# Hickory tree gives infinite nuts

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hickory-tree-gives-infinite-nuts/14222>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [September 12, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hickory-tree-gives-infinite-nuts/14222 "2017-09-12T00:43:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dreamer](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dreamer)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hickory-tree-gives-infinite-nuts/14222/1 "2017-09-12T00:43:34Z")

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Version: 0.C-23878

Dunno, if it is bug or intended, but you can pick up nuts from a single hickory tree as many times as you want and it doesn’t require game time. Which in turn gives infinite food. I belive it’s broken, cos you _can_ dig it.

How to reproduce:

1. (E)xamine hickory tree;
2. On first promt answer (Y)es (pick up nuts);
3. On second promt answer (N)o (don’t dig it);
4. Go to step 1.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hickory-tree-gives-infinite-nuts/14222/2 "2017-09-12T02:19:42Z")

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Nice catch! 🙂

Looks like it wasn’t properly transforming the trees to the harvested type, I’ve got a PR up that should fix the issue once it gets merged.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hickory-tree-gives-infinite-nuts/14222/3 "2017-09-12T02:54:49Z")

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This guy ^^^ got it.

Welcome back i2amroy 🙂

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hickory-tree-gives-infinite-nuts/14222/4 "2017-09-12T02:57:58Z")

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Thanks, glad to be back. 🙂

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**Author:** ![ThinkSome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@ThinkSome](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ThinkSome)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hickory-tree-gives-infinite-nuts/14222/5 "2021-02-07T16:54:04Z")

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Why is there an option to dig up the tree (which kills it)? And why does digging it up (in 4 seconds) not yield … a tree or anything else?

 ![hickory](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/7/7ec96a43c9c20dd8c2aeb53b945a5f5b6bc51e2d.png)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_Blay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/paul_blay/32/6803_2.png) [@Paul\_Blay](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Paul_Blay)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/hickory-tree-gives-infinite-nuts/14222/6 "2021-02-07T18:06:53Z")

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You don’t literally dig up the entire tree, you dig up roots from around the tree. It should take longer than 4 seconds, though.

[https://www.survival-manual.com/lets-eat/hickory-salt.php](https://www.survival-manual.com/lets-eat/hickory-salt.php)

I’d think that in real life you could get a sustainable amount of roots without having to kill a tree. If you give it a year to recover between ‘harvests’.