# The (Not So) Vast Forests of Stonehearth!

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629>\
**Category:** Gameplay\
**Created:** [August 19, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629 "2013-08-19T03:33:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Smokestacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@Smokestacks](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Smokestacks)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:33am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/1 "2013-08-19T03:33:35Z")

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Trees! I want to talk about trees! For you see, as I lay here on my bed with my laptop in front of me, reading the [thread about population](http://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/population-growth/1629/8), I realised that I’m probably going to need quite a lot of houses. Now, obviously from what we’ve seen in videos and such, trees are a standard and easily accessible resource and thus my first houses shall definitely be wooden. I am pretty confident they want to implement different materials too, but what if I want to keep building from wood? Or need wood from something else? I will want more trees! But what if they’re gone? **Will I have to send my people to far away lands just to chop them down? Or will we gain some form of sapling when chopping? Will wood be sustainable?**

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**Author:** ![ManOfRet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/manofret/32/2502_2.png) [@ManOfRet](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/ManOfRet)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/2 "2013-08-19T03:36:29Z")

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Yes, wood will be renewable. I do remember this being said, although I can’t remember where/when. I will need verification from Admiral Adamo on this one, but I do remember it being said somewhere.

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**Author:** ![Smokestacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@Smokestacks](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Smokestacks)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:38am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/3 "2013-08-19T03:38:03Z")

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Oh good, I was sure the devs would’ve answered such a question 😄

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**Author:** ![GeorgeCrecy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@GeorgeCrecy](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/GeorgeCrecy)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 6:27am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/4 "2013-08-19T06:27:37Z")

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Indeed, this is a worry of mine as well. There will have to be some way of being able to renew tree growth. Perhaps one of the mid-level wood-related guys can replant saplings?

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**Author:** ![Newf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/newf/32/43487_2.png) [@Newf](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Newf)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/5 "2013-08-19T07:06:44Z")

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@Smokestacks your forgetting one important factor, if your going to have any dogs in your village your going to need sticks for them to play with

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**Author:** ![wminsing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@wminsing](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/wminsing)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/6 "2013-08-19T14:33:53Z")

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I’m 90% sure it was mentioned that trees would grow and spread at some rate, and I believe there was some talk at some point about a class that could also help manage your wood supply by planting trees.

-Will

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**Author:** ![naturalnuke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/naturalnuke/32/14017_2.png) [@naturalnuke](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/naturalnuke)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/7 "2013-08-19T15:46:34Z")

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I believe it’s something along the lines of tree+time+life= spawn sapling x distance away.

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**Author:** ![voxel\_pirate](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/voxel_pirate/32/2309_2.png) [@voxel\_pirate](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/voxel_pirate)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/8 "2013-08-19T15:57:17Z")

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> “I think you need to be able to plant trees, it’s just a matter of  
> when … so sure you’ll be able to plant trees … it’ll be something  
> figured out in tuning.”

… was the last statement on this topic from the devs. So I guess we can expect that there will be a profession, which allows the player to plant vegetation. [You can find the quote and a link to the relevant stream here](http://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/questions-answers-stonehearth-information-thread-updated-31st-july/279/10).

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**Author:** ![SteveAdamo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/steveadamo/32/13955_2.png) [@SteveAdamo](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/SteveAdamo)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/9 "2013-08-19T16:20:31Z")

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along the same lines as @voxel_pirate’s response, we also have this, in regards to limited resources:

> Are resources on the map finite, will we have to start a new game  
> because they’re exhausted? - Livestream - 18:10
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> “I hope not, that’d be a horrible reason to restart a game … you  
> shouldn’t have to restart the game because you feel like you’ve made  
> bad choices … there’ll always be a way to find resources from  
> somewhere … dig deeper, trade, replant trees …”

and here’s an interesting [**topic**](http://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/all-about-trees/969), in case you wanted to weigh in on “all about trees”… 😄

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**Author:** ![Smokestacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@Smokestacks](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Smokestacks)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/the-not-so-vast-forests-of-stonehearth/2629/10 "2013-08-19T20:30:40Z")

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> [@Newf](#):
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> if your going to have any dogs in your village your going to need sticks for them to play with

And trees for them to pee on? 😄

And as for your wonderful and speedy responses, of course! I don’t actually know how I could have forgotten, considering it was I who had his suggestion of a Forester class read out and agreed with by Tom before being shot down by Tony… 😿