The Birch Tree is an Environment object in Raft.
Summary[]
A Birch Tree in a Large Crop Plot.
Birch Trees can be found on Balboa Island and Evergreen Islands. When chopped down with an Axe, it will drop seven Planks. There's a small chance of receiving Birch Seeds when chopping down a Birch Tree. Birch Seeds can be planted in Large Crop Plots to grow Birch Trees on the raft. After watering, it takes the Birch Seed 15 minutes to grow into a full size tree.
A Birch Tree is felled in five chops. Every chop is predetermined as to what it yields, except for Birch Seeds which have a 13.5% chance of dropping from every chop. Chopping down a Birch Tree entirely yields an average of 0.675 seeds, with a 51.6% chance of yielding at least one seed. A single birch seed can then be expected to yield 2.06484 plantings on average.
Seed Drop Rate[]
Chances of getting seeds after chopping the whole tree down.
| # of Seeds | Chance of Getting Exactly That Many Seeds | Chance of Getting At Least That Many Seeds |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 48.43% | 100% |
| 1 | 37.79% | 51.57% |
| 2 | 11.80% | 13.78% |
| 3 | 1.84% | 1.99% |
| 4 | 0.144% | 0.148% |
| 5 | 0.00448% | 0.00448% |
Chop Yields[]
Chop 1: 
x2
Chop 2: x1
Chop 3: x1
Chop 4: x1
Chop 5: x2
History[]
| Early Access | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Update 10 | Birch Tree was added to the game. | ||||