Editing Woodmaker

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| name = Woodmaker

| image = Woodmaker.png

| description = A slow, bumbling caste of dryad which specializes in wood production. Together with its Gauranlen tree, this dryad can generate a wood-like material on an ongoing basis. However, it is slow and ineffective at work or combat.<br>In general, dryads are mammal-like creatures that have a symbiotic relationship with the Gauranlen tree. They reproduce together with their tree, which contains a hidden dryad queen. Dryads can morph into various specialized castes.

| type = Animal

| type2 = Dryad

| movespeed = 3

| basemeatamount = 2

| baseleatheramount = 0

| min comfortable temperature = -50

| max comfortable temperature = 50

| bodysize = 0.667

| healthscale = 0.8

| diet = none

| wildness = 0

| petness = 0

| manhunter = 1

| trainable = none

| meatname = immature dryad meat

| lifespan = 80

| attack1dmg = 8

| attack1type = Scratch

| attack1cool = 2

| attack1part = front left paw

| attack1stun = 14

| attack2dmg = 8

| attack2type = Scratch

| attack2cool = 2

| attack2part = front right paw

| attack2stun = 14

| attack3dmg = 9

| attack3type = Bite

| attack3cool = 2

| attack3part = teeth

| attack3chancefactor = 0.9

| attack3stun = 14

| attack4dmg = 4

| attack4type = Blunt

| attack4cool = 2

| attack4part = head

| attack4chancefactor = 0.2

 

Woodmakers generate [[wood]] x32 every two days. Maintaining 4 woodmaker dryads requires between 8.2 (Skill 0, non-Connection ideoligion) and 3.6 (Skill 20, connection ideoligion) in-game hours of pruning per day. This equals approximately {{ticks|20500}} and {{ticks|9000}} for 64 wood.  

Note however, that these are base times and base yields. [[Plant Work Speed]] significantly affects the amount of work required, and [[Plant Harvest Yield]] affects trees but not dryads.

 

Woodmakers produce a very consistent source of wood, that "grows" even during extreme cold. They create wood without upsetting Tree Connection or Nature Primacy pawns that hate cutting down trees.

 

===Comparison to other sources of wood===

Woodmakers are fairly consistent for work per wood, which makes them good without a skilled tree-cutter. From 6 Plants skill, most trees are on-par with dryads - and trees happen to require 6 skill in the first place. Using [[field hand]]s{{RoyaltyIcon}} or the [[Ideoligion#Plants specialist|Plants specialist role]]{{IdeologyIcon}} makes trees even better.

 

 

Woodmakers have a major advantage: they are remarkably efficient for space. They produce wood at a reasonably fast rate: 4 dryads are equal to 64 oak trees planted in rich soil, or about 76 hydroponics basins full of fibercorn. Therefore, dryads are easier to fence in. Dryads also don't require research, are unaffected by soil. Finally, they are much more resistant against temperature, making them useful in [[biome]]s with harsh winters, like tundras or ice sheets.

 

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