Forestry Skills

Forestry

Forestry is a Gathering discipline used to harvest wood and related resources from active forestry nodes. Its materials feed chiefly into Milling and then Carpentry.

Quick start

Need	Start here
Harvest a node	Equip a durable Harvesting Axe and interact with an active forestry node
Improve visibility, speed, or repeat harvests	The skill tree below
Refine wood	Milling Skills
Make finished wooden goods	Carpentry Skills
Compare wooden components	Weapon Enhancement and Focus Enhancement

Harvesting workflow

1. Equip a Harvesting Axe with durability remaining.
2. Find an active forestry resource node. Survey - Forestry improves its visible glow and detection distance; Night Vision can make that glow less distinct according to the recorded skill page.
3. Interact with the node and remain in range while gathering completes.
4. Refine the resulting wood through Milling or use other gathered materials in their listed recipes.

Tool bonuses, scene difficulty, node type, and skill level can affect the practical result. Record the exact scene and node when testing rather than assuming every tree shares one loot table.

Skill tree

Forestry Skill Tree

Recorded skills

Innate

Forestry Proficiency	Proficiency in Forestry
Meticulous Collection - Forestry	Increases chance to not consume an Forestry node on harvest
Survey - Forestry	Increases survey distance for Forestry nodes
Swift Gathering - Forestry	Decreases harvest gathering time for Forestry nodes

Skill	Recorded purpose
Forestry Proficiency	Improves skillful harvesting
Survey - Forestry	Increases node survey distance and visible glow
Swift Gathering - Forestry	Reduces gathering time
Meticulous Collection - Forestry	Adds a chance for the node not to be consumed, permitting another harvest

The records have mixed ages: Proficiency, Swift Gathering, and Meticulous Collection show Release 28, while Survey shows Release 112. Check current tooltips before relying on numerical effects.

Yield, speed, and meticulous collection

Survey helps locate nodes; it does not itself promise more resources. Swift Gathering shortens a successful attempt. Meticulous Collection is a chance to preserve the node for another collection cycle, not a guaranteed duplicate of every item. See Meticulous Collection for the shared mechanic.

Wood type and secondary drops depend on the node and scene. Once gathered, wood may be refined into timber and then shaped into boards, poles, handles, bowstaves, Heartwood, or other components. The finished bonus belongs to the exact component, so use the version-aware enhancement guides rather than assigning one bonus to all wood.

Version and verification

When checking Forestry, record the game release, scene, node type, axe and bonuses, skill levels, gathering time, every drop, and whether meticulous collection triggered. A skill page's lastseen value is a verification release, not its introduction date.

See also

• Resource Node
• Milling Skills
• Carpentry Skills
• Crafting Component