# How to harvest sap?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [March 18, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278 "2019-03-18T10:40:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hirmuolio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hirmuolio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hirmuolio)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 10:40am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278/1 "2019-03-18T10:40:25Z")

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I fixed a bug realted to getting water from map tile sources (pump/river/pond/etc.)

From the code it seems like harvesting sap would have the same bug.

But I can’t seem to get any sap so I can’t test it.

I put a tree spile on a maple tree and a gallon jug on it to collect the sap.  
It is the first day of spring and I wait for a day.  
No sap is collected.

Is there some trick to sap harvesting or is it broken?

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**Author:** ![Trigon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trigon/32/2668_2.png) [@Trigon](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Trigon)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278/2 "2019-03-18T12:39:55Z")

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I don’t believe you can harvest sap in spring. I think you need to do it in fall.

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**Author:** ![Hirmuolio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hirmuolio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hirmuolio)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278/3 "2019-03-18T13:16:29Z")

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Nothing gets harvested in fall either.

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**Author:** ![QuietCoyote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/quietcoyote/32/6451_2.png) [@QuietCoyote](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/QuietCoyote)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278/4 "2019-03-18T13:57:51Z")

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I think you harvest it in the winter, and it would take quite a bit to get just a little too…

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**Author:** ![Hirmuolio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hirmuolio](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Hirmuolio)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 2:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278/5 "2019-03-18T14:00:23Z")

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The code comments seem to say that the producing period is late winter-early spring.

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**Author:** ![techincal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@techincal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/techincal)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278/6 "2019-03-18T14:28:46Z")

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I haven’t tried on current build but last I played there was a bug where sap wouldn’t accumulate while you’re on a different z-level.

Not sure if drilling tool quality when making the hole makes the sap accumulate faster?

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**Author:** ![Mantar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/mantar/32/42_2.png) [@Mantar](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mantar)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/how-to-harvest-sap/19278/7 "2019-03-18T18:46:00Z")

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That’s right, I looked over the code a couple months ago and it was set up to only add sap to containers in late winter/early spring. If it’s stopped working, that’s probably a bug.