Trees

This article is about non-fruit trees. For Fruit Trees, see the Fruit Trees page.

Trees that do not yield fruit are of two types: common, and special. Fully grown common trees yield resin, tar, or syrup when tapped with a Tapper, or wood and sap when felled by an axe. After Foraging Level 1, felling common trees also produces some of the tree's own seed, which can then be planted on The Farm. Common trees that grow outside of the farm will grow back without the need to plant a seed, unless you leave the stump. Special trees have their own unique characteristics.

Common Trees can be planted in the Greenhouse.

Common Trees

Three varieties of common trees grow on The Farm and within Stardew Valley. They can produce Maple Syrup, Pine Tar, or Oak Resin via a Tapper. Wood has many uses including Crafting and building construction/upgrades. Dropped tree Sap can be made into Basic Fertilizer and is an ingredient in Quality Fertilizer.

Chopping

Trees can be felled by chopping them repeatedly with an axe. Trees always fall left or right on the opposite side from the player (if applicable), and produce wood or seeds in that direction. When chopped from above or below, the tree may fall in either direction. If the tree falls into or near water, the items it drops may disappear into the water. Rings like the Magnet Ring are very useful when chopping trees, as they allow the player to pick up items within a wider radius, reducing the need to cut obstacles to get to the fallen wood. Once cut down, trees don't regrow on the farm even if you leave the stump, however seeds can spawn around stumps.

Placement

The area around a tree can be paved without ill effects, but seeds will not fall on paved tiles. Common trees can also be planted next to water and other permanent features of the landscape, next to the greenhouse, or next to tilled soil with crops and still grow to full maturity.

Growth Rate

Once per day, each tree or seed has a 20% chance of growing if it's not already fully-grown, and the season isn't winter (or it's in the Greenhouse). Common trees will not reach full growth if there's a fully-grown non-fruit tree within its 3×3 grid, though it'll still grow to the sapling stage (Stage 4). The median growth time to maturity should be about 18 days, though actual growth times can vary considerably. Statistically, less than 10% of seeds take more than 31 days to reach maturity and less than 1% take more than 46 days.

Outside the Farm

Trees in Town cannot be interacted with. Common trees in Cindersap Forest, The Mountain, Railroad, Bus Stop and Backwoods can all be chopped down or tapped. If such trees are chopped down, and the stumps removed, they will respawn as a Stage 3 sapling (20% chance each night) and grow to maturity as normal after that. While these trees will not grow to maturity in winter they will still spawn as a Stage 3 sapling in winter.

Tree seeds can be planted in tillable ground outside the farm if it's hoed first, and will act the same as a tree planted on the farm.

Seeds

Once fully grown, each tree has a ≈5% chance of producing a seed once per day. Shaking the tree will drop its seed, if it has one. Trees on the farm that are not shaken will drop their seed anywhere within 3 tiles around the tree (or stump). If a tree is Tapped, shaking it will not be possible, but it will continue to drop seeds. Despite trees not growing in winter, they will still drop seeds.

Lightning

Unlike Fruit Trees, which produce Coal for 3-4 days after being hit by lightning, common trees hit by lightning are destroyed, leaving only a stump (and some wood or sap) behind.

Maple Tree

Maple Trees grow from Maple Seeds. When tapped, they yield Maple Syrup every 7-8 days. Maple trees have a chance to drop a Hazelnut during the last 2 weeks of Fall.

Maple Syrup is the most profitable of the 3 types of common tree syrup.

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5 - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter	Stump - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Oak Tree

Oak Trees grow from Acorns. When tapped, they yield Oak Resin every 6-7 days.

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5 - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter	Stump - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Pine Tree

Pine Trees grow from Pine Cones. When tapped, they yield Pine Tar every 4-5 days.

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5 - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter	Stump - Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Special Trees

Special trees have uncommon properties and yields.

Mushroom Tree

Mushroom Trees are a rare occurrence on the farm. Each Fall, there is a chance for a fully grown untapped common tree (or stump) to change into a Mushroom Tree (or stump) during the night. Mushroom Trees cannot be planted, but they do spread like other trees, and yield Red or Purple Mushrooms when chopped down. They can be tapped and will yield Common, Red, and Purple mushrooms over time.

Mushroom Trees hit by lightning will be reduced to a stump and leave mushrooms behind, in the same way as common trees leave wood/sap behind. If the stump is left alone, the following Spring, it will regrow.

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stump

Palm Tree

Palm Trees are found only in The Calico Desert. They do not drop seeds, but may occasionally drop a Coconut when chopped down or shaken. They cannot be tapped.

Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3 - Desert / Island	Stump

Bugs

• Planting a maple, oak, or pine tree outside the farm requires tilling the dirt first, unlike planting on the farm. You can also plant them on non-tillable tiles by digging up an Artifact Spot there, which leave a tilled dirt patch.
• Watering a stage 2–3 sapling makes a scythe sound.
• Chopping a stage 2–3 sapling with an axe has a chance to drop one wood, depending on your forage level. This doesn't happen when cutting it with a scythe.
• As soon as you level up in Foraging Skill, all common trees stop dropping seeds when shaken or chopped down, and their seeds disappear when harvesting them with a tool. This lasts the rest of the day, but is fixed after sleeping and waking up the next day.

History

• 1.1: You can no longer tap a stump.
• 1.3.27: Breaking small tree stumps now provides +1 Foraging XP.