Help with tree guardian and crock pot!!

[cheart99]

I've been reading the various forum threads on these topics but I'm not sure if what I am experiencing are glitches or if they have changed the game in the updates since the threads were made. Using chrome latest version.

tree guardian issue

I can't kill it at all. I can't even light it on fire! I put the torch over it and it just says attack. I do this and it does not light it on fire. I can't even burn it when it is planted in it's non walking form. It also follows me around constantly no matter where I am. Planting eggcorns does nothing to make him plant himself like it used to. Help, what am I doing wrong or is this a glitch I should report. I'm really getting tired of getting killed over and over by this same tree guardian... I want a chainsaw now!

Crock pot

I can't put anything in it other than fruit, veg, or meat. I have seen/heard of recipes but none of them work for me. There are recipes listed on a unofffical wilki for the game but again I can't put sticks, straw, etc into the pot. Glitch or has this changed since the list/threads were posted?

Edited December 19, 2012 by cheart99

[Zind]

- About the treeguard :

You probably didn't try enough. The one you're talking about is most likely a lvl 3 treeguard (also called "Optimus Pine"), the biggest one. It takes a lot of hits to kill him : 22 with a spear if you're not not Wolfgang. Double that number if you're fighting with a work tool. But they're the slowest enemy in the game, leaving you the time to attack several times between their attacks. Just back off a few steps when they're about to strike, and come back to hit them 4 times (3 times if you want to be extra-safe), back off again, repeat.

You could also put a campfire on the ground and lead them into it, but that's just low . AFAIK you can't burn them with a torch.

- About the crock pot :

I suspect you tried to put grass, or even logs, into it. That's definitely not gonna work. The only possible fillers are twigs and flower petals. I've read somewhere in these forums that seeds also work, but I never tried it myself.

Edited December 19, 2012 by Zind

[sinephase]

I just bring guardians over to a pig village and let them take care of it. Lots of easy pork, skins and it un-aggros the guardian from you. After that he'll just hang around the village killing pigs until it's killed.

[cheart99]

Ah ok! that is more helpful. I was watching old videos then cause they were lighting him on fire with torches or lighting trees next to him on fire which caught him on fire. Figured I be playing a more updated version He orriganly spawned next to a pig village but it had no problem slaughtering all 10 pigs there who attacked him. I will try the campfire option. Just built a meat effigy so at least if i die again I would end my game as I have no amulets left.

My sad luck was being attacked by the tree guardian, and 4 hell hounds at the same time. My pigs were slaughtered and I almost died first time trying to kill the hound and guardian. At least the hounds went after the meat on the ground but still they ate my meat LOL. I'm guessing buffelo won't attack a tree guardian?

Can't put seeds in it but I will try twigs and flower petals. I saw recipes using grass but I guess they changed the game since that stuff was posted. LOL reason why Wiki's are no good while a game is still in development. Glad I got this forum or I be lost.

[cheart99]

Thank you!! The first pit trick did it!! Please tell me the pigs respan eventually?

[Marak]

Here's the thing about Crockpot recipes: they are not set in stone. For instance, let's use, say... Stuffed Eggplant. Stuffed Eggplant requires one Egglant (obviously), but from there you have a lot of options. You also need one Vegetable, but it doesn't matter much if you use Carrots or Corn. The last two ingredients can be almost anything that isn't filler, but I almost always use two Meat or two Monster Meat.

The tricky thing is that each Stuffed Eggplant (or other recipe) will restore a range of Health and Hunger points, based on what ingredients you used. So you can make a "bad" Stuffed Eggplant with Carrots and Berries, or a "really good" one with Corn and Meat.

The reason you see some recipes incuding stuff like "Grass" is that, once upon a time, you could use almost anything vaguely edible as a Filler ingredient, including stuff like grass and twigs and logs. The amount of acceptable filler ingredients was reduced to just a couple of things a few updates ago, because people were abusing the Crockpot and literally living off of goop made from grass and twigs - this would be impossible in real life, and it was pretty silly in-game as well.

[Zind]

The amount of acceptable filler ingredients was reduced to just a couple of things a few updates ago, because people were abusing the Crockpot and literally living off of goop made from grass and twigs - this would be impossible in real life, and it was pretty silly in-game as well.

Haha, I didn't know that. It made me chuckle imagining Steam overlay : "You have unlocked a new achievement : MAXIMUM HOBO".

[Xuhybrid]

Haha, I didn't know that. It made me chuckle imagining Steam overlay : "You have unlocked a new achievement : MAXIMUM HOBO".

lmao - Living off twigs and grass. How respectable.