Forester

Professions
Gathering:
Farmer, Forester, Prospector
Producing:
Cook, Jeweller, Metalsmith, Scholar, Tailor, Weaponsmith, Woodworker
Crafting Guide, Crafted Items

Forester

"Foresters gather resources such as wood from the forest, to be used by other crafting Vocations."

A Forester gathers and treats wood for the Woodworker and boils looted hides for the Tailor. This profession only produces subcomponents for other professions but it is a necessary and vital role.

Associated Vocations: Explorer, Woodsman

A guide to attaining Forester Mastery.

Required Tools

• Forester's Axe (e.g. Bronze Forester's Axe)
• Workbench

Materials

A list of all component items that are used to craft Forester recipes: Forester Components

A Forester requires a Forester's Axe (e.g., Bronze Forester's Axe) in order to gather and treat different types of wood and to boil different types of hides. The forester must have the proficiency for the previous tier of the wood, for example in order to harvest Ash Branches the forester should be Apprentice Forester. The forester can find wood by using the Track Wood skill, which directs them to the nearest cache of wood in the landscape.

Once he has collected the base components, the Forester will need to purchase additional components from a Supplier vendor to use in crafting his final product.

Wood

Resources are generally "Nodes" found across the lands of Middle-earth, which provide crafting materials in Crafting Recipe.

Wood Branches can only be harvested by characters with the Forester profession. Prospectors are granted the ability to Track Wood, harvest the ore deposit using Crafting Tools, and process the wood into treated wood at a Workbench.

Wood branch node

Normal branches typically yield 1 to 3 branches and a small chance of other crafting materials such as rare components and mastery components.

Heavy branches can yield up to 6 branches and occasionally kindling materials.

The following Professions can use the treated wood for materials in their own crafting recipes:

• Woodworker
• Weaponsmith

Wood Branches Index

Fallen Timbers	Tier	Wood Materials	Mastery Components / Rare Crafting Components	Locations
Rowan Branches	1 Apprentice	Log of Rowan Wood	Drop of Sticky Resin  Common Flax Fibre	South Ered Luin, The Shire, Central Bree-land
Ash Branches	2 Journeyman	Log of Ash Wood	Drop of Ashy Resin  Bree Flax Fibre  Sapphire Shard*	North Ered Luin, Edges of Bree-land, The Barrow-downs, West Lone-lands, West North Downs
Yew Branches	3 Expert	Log of Yew Wood	Drop of Amber Resin  Pale Flax Fibre  Ruby Shard*	East Lone-lands, East North Downs, East Evendim
Lebethron Branches	4 Artisan	Log of Lebethron Wood	Drop of Black Resin  Yellow Flax Fibre  Adamant Shard*	Trollshaws, West Evendim, West Angmar, South-East Lone-lands, West Misty Mountains
Black Ash Branches	5 Master	Log of Black Ash Wood  Black Ash Heartwood  Spider Silk	Drop of Soft Resin  Golden Flax Fibre  Beryl Shard*	East Misty Mountains, East Angmar, The Wildwood and Northern Eregion
Ilex Branches Pile of Ilex Wood	6 Supreme	Log of Ilex Wood	Drop of Hard Resin  Fairy Flax Fibre  Mithril Flake*	Southern Eregion, Moria (esp. Bult-kâr and Sejer-tharâkh crafting instances found in Mezer-serej in Zelem-melek), Lothlórien, Mirkwood, Enedwaith
Mallorn Branches	As of Update 12, Helm's Deep - November 20, 2013, these branches were removed from the game Logs of Mallorn Wood cannot be harvested anymore, remaining ones in inventory were converted into  Gnarled Ilex Branch and can then be turned into  Thin Ilex Board Treated Mallorn Planks cannot be crafted anymore, remaining ones in inventory were converted into  Gnarled Ilex Wood and can then be turned into  Solid Ilex Board
Birch Branches	7 Westfold	Log of Birch Wood  Birch Sapwood Branch	Drop of Birch-tar  Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil*	Enedwaith, Dunland, The Great River
Oak Branches	8 Eastemnet	Log of Oak Wood  Oak Sapwood Branch	Piece of Oak Bark  Tarnished Crest of Rohan*	East Rohan, Imping crafting instance found in Hytbold, Wildermore
Walnut Branches	9 Westemnet	Log of Walnut Wood  Walnut Sapwood Branch  Walnut	Piece of Walnut Bark  Emerald Shard*	West Rohan, Direnfirel crafting instance found in the Entwood, Western Gondor, Central Gondor
Poplar Branches	10 Anórien	Log of Poplar Wood  Poplar Sapwood Branch	Piece of Poplar Bark  Zircon Shard*	Eastern Gondor, Old Anórien, Far Anórien, North Ithilien, Ettenmoors
Gnarled Branches	10 Anórien	Bundle of Reclaimed Ithilien Lumber		The Wastes
Gorgoroth Branches Gorgoroth Wood	11 Doomfold	Log of Gorgoroth Wood	Piece of Doomfold Bark  Strong Gorgoroth Branch  Black Adamant Shard*	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Lasgalen Branches	11 Doomfold	Log of Lasgalen Wood	Piece of Doomfold Bark  Strong Lasgalen Branch  Black Adamant Shard*	Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands
Thornholt Branches	12 Ironfold	Log of Thornholt Wood	Piece of Thornholt Bark  Strong Thornholt Branch  Dwarrowgleam Shard*	Iron Hills, Ered Mithrin
Vales Branches	12 Ironfold	Log of Thornholt Wood	Piece of Thornholt Bark  Strong Thornholt Branch  Drop of Vales Honey  Dwarrowgleam Shard*	Vales of Anduin
Mordor Snag Branches	13 Minas Ithil	Log of a Mordor Snag	Piece of Mordor Snag Bark  Strong Snag Branch  Ithilharn Shard*	Minas Morgul, Mordor Besieged
Langflood Branches	13 Minas Ithil	Langflood Log	Piece of Mordor Snag Bark  Thick Langflood Log  Ithilharn Shard*	Wells of Langflood, Elderslade, The War of Three Peaks
Frost-rimed Ilex Branches	13 Minas Ithil	Langflood Log	Piece of Mordor Snag Bark  Thick Langflood Log  Ithilharn Shard*	Azanulbizar, T.A. 2799
Pile of Black Ash Wood	14 Gundabad	Log of a Wind-swept Black Ash	Frost-rimed Black Ash Branch  Sunstone Shard*	Gundabad: Deepscrave, Gloomingtarn, Máttugard, Pit of Stonejaws
Wind-swept Black Ash Branches	14 Gundabad	Log of a Wind-swept Black Ash	Frost-rimed Black Ash Branch  Sunstone Shard*	Gundabad: Câr Bronach, Clovengap, Welkin-lofts

* Very rare component

Hides

Hides can be harvested by characters by defeating Beasts. These pieces of animal hide have a chance to drop from those types of Creatures.

Foresters are able to process hides into leather by boiling them at a Workbench.

The following Professions can use the leather for materials in their own crafting recipes:

• Tailor
• Metalsmith

Hide Index

Hide	Tier	Leather By-product	Levels that Drop Item	Location(s)
Light Hide	1 Apprentice	Brushed Light Leather	1-13	South Ered Luin, the Shire, central Bree-land
Medium Hide	2 Journeyman	Brushed Medium Leather  Glazed Medium Leather	13-25	Bree-land, Ered Luin, Lone-lands, North Downs, and the Shire
Sturdy Hide	3 Expert	Brushed Sturdy Leather  Glazed Sturdy Leather	25-34	Evendim, Lone-lands, North Downs, and Trollshaws
Pristine Hide	4 Artisan	Brushed Pristine Leather  Glazed Pristine Leather	35-43	West part of Angmar, Evendim, East and West part of the Misty Mountains, East part of North Downs and Trollshaws
Exceptional Hide	5 Master	Brushed Exceptional Leather  Glazed Exceptional Leather	44-50	Angmar, Eregion, Sarnúr in Ered Luin, Forochel, The Wildwood and Ettenmoors
Magnificent Hide	6 Supreme	Brushed Magnificent Leather  Glazed Magnificent Leather  Finished Magnificent Leather  Mithril-reinforced Magnificent Leather	51-64	Angmar, Eregion, Moria, Lothlórien, Mirkwood, Enedwaith, Minas Elendúr, Kolo-hampât
Calenard Hide	7 Westfold	Brushed Calenard Leather  Glazed Calenard Leather  Finished Calenard Leather	65-74	Dunland, Gap of Rohan, Isengard, Nan Curunír, The Great River and some rare drops in Eastern Mirkwood and Enedwaith
Riddermark Hide	8 Eastemnet	Brushed Riddermark Leather  Glazed Riddermark Leather  Finished Riddermark Leather	75-85	East Rohan
Eorlingas Hide	9 Westemnet	Brushed Eorlingas Leather  Glazed Eorlingas Leather  Finished Eorlingas Leather	85-99	West Rohan (A beast level 85 in West Rohan can drop both Riddermark and Eorlingas hides), Fangorn, Western Gondor, Central Gondor
Anórien Hide	10 Anórien	Brushed Anórien Leather	100-105	Eastern Gondor, Old Anórien, Far Anórien (beasts in all 3 areas drop both Eorlingas and Anórien hides)
Doomfold Hide	11 Doomfold	Brushed Doomfold Leather	106+	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Ironfold Hide	12 Ironfold	Brushed Ironfold Leather	116+	Ered Mithrin and the Withered Heath
Minas Ithil Hide	13 Minas Ithil	Brushed Minas Ithil Leather	116+	Morgul Vale
Gundabad Hide	14 Gundabad	Brushed Gundabad Leather	130-140	Gundabad

Recipes

A complete list of Forester recipe indexes by tier:

Jeweller Recipe Index
	T1 - Apprentice Forester Recipe Index
	T2 - Journeyman Forester Recipe Index
	T3 - Expert Forester Recipe Index
	T4 - Artisan Forester Recipe Index
	T5 - Master Forester Recipe Index
	T6 - Supreme Forester Recipe Index
	T7 - Westfold Forester Recipe Index
	T8 - Eastemnet Forester Recipe Index
	T9 - Westemnet Forester Recipe Index
	T10 - Anórien Forester Recipe Index
	T11 - Doomfold Forester Recipe Index
	T12 - Ironfold Forester Recipe Index
	T13 - Minas Ithil Forester Recipe Index
	T14 - Gundabad Forester Recipe Index

A complete list of Forester recipes listed alphabetically:

• Forester Recipes

An index of items that can be crafted using Forester recipes

• Forester Items

Quests

Class Quests

• [1] Introduction to Forestry

Harvesting Reward Quest

• [50] Picks for Delivery

Quest Reward

• [50] Valuable Heartwood rewards 10 Exceptional Hide