Chainsaw

The Chainsaw is a tool used to cut down flora in a target area by consuming  Solid Biofuel. It allows the pioneer to harvest things that can't be harvested by hand, such as trees, some shrubs, and small rocks, or to clear an area of these things.

Obtaining

Crafting

Recipe	Ingredients	Produced in	Products	Unlocked by
Chainsaw	5 × Reinforced Iron Plate5 / min 25 × Iron Rod25 / min 160 × Screw[SB] (Screws[EX])160 / min 15 × Cable15 / min	Equipment Workshop  × 30	1 × Chainsaw1 / min	Tier 2 - Obstacle Clearing

Usage

Equipment

With the Chainsaw equipped, approach some flora (valid flora will be highlighted with a white outline) and Use to cut it. After the animation finishes, all flora within a 5-meter radius is cut (centered on the targeted object). All items produced by the destroyed flora will be transferred into the player's inventory. Several types of trees cannot be cut, usually large trees.

The Chainsaw can be toggled into Single Mode with the R key, in which mode it will cut down only the targeted object.

Damage

The Chainsaw cannot be used as a weapon; it does no damage to any creature.

Crafting

The Chainsaw is primarily used to collect Leaves, Wood, and Mycelia ingredients, which are all used to create Biomass.

AWESOME Sink

 Chainsaw can be sunk into the AWESOME Sink to yield 2,760 points.

Fuel consumption

The Chainsaw uses Solid Biofuel as fuel. It consumes 75 MW and Solid Biofuel has 450 MJ of energy, therefore one Solid Biofuel is consumed every six seconds.

While changing the fuel type is a supported UI feature for Jetpacks, there isn't currently a way for the player to change which fuel the Chainsaw should consume.

Achievements

Heal this, nature! • "Destroy 1000 foliage."

Trivia

• In Closed Alpha the Chainsaw Graphic Mesh used a Blue Color.
  • In Closed Alpha, when held in one hand, the Chainsaw Blade was retracted.
  • In Closed Alpha, when held in two hands, the Chainsaw Blade was extended.
• Despite being powered by a solid form of biomass, the chainsaw still sounds like it is powered by liquid fuel.
• Snutt has prototyped different modes for the Chainsaw.
• Even if Chainsaw is equipped, Pioneer can still opt to pick up small foliages manually. However, as foliage actual pickup hitbox is reduced to its base area while a Chainsaw is held, Holster H to allow foliages to be picked up more easily.
• Beryl Nut bushes and Paleberry plants within the Chainsaw's cutting radius will not be destroyed unless targeted with the Chainsaw directly. When targeted with the Chainsaw, any uncollected Beryl Nuts or Paleberries will be harvested, and the plants will drop no other items.
• The equip animation that plays the first time the player equips the chainsaw is a reference to the chainsaw in DOOM (2016).

See also

•  Solid Biofuel

Gallery

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  Chainsaw held in one hand during Alpha Test Weekend.
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  Chainsaw held in two hands during Alpha Test Weekend.
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  Pioneers with chainsaws as seen in the E3 trailer.
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  Chainsaw concept art.

History

• Patch 1.0.0.1
  • Fixed a crash when chainsawing certain foliage
  • Please note that some foliage cannot be removed with the chainsaw currently, but it is removable by the Nobelisk
• Patch 0.8.2.0: Fixed Chainsaw displaying and behaving incorrectly in Multiplayer
• Patch 0.7.0.6: Fixed an issue where icons would show up blank after Holstering equipment that uses fuel
• Patch 0.5.0.8: Increased the amount of Wood that is obtained from chainsawing pine trees in Northern Forest
• Patch 0.6.0.4: Fixed Chainsaw sounds
• Patch 0.6.0.0: Reworked Chainsaw audio
• Patch 0.5.0.6: Fixed Chainsaw custom volume settings not working properly
• Patch 0.3.4.0: Sound tweaked, reduced sound volume.
• Unknown patch before Alpha Test Weekend: Chainsaw AoE was added. Previously it only destroyed one object.
• Patch 2018-10-11: Introduced