Is there a way to get rid of so many tiny trees

[kayla sharp]

I found the perfect spot. In a sacred springs biome it's sooo beautiful wow but the problem is that there are sooo any of those tiny trees I can't even find the ground is there a more efficient way to do away with all these so I can start building a base here

 

[epidemia78]

What tiny trees? Cut them down?

 

[kayla sharp]

the ones that are a block with leaves and but there's like a million

 

[epidemia78]

Make a sickle, it clears out leaves and stuff real good. You could also trying setting the forest on fire...

 

[ljfa]

Could try TC axe of the stream or MFR harvester

 

[MacAisling]

There is a leaf blower attachment for the Modular Power Suit's power fist that works wonders.

 

[Someone Else 37]

I'm a fan of the Nature Scythe from Ars Magica 2, although as a rare drop from a very difficult boss, it's not easy to get.

However, flint and steel should do the job quite nicely, if you don't mind potentially burning down the whole biome.

 

[Yusunoha]

MFR harvester with the highest radius upgrade in it?

 

[LoGaL]

burn them, old flint and steal

 

[malicious_bloke]

burn them, old flint and steal

Then gaze upon your handiwork and marvel!

 

[Larmonade]

Sacred springs is pretty much a biome that is 100% those stupid 1-block high trees. I love that biome - the cliffs...the colors...the waterfalls...but yeah. Any build that you want in a sacred springs area is going to involve some form of clear-cutting all the underbrush.

I used to just flint&steel everything and burn a nice wife ear patch, but these days, my method is usually, if I find a great spot I want y main base in, to make a waypoint for my map, and set up camp in some other area. Once I'm established and I'm ready to move from my start-up base to a "real" or "final" base, I usually have the tools to deal with stuff like this rather quickly.

But yeah, for starting in a sacred spring, I really can think of any "shortcuts" other than suggesting that you put on a movie or some music or a podcast or something to keep you from getting bored while you smash up dozens of mini-trees.

 

[Pyure]

The only correct way to clear large amounts of trees is this:

Important: you need to giggle whilst doing this. Oh and use a vacuum machine.
Also important: The most recent version apparently changes how axes handle leaves. Not sure what the impact of that is.

 

[Runo]

like someone else said, sickle for precision clearing a patch and fire for shotgun approach.

When I built in that biome, I made my house on stilts and platforms. It looks nice if you build into the biome like that, especially with ramps and such across places. It has a downside of making tree breeding somewhat impossible though

 

[malicious_bloke]

1.Find target forest
2.Move back 30-40 blocks
3.Build a shotgun TNT cannon.*
4.?????
5.Build on your new treeless patch of land
*for this I favour a rapid-pulser/dispenser combo to chamber as many rounds as possible before detonation

 

[Padfoote]

As Pyure said, Bedrock Axe. That thing is amazing.

 

[kayla sharp]

As Pyure said, Bedrock Axe. That thing is amazing.

what is a bed rock axe? honestly I have never heard of that

 

[Platinawolf]

The MFR Harvester does wonderers to almost any tree,,, In theory it could even eat a sacred rubber sapling,,, As long as the trees are connected via leaves or wood it will happily nom a forest up without any upgrades

 

[Padfoote]

what is a bed rock axe? honestly I have never heard of that

It is an extremely powerful axe from RotaryCraft. Reika's last world tour showed just how easy it is to clear the Twilight Forest with it.

 

[kittle]

For mass leaves, a MFR harvester is 1 way. but you have to move it all the time.

I usually make a TiC hatchet with a steel head (or better). This will 1-shot leaves and use 0 durability. so you stand in an area. hold the mouse button down and spin. All the leaves vanish within your 5 block mining radius.

 

[namiasdf]

Build in mid air. Enjoy the view.