Woodmaker dryad

Woodmaker

A slow, bumbling caste of dryad which specializes in wood production. Together with its Gauranlen tree, this dryad can generate a wood-like material on an ongoing basis. However, it is slow and ineffective at work or combat.
In general, dryads are mammal-like creatures that have a symbiotic relationship with the Gauranlen tree. They reproduce together with their tree, which contains a hidden dryad queen. Dryads can morph into various specialized castes.

Base Stats

Type

Animal – Dryad

Flammability

70%

Pawn Stats

Move Speed

3 c/s

Health Scale

80% HP

Body Size

0.667

Mass - Baby

8.004 kg

Mass - Juvenile

20.01 kg

Mass - Adult

40.02 kg

Carrying Capacity

50 kg

Filth Rate

1

Diet

none

Life Expectancy

80 years

Manhunter Chance

100%

Trainable Intelligence

None

Wildness

0%

Comfortable Temp Range

-50 °C – 50 °C (-58 °F – 122 °F)

Production

Meat Yield

4 immature dryad meat

Melee Combat

Attack 1

Front left paw
8 dmg (Scratch)
12 % AP
2 second cooldown
Stun for 280 ticks (4.67 secs) on first strike

Attack 2

Front right paw
8 dmg (Scratch)
12 % AP
2 second cooldown
Stun for 280 ticks (4.67 secs) on first strike

Attack 3

Teeth
9 dmg (Bite)
13 % AP
2 second cooldown
0.9 chance factor
Stun for 280 ticks (4.67 secs) on first strike

Attack 4

Head
4 dmg (Blunt)
6 % AP
2 second cooldown
0.2 chance factor

Average DPS

2.25

Technical

tradeTags

AnimalDryad

Woodmakers are a caste of Dryads, a type of animal added by the Ideology DLC.

Summary

All dryads, including the carrier, are produced by a gauranlen tree. They have no need to eat, are immune to disease events, and have a Toxic Sensitivity of 0%, rendering them immune to Toxic fallout and Toxic buildup. Dryads are also immune to blood loss, so in practice will survive virtually any damage that doesn't immediately kill them. Dryads can retreat to a healing pod in order to regenerate wounds; this takes 3 days and heals all permanent injuries and bad conditions.

Woodmakers generate wood x32 every two days. Maintaining 4 woodmaker dryads requires between 8.2 (Skill 0, non-Connection ideoligion) and 3.6 (Skill 20, connection ideoligion) in-game hours of pruning per day. This equals approximately 20,500 ticks (5.69 mins) and 9,000 ticks (2.5 mins) for 64 wood. In comparison, for the same yield:

• Fibercorn requires 15,040 ticks (4.18 mins)
• Timbershroom requires 12,288 ticks (3.41 mins)
• Cypress tree requires 6,186.67 ticks (1.72 mins)

Note however, that these are base times and base yields. Plant Work Speed significantly affects the amount of work required, with low skill retarding rates until level 8, and high skill or the use of a field hand drastically improving upon the listed numbers. Additionally, Plant Harvest Yield negatively affects yields below skill 8, and increases it above. Both factors, as well as plant selection are relevant in deciding if planting is better than utilizing woodmakers

For example, if restricted to work-inefficient fibercorn, a healthy pawn requires a plants skill of at least 6 to produce as much wood/work as a skill 0 pawn maintaining 4 woodmakers, while with Plants skill of 14 planting and harvesting the fibercorn produces more wood per unit-work than a skill 20 pruner.

Analysis

Woodmakers are relatively consistent in the amount of work they require to produce wood, which makes them exceptionally good without a skilled tree-cutter. However, the higher Plants skill a pawn has quickly leads to these other options taking the lead, and other benefits such as using a field hand or two or being a Plants Specialist expedite how quickly woodmakers get left behind. Past 6 plants skill most options are relatively on par, and after that woodmakers are greatly surpassed in terms of efficiency. Of course, trees can't be planted until 6 plants skill so this is relatively moot for dedicated tree farms.

Woodmakers do have a handful of niches, however. They are remarkably efficient tilewise for the amount of wood they produce per day and produce wood remarkably fast; 4 dryads produce 64 wood per day, which is equal to 64 oak trees planted in rich soil or about 76 hydroponics basins full of fibercorn. This can allow quick and compact tree farms fenced away from raiders without requiring good soil or extensive amounts of walls. Woodmakers and gauranlen trees are very resistant to temperature extremes, allowing for wood to be consistently produced even on ice sheets and over the winter. Woodmakers also don't require research, which can make them useful for wood-poor starts where gauranlen seeds are available early. And, of course, woodmakers produce wood without upsetting Nature Primacy pawns that hate cutting down trees.

Version history

• Ideology DLC Release - Added.
• 1.3.3076 - Fix: Dryads are affected by disease incidents.
• 1.3.3101 - output every 2 days increased from 25 wood to 32 wood.

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Herbivorous

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Dendrovorous

Alphabeaver • Thrumbo

Omnivorous

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Carnivorous

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Dryads

Barkskin • Berrymaker • Carrier • Clawer • Gaumaker • Immature dryad • Medicinemaker • Woodmaker