Poison Birchnut Tree

Don't Starve

DST

Poison Birchnut Tree
	12 chops
	30
Attack Period	1.5
Attack Range	2
Walking Speed	Immobile
	Can be Chopped Can be Dug when Sapling or Stump )
Drops	×3, ×1-2, (20%)
Spawns
	"deciduoustree"

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“It looks unhappy about me stealing those birchnuts!”

–Wilson

“A fire would set him straight.”

–Willow

“Is big and angry tree.”

–Wolfgang

“Extra-spooky!”

–Wendy

“THE MONSTER WITHIN REARS ITS HEAD”

–WX-78

“That is no tree I've seen before!”

–Wickerbottom

“You're due for a chopping.”

–Woodie

“Shut your maw!”

–Maxwell

“Fantastic! I wonder what has possessed it.”

–Wagstaff

“I've göt tö wörk a bit harder för this firewööd.”

–Wigfrid

“What're you so mad about?”

–Webber

“I said I was sorry!”

–Walani

“No thank you!”

–Warly

“Ye don't seem very nice.”

–Woodlegs

“'TIS EYEBALL TREE!”

–Wilba

“Friend?”

–Wormwood

“Swell. Even the trees are alive.”

–Wheeler

“Why does a tree need a mouth?!”

–Winona

“It is no longer bound to the earth!”

–Wortox

“What you looking at, florp?”

–Wurt

“Woah! I've never seen a tree with teeth before!”

–Walter

“Mind your own business, you pesky tree!”

–Wanda

When cutting down a fully sized Birchnut Tree that drops Birchnuts from day 3 and after, there is a small chance that other Birchnut Trees in the area will "awaken" and begin attacking anything in the area, unless it is Winter. This chance increases with the number of days survived from 3% on day 3 to 33% on day 70. After enough time passes (minimum one day,) Poison Birchnut Trees will calm down and return to their normal state. The player can also plant Birchnuts nearby to attempt to pacify them.

A Poison Birchnut Tree can spawn up to 5 Birchnutters to attack the player or nearby Mobs. They will also do a root attack, behaving similarly to tentacles, that will attempt to home in on the player's position.

Unlike the somewhat similar Treeguards, Poison Birchnut Trees have to be felled with an Axe (12 chops) or any other method that will destroy the average tree. Torching a Poison Birchnut Tree spawns another, final wave of Birchnutters.

A Poison Birchnut Tree will drop 1 Living Log and 3 Birchnuts and has a 20% chance to drop an additional Living Log or Nightmare Fuel. Its stump can also be dug up to yield an additional Living Log.

Downloadable Content

To get more Birchnuts, the player has to kill Poison Birchnut Trees and Birchnutters, travel to a Reign of Giants world by Seaworthy or Skyworthy, or buy them in the Miss Sow's Floral Arrangements shop.

Tips

• It is advised to bring a group of befriended Pigs when chopping Birchnut Trees. As soon as a Poison Birchnut Tree is spawned, the allied Pigs will attempt to chop it down as well as fight the Birchnutters.
• If left for a while (but not too long), Poison Birchnut Trees will stop attacking and spawning Birchnutters, making them safer to chop down.
• Mobs like the Bearger and Clockwork Rook will cut down Poison Birchnut Trees as easily as regular trees, making them especially effective for farming Living Logs.
• The Weather Pain is a good tool to dispose of Poison Birchnut Trees due to its long-range tree-chopping abilities.
• In the Hamlet DLC, Birchnut Seeds only cost one Oinc, therefore one can use surplus Oincs to plant a Birchnut Tree farm, the more seeds are bought and planted, the more likely the player is to get the attention of a Poison Birchnut Tree upon chopping a Birchnut Tree down.

Trivia

• In the first version of Reign of Giants, Birchnut Trees were simply named "Deciduous Trees". It's still named as such in the game's files.
• Chopping a single Poison Birchnut Tree can spawn even more Poison Birchnut Trees. This is because Poison Birchnut Trees are considered fully grown.
• Pigs, and other mobs that are able to smash structures, are the only mobs that can destroy Poison Birchnut Trees.
• The similarities between the Poison Birchnut Trees and the Treeguards has led people to refer to them as 'Birchnut Treeguards' and 'Birchguards'.
• Woodie's power extends to Poison Birchnut Trees; he can cut one in six swings.
• In the World Customization Screen, Poison Birchnut Trees are also called Deciduous Monsters.

Bugs

• If the player is too far away from the Birchnut Tree when it turns passive again, it will continue to appear with the poison build and drop the poison build's

Gallery

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  A root spawned by a Poison Birchnut Tree to attack its target when close.

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  A Poison Birchnut Tree sending its Birchnutters against Wilson.

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  A bugged Poison Birchnut Tree that has lost its leaves.

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  Birchnut Trees as seen in the Reign of Giants release trailer.

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  A Poison Birchnut Tree as seen in a drawing from Art Stream # 61.

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  A Poison Birchnut tree and some Birchnutters in a wallpaper.