So I Finally Found A Treeguard...

[Warburner]

For some reason, Treeguards have been rarer than usual, and I have them set to the normal spawn rate. I got some pigs and wandered to a dense forest, and we started chopping. Finally a tiny baby tree moves, and comes to life! As I jump for joy, the pigs and I take down the Treeguard and get the loot! Woohoo-- oh wait... I didn't get the loot. It was raining at the time and right when he died, lighting hit and burned down EVERYTHING. What horrible luck! :c

Anyone else ever have anything unlucky like this happen?

[BarovSoap]

You are bad luck itself to have that happen.

[Anelyn]

You learn as you go

 

Never chop trees if it's raining and you don't have a lightning rod nearby

 

To expand on it: don't hang out near valuable resources: like many berry bushes / grass / beefalos / twigs / trees if it's raining The chance of something getting struck by lightning is real, and if that something is close to other flamable objects, oh well....

[Boar Head]

Sort of. I always seem to get rain on the day I'm going chopping. However I don't actually go chopping while it's raining because of what could happen.

[lunchb0x]

You can also keep a lightning rod built and ready to place for whenever you need it. Collecting wood and it starts to rain? slap it down for protection and a hammer will get you all your ingredients back.

[Cynical Cynicist]

Or just use a rain-o-meter or whatever it's called and plan your trips. Also helps for timing the planting/harvesting of your crops for accelerated growth.

[Boar Head]

Or just use a rain-o-meter or whatever it's called and plan your trips. Also helps for timing the planting/harvesting of your crops for accelerated growth.

I always forget I have that thing in my base. I never check it.

[Cynical Cynicist]

I always forget I have that thing in my base. I never check it.

I probably use it more than my winter-o-meter. The damn thing keeps oscillating like crazy and it's hard to measure an increase or decrease.

[gummie]

Sort of. I always seem to get rain on the day I'm going chopping. However I don't actually go chopping while it's raining because of what could happen.

That is why there is a structure called rainometer ingame. That's how I plan my timber spree the next day. The only problem now is the random hound attacks, thats why I made panic room offscreen of my house and timber yard.

 

I probably use it more than my winter-o-meter. The damn thing keeps oscillating like crazy and it's hard to measure an increase or decrease.

I find that contraption really accurate. It kinda go blue at summer nights but you could know and get ready for winter if it goes down to half on summer mornings.

[the truthseeker]

Or just use a rain-o-meter or whatever it's called and plan your trips. Also helps for timing the planting/harvesting of your crops for accelerated growth.

And i didn't know people still used this. Thought it was for crop planning and such before. 

[Spazmatic]

Most unlucky thing: Witnessed a tallbird laying an egg...

[Zourin]

And i didn't know people still used this. Thought it was for crop planning and such before. 

 

I thought the 'rainometer' only told you when it was raining, not when it was going to rain.. at which point I could just look at the screen (which I'm doing anyway) and see it raining.

[the truthseeker]

I thought the 'rainometer' only told you when it was raining, not when it was going to rain.. at which point I could just look at the screen (which I'm doing anyway) and see it raining.

 

 

Yeah, like winterometer it fluctuates the closer you are to the event until the event which it is then at the extreme end. But short of WX-78, I never worried if it was raining or not, and didn't plan any crops/trips that way. 

[Cynical Cynicist]

Yeah, like winterometer it fluctuates the closer you are to the event until the event which it is then at the extreme end. But short of WX-78, I never worried if it was raining or not, and didn't plan any crops/trips that way. 

There is a set time. The meter will always gradually turn all the way right into the rain segment, so you can very accurately estimate when it's going to rain again.