Lumber Milling in Ashes of Creation
Lumber Milling in Ashes of Creation, allows you to process any raw wood that you have gathered via the Lumberjacking skill and turn it into all different types of lumber ready to be refined later on.
The lumber milling station is essentially the “middle-man” of the production line when it comes to crafting. This station allows you to create items such as logs, planks, wood chips and boards and many other things from the raw wood that has been gathered.
Once the wood has been processed, it can now be taken to a refining station such as the carpentry station, where it can be used to craft upgrades like a new caravan carriage or better cargo crates to help transport more items.
Getting started
Now that you have had a short introduction about the skill, it’s time to tell you how to get started. But before you decide to start leveling the Lumber Milling skill, we strongly recommend taking on the gathering skill, Lumberjacking.
Lumberjacking and Lumber Milling, go hand in hand as you will have to cut trees in order to get wood for your lumber milling skill. So, it is highly recommended and efficient to level both at the same time.
In order to get started, simply head to any major town and locate the Lumber Milling station. Interact with it by pressing the “F” key, where you will see the first set of recipes that you can craft. At a novice station, you will only be able to craft Timber and Wood Chips.
Add the resource you wish to use, such as Timber, and click the “Fuel” button. Here you will want to select the amount of fuel that is required to process your wood. We always recommend using wood for this too, as it’s super easy to get, but it also counts as a high amount of fuel.
Now click the “Start Job” button and come back when the timer is done and the processing is ready.
Batch Processing
If you are wondering how you can craft more than just one, you can click the Job Size button on the top right and select the batch you would like to craft (1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250). The only downside to this, is that you must have the exact amount of resources. You can not select a batch of 20 and bring only 19. You will have to do a batch of 15 and 4 separate batches of 1, in order to do this.
A novice lumber milling station also only allows you to que 1 job at a time. So we recommend doing big batches at once, then coming back later on when it’s finished, to be the most efficient. As the stations upgrade over time, the more batches it will allow you to do.
More recipes
In order to find and use better recipes at the lumber milling station, it will require two things. One, you will need to be level 10 in the crafting skill.
Two, you will need to find a town which has an upgraded station called “Apprentice Lumber Milling Station”. This station will reveal and show you all new apprentice recipes that can be crafted.
Lumber Milling Upgrades
Now that we have explained the general basics of lumber milling, we strongly advise visiting a lumber milling vendor. This vendor will allow you to purchase clothing. This can hugely benefit you.
Purchasing items such as a “Novice Lumber Miller’s Shirt”, will allow you to gather more XP when processing wood at the station. This can help massively as it will allow you to gain levels way faster than usual.
Once you hit level 10, we then recommend purchasing the “Apprentice Lumber Miller’s Shirt” and “Apprentice Lumber Miller’s Skivvies”, as these both paired together will increase the rarity of your processed wood and give you even more additional experience points.
How To Progress Further
Once you have hit level 10 in lumber milling, it’s time to find a town that has an independent plot called “Woodshop”. The Woodshop has an upgraded station called “Apprentice Lumber Milling Station” which is within the plot. This station will allow you to craft and see the next tier of recipes.
Although you can not use the new apprentice recipes straight away as you MUST talk to the Woodshop Foreman NPC in the plot and upgrade your lumber milling certificate beforehand. This will allow you to reach level 20 in the skill now and also allow you to use all apprentice recipes.
Lumber Milling Recipes
Below is a list of all the recipes that can be crafted at the required level. Please remember you will need to talk to Woodshop Foreman to get the required certificate of that level first, and you must have access to the same level or higher crafting station in order to use the recipes.
Novice Lumber Milling
Requires level 0 – 10
- Ash Timber
- Ash Woodchips
- Eastern Hemlock Timber
- Eastern Hemlock Woodchips
- Oak Timber
- Oak Woodchips
- Weathered Oak Timber
Apprentice Lumber Milling
Requires level 10 – 20
- Ash Beam
- Ash Board
- Ash Log
- Ash Plank
- Ash Saw Dust
- Eastern Hemlock Beam
- Eastern Hemlock Board
- Eastern Hemlock Log
- Eastern Hemlock Plank
- Eastern Hemlock Saw Dust
- Oak Beam
- Oak Board
- Oak Log
- Oak Plank
- Oak Saw Dust
- Weeping Willow Beam
- Weeping Willow Board
- Weeping Willow Log
- Weeping Willow Plank
- Weeping Willow Saw Dust
- Weeping Willow Timber
- Weeping Willow Woodchips
- Western Larch Beam
- Western Larch Board
- Western Larch Log
- Western Larch Plank
- Western Larch Saw Dust
Journeyman Lumber Milling
Requires level 20 – 30
- Ash Paper
- Braidwood Beam
- Braidwood Board
- Braidwood Log
- Braidwood Paper
- Braidwood Plank
- Braidwood Saw Dust
- Braidwood Timber
- Braidwood Woodchips
- Corrupted Ash Timber
- Corrupted Eastern Hemlock Timber
- Corrupted Oak Timber
- Corrupted Western Larch Timber
- Dried Ash Beam
- Dried Ash Board
- Dried Ash Log
- Dried Ash Plank
- Dried Braidwood Beam
- Dried Braidwood Board
- Dried Braidwood Log
- Dried Braidwood Plank
- Dried Eastern Hemlock Beam
- Dried Eastern Hemlock Board
- Dried Eastern Hemlock Log
- Dried Eastern Hemlock Plank
- Dried Oak Beam
- Dried Oak Board
- Dried Oak Log
- Dried Oak Plank
- Dried Weeping Willow Beam
- Dried Weeping Willow Board
- Dried Weeping Willow Log
- Dried Weeping Willow Plank
- Dried Western Larch Beam
- Dried Western Larch Board
- Dried Western Larch Log
- Dried Western Larch Plank
- Eastern Hemlock Paper
- Oak Paper
- Weeping Willow Paper
- Western Larch Paper
- Western Larch Timber
- Western Larch Woodchips
Master Lumber Milling
Requires level 30 – 40
- No information available yet
Grandmaster Lumber Milling
Requires level 40 – 50
- No information available yet
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