Tree Planter
Tree Planter feeds Lumberjack lines. It scans valid ground and about every 3 seconds fires an acorn that lands and grows a new tree.
Consumes power to plant trees nearby
— In-game tooltip
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Max UE storage | 200 |
| Cost per tree | 5 UE |
| Fire interval | ~3 s |
| Search radius | ~50 tiles |
| Candidate spot rescan | ~5 s |
| Candidate spot cap | 50 |
| Tile size | 2×2 |
Recipe
Section titled “Recipe”| Material | Count |
|---|---|
| Iron Bar / Lead Bar | 8 |
| Acorn | 10 |
| Wood | 20 |
| Workstation | Anvil |
| Material | Count |
|---|---|
| Iron Bar / Lead Bar | 8 |
| Acorn | 10 |
| Wood | 20 |
| Dubious Plating | 6 |
| Mysterious Circuitry | 8 |
| Workstation | Anvil |
Valid Ground
Section titled “Valid Ground”- Grass, Corrupt Grass, Crimson Grass, Hallowed Grass
- Jungle Grass, Mushroom Grass
- Sand (variants)
- Ash
Space Rules
Section titled “Space Rules”Per candidate tile:
- 12 empty tiles above
- 2 tiles clear left and right at the top
- About every 5 s, scan ~50 tiles and record up to 50 empty planting spots
- About every 3 s, if UE ≥ 5, pick a random recorded spot
- Ballistic check from machine to target (walls block)
- Fire an acorn along the arc
- ~0.33 s after landing, regrowth starts on that tile
- ~0.5 s prep → ~2 s grow into the correct tree type
Tree Type
Section titled “Tree Type”- Sand → palm
- Ash → ash tree
- Other grass → normal tree (biome variant)
Status
Section titled “Status”| Message | Trigger |
|---|---|
| No valid planting spots nearby! | No empty spots recorded, or none valid |
| Insufficient power! | UE < 5 |
- Loop with Lumberjack (Lumberjack Cycle mode also replants, but Tree Planter covers more area)
- Desert/Underworld for palms or ash trees
- Several Tree Planters + one Collector on open terrain