Wood billet

Wood billet is a basic material processed from Log. Split it into Firewood or Wood wedge, or use it to build early workstations and a cremation site.

Wood billet

Stack limit

30

Reference base price

12 copper coins

Trader

Tress · Tier I

Trade directions

Buy and sell

Obtaining

Place Log in a Timber stockpile, then process it at a Sawhorse or Circular Saw. The saw has a higher base output and lower energy cost, and Carpenter adds one more billet.

Materials, base output, energy and rewards per billet craft

Workstation	Materials	Output	Cost & reward
Sawhorse	1 × Log	4 × Wood billet	−15 Energy +1 Technology knowledge (red)
Circular Saw	1 × Log	5 × Wood billet Carpenter: +1	−10 Energy

You can also trade for billets with Tress at tier I. The base purchase price is 12 copper coins, while the base resale price is 8. Check the trading screen for the current quote.

Study

Study Table

Resources

1 × Faith1 × Science

Cost

5 × Energy

Reward

10 × Technology knowledge (green)

Decomposable

No

Crafting uses

Each Chopping spot craft consumes one Wood billet. The table separates the base output from the extra five granted by Axeman, so you can plan materials before unlocking the perk.

Chopping spot processing: base output, energy, reward and Axeman bonus

Workstation	Materials	Output	Cost & reward
Chopping spot	1 × Wood billet	10 × Firewood Axeman: +5	−6 Energy +1 Technology knowledge (red)
	1 × Wood billet	10 × Wood wedge Axeman: +5	−6 Energy +1 Technology knowledge (red)

Building uses

Billets are used directly in the following three early construction projects. The community tables do not provide a consistent construction energy value, so only evidenced material quantities are listed here.

Chopping spot

• 5 × Wood billet

Wooden anvil

• 2 × Wood billet
• 2 × Simple iron parts

Place for burning corpses

• 8 × Wood billet