In Dappled Groves

 

 

<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The sound of the axe and saw, sharp against the hush of the forest, is both an act of creation and of ruin. </span>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The tree falls, and with it falls the shelter of birds, the quiet keeper of water and soil,
the silent recorder of centuries. </span>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">To cut a tree is to enter into a contract with time&mdash;to claim for oneself the years it took to grow,
to burn in a moment what took lifetimes to rise. </span>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">The forest, though vast, is not endless. </span>
<span style="font-size: 14pt;">And those who walk among the stumps must remember that each absence&nbsp;
is a kind of wound written into the land itself.</span>

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"In Dappled Groves" is a mod dedicated to changing our relationship with one of the most important resources the world provides: wood. It starts by increasing the resistance of all the game's woods relative to their real-world hardness. This makes wood, in general, require time and effort to process. Trees take longer to fall, while in-world methods must process boards and firewood one log at a time. These processes can be sped up using higher-tier materials and some newly introduced workstations. In addition, woodworking tools now have tool modes similar to the scythe, smithing hammer, and chisel. These tool modes access different recipes on blocks worldwide or workstations. It is also worth noting that all vanilla axes of tiers higher than copper have been removed in favor of specialty axes such as the Forestry Axe and Splitting Maul. Thank Crimson Skye for the incredible art!

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"Greeting to the vales and uplands,
Greet ye, heights with forests covered,
Greet ye, ever-verdant fir-trees,
Greet ye, groves of whitened aspen."
- The Kalevala - Rune XIV</span>

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