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 (can be used for Apprentice, Journeyman, and Expert tier recipes)
Superior Workbench (required for Artisan, Master and Supreme tier recipes, and can also be used when crafting items from lower tier recipes; see its article for locations)

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 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

Wood can be found across the lands of Middle-earth. Foresters have the ability to Track Wood and harvest it using their Forester's Axe. Normal branches typically yield 1 to 3 branches, while heavy branches can yield up to 6 branches and occasionally kindling materials. Both types of branches can sometimes yield 1+ mastery components used by Tailors and Woodworkers. Foresters have the skill to treat wood for other professions. Other professions, such as Woodworker, can then create items from the treated wood.

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*	The Trollshaws, West Evendim, West Angmar, South-East The 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, 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 Branches and can then be turned into Thin Ilex Boards 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 Boards
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 Derndingle 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
Gnarled Branches	10 Anórien	Bundle of Reclaimed Ithilien Lumber	Zircon Shard*	The Wastes
Gorgoroth Branches Gorgoroth Wood	11 Doomfold	Log of Gorgoroth Wood	Piece of Doomfold Bark Strong Gorgoroth Branch*	The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Lasgalen Branches	11 Doomfold	Log of Lasgalen Wood	Piece of Doomfold Bark Strong Lasgalen Branch*	Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands

* Very rare component

Hides

Hides are pieces of animal hide that drop as loot from beasts. Any player can harvest a hide after defeating a beast, but only Foresters have the ability to turn hides into leather by boiling them, for use in Tailor crafting recipes.

Hide Type	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, The Lone-lands, The North Downs, and The Shire
Sturdy Hide	3 Expert	Brushed Sturdy Leather Glazed Sturdy Leather	25-34	Evendim, The Lone-lands, The North Downs, and The 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 The North Downs and The Trollshaws
Exceptional Hide	5 Master	Brushed Exceptional Leather Glazed Exceptional Leather	44-50	Angmar, Eregion, Sarnúr in Ered Luin, Forochel, 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 Curunir, 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 Riddermark Leather Glazed Riddermark Leather Finished Riddermark 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

Recipes

Links to Forester recipe index by tier

	Forester Apprentice Recipes
	Forester Journeyman Recipes
	Forester Expert Recipes
	Forester Artisan Recipes
	Forester Master Recipes
	Forester Supreme Recipes
	Forester Westfold Recipes
	Forester Eastemnet Recipes
	Forester Westemnet Recipes
	Forester Anórien Recipes
	Forester Doomfold Recipes