# How to get planks in a forest

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**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [July 22, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-get-planks-in-a-forest/26725 "2021-07-22T17:46:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bean](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/bean/32/11337_2.png) [@Bean](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Bean)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-get-planks-in-a-forest/26725/1 "2021-07-22T17:46:26Z")

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im playing the wilderness scenario with no citys or any other buildings  
i cant chop logs into planks with my adze  
i also cant use the construction menu to chop trunks since it requires tree cutting 2  
is there some stone tool with tree cutting 2?  
maybe i can find planks when foraging underbushes?  
how do i get those planks

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**Author:** ![Tamior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tamior](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Tamior)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-get-planks-in-a-forest/26725/2 "2021-07-23T01:22:04Z")

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Short answer: you don’t.  
Slightly longer answer: you can find abandoned barn-like structures in the field even in deep wilderness. Those can be deconstructed for planks.  
Long-reaching implications counter-question: what do you even need a plank _for_?

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**Author:** ![PALU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e56c9b/32.png) [@PALU](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/PALU)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-get-planks-in-a-forest/26725/3 "2021-07-23T07:49:27Z")

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Foraging can give you odd items, so if you persist long enough you can probably get some steel you can hammer into an axe shape (there is such a recipe). That is provided wilderness scenarios don’t also modify the drop tables to exclude “inappropriate” items.

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**Author:** ![J.L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@J.L](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/J.L)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-get-planks-in-a-forest/26725/4 "2021-09-06T23:09:06Z")

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A little late on the reply here, but in case others wonder, you can craft planks using a stone adze.

Under the construction menu, there’s an option to craft logs into planks. Note this is the tile object log, such as you get after chopping down a tree, not the inventory object log you can pick up.

Takes an hour per log, but can be done with primitive tools of you really need planks for some reason.

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**Author:** ![Victor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/3e96dc/32.png) [@Victor](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Victor)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-get-planks-in-a-forest/26725/5 "2021-09-07T07:37:41Z")

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Also, with high levels of survival and fabrication you should be able to craft a stone axe, which has tree cutting 2 (IIRC)

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**Author:** ![J.L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@J.L](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/J.L)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-get-planks-in-a-forest/26725/6 "2021-09-07T08:24:19Z")

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[Nope, sadly not](http://cdda.chezzo.com/primitive_axe).