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Swamp tree

Tree

A Swamp tree holds 500 wood, plus 500 more when it falls. The game has 6 models of it.

YieldFound at

How much a Swamp tree gives, by tool, tea and pie

A wood tea adds a share of what every swing gives, finish bonus included: Basic Wood Tea +50% for 30 minutes, Advanced Wood Tea +100% for 30 minutes, Pure Wood Tea +200% for 30 minutes, Creamy Pure Wood Tea +260% for 24 minutes. Only one tea of a kind works at a time, and a Bear Pie multiplies the active tea bonus.

Bear Pie No pie

Bear Pie (x1.5)

Rich Bear Pie (x1.75)

Swamp tree, 1,000 health, 6 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +50%	Advanced , +100%	Pure , +200%	Creamy , +260%
Chainsaw Kreig Chainsword	34	6.6s	1,000	1,500	2,000	3,000	3,600
Salvaged Axe	20	23.8s	1,000	1,500	2,000	3,000	3,600
Sickle	22	18.9s	867	1,300	1,733	2,599	3,118
Hatchet Frontier Hatchet Prototype Hatchet Abyss Metal Hatchet	29	25.2s	867	1,300	1,733	2,599	3,118
Stone Hatchet Concrete Hatchet	40	35.1s	810	1,214	1,619	2,428	2,913
Salvaged Hammer	37	36s	758	1,136	1,515	2,272	2,726
Bone Club	73	50.4s	586	878	1,171	1,756	2,106
Candy Cane Club	73	72s	586	878	1,171	1,756	2,106
Rock Skull Jungle Rock	50	63.7s	500	750	1,000	1,500	1,800

Swamp tree, 1,000 health, 6 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +75%	Advanced , +150%	Pure , +300%	Creamy , +390%
Chainsaw Kreig Chainsword	34	6.6s	1,000	1,750	2,500	4,000	4,900
Salvaged Axe	20	23.8s	1,000	1,750	2,500	4,000	4,900
Sickle	22	18.9s	867	1,516	2,166	3,465	4,244
Hatchet Frontier Hatchet Prototype Hatchet Abyss Metal Hatchet	29	25.2s	867	1,516	2,166	3,465	4,244
Stone Hatchet Concrete Hatchet	40	35.1s	810	1,416	2,023	3,237	3,965
Salvaged Hammer	37	36s	758	1,325	1,893	3,029	3,710
Bone Club	73	50.4s	586	1,024	1,463	2,341	2,867
Candy Cane Club	73	72s	586	1,024	1,463	2,341	2,867
Rock Skull Jungle Rock	50	63.7s	500	875	1,250	2,000	2,450

Swamp tree, 1,000 health, 6 models
Tool	Hits	Time	No tea	Basic , +88%	Advanced , +175%	Pure , +350%	Creamy , +455%
Chainsaw Kreig Chainsword	34	6.6s	1,000	1,875	2,750	4,500	5,550
Salvaged Axe	20	23.8s	1,000	1,875	2,750	4,500	5,550
Sickle	22	18.9s	867	1,624	2,382	3,898	4,807
Hatchet Frontier Hatchet Prototype Hatchet Abyss Metal Hatchet	29	25.2s	867	1,624	2,382	3,898	4,807
Stone Hatchet Concrete Hatchet	40	35.1s	810	1,517	2,225	3,641	4,490
Salvaged Hammer	37	36s	758	1,420	2,082	3,407	4,202
Bone Club	73	50.4s	586	1,097	1,609	2,633	3,247
Candy Cane Club	73	72s	586	1,097	1,609	2,633	3,247
Rock Skull Jungle Rock	50	63.7s	500	937	1,375	2,250	2,775

Simulated hit by hit as the game does it, rounding included. Time runs from the first hit to the last. A tea leaves a fraction over after the last hit that carries to the next node, so a player on a run can get one more.

Where to find a Swamp tree

Seeded by the world, outside any monument
Terrain	Biomes
swamps	All

How Swamp tree works in Rust

Across procedural Rust server maps, Swamp tree spawns as a harvestable world node with 1,000 hitpoints across 6 distinct 3D prefab variants, holding up to 1,000 Wood before tea multipliers when gathered with a top-tier tool. The strike-by-strike harvesting table above simulates every swing from first strike to final break so players can compare tool speeds and resource recovery across every tier.

Swamp tree tool harvesting, tea multipliers and finishing bonus

Each row in the Swamp tree harvesting matrix applies exact in-game per-strike rounding to benchmark hit counts, swing duration in seconds, unboosted base payout, and Basic, Advanced, and Pure Wood Tea modifiers combined with Bear Pie buffs across electric, metal, stone, and primitive gathering tools.

Node identity summary: Health: 1,000 | Inside: 500 Wood | Finish bonus: 500 Wood | Models in the game: 6 across procedural terrain.
Optimal wood-felling tools: Fuel-powered chainsaws and metal axes recover 100% of the wood pool and finishing bonus in the fewest seconds.
Primitive tool penalty: Crude rocks, bone clubs, and stone tools carry lower gathering efficiency and lose a portion of the node capacity.
Wood Tea and pie buffs: Three tiers of Wood Tea stack with Bear Pie to multiply wood recovered per tree up to +275%.
Biome and terrain placement: Generates naturally across procedural biome and topology layers, respawning as players clear nodes in the region.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Swamp tree yield in Rust and what is the best tool?

Clearing Swamp tree (1,000 HP) in Rust with a Chainsaw yields 1,000 Wood (counting the 500 Wood final-hit bonus), rising to 3,600 Wood under Creamy Pure Wood Tea (Pure Wood Tea plus Bear Pie) across procedural Rust maps.

Does Swamp tree have a finishing bonus on the last hit in Rust?

Breaking Swamp tree with a top-tier harvesting tool awards a 500 Wood bonus on the final strike, which is already included inside the 1,000 Wood total listed for Chainsaw in the yield table.

How does Wood Tea affect Swamp tree yields in Rust?

Consuming a Basic, Advanced, or Pure Wood Tea boosts every tool strike and any finishing bonus on Swamp tree, lifting the top Chainsaw payout from 1,000 Wood unboosted up to 3,600 Wood with Creamy Pure Wood Tea.

Does eating a Bear Pie boost Swamp tree harvesting in Rust?

Eating a Bear Pie multiplies an active Wood Tea percentage buff when harvesting Swamp tree, turning a Pure Wood Tea into Creamy Pure Wood Tea (3,600 Wood maximum payout) across all compatible gathering tools.

How fast do different tools break Swamp tree in Rust?

The Swamp tree (1,000 HP) table above benchmarks every tool option side by side, listing total strikes required, time to finish in seconds, and resource recovery from primitive rocks up to top-tier tools.

Why do some tools get less than 1,000 Wood from Swamp tree in Rust?

Improvised starter tools such as the Rock, Bone Club, or Stone Pickaxe and Hatchet have lower gathering multipliers and forfeit part of the node or its final bonus, leaving Swamp tree below 1,000 Wood.

Where does Swamp tree spawn across Rust maps and biomes?

Swamp tree populates procedural Rust maps according to biome filters (Arid, Temperate, Tundra, Arctic, or Jungle) and terrain topologies such as cliffs, forests, beaches, or monuments, respawning as nodes are cleared.

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