Lumberjacking - Yew Wood?
I have recently GM'd lumberjacking, and have been hacking at trees all day.
I've gotten 30k oak, 6k ash, 2k bloodwood, 1.5k heartwood so far. No frostwood or yew.
The frostwood is understandable, since apparently it's super rare, but I wonder why I never got any Yew Wood? Does it only spawn in Yew or something? (I did collect some wood in Yew but most of my wood came from other locations.)
I've gotten 30k oak, 6k ash, 2k bloodwood, 1.5k heartwood so far. No frostwood or yew.
The frostwood is understandable, since apparently it's super rare, but I wonder why I never got any Yew Wood? Does it only spawn in Yew or something? (I did collect some wood in Yew but most of my wood came from other locations.)
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I have actually just gotten some Yew. So it does apparently spawn. But it's strange that it's much rarer than heartwood/bloodwood.
Maybe it's the specific locations I'm farming. But I was under the impression that the wood in each spot randomizes every 15 minutes anyway.
Oh well, it's not like Yew is a particularly useful type of wood. I was just curious.
@Rock, those are some *really* amazing odds if you got every colored wood while just farming ~1800 logs!
And good reminder about crystal shards. I probably should have been farming there to begin with.
I have found lots of yew North East of Britain. Filled up a Runic Atlas with the locations. For me most trees remain the same wood type long after their initial harvest.
A way to get a higher chance of Frostwood drops is to use Melisande's corroded hatchet, this gives an +5 to the lumberjack skill and although it don't show it, it basically makes a GM into a 105.
Thus less skill passes at the lower level ticks.
Just remember to NOT use it on passing mobs as it's also a -50% DI weapon. lol
All I know is I get a lot more Frostwood now I use Meli's hatchet than when I just used a normal hatchet.
Please make the Grizzled Mare a 5 slot mount, it's incredibly rare and deserves it. Some of us have been waiting a long time for this simple addition.
I also found that if you chop wood in Eodon near the moongate that you get lot of wood, I have literally filled my beetle & my pack before the tree was empty. I have gotten Oak, Yew & Ash there
but usually 400-600 boards at a time when found