Sallow wood is one of Hytale's rarest resources, required to progress the Farmer's Workbench to tier 8 and unlock advanced farming tools and seeds. Unlike common wood types found throughout the early zones, sallow trees spawn exclusively in a specific biome within the fourth zone, making them a genuine exploration challenge.
Quick answer: Travel to the Devastated Lands (Zone 4), search the slightly greener areas with yellow-brown ground coloring, and look for large trees with yellow-green willow-like foliage. Chop them with any axe to collect goldenwood logs.
Where sallow trees spawn
Sallow trees appear only in the Devastated Lands, the volcanic fourth zone north of your starting area. Within this zone, they grow specifically in smaller biome pockets that have a distinctly greener, yellow-brown ground tone compared to the surrounding grey volcanic landscape. The trees themselves resemble weeping willows with a rich, bushy canopy that hangs downward and light brown wood.
The Devastated Lands are randomly generated across each world, so exact coordinates won't help you. Instead, focus on exploring multiple volcanic islands within the zone. Most players report needing to visit several islands before finding even one sallow tree, with some taking 5 to 8 hours of dedicated searching. Expect to find at most one to three trees per island cluster, though larger islands occasionally yield more.
Identifying sallow trees on the map
The map icon for sallow trees can be confused with yellow mushroom trees also found in the Devastated Lands. The sallow tree icon appears slightly greener and less yellow than the mushroom tree icon. When you spot a candidate on the map, zoom in and look at the ground color around it—sallow trees grow in the greener, less grey areas of the volcanic biome.
Before traveling long distances, verify you're heading toward the correct tree type. The visual difference becomes clear once you're in person, but the map icons are deceptively similar, so double-check before committing to a long journey.
Harvesting and using sallow wood
Once you locate a sallow tree, equip any axe and chop it down. The tree will drop goldenwood logs, which are classified as sallow logs in your inventory. A single large tree can yield dozens of logs, enough to make the exploration worthwhile.
Goldenwood logs serve two primary purposes. You can feed them directly to the Farmer's Workbench to progress from tier 7 to tier 8, which requires 60 logs. Alternatively, refine them into goldenwood planks at the Builder's Workbench for crafting goldenwood building materials like fences and structural blocks, useful for expanding animal farms and other constructions.
Why sallow trees are so rare
The spawn rate for sallow trees in the Devastated Lands appears intentionally low, creating a genuine bottleneck for progression. The biome pockets where they grow are scattered and infrequent, forcing players to explore extensively. This scarcity has led some players to resort to creative mode or alternative methods rather than spend hours searching, though persistence across multiple islands will eventually yield results.
If you're struggling after exploring several islands, ensure you're looking in the correct zone (Zone 4, the volcanic Devastated Lands) and focusing on the greener ground areas rather than the grey volcanic expanses. Patience and systematic island-by-island exploration remain the most reliable approach.
