Log

Log
A Log
Description
Also known as	Logs
Added in	v0.01
Item type	Material
Location(s)	Peninsula
Obtained through	Collecting Cutting down trees
Equipable	Yes
Upgradable	No
Throwable	Yes
Storage	Log Holder Log Sled
Statistics
Max. Stack	2 in hand

Logs are one of the primary building materials and can be obtained by chopping down trees, they were added in update v0.01 of The Forest. Carrying logs has effects on the player that should be known (see page).

Gameplay

Logs are too large to fit in the player's inventory and thus the player must carry them, kick them, or put them to an incline to roll down in order to move them. A player may carry a maximum of 2 logs at a time (or two logs and one corpse). When a tree is chopped down, it falls to the ground and then 4-5 logs are created (they can get launched into the air due to the physics collisions with objects on the ground).

Logs are affected by the game physics and may be pushed around when walking or placed in a log sled. A carried log may be stacked on a log holder building or used in the construction of furniture, shelters, traps and walls. They will float in bodies of water, but the player cannot directly carry them while swimming. Instead, the player can back away and attempt to pick up the log, which will drag it to them, allowing the player to pull the log out of water after a few pulls.

Logs can also be put on ziplines, which will send them to the other end. However, they will often come off at a high speed, causing them to fly off in a random direction. It is recommended that the player builds some sort of custom barrier or log catcher to prevent this while using this feature often.

Important

• v0.46 - Fixed logs floating in water that get reused by the pooling system not getting their buoyancy properly reset (past 100 spawned logs, oldest ones gets reused for new spawns)
• v0.27 - (Performance) cut down trees now use pooled log pickups, limited to 100 instances (oldest ones get removed if new one are created past the limit)

Building

Logs are used in almost all buildings in the game:

1	=	18	+	29	+	1
Alpine Tree House		Stick		Log		Rope (optional)

1	=	5
Basic Wall		Log

1	=	2
Wooden Bench		Log

1	=	1	+	4
Bird House		Log		Stick

1	=	20	+	10	+	5
Bonfire		Leaf		Stick		Log

1	=	15	+	1	+	5
Catapult		Stick		Rope		Log

1	=	5	+	12	+	7
Couch		Log		Stick		Deer Skin

1	=	∞	+	6
Crane		Log		Rope

∞	=	∞
Custom Floor		Log

∞	=	∞
Custom Foundation		Log

∞	=	∞
Custom Roof		Log

∞	=	∞
Custom Stairs		Log

∞	=	∞
Custom Wall		Log

1	=	3	+	3
Deadfall Trap		Stick		Log

1	=	9
Defensive Spikes		Log

∞	=	∞
Defensive Wall		Log

∞	=	∞	+	∞
Defensive Wall Spikes		Stick		Rock

∞	=	∞
Dock		Log

1	=	68	+	2
Fire Place		Rock		Log

1	=	10	+	∞
Free- standing Zipline		Log		Rope

1	=	60	+	30+
Gazebo		Stick		Log

1	=	1
Ground Weapon Holder		Log

1	=	20	+	2	+	2	+	4
Happy Birthday Trap		Stick		Rock		Rope		Log

1	=	4	+	4	+	40
House Boat		Stick		Rope		Log

1	=	7	+	6	+	7
Hunting Shelter		Stick		Rock		Log

1	=	8
Large Cabinet		Log

1	=	32	+	57
Large Raft		Stick		Log

1	=	82+
Log Cabin		Log

1	=	2	+	1	+	5
Noose Trap		Stick		Rope		Log

1	=	∞
Platform		Log

1	=	10	+	1	+	6
Rope Swing Trap		Rock		Rope		Log

1	=	6
Side Platform		Log

1	=	5
Simple Stairs		Log

1	=	13
Small Cabin		Log

1	=	7
Small Cabinet		Log

1	=	2+
Garden		Log

1	=	4	+	4	+	7
Small Raft		Stick		Rope		Log

1	=	3
Small Table		Log

1	=	5
Table		Log

1	=	4	+	1
Target		Stick		Log

1	=	26	+	14
Temporary Shelter		Leaf		Stick

∞	=	∞
Tree Bridge		Log

1	=	35	+	1
Tree House		Log		Rope (optional)

1	=	14	+	1
Tree Platform		Log		Rope (optional)

1	=	5
Wall with Door		Log

1	=	5
Wall with Window		Log

1	=	5	+	82+
Church		Stick		Log

1	=	1	+	11
Coffin		Stick		Log

1	=	48	+	34	+	18
Cross		Stick		Log		Rock

1	=	22	+	317+
Tower		Stick		Log

∞	=	∞	+	∞
Coaster		Stick		Log

1	=	38	+	1	+	1
Timmy Sitting		Stick		Cloth		Log

1	=	38	+	1	+	1
Wife Sitting		Stick		Cloth		Log

1	=	8	+	3
Television		Stick		Log

1	=	20	+	1	+	1
Dog		Stick		Log		Cloth

1	=	121	+	47
Car		Stick		Log

Storage

Logs can be stored in the following:

1	=	21
Log Sled		Stick

1	=	16
Small Log Holder		Stick

1	=	24
Large Log Holder		Stick

Known bugs

• Logs on the ground will de-spawn if too far away from the player, and will not spawn back when the player returns.
• If a log holder is placed on a hill, it may be impossible to stack logs into it.
• The logs may bug out in-hand, resulting in a. This makes it impossible to place logs into storage, but they can still be placed into buildings.

Gallery

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  A log on the ground

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  A log being carried by a player.

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  Negative number of logs bug that has now been fixed

Update History

Version	Changes
v1.0	Fixed player not holding logs properly if logs were picked up while cold and hands are empty
v0.73	Player will now drop any held logs when sitting on a bench Fixed player not able to pick up logs while airborne
v0.72	Fixed picking up a log during the eating animation causing player to switch to the Plane Axe after dropping the Log Sled can now carry up to 12 logs
v0.69	Fixed held logs colliding awkwardly when quickly dropped by player
v0.67	It is now possible to add logs to damaged ziplines Fixed log on zipline offsetting from the zipline rope if placed while standing too close from the zipline and within collision range of player (Multiplayer) Improved log on zipline movement smoothing Logs traveling on zipline are now visible from further away Fixed UI widget staying visible if grabbing log quickly from log holder after it gets destroyed Fixed regression from last patch causing the repair prompt to not show up with repair tool equipped if logs are needed to repair a structure
v0.66	It is now possible to add logs to ziplines to let it transport them across to the other end! Looking at a damaged structure (not needing logs for repair) while holding a log no longer shows the repair widget and instead shows the missing repair tool icon
v0.64	Audio: Fix for the dynamic life buoy, now plays correct events when pushed on terrain and no longer triggers log hits when colliding with rocks.
v0.62	Improved collision mesh on logs Replaced old repair & log needed display with a new circular widget Hybrid buildings (using a preplaced structure combined with procedural foundations, i.e. the gazebo) now properly account for both the structure and the foundation repair hit & log requirement before allowing the repair to complete Repair log requirements must now be fulfilled before performing the repairs with the repair tool
v0.58	(Multiplayer) Fixed dropping logs as client sometimes shooting the player up into the air Fixed cases of dropped logs flying off when dropped close to other physics objects Improved collision on log sled when full of logs
v0.57	Fixed held log hand animation sometimes being slow to respond after picking up a log Fixed dropped logs not colliding with log sleds
v0.55	Player dropped logs now spawn slightly away from player to prevent physics interaction issues
v0.47	Fixed player/player_net held log still using old model and textures
v0.46	Fixed logs flying up in the air when chopping down trees (hopefully) Fixed logs floating in water that get reused by the pooling system not getting their buoyancy properly reset (past 100 spawned logs, oldest ones gets reused for new spawns) (Multiplayer) Fixed some logs flying for clients Fixed player movement slowing down when trying to open survival book while carrying a log
v0.45	New building: Large Log Holder ! Once placed, the ghost regular log holder can be toggled into a large holder. Holds up to 12 logs Picking up small rocks/tennis balls when holding logs no longer drops the logs
v0.43	Fixed collapsing foundation not releasing its logs individually and instead staying glued in oddly shaped chunks of several logs Fixed logs thrown into the sinkhole staying floating mid air, they now properly go all the way down !
v0.41	Setup buoyancy on logs ! New art added: Revised log model, spike log model, and 3x half log variations (Multiplayer) Enabled physics on log pickups for clients so that they may push logs (Multiplayer) Client adding 2 logs to a log holder/sled with only one free slot will get back the extra log instead of it being forever gone
v0.37	(Multiplayer) Fixed picking up logs in holder while jumping causing it to vanish, it now properly drops the log
v0.35	Player now drops held logs when swimming Fixed log pickups sometimes having the E action icon visible from far away Fixed picking up held only item (i.e.: small rock) while holding logs causing the small rock to vanish, now logs will be dropped and the item equipped
v0.34	(Audio) Added exertion sound when a log is dropped
v0.32	Fixed logs dropped in caves spawning above terrain
v0.29	(Balance) Lowered log transportation energy cost Fixed logs sometimes spawning bellow terrain (made some trees look like they didn't provide their full yield) (Multiplayer) Fixed (hopefully for good) logs sometimes getting stuck mid air
v0.28	(Multiplayer) Improved cases of log staying stuck mid air
v0.27	(Multiplayer) Fixed another log-dupe bug (sorry!) (Performance) cut down trees now use pooled log pickups, limited to 100 instances (oldest ones get removed if new one are created past the limit)
v0.23	(multiplayer) Fixed issue where logs could be duplicated by juggling them between two players (SORRY!)
v0.20b	possible fix for issues with logs not visible in lod sled or log holder for older save games (not able to reproduce here, let us know if its still happening) Fixed bug where it wasn't possible to pull out lighter (or other left hand item) when carrying a log
v0.18c	Fixed error when cancelling a ghost building that doesn't have “built” renderers for each ingredient (cancelling raft with stick and log added no longer gives infinite amount of logs ;)
v0.18	After cutting down a tree, spawned logs do not roll as far or as fast (multiplayer) Fixed log duplication bug
v0.13	Armsy will knock down walls and other structures near player, and will now interact better with dynamic logs/props pushing them away Player is no longer able to pick up logs while jumping, swimming, sailing raft or pushing sled Equipped logs are now dropped when beginning to swim, sail a raft or push a sled (multiplayer)Fixed delay where log would remain visible for a short period of time even after being picked up by clients (multiplayer)Fixed delay between tree falling and breaking into logs for clients
v0.11	(multiplayer) Fixed log duplication bug, where it was possible to spawn multiple logs when picking up up a log
v0.10	(multiplayer)Fixed some Log duplication bugs (multiplayer)Fixed Logs invisible for client in certain spots on the map
v0.08b	Energy now drains faster when carrying logs (and faster still if carrying two logs)
v0.08	Better looking log held model
v0.07	Sound effects added for adding sticks/logs and rocks to storage
v0.05	Carry log animation added to player Logs should no longer fall through rocks
v0.03	Fixed log going to -1 if you died whilst holding a log
v0.02	Fixed shelter on fire spawning infinite logs Fixed issue where sticks,rocks and logs needed could go to -1
v0.01	Logs added to the game