Lumberjack
Lumberjack counts every tree you cut down, including the small ones that only drop Sticks. It is a Building inspiration, and its first level is free, so the first five trees you fell are enough to complete it.
There are about 160 trees in the parts of the map the demo lets you into: roughly 86 in the graveyard, 43 in the yard and 30 in the garden behind your house, and a few at the Crossroads. That is more than the 60 you need for the fourth level. Most of them need more Building mastery than your starting tools give (see Notes).
What counts
| Do | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Chop down | Trees | Crossroads, Garden, Graveyard, Mailbox, Yard |
Levels
| # | Name | Total needed | Faith | Talent exp. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lumberjack I | 5 | free | 1 |
| 2 | Lumberjack II | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Lumberjack III | 30 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Lumberjack IV | 60 | 10 | 1 |
| 5 | Lumberjack V | 120 | 25 | 2 |
Totals are counted from the start, not per level. Buying a level costs Faith from your backpack and gives talent experience; see Talents and Inspirations.
Notes
- Bigger trees need more mastery. Saplings need Building 1, small trees and medium firs 2, medium lindens 3, large lindens 5 and large firs 6. The rusty axe and rusty pickaxe give 1 each while they sit on your toolbar, so you start at 2. That covers about 85 of the demo’s trees; one more point (the first Building node on the talent tree) adds the 60 or so medium lindens.
- A felled tree only grows back if you dig out its stump. Digging a stump with the shovel turns it into an empty patch, and a sapling starts growing there. The sapling grows back to the size of the tree that stood there, in two or three stages. Unconfirmed: from the game files, regrowing takes anywhere from about 10 minutes of play (one kind of linden) to about an hour and a half (firs). Stumps need Farming mastery 2 (5 for the largest), and digging them does not count toward Lumberjack.
- About half the trees never grow back. Some trees in the yard, garden and graveyard are marked as one-time: their stumps leave nothing behind when dug out. A few young firs are dug up with the shovel instead of chopped, and those count too.