In Foresters by fader's trees, players saw wood by transporting felled tree trunks to a sawmill station and completing an alignment minigame. Processing raw timber into sawn logs significantly increases the sale price when trading with merchants across the islands.
Step-by-Step Sawing Process
Felling a tree sends the raw wood straight into your inventory. To convert those raw trunks into finished logs, follow these steps:
- Fell any tree by holding your swing, timing the closing rings on the trunk dots, and triggering the Timber collapse.
- Press 3 to open your backpack and select the felled tree, or carry it directly.
- Walk up to a sawmill frame located in town camps.
- Press E to begin the cut minigame.
- Keep your cutting marker centered along the designated cut line until the slice finishes.
- Pick up the resulting logs from the sawmill bed, or check your logs tab to view the final yield.
A cleaner cut produces a higher quality rating, such as a Good Cut or Perfect Cut. High cut percentages directly increase the cash value of the lumber.
Log Value Increases and Cut Quality
Selling unprocessed trees gives minimal cash, while sawn logs offer substantially higher returns. In developer gameplay tests, an unprocessed cut worth $34 sold for $51 after a clean cut, with higher-tier trees yielding roughly double their base unprocessed value once sawn.
Sawing logs also reveals special wood attributes and mutations. Trees sawn at the sawmill can finish as Molten, Radioactive, or Golden variants, yielding higher merchant bids.
During the early tutorial, Old Jack assigns the quest "Jack Apprentice," requiring you to saw a tree with a Good Cut or better before he awards progression cash and unlocks the Iron Axe task.
| Tree State | Processing Requirement | Value Multiplier | Mutation Potential |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raw Tree Trunk | Stored in backpack after felling | Base sale price | Standard harvest traits |
| Sawn Logs | Processed through sawmill minigame | Scaled up by cut accuracy percentage | Unlocks log mutations (Molten, Radioactive) |
Sawmill Locations and Convenience Gamepasses
Sawmill stations appear in major settlement hubs across the map:
- Starter Island: Located directly in the main camp, across from Old Jack and the starting wood merchant.
- Birch Island: Located near the central merchant and crafting stations, accessed after crossing the starter bridge.
Two optional gamepasses modify the sawing routine for players who want to bypass the stationary stations:
- Saw Anywhere (349 Robux): Lets you saw whichever tree you hold regardless of where you stand on the map. You complete the same alignment minigame, and finished logs deposit directly into your backpack.
- Saw All (1499 Robux): Allows you to complete a single sawing minigame and apply that exact cut rating across every non-favorited tree in your backpack simultaneously.
Efficient Sawing Management
Manual sawing requires dedicated time for every log. Players with full inventories can spend ten to fifteen minutes at a sawmill station if they process every basic oak trunk individually.
To maximize earnings without slowing island progression:
- Star or favorite high-tier lumber (such as Purple Epic trees, Wisteria, Rowan, or Golden trunks) in your inventory so they are never sold as raw logs.
- Focus manual sawmill time on mutated, giant, or rare trees where the percentage bonus delivers thousands of extra Bucks.
- Sell standard low-tier oak directly to merchants when you need quick cash for early tool upgrades like the 300-Buck Iron Axe or the 6,000-Buck Birch island axe.
- Track your total sawn logs in the achievements menu. Hitting long-term Sawyer milestones unlocks sawmill efficiency perks that improve your handling.
