Pinewood Plank Production

This is a quest with a set of subquests.

Rewards: Golden Bench

First Building
Required level: 1

Own at least 1 Pinewood Cutter(s).

Rewards: 100 xp

When you first start out, tutorial quests will highlight interface buttons for you to click, just follow the glowing yellow buttons/indicators.

The 1st icon on the bottom toolbar is the building menu icon. This is where you'll find most buildings you'll be working with.

Click on it to open the building menu, then click on the pinewood cutter icon. Click somewhere on the map to place the building. A good location would be near pine trees and the mayor's house.





When you hover over the land with the building, notice the trail of green flags and the travel time in minutes/seconds. This is the travel distance the worker has to walk back and forth between the mayor's house (which also functions as a storehouse), the building and the trees. Avoid placing the building too far away from the mayor's house or the worker will have to travel longer, resulting in lower production over time.



Build a Sawmill
Required level: 2

Own at least 1 Pinewood Sawmill(s).

Rewards: 50 xp

Find the pinewood sawmill next to the pinewood cutter in the building menu. Sawmills don't need to be near trees, but should be near the mayor's house.



Mayor's house
Required level: 2

Select the Mayor's house with your cursor. Open the "Intermediate" resources tab.

Open the "Advanced" resources tab.

Open the "Expert" resources tab.

Open the "Military" tab.

Rewards: 50 xp

Click on the mayor's house and cycle through the tabs at the bottom of the mayor's house window.



Replanting trees
Required level: 3

Own at least 1 Pinewood Forester(s).

Rewards: 50 xp

Find the pinewood forester next to the pinewood sawmill in the building menu. Foresters and cutters should be placed together in a group.



The perfect proportion
Required level: 3

Own at least 2 Pinewood Cutter(s).

Rewards: 30 xp

Have 2 pinewood cutters in total for now.



Economy overview
Required level: 3 Open the economy overview window.

Choose 'pinewood planks' from the list in the economic overview.

Choose 'pinewood deposit' from the resource tree in the economic overview. Rewards: 20 xp, 20 stone



<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">Click on the Economy overview icon in the bottom toolbar.

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<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">In the overview window, find pinewood planks in the list on the left column and click on it. On the right, you'll see 3 things: tree, log and plank. This is the pinewood plank production chain. Click on the tree, which represents pinewood deposits/foresters.

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Perfect wood production
Required level: 4 Choose 'pinewood' from the list in the economic overview.

Choose 'pinewood deposit' from the resource tree in the economic overview.

Choose 'pinewood forester' under the pine tree detailed view.

Own at least 3 pinewood foresters. Rewards: 30 xp

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">The purpose of this quest is to build more foresters and check your production again. Having 3 foresters total and 2 cutters will help you in a later subquest.

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">Click on the economy overview icon, then choose the pinewood log in the left column. You'll then see two items on the right: tree and log. Click on the tree, then click on the building with a plant. This shows you how many foresters you have built and their output. If you click on one of the foresters on the list, you'll be directed to the forester on the map.

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Surplus of wood
Required level: 4

Own at least 2 Pinewood Sawmill(s).

Rewards: 20 xp, 30 pinewood planks

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">For this quest, build 2 more sawmills, i.e. have 3 sawmills total. This will help you in the next subquest.

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Making production chains perfect
Required level: 4 Open the economy overview window.

Choose 'pinewood planks' from the list in the economic overview.

Have a production value of at least 0 every 12 hour(s) for Pinewood.

Have a production value of at least 360 every 12 hour(s) for Pinewood Planks. Have a production value of at least 0 every 12 hour(s) for Pinewood Deposits.

Rewards: 30 xp

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">This quest attempts to show you the importance of a balanced production early in the game. The basic idea is to produce enough raw materials (e.g. logs) for production to proceed -- in this case, making planks.

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">If you have been following the suggestions on this page, then you should have 3 foresters, 2 cutters and 3 sawmills. Checking the building ratios, 2 cutters can support up to 4 sawmills, but 3 sawmills will produce enough for the quest requirements if placed next to the mayor's house. In the sample layout shown, the travel times for each building type are:

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">Foresters: 56 s, 1 m 4 s, 1 m 4 s

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">Cutters: 56 s, 56 s

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">Sawmills: 40 s, 40 s, 56 s

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">Tip: You can see the travel time of a work building when you select it from the building menu and hover your mouse around a storehouse/mayor's house. Once buillt, you can click on the building to bring up its info window, and click the Details tab to see the breakdown of production time, including travel time.

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">When you check your pinewood planks production in the economy overview, it should look something like the 2nd image, with all labels green, for the quest to be completed.

<p style="margin:0.0px0.0px0.0px0.0px;font:12.0pxHelvetica">If you're still having trouble completing this quest, see the Perfect Pinewood Production page for common problems and how to fix them.

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