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Lumberjacking

Chopping trees for logs and wood; falling trees can hurt players, and felled trees stay gone for days.

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Every fact about Lumberjacking by game version, newest first.

Version	What we know
Dev build	Trees and rocks are harvestable nodes in the world. Wood and lumberjacking received a round of updates. A chopped tree stays gone for three real-world days. A felled tree does not regrow for three real days. Falling trees damage players again; an oak can instantly kill you. Trees falling on players used to kill instantly; turned off, planned to return tuned. Larger trees now give more logs; wood yields were retuned after feeling off in the alpha.
Alpha 4	Falling trees can hit players and fall across gaps like bridges.
March alpha	In the alpha, a giant oak gave an odd amount of wood relative to its size.

Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.

Source	Date	Used
Alpha Weekend Livestream - Jeff & Tim Play on Dread Rock (PvP server) (opens in a new tab) Video	Sep 20, 2026	1
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) Video	Aug 15, 2026	1
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) Video	Jun 6, 2026	1
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (May) (opens in a new tab) Video	May 2, 2026	2
Dev Update: Work in Progress (opens in a new tab) Steam post	Apr 29, 2026	2
Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) Video	Mar 22, 2026	2