Chainsaw

The Chainsaw is a tool used to cut down flora in a target area by consuming. It allows the engineer 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.

Equipment
With the Chainsaw equipped, approach some flora (valid flora will be highlighted with a white outline) and hold to cut it. After the animation finishes, all flora within a 5 meter radius is cut (centered at the Chainsaw). Some nearby small rocks will also be destroyed and yield Limestone or Silica, although the rocks can't be targeted directly. All items produced by the destroyed flora will be transferred into the player's inventory. If there isn't enough space in the inventory, only the targeted (highlighted) flora is cut, and no items are obtained.

Several types of trees cannot be cut, usually large trees.

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

Fuel consumption
The Chainsaw uses Solid Biofuel as fuel. It consumes 75 MW and Solid Biofuel has 450 MJ of energy, therefore 1 Solid Biofuel is consumed every 6 seconds.

History

 * Patch 0.3.4.0: Sound tweaked, reduced sound volume.
 * Patch 0.3: Now uses Solid Biofuel instead of Biofuel (which has now become Packaged Liquid Biofuel)