Overview
- Upgrading the Farmer’s Workbench requires softwood rather than generic logs, so oak or birch will not satisfy the recipe.
- Softwood planks are made by processing beech or aspen logs at the Builder’s Workbench, with five planks needed for the Tier 2 upgrade.
- Pressing F7 shows an on‑screen label such as “Aspen Trunk,” helping confirm the exact tree species before harvesting.
- Drywood trunks come from drywood trees with yellowish leaves and pale cracked bark in pale green desert patches, and they are used for crafting and upgrades.
- Species-to-material mapping now documented: cedar with bluish leaves in coastal forests counts as darkwood, orange‑leaved oak in the Red Zone counts as hardwood, and birch in plains provides lightwood.