Forester "Foresters gather resources such as wood from the forest, to be used by other crafting professions."
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.
A guide to attaining Forester Mastery .
Required Tools 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 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.
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. Foresters are granted the ability to Track Wood 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:
Wood Branches Index
Fallen Timbers
Tier
Wood Materials
Mastery Components /
Locations
Rowan Branches 1
Log of Rowan Wood Drop of Sticky Resin Common Flax Fibre South Ered Luin , The Shire , Central Bree-land , Swanfleet
Ash Branches 2
Log of Ash Wood Drop of Ashy Resin Bree Flax Fibre Sapphire Shard North Ered Luin , Edges of Bree-land , The Barrow-downs , Western Lone-lands , Western North Downs , Cardolan
Yew Branches 3
Log of Yew Wood Drop of Amber Resin Pale Flax Fibre Ruby Shard Eastern Lone-lands , Eastern North Downs , Eastern Evendim
Lebethron Branches 4
Log of Lebethron Wood Drop of Black Resin Yellow Flax Fibre Adamant Shard Trollshaws , Western Evendim , Western Angmar , South-Eastern Lone-lands , Western Misty Mountains , Western Agamaur (located in the Lone-lands )
Black Ash Branches 5
Log of Black Ash Wood Black Ash Heartwood Spider Silk Drop of Soft Resin Golden Flax Fibre Beryl Shard Eastern Misty Mountains , Eastern Angmar , The Wildwood and Northern Eregion
Ilex Branches Pile of Ilex Wood 6
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
Birch Branches 7
Log of Birch Wood Birch Sapwood Branch Drop of Birch-tar Cracked Rhi Helvarch Sigil Enedwaith , Dunland , The Great River
Oak Branches 8
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
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
Log of Poplar Wood Poplar Sapwood Branch Piece of Poplar Bark Zircon Shard Eastern Gondor , Old Anórien , Far Anórien , North Ithilien
Gnarled Branches 10
Bundle of Reclaimed Ithilien Lumber
The Wastes
Gorgoroth Branches Gorgoroth Wood 11
Log of Gorgoroth Wood Piece of Doomfold Bark Strong Gorgoroth Branch Black Adamant Shard The Plateau of Gorgoroth
Lasgalen Branches 11
Log of Lasgalen Wood Piece of Doomfold Bark Strong Lasgalen Branch Black Adamant Shard Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands
Thornholt Branches 12
Log of Thornholt Wood Piece of Thornholt Bark Strong Thornholt Branch Dwarrowgleam Shard Iron Hills , Ered Mithrin
Vales Branches 12
Log of Thornholt Wood Piece of Thornholt Bark Strong Thornholt Branch Drop of Vales Honey Dwarrowgleam Shard Vales of Anduin
Mordor Snag Branches 13
Log of a Mordor Snag Piece of Mordor Snag Bark Strong Snag Branch Ithilharn Shard Minas Morgul , Mordor Besieged
Langflood Branches 13
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
Langflood Log Piece of Mordor Snag Bark Thick Langflood Log Ithilharn Shard Azanulbizar, T.A. 2799
Pile of Black Ash Wood 14
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
Log of a Wind-swept Black Ash Frost-rimed Black Ash Branch Sunstone Shard Gundabad : Câr Bronach , Clovengap , Welkin-lofts King's Gondor : Lossarnach , Upper Lebennin , Lower Lebennin Ettenmoors : Hithlad , Coldfells , Hoardale , Steps of Gram , Arador's End
Sea-side Black Ash Branches 15
Log of Shagâni Wood Sturdy Log of Shagâni Wood Red Sea-stone King's Gondor : Belfalas , Blackroot Vale , Dor-en-Ernil , Lamedon , Ringló Vale Outer Gondor : Anfalas , Pinnath Gelin Ettenmoors : Steps of Gram , Arador's End
Palm Branches 15
Log of Shagâni Wood Sturdy Log of Shagâni Wood Red Sea-stone Haradwaith : Cape of Umbar , The Shield Isles
Abandoned Planks 15
Log of Shagâni Wood Sturdy Log of Shagâni Wood Red Sea-stone Umbar-môkh - Tâkhdar , Kamrabezûr , Ilmabiri , Khabârkhad , Dil-irmíz
* Very rare component
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:
Hide Index
Hide
Tier
Leather By-product
Levels that Drop Item
Location(s)
Light Hide 1
Brushed Light Leather 1-13
Southern Ered Luin , the Shire , Central Bree-land
Medium Hide 2
Brushed Medium Leather Glazed Medium Leather 13-25
Bree-land , Ered Luin , Lone-lands , North Downs , and the Shire
Sturdy Hide 3
Brushed Sturdy Leather Glazed Sturdy Leather 25-34
Evendim , Lone-lands , North Downs , and Trollshaws
Pristine Hide 4
Brushed Pristine Leather Glazed Pristine Leather 35-43
Western Angmar , Evendim , Eastern and Western Misty Mountains , Eastern North Downs and Trollshaws
Exceptional Hide 5
Brushed Exceptional Leather Glazed Exceptional Leather 44-50
Angmar , Eregion , Sarnúr in Ered Luin , Forochel , The Wildwood and Ettenmoors
Magnificent Hide 6
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
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
Brushed Riddermark Leather Glazed Riddermark Leather Finished Riddermark Leather 75-85
East Rohan
Eorlingas Hide 9
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
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
Brushed Doomfold Leather 106+
The Plateau of Gorgoroth and Eryn Lasgalen and the Dale-lands
Ironfold Hide 12
Brushed Ironfold Leather 116+
Ered Mithrin and the Withered Heath and the Iron Hills
Minas Ithil Hide 13
Brushed Minas Ithil Leather 116+
Morgul Vale and Wells of Langflood
Gundabad Hide 14
Brushed Gundabad Leather 130-140
Gundabad
Shagâni Hide 15
Brushed Shagâni Leather 140-150
Umbar
Recipes A complete list of Forester recipe indexes by tier:
A complete list of Forester recipes listed alphabetically:
An index of items that can be crafted using Forester recipes
Quests Class Quests Harvesting Reward Quest Quest Reward 
Exceptional Hide