How to get and use Hardwood in Windrose

Hardwood is one of the most commonly used resources in Windrose, required in several recipes (including upgrades), and finding it can be tricky. Once you’re past the beginner stage and unlock Foothills, you can begin farming this particular variant of wood.

However, you’ll have to look in specific zones to find Hardwood.

How to get Hardwood in Windrose
How to use Hardwood in Windrose

How to get Hardwood in Windrose

Hardwood is a specific type of tree bark that’s found in the Foothills biome. It can be found by chopping down Divi-Divi trees. These trees won’t have fixed locations (since maps are procedurally generated), but you’ll find them inside the islands.

Trees that spawn along the coasts don’t provide you with any Hardwood. Only those that are located in the interiors will provide you with Hardwood.

Hardwood also appears to spawn randomly across the Foothills islands. These trees are fairly common, but they don’t spawn on every island under the biome.

You’ll also need to use a Copper axe or better to chop down the Divi-Divi trees. To get a Copper axe, you’ll have to craft it using five Copper Ingots and five Wood. You’ll also require a level 1 Workbench.

How to use Hardwood in Windrose

Here are some of the key ways to use Hardwood in Windrose.

Simple Fishing Rod: This will be your first fishing rod inside the game, which will allow you to catch various fish. You can use them to craft various meals that provide buffs.

Many weapons require Hardwood to be crafted for the first time.

Several melee items, like a Halberd, need Hardwood for you to craft them.

Additionally, it can be processed into Timber, which is a crafting ingredient in itself. In short, the need for Hardwood never really reduces, irrespective of where you’re currently at an advantage. Hence, chop down Divi-Divi trees whenever you spot them on a Foothills island.

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There’s a host of different stats in Vampire Crawlers that will define your chances of completing a specific stage. If you’ve played Vampire Survivors, you’ll be well familiar with most of these stats. If not, then you can refer to the following section to understand what each attribute means.

Vampire Crawlers stats explained

The table below briefly explains what every stat means so that you can always stay on top of your deck’s strength and prowess.

Stat	What it Does
Max Health	It raises your Max Health by 10% per rank. You’ll still need to heal and restore your health after increasing the cap.
Recovery	Heals 1 HP per rank after each encounter. Extremely useful to passively restore your lost HP after every completed battle.
Hand	Determines the number of cards you’ll pull when a fresh turn begins.
Mana	Raises the max mana available for you to use.
Armor	Nullify all incoming attacks. You gain +1 Armor per rank, and also increase it by playing Armor cards.
Might	Raise the base damage of all weapons by 10% per level.
Area	Dish out AoE damage from your attacks, which increases by 10% per rank.
Amount	Adds extra projectiles for your weapon cards.
Duration	Allows you to increase the duration of your Crawler’s stay by one per rank.
Magnet	You can draw extra cards per turn.
Revival	Get extra lives.
Luck	Raises all positive stats, along with increasing the quality of your drops. It increases by 20% per rank.
Growth	You can get extra XP.
Greed	You’ll get 10% extra Gold Coins per rank.
Reroll	You can reroll your draw to try and get other options. You get +2 reroll choices per rank.
Skip	You can skip level-up rewards to get extra XP and Gold.
Banish	You can banish cards that you want to avoid from showing up on your run.
Curse	A negative stat that will amplify the damage of your enemy’s attacks. However, you’ll get more XP and Gold.

Typically, the Power Ups you use will have a direct impact on the stat values of your current run. When you upgrade a Power Up, it will permanently raise the applicable stat for your character (the buffs will be available across all runs). However, your attributes will also depend on the cards you draw and the crawler(s) you use.

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