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|overview=The [[Woodcutter]] is the first [[:Category:Construction Buildings|Construction building]] to go up in a settlement, providing essential access to [[Wood]] and [[Wood Waste]].
|unlock=The Woodcutter is pointed out as soon as the settlement builds its first [[Hut]]s and [[Potato Patch]]es, but is technically unlocked from the beginning.
|production=The Woodcutter worker goes out to nearby [[Forest]] to cut [[Trunk]]s and converts them to [[Wood]] and [[Wood Waste]].

The Woodcutter never overharvests the Forests; they will always grow back. Instead, a Woodcutter without sufficient nearby Forests will sit idle until there are trees again to cut.
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|adjacency_effects=5x [[Forests]], surrounded all around except the incoming road
* + 30% storage
Another Woodcutter
* - 20% production speed
|strategy=Ideally, settlements begin with a few Woodcutters nestled into clusters of trees where they can be completely surrounded. Even if they end up being a ways away, building a handful of Woodcutters in a well-populated settlement means not just a steady supply of [[Wood]] but a good reserve thanks to the increased storage. Several Woodcutters are enough to supply a [[Burner Generator]] and [[Sawmill]] for early settlements.

As the settlement expands, using all the clusters of [[Forests]] where the Woodcutter can be surrounded ensures other [[Buildings]] will never run out of Wood.

The [[Wood Waste]] from the Woodcutter is also important for [[terraforming]], especially as the only input for [[Compost]]. Keeping the Woodcutters producing Wood Waste by running the [[Burner Generator]] can help supply Compost.
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