Editing 40d:Wood cutter

{{quality|Exceptional|16:45, 4 August 2011 (UTC)}}{{Skill
| color      = 6:1
| skill      = Wood Cutter
| specialty  = Woodcutter
| profession = [[Woodworker]]
| job name   = [[Wood cutting]]
| tasks      =
* Chop down trees}}
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A '''wood cutter''' cuts down [[tree]]s to create [[wood]] logs.

To employ a wood cutter, give him the [[wood cutting]] [[labor]], and [[Designations|designate]] some trees for logging using the keys {{key|d}}-{{key|t}}.  

A wood cutter also requires an available [[axe]].  The quality or material of the axe has no effect on any aspect of woodcutting - a [[quality|no-quality]] [[copper]] axe is the same as a [[quality|masterwork]] [[steel]] or [[adamantine]] one.  (The same is not true for axes in [[weapon|combat]].)

This skill increases rapidly. With an ample supply of trees, a dedicated wood cutter who does not do his own wood [[hauling]] can reach legendary status in well under a year, and can singlehandedly meet the lumber needs of most types of fortresses. A single [[dwarf]] can also function well as a dedicated wood cutter ''and'' [[Plant gathering|plant gatherer]], provided that this dwarf is not your sole food provider.

A dwarf cannot have both the [[Mining]] and Wood Cutting labors enabled, as doing so would require them to dual-wield an axe and a pick. 

Woodcutters are working outdoors where they are in constant danger of being [[ambush]]ed by invaders or attacked by wild animals (unless, of course, you are the proud owner of an [[Tower-cap#Underground_tree_farm|underground tree farm]]), but they are also one of the few civilian professions which carry [[weapons]] with them. So they should be taught how to use their axes to defend themself (and others) properly by making them spend a few months as [[axedwarf]]es in your [[military]]. 

Setting all dwarves which must work outside to Wood Cutting can be a good idea, as it means they will carry axes with them at all times - though this also means that they will usually interrupt anything they're doing to go chop trees.

Also see [[Axeman]]

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