Trees in Hytale behave differently than in many familiar games. On top of that, there are plenty of wood types to choose from even in the starting area. That can be confusing, because to keep track early and later find the right wood for building, you’ll sometimes need to travel long distances. Vegetation varies strongly by biome, too. Today, we’re looking at all currently available wood and tree types, where to find them, and what their corresponding planks look like. We’ll also cover which trees you can grow yourself using saplings.
Hytale wood farming: Felling trees, loot, and uses
You’ll encounter trees right at the start of your Hytale adventure. Fell trees by punching with your fist or using an axe to break the lowest log. The entire tree then collapses, which is a great mechanic. Most trees drop their logs, sticks, fibers, and resin. Trees also have deeply rooted bases where you can dig up even more wood.
You can use the logs you find for:
- Crafting other workbenches
- Crafting furniture
- Converting into wood planks at the Builder’s Workbench
- Fuel for furnaces and campfires
Unlike, for example, in Minecraft, a log doesn’t correspond 1:1 to its wood planks when you convert it at the Builder’s Workbench. Logs are grouped into eleven categories, and certain recipes require the correct category. So it’s important to gather the right type. A few logs don’t fit into these categories.
We’re only looking at variations you can find in Survival. If you want to learn more about the biomes themselves, read our post: (Hytale Zones Explained: Biomes, Ores, and Mobs) . We also touch on wood there.
All Hytale wood types and their trees by biome
Blackwood:
- Burnt (Zone 4): A dark trunk found sporadically.
- Fire (Zone 4): A glowing red log found in forests.
Darkwood:
- Cedar (Zone 3): A tree with pale blue needles, often in cold regions.
Deadwood:
- Petrified (Zone 4): A gray trunk with a strange pattern.
- Poisoned (Zone 4): Violet coloring with a flowing pattern, but it isn’t actually poisonous.
Drywood:
- Bottletree (Zone 2): A trunk with whitish bark, found in arid areas.
- Dry (Zone 2): Cracked texture with a brownish color.
Goldenwood:
- Palm Tree (Zone 2): Found in the desert, hard to miss.
- Sallow (Zone 4): Surprisingly lush and green for its biome. Hard to find, but very eye-catching with green-yellow leaves.
Greenwood:
- Jungle (Zone 4): A greenish trunk with a swirled pattern. Found in the depths beneath Zone 4.
- Palo (Zone 2): Light green with broad foliage. A common desert tree.
Hardwood:
- Ash (Zone 1 and Zone 4): A common tree you can chop right away, with dark green leaves.
- Fir (Zone 3): Found in snowy regions. Its darker brown tone sets it apart from other conifers.
- Oak (Zone 1): The most common tree in the first area. Hard to distinguish from Ash except for its vibrant green leaves.
Lightwood:
- Birch (Zone 1): Common in Zone 1, with light green leaves. Also appears in its own biome, mixed with Aspen.
- Camphor (Zone 4): With light gray bark, it’s one of the trees that grow deep in Zone 4.
- Gumboab (Zone 2): A grayish, very thick trunk that yields plenty of wood.
Redwood:
- Blue Fig (Zone 4): Another rare tree in the Zone 4 jungle, distinguished by its deep wine-red color.
- Maple (Zone 1): Part of the autumnal forests in the first zone, notable for their dark red leaves.
- Redwood (Zone 3): Found in dense Zone 3 forests, growing very tall with thick trunks.
Softwood:
- Aspen (Zone 1): A light trunk, hard to tell apart from Birch.
- Banyan (Zone 4): Another tree from the caves of the Devastated Lands, with brown-gray coloring and ornate branches.
- Beech (Zone 1): You’ll often find Beech in Zone 1 at the start of your journey. Its bark is slightly lighter than Oak or Ash.
Tropical:
- Bamboo (Zone 4): Part of the jungle beneath Zone 4, grows in small groves.
Special category:
- Azure (Zone 1): A blue trunk from the Azure forests in Zone 1. Has no separate wood variants, but is used in some recipes, like Teleporters or Workbench Upgrades.
- Crystalwood (Zone 4): Black on the outside, pink on the inside. A rare underground tree from the Devastated Lands with no wood processing.
- Ice (Zone 3): A frozen trunk found only in chests in Zone 3. You can convert it into ice decorations.
- Spiral (Zone 3): Extremely rare in ice caves, currently with no variants.
Crafting saplings and planting trees in Hytale
You don’t always have to go on a world tour to find new trees. Some can be crafted as saplings at the Farmer’s Workbench. You’ll need Essence of Life—we already have an article on that: (Hytale Farming Guide: Workbench, Irrigation, and Essence of Life) . The amount of Essence of Life increases by tier, from 5 to 35.
Most trees take two days to grow and pass through five stages, so you can watch them develop.
All craftable saplings:
- Beech (Tier 1)
- Birch (Tier 3)
- Spruce (Tier 4)
- Frozen Spruce (Tier 4)
- Apple (Tier 4)
- Oak (Tier 4)
- Ash (Tier 4)
- Redwood (Tier 5)
- Cedar (Tier 6)
- Dry (Tier 7)
- Palm (Tier 8)
Conclusion: Hytale wood types, biomes, and saplings at a glance
Chopping trees in Hytale is a blast, since the whole tree collapses when you fell it. You can find 30+ different tree species and eleven distinct wood categories to build your dream home. You’ll need to travel far for many of them, since lots of types only appear in other zones. But you can grow a few with saplings.
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