Alpine Tree House

The alpine tree house is an elevated structure and shelter that is built on trees. It was added in update v0.08 of The Forest.

Gameplay
The alpine tree house is one of several types of shelters in this game. This is similar to the standard tree house, however, the alpine tree house offers a triangular roof, a balcony to observe the forest from, and guard rails. Like other shelters, the alpine tree house provides the player with an area to sleep and save their progress, while also serving as a safe haven to escape from cannibals. The alpine tree house is a very safe shelter because creatures are unable to climb the rope. This shelter provides great vantage point to scout out enemy movement, but if fire is lit inside at night, that makes player visible for a long distance. As of v0.40 if the player gets chased by mutants into his/hers tree house they will attack the base of the tree to collapse the entire structure, which can result in significant resource loss. Previous to v0.40, mutants would crowd below elevated structures, unable to reach them. This was most likely the result of a bug that was fixed in v0.40. It is best to consult each mutants page to see surface combat techniques and additional information.
 * The Alpine Tree House can be attached to other elevated platforms, the rope is removable during construction, and there is an anchor mark.
 * To have a place to sleep (pressing and holding  if available)
 * To regain energy and restore fatigue by sleep
 * To save your progress (pressing and holding )
 * All shelters come with a house overlay icon which marks its location, it can be seen anywhere in the game world. This is advantageous to the player when adventuring, so they can always find their way home. The player can press R on this icon to change its color, or change it to ‘grey’ to switch the icon off.

Known Bugs

 * Tree houses may not snap to trees, making them impossible to build in certain areas
 * Sometimes tree branches are not destroyed upon finishing the building, making it difficult to move inside of the treehouse as your view is filled with leaves and branches inside the shelter

Trivia

 * Prior to v0.10, the alpine tree houses used ladder to access them. In the v0.10 update, this was replaced by rope.