Chop wood
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Chop wood is used to mark trees or Saguaro cacti (hereafter, 'trees') to be cut down for their wood. It will only mark trees that have achieved at least 40% growth.
There are two variations:
- Click Chop Wood then click one or more trees individually.
- Click Chop Wood then click and drag to select multiple trees.
Tree marked in this way are marked with yellow shears.
Trees, even if they have not achieved 40% growth, can be harvested by reverse designation.
There are two variations:
- Select a tree, click Chop Wood.
- Hold ⇧ Shift, select multiple trees, click Chop Wood.
Tree marked in this way are marked with a yellow machete and is identical to using the Cut Plants order.
Trees bear an amount of wood based on their growth.
Only colonists assigned the plant cutting job will chop down trees. A colonist may be directly ordered to chop down a marked tree. Select a colonist assigned to plant cutting, right-click a marked tree, click Prioritize cutting.