Living Log

“It looks worried.”

–Wilson

“It looks upset.”

–Willow

“Creepy face log!”

–Wolfgang

“It is forever screaming silently.”

–Wendy

“EVEN WORSE THAN A NORMAL LOG”

–WX-78

“This log is special.”

–Wickerbottom

“I am going to keep you, and call you "Frank".”

–Woodie

“I like the noise they make when you burn them.”

–Maxwell

“Burning such magic wöuld seem a waste.”

–Wigfrid

“This log has a face.”

–Webber

“It looks bummed.”

–Walani

“Magic building blocks!”

–Warly

“It be cursed wood.”

–Woodlegs

“YON WOOD HATH GROW'D A FACE”

–Wilba

“Friend. Nice friend”

–Wormwood

“Stop looking at me like that.”

–Winona

Living Logs are Items dropped by deceased Treeguards. They can also be obtained by chopping down Totally Normal Trees. They are used to craft several magic items, including a Shadow Manipulator, and can also be used as fuel for a Fire. Living Logs will scream when burned on a fire and when eaten by the Werebeaver form of Woodie, though this has no effect on gameplay.

GatheringEdit

Treeguards are powerful Monsters and are difficult to take down. To more efficiently gather Living Logs, Treeguards can be enticed to fight other creatures such as Pigs, Tentacles, and Merms, who can wear down their incredible health. The player may also try a field of Tooth Traps, which can be laid down before the Treeguard catches up. If there is no other way, Treeguards can be kited fairly easily because of their low speed. It is possible to hit a Treeguard four times before it has a chance to strike back. There's a large Sanity drain for doing this, and an unarmored player can be killed within a few hits if careless.

Chopping down Totally Normal Trees is an easier way to obtain Living Logs a it is safer and less time-consuming. However, Totally Normal Trees are not renewable.

Downloadable Content Edit

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Poison Birchnut Trees are a reliable source of Living Logs, especially since, unlike Treeguards, their chance to spawn goes higher as the Days pass. It is best to chop Birchnut Trees to get the attention of Poison Birchnut Trees during Autumn, since more Birchnuts are dropped by Birchnut Trees in Autumn. However, unlike Treeguards, Poison Birchnut Trees must be chopped. Their Birchnutters spawned by the tree, as well as the tree's root attacks are a constant pest whilst attempting to chop them. Most mobs cannot destroy Poison Birchnut Trees, thus making luring mobs to them an inefficient way to kill them. Another disadvantage is that they drop fewer Living Logs than Treeguards and Totally Normal Trees.

In the Shipwrecked DLC, Palm Treeguards and Regular Jungle Trees are available sources of Living Logs.

In the Hamlet DLC, Living Logs can be bought for 5 Oincs each at The Flying Pig Arcane Shop in the Pig City. In addition, Elder Mandrake will drop 2 Living Logs when killed. Wormwood can exclusively craft Living Logs under the Green Thumb Tab with a cost of 20 .

UsageEdit

A Living Log may be used to repair a Wood Wall. This works in a similar fashion to using a standard log, except that the Living Log repairs three times the wall health of a standard log.

A Living Log can be used to fuel a fire, but due to the difficulty in obtaining, this is not recommended.

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Tips Edit

• Woodie in Werebeaver form can quickly obtain Living Logs. The Werebeaver can quickly destroy a lot of Trees, which will likely spawn Treeguards. Its powerful attacks and its ability to quickly heal by eating Logs allows the Treeguards to be dispatched with relative ease.

TriviaEdit

• The Living Log's scream was added in the The End of the Beginning update.

Resources view
Pickable without tools	Cut Grass • Twigs • Cut Reeds • Petals • (Seashell • Dubloons )
Obtained using	Log • Living Log • Charcoal • (Palm Leaf )
Obtained using	Rocks • Flint • Gold Nugget • Nitre • Gems • Marble • (Charcoal • Coral ) (Moon Rock )
Obtained using	(Rocks • Flint • Gold Nugget • Nitre • Gems • Sand )
Obtained using	Vine • Bamboo
Obtained by trading	Gold Nugget • Gems • (Dubloons )
Obtained by other methods	(Obsidian • Tar )

Items and Structures dropped by Mobs view
Edible Items	Batilisk Wing • Butter • Butterfly Wings • Deerclops Eyeball • Drumstick • Frog Legs • Guardian's Horn • Glow Berry • Honey • Leafy Meat • Light Bulb • Mandrake • Meat • Monster Meat • Morsel • Phlegm (Electric Milk • Glommer's Goop ) (Banana • Blubber • Coconut • Dead Dogfish • Dead Jellyfish • Dead Rainbow Jellyfish • Dead Swordfish • Dead Wobster • Dragoon Heart • Eye of the Tiger Shark • Fish Morsel • Raw Fish • Tropical Fish • Shark Fin ) (Flytrap Stalk • Nectar • Poison Dartfrog Legs ) (Royal Jelly )
Crafting Resources	Ashes • Azure Feather • Beard Hair • Beefalo Horn • Beefalo Wool • Blue Gem • Bunny Puff • Charcoal • Crimson Feather • Flint • Gears • Hound's Tooth • Jet Feather • Living Log • Mosquito Sack • Nightmare Fuel • Pig Skin • Purple Gem • Red Gem • Rocks • Silk • Slurtle Slime • Slurper Pelt • Spider Gland • Steel Wool • Stinger • Tentacle Spots • Thulecite Fragments • Walrus Tusk (Cat Tail • Down Feather • Glommer's Wings • Scales • Thick Fur • Volt Goat Horn ) (Dorsal Fin • Doydoy Feather • Dubloons • Empty Bottle • Horn • Magic Seal • Obsidian • Quacken Beak • Shark Gills • Snakeskin • Turbine Blades • Venom Gland ) (Chitin • Hippopotamoose Antler • Iron Ore • Peagawk Plume • Platapine Quill • Pig Skin? • Thunder Feather • Weevole Carapace ) (Cut Grass • Desert Stone • Fur Tuft • Honeycomb • Saffron Feather • Shroom Skin )
Loot	Blow Dart • Blueprint • Fleshy Bulb • Krampus Sack • Ornate Chest • Spider Eggs • Shelmet • Snurtle Shell Armor • Spiderhat • Tam o' Shanter • Tentacle Spike (Webber's Skull ) (Booty Bag • Chest of the Depths • Eyeshot • Harpoon • Iron Key • Snake Oil • Tarnished Crown • Yellow Mosquito Sack ) (Bandit Stash Map • Halberd • Royal Crown • Snake Bone • Swashy Hat • Torch ) (Bee Queen Crown • Bone Helm • Bone Armor • Chilled Lavae • Deer Antler • Fossil Fragments • Lavae Egg • Rose • Shadow Atrium • Shadow Thurible • Sketch • Stag Antler )
Indirect	Bee • Beefalo Wool • Butterfly • Crow • Fireflies • Guano • Manure • Redbird • Seeds • Snowbird • Rabbit • Mosquito (Glommer's Goop • Moleworm ) (Bile-Covered Slop • Bioluminescence • Cormorant • Crabbit • Jellyfish • Parrot • Parrot Pirate • Rainbow Jellyfish • Roe • Seagull • Toucan • Wobster ) (Gold Nugget • Kingfisher • Orange Piko • Pigeon • Piko ) (Canary • Cut Grass )