# Pine Bough materials question

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pine-bough-materials-question/10282>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [August 7, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pine-bough-materials-question/10282 "2015-08-07T20:04:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![xpyder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e8c25b/32.png) [@xpyder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/xpyder)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pine-bough-materials-question/10282/1 "2015-08-07T20:04:24Z")

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Improvised Shelter seems to be balanced as though “Pine Boughs” are actually “Pine Branches”.

Given that a Pine Bough has volume 2 and weighs 0.5 lbs this seems correct  
Given that killing a pine tree only gives you 2 boughs, this seems innacurate

Note: a true bough is the MAIN branch of a tree, and is quite large (easily a hundred pounds)

the other recipes seem to operate on the “branch” assumption as well. This leads me to believe there’s a disconnect between the visions of the original pine bough and what’s actually being used.

I think it would make sense to rename the boughs to “Pine Branch” and let you harvest from a pine tree several times before it dies.

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**Author:** ![Wally-kun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/wally-kun/32/375_2.png) [@Wally-kun](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Wally-kun)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pine-bough-materials-question/10282/2 "2015-08-07T21:51:48Z")

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This has bugged me for a while. The entirety of this pine tree has literally 2 branches and a handful of pinecones? I don’t get how that thing could be considered much more than a twig with precisely 2 branches. You should be able to physically kick the thing over if it’s that small. Like a Small Tree. But you can chop it down and get 2-4 huge-ass log segments to chop up from it?

Either oversight or someone does not understand what a pine tree looks like.

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**Author:** ![trelatyraelis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/trelatyraelis/32/1054_2.png) [@trelatyraelis](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/trelatyraelis)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pine-bough-materials-question/10282/3 "2015-08-09T06:03:44Z")

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Since we’re at it, the fact that when you butcher a human corpse you only get 4 pieces of meat at the very best (high survival skill/good knife) and a handful of bones is ridiculous. Humans should drop a lot more meat.

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**Author:** ![xpyder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e8c25b/32.png) [@xpyder](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/xpyder)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pine-bough-materials-question/10282/4 "2015-08-10T23:36:30Z")

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I think it’s a pretty simple mistake, when coding the pine trees I’m guessing they thought it was actually a bough not just a branch.

An easy mistake to make, but one we should probably fix

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**Author:** ![Sundaysmile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@Sundaysmile](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Sundaysmile)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/pine-bough-materials-question/10282/5 "2015-08-10T23:47:29Z")

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I wouldn’t mind if Pine sap were added as a collectible resource with a faucet and bucket.

Its pretty much an ingredient you can use in pine tea, as an antiseptic and even a glue. (with the right materials of course.)

Just a nice woodsy alternative for those who need to create superglue or bandages/antiseptics.

Its also flammable…