Birchnut

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“There's definitely something inside there.”

–Wilson, when examining a Birchnut.

“Hey there, tree seed.”

–Willow, when examining a Birchnut.

“I could crush this tree-seed with my hands!”

–Wolfgang, when examining a Birchnut.

“A tiny life, ensconced in brittle death.”

–Wendy, when examining a Birchnut.

“HOW DOES THE TREE FIT IN THERE?”

–WX-78, when examining a Birchnut.

“Deciduous seeds encased in a Pericarp.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a Birchnut.

“I should grow it and then chop it down!”

–Woodie, when examining a Birchnut.

“A more outdoorsy type might be able to make something of this.”

–Maxwell, when examining a Birchnut.

“The possessed topiaries are immensely protective of these.”

–Wagstaff, when examining a Birchnut.

“There's a tree hiding within.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a Birchnut.

“Tree or food, there's something inside.”

–Webber, when examining a Birchnut.

“Come on out, nature!”

–Walani, when examining a Birchnut.

“It rattles.”

–Warly, when examining a Birchnut.

“It be rattlin' when ye shake it.”

–Woodlegs, when examining a Birchnut.

“'TIS A BABE O' TREE.”

–Wilba, when examining a Birchnut.

“So cute!”

–Wormwood, when examining a Birchnut.

“Looks like a projectile to me.”

–Wheeler, when examining a Birchnut.

“Everything you need to build a tree.”

–Winona, when examining a Birchnut.

“It's nutty, like me!”

–Wortox, when examining a Birchnut.

“Little tree seed!”

–Wurt, when examining a Birchnut.

“I wonder if there's any squirrels around.”

–Walter, when examining a Birchnut.

“In time, it'll be a new tree.”

–Wanda, when examining a Birchnut.

Birchnuts are Food items dropped from Birchnut Trees or Birchnutters in the Reign of Giants DLC. Like Pine Cones, Birchnuts can be planted to create a new Birchnut Tree. It takes from 2.5 to 5 minutes for them to grow from saplings into small trees. Birchnuts can alternatively be used as a food item by being cooked on a campfire and turned into a roasted Birchnut.

Birchnuts can't be planted on Checkerboard Floorings, Wooden Floorings, Cobblestones, Carpeted Floorings, Rocky Turfs, Sandy Turfs, and Cave Rock Turfs, unless it has been planted before these Turfs were placed.

Chopping down anything but a Large Birchnut Tree will not provide any Birchnuts. Chopping a Large Birchnut Tree during Autumn will provide an additional Birchnut, but chopping one during Winter will give none at all.

Planting Birchnuts can calm and put to sleep nearby aggressive Poison Birchnut Trees, in the same way planting Pine Cones can calm Treeguards. The chance of this happening is a maximum of 33% when planted near the tree, with a lower chance when planted further away.

Raw Birchnuts can be eaten by Pigs, Bunnyman and Gobblers. They can also be used in the Crock Pot as filler, and are a key ingredient in Trail Mix.

Roasted Birchnut

“Roasted to perfection.”

–Wilson, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Looks like you won't become a tree after all.”

–Willow, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Wolfgang cook tree out of nut.”

–Wolfgang, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Roasted dead.”

–Wendy, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“THE TREE HAS BEEN KILLED AND TURNED INTO NUTRIENTS”

–WX-78, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“The poison has been successfully cooked out of them.”

–Wickerbottom, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“What a waste of a perfectly good tree.”

–Woodie, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Over an open fire.”

–Maxwell, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Cooking this has no doubt angered those possessed trees.”

–Wagstaff, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“I cööked the yöung tree.”

–Wigfrid, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Roasted on an open fire.”

–Webber, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Sorry, tree baby.”

–Walani, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“This could use something... Anything.”

–Warly, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Not bad fer a landlubbin' nut.”

–Woodlegs, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“ALL FOOD BE FOOD OF LOVE.”

–Wilba, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“For belly now.”

–Wormwood, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Nothing like the smell of roasted nuts.”

–Wheeler, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Looks edible. One way to find out!”

–Winona, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“I'll only eat it if I have to.”

–Wortox, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Yum!”

–Wurt, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Nutty.”

–Walter, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

“Maybe in another timeline it grew to be a tree.”

–Wanda, when examining a Roasted Birchnut.

Instead of being used as fuel like Pine Cones, when put in a fire, Birchnuts will become edible Roasted Birchnuts. Roasted Birchnuts serve all the same purposes as Birchnuts in a Crock Pot. It is recommended that Birchnuts are kept raw and only cooked when ready to eat, as they will spoil much faster once cooked. Unlike other Foods, Roasted Birchnuts can't be given to Pigs.

Downloadable Content

In the Hamlet DLC, Birchnuts can be bought for 1 Oincs at the Miss Sow's Floral Arrangements in the Pig City.

Usage

Filler can't be Vegetables, Eggs, or Dairy products.

Trivia

• Birchnuts were previously called and modeled after Acorns. Now they appear to be modelled after beech nuts or other spiny drupe fruit.
• Pigs can eat raw Birchnuts off the ground.
• The word "Birchnut" is a portmanteau of "birch" and "chestnut". It might also be a pun on "beechnut"
• In Don't Starve, Birchnuts were formally inedible unless cooked. As of the Hamlet DLC, however, Birchnuts were changed to be edible raw.

Gallery

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  Acorns Screenhot.

Reference

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