Pax Dei: How to Unlock Tier 2 Wood – Heartwood | Fine Wood

There are tons of different resources that you can find in Pax Dei, with some more rare than others. Wood is the most important resource that you can get in Pax Dei. It is used to craft and build a number of different things, so you will need to have a lot of it.

For our guide, we will be looking at how to unlock Heartwood. Heartwood is the better version of the normal wood that you can find all across Pax Dei. As you progress through the game, you will naturally need more Hardwood to build better structures and craft better items.

How to Unlock Tier 2 Wood – Heartwood

Heartwood can be harvested through medium-sized trees. These trees are rarer than regular trees, but they can still be found all across the map.

The highlighted region in the image above shows an area where you can find medium-sized trees. To cut down these trees, you will need to have an Iron Picaxe. If you haven’t unlocked it yet, don’t worry as we will cover exactly what you need to do to unlock it.

Unlocking Iron Chopping Axe

You will need a lot of Iron to unlock the Iron Chopping Axe. Make sure you check out our guide on where to find Iron in Pax Dei to get all the Iron that you will need.

In order to craft the Iron Chopping Axe, you will need to have:

• Basic Carpenting Workbench
• Basic Blacksmith Workbench
• Basic Weapon Smith Workbench

We will be looking at how you can craft all 3 of these workbenches in Pax Dei.

Basic Carpenting Workbench

For the Iron Chopping Axe, You will need to have a Basic Carpenting Workbench present in your base. The Basic Carpenting Workbench can be crafted using

• 4x Wooden Beam
• 20x Wooden Pegs
• 6x Planks

All of these ingredients can be made at a Wood Chopping Block using Sapwood, the tier 1 wood in this game.

Basic Blacksmith Workbench

Once you’ve made the Basic Carpenting Workbench, you can use it to craft the Basic Blacksmithing Tools. The ingredients for crafting the Basic Blacksmithing Bench are:

• 2x Iron Sheets
• 4x Iron Nails
• 2x Iron Bar

All 3 of these ingredients can be crafted using iron at the Stone Anvil.

Basic Weapon Smith Workbench

Once you have the Basic Blacksmithing Tools in your inventory, they can be used to craft a Basic Blacksmith Workbench. You can craft the Basic Blacksmith Workbench using the same recipe as the Carpentry one plus the Basic Blacksmithing Tools.

Next, use the Basic Blacksmith Workbench to make Basic Weapon Smithing Tools. You can craft the tools using:

• 4x Iron Bar
• 5x Iron Nails
• 2x Short Wood Stock

Like the other 2 tools, you can craft the Basic Weapon Smithing Tools using ingredients that can be made using a Stone Anvil or a Wood Chopping Block.

Lastly, use the Basic Weapon Smithing Tools to make a Basic Weaponsmith Workbench. After you place the workbench at your base, use it to craft the Iron Chopping Axe. For the axe, you will need

• 1x Long Wood Stock
• 1x Iron Axe Head

Additionally, you will also need to have level 10 Weapon Smithing. Crafting various items will help you level up Weapon Smithing. The best way to do this is by crafting low-level items that don’t use up a lot of resources.

With the Iron Chopping Axe now in your inventory, you can start chopping down medium-sized trees to get Heartwood.