defaults to [G]) - to begin unmarking trees with a similar 3-tree width painting tool.

If you hold the [Shift] key while using the marking or unmarking paint tool, the width of the tool decreases to a single tree - allowing you to be very precise, useful to help you pick out Overgrown Abyssal trees in Sealed Forest. If you hold the [Ctrl] key while using the marking tool, you cannot mark trees which would open Glades. You can use both [Shift] and [Ctrl] at the same time.

Trees across Biomes

Tree	Biome	Additional resources	Description	Image
Abyssal Tree	Sealed Forest	Meat (10%) + Sea Marrow (10%) + Leather (10%)	A bizarre, writhing growth... is this even really a tree?	Abyssal Trees
Coppervein Tree	Scarlet Orchard	Wood (60%) + Copper Ore (10%) + Dye (5%) + Plant Fiber (5%)	A scarlet tree covered in enormous thorns.	Coppervein Trees
Crimsonreach Tree	Coral Forest	Stone (40%) + Incense (20%)	A mineralized coral tree.	Crimsonreach Trees
Dying Tree	Cursed Royal Woodlands	Wood (60%) + Insects (10%) + Plant Fiber (10%) + Roots (10%)	A bare, rotting tree infested with grubs.	Dying Trees
Kelpwood Tree	Coastal Grove	Wood (100%) + Algae (30%) + Vegetables (10%)	A very flexible, yet extremely hardy plant. It moves in the wind as if moved by sea waves.	Kelpwood Trees
Lush Tree	Royal Woodlands	Wood (100%) + Resin (15%) + Plant Fiber (10%) + Eggs (5%)	A perfect source of wood.	Lush Trees
Mushwood Tree	The Marshlands	Mushrooms (15%) + Leather (5%)	A giant fungal tree covered in a leathery bark.	Mushwood Trees
Musselsprout Tree	Coral Forest	Meat (40%) + Crystalized Dew (20%)	The unusually hard bark conceals soft, fleshy tissue.	Musselsprout Trees
Overgrown Abyssal Tree	Sealed Forest	Meat (10%) + Sea Marrow (10%) + Leather (10%)	A giant, bizarre growth... it's bigger than the other trees in the area.	Overgrown Abyssal Tree
Plateleaf Tree	Coral Forest	Plant Fiber (30%)	A species of plant rarely seen above water.	Plateleaf Trees

Resource Deposits

Resource deposits are spots that allow villagers to gather resources. Each deposit can have its own priority set, when it is preferred to be harvested before or after other deposits.

Resource deposits come in two types: Nodes and Veins. Nodes are gatherable with Camps and come in two sizes. Veins are gathered in the Mine.

Each deposit has a number of Charges, representing the amount of times it can be harvested. Small resource deposits can be harvested 15 times if they provide raw food and 20 times if they provide raw crafting materials. Large resource deposits of raw crafting materials can be harvested 60 times. Large raw food deposits can be harvested 70 times and only by large camps. The number of charges can be increased by a total of 12 for all deposits in the Vanguard Spire branch of Smoldering City upgrades. Coal and Copper Ore veins are not affected by Smoldering City upgrades.

Resource Deposits across Biomes

Deposit	Guaranteed resources	Possible resources	Gathered by	Biome	Description
Swamp Wheat Field (big)	Grain	Plant Fiber (100%) + Plant Fiber (20%)	Foragers' Camp	Cursed Royal Woodlands Scarlet Orchard The Marshlands	A plant species at home in the swamp.
Swamp Wheat Field (small)		Plant Fiber (20%)
Root Deposit (big)	Roots	Herbs (30%) + Resin (30%)	Foragers' Camp	Royal Woodlands Scarlet Orchard Sealed Forest	A tangled net of living vines.
Root Deposit (small)		Herbs (20%)
Moss Broccoli Patch (big)	Vegetables	Insects (40%) + Roots (20%)	Foragers' Camp	Coral Forest Cursed Royal Woodlands Royal Woodlands	An edible and tasty type of moss.
Moss Broccoli Patch (small)		Insects (30%)
Water Strider Molt (big)	Leather	Leather (100%) + Meat (40%)	Harvesters' Camp	Marshlands Scarlet Orchard Cursed Royal Woodlands	A leathery exoskeleton left behind by a juvenile water strider. It's better to collect the skin this way than to come across a live, wild specimen.
Water Strider Molt (small)		Meat (20%)
Flax Field (big)	Plant Fiber	Clay (50%) + Insects (30%)	Harvesters' Camp	Cursed Royal Woodlands Royal Woodlands	Resilient plants perfect for cloth-making.
Flax Field (small)		Clay (25%) + Insects (20%)
Reed Field (big)	Reed	Clay (40%) + Roots (40%)	Harvesters' Camp	Coral Forest Scarlet Orchard Sealed Forest	A very common plant, it thrives thanks to the magical rain.
Reed Field (small)		Clay (20%) + Roots (20%)
Dewberry Bush (big)	Berries	Berries (80%)	Herbalists' Camp	Royal Woodlands Scarlet Orchard Sealed Forest	Fresh and sweet berries infused by the Rain.
Dewberry Bush (small)		Berries (20%)
Herb Deposit (big)	Herbs	Berries (40%) + Plant Fiber (20%)	Herbalists' Camp	Coral Forest Cursed Royal Woodlands Scarlet Orchard	A dense shrub full of many useful plant species.
Herb Deposit (small)		Berries (20%)
Bleeding Tooth Mushroom (big)	Mushrooms	Insects (40%)	Herbalists' Camp	Cursed Royal Woodlands Royal Woodlands Sealed Forest	A resilient species that grows on marshy soil.
Bleeding Tooth Mushroom (small)		Insects (20%)
Grasscap Mushroom (big)	Mushrooms	Insects (40%)	Herbalists' Camp	The Marshlands	A resilient species that grows on marshy soil.
Grasscap Mushroom (small)		Insects (20%)
Clay Deposit (big)	Clay	Copper Ore (75%) + Roots (30%)	Stonecutters' Camp	Cursed Royal Woodlands Royal Woodlands Sealed Forest	Soil infused with the essence of the rain.
Clay Deposit (small)		Copper Ore (50%) + Roots (20%)
Overgrown Stone Deposit (big)	Stone	Algae (40%) + Insects (30%) + Copper Ore (10%)	Stonecutters' Camp	The Marshlands	Stones weathered by the everlasting rain, covered with moss.
Overgrown Stone Deposit (small)		Algae (30%) + Insects (20%)
Sea Marrow Deposit (big)	Sea Marrow	Sea Marrow (100%) + Stone (50%) + Ancient Tablet (1%)	Stonecutters' Camp	Cursed Royal Woodlands Royal Woodlands Scarlet Orchard Sealed Forest	Ancient fossils rich in resources.
Sea Marrow Deposit (small)		Sea Marrow (80%) + Stone (40%)
Stone Deposit (big)	Stone	Insects (30%) + Roots (30%) + Copper Ore (10%)	Stonecutters' Camp	Coral Forest Scarlet Orchard The Marshlands	Stones weathered by the everlasting rain.
Stone Deposit (small)		Insects (20%) + Roots (20%)
Stone Deposit (small)*	Stone	Meat (20%) + Leather (10%) + Sea Marrow (10%)	Stonecutters' Camp	Petrified Necropolis modifier	Stones weathered by the everlasting rain.
Drizzlewing Nest (big)	Eggs	Meat (40%)	Trappers' Camp	Royal Woodlands Scarlet Orchard	An abandoned nest. Let's hope the owner doesn't come back...
Drizzlewing Nest (big) Nest (small)		Meat (20%)
Snake Nest (big)	Eggs	Leather (40%) + Meat (20%)	Trappers' Camp	The Marshlands	An abandoned nest. Let's hope the owner doesn't come back...
Snake Nest (small)		Leather (20%)
Wormtongue Nest (big)	Insects	Insects (60%)	Trappers' Camp	Coral Forest Cursed Royal Woodlands Sealed Forest	A nest full of tasty Wormtongues.
Wormtongue Nest (small)		Insects (20%)
Slickshell Broodmother (big)	Meat	Leather (100%)	Trappers' Camp	Royal Woodlands Sealed Forest	Small Slickshells are crawling out of the openings in the broodmother's shell. It's easy to collect them.
Slickshell Broodmother (small)		Leather (20%)
Leech Broodmother (big)	Meat	Leather (100%) + Leather (60%) + Eggs (20%)	Trappers' Camp	Coral Forest The Marshlands	A dead leech broodmother. It has a strong and somewhat sweet smell.
Leech Broodmother (small)		Leather (20%)
Copper Vein	Copper Ore	Clay (30%)	Mine	Cursed Royal Woodlands The Marshlands Scarlet Orchard Sealed Forest	A soft and malleable metal, resistant to rain.
Coal Vein	Coal	Stone (30%)	Mine	Coral Forest The Marshlands	An effective source of fuel.

*This version of the Stone Deposit (small) will only appear in games with the Petrified Necropolis modifier when a villager dies.

Glades

Main article: Glades

Rich glades are full of resources - yours for the taking.

Glades are empty areas of the Forest that are shrouded until they are first reached by clearing trees. They may contain resource deposits, fertile soil, and Glade Events.

To reach a Glade faster, trees can be marked and unmarked for harvest via the axe icon on the bottom bar, ensuring they will be cut before other trees. Marked trees will glow golden if inside the area of a Woodcutters' Camp and white if outside one.

The best rewards come from Dangerous Glades and especially Forbidden Glades, but they always contain at least one Dangerous or Forbidden Glade Event, which requires delivering certain goods or completing a challenge.

Glade Events

Main article: Glade Events

Glade Events are points of interest found in the forest, like Abandoned Caches, Survivor Camps, Ruins etc. Some of them are positive, offering goods or new villagers for small resource investments. Others are dangerous, forcing you to act quickly to avoid negative consequences (but also giving you generous rewards for solving them).

Once you select a Glade Event, the Event Panel will show up. There, you will find a few different sections: effects, worker slots, requirements, and rewards. The effect section shows you the possible negative consequences of the Event, and how much time you have before they occur. To solve an Event, you need to assign workers to it, select one of two reward options, and select "investigate".

Some events simply require you to deliver goods, others have something called a Working Effect. Working Effects are special conditions that activate once you give the order to investigate an Event (like a Resolve penalty, a slow debuff, etc.). Your goal is to survive these conditions for a set amount of time. After an Event is solved, the workers will bring back the rewards to your Storage, and no negative consequence will trigger.

See Also

• Villagers
• Hostility