Trees are one of the first and most important resources you’ll need in Tinkerlands. This guide shows you step by step how to chop down your first tree, what tools to use, and what to keep in mind during the process.
First steps
When you first spawn into the world of Tinkerlands, you’ll find yourself on a small island. Directly above you is a chest. Open it — it contains your first tools: a wodden pickaxe and an wooden axe.
Use the pickaxe to break your way out down. Make your way carefully toward the nearby NPC named The Guide. He will give you some basic information about the game and your next steps.
Once you’ve spoken to him, you’re ready to chop down your first tree.
1. Equip Your Axe
Open your inventory and equip the axe you found in the chest. This will allow you to cut down trees efficiently.
Tip: The axe is faster than trying to punch a tree with your hands (which doesn’t work anyway).
2. Find a Tree
Look for a nearby tree. Trees have tall trunks with leafy tops. Don’t confuse them with small bushes, which drop different resources.
Tree
Bush
3. Chop the Tree
- Stand close to the tree.
- Use the axe by holding the left mouse button to chop the upper trunk.
- Once the upper part breaks, a tree stump will remain on the ground.
- Keep using your axe to break the stump with several more hits until it disappears.
- The tree will drop wood and sometimes a sapling.
4. Replanting
To plant a sapling, you must first prepare the ground using a hoe.
- Craft a Stone Hoe at a crafting bench using 12 wood and 12 stone.
- Place the hoe in your hotbar and select it.
- Use the hoe on the tile where you want to plant the sapling. The ground will change into farmland.
- Now place the sapling (seed) in your hotbar.
- Select the sapling and use it on the prepared ground to plant it.
Additional Note
- Trees are a renewable but limited resource early on — replanting helps in the long run.
- You’ll need wood to craft tools, a workbench, and other essentials.
- Some trees might look different in other biomes, but all follow the same basic chopping and replanting logic.
- You cannot chop trees with a pickaxe — believe me, we tried. Doesn’t work. Don’t be that person.
- If you forget to bring your axe and go exploring, don’t panic. Punching trees still does nothing, but crafting benches can save you.
- Tree stumps don’t give you bonus wood, but leaving them lying around just feels messy.