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Burdocks are a sapling plant that were released with the free update Part 3: Frontier Comforts portion of the Tales from the Far Territory expansion.

Overview

Burdocks are a dark brown, medium sized sapling that can be found on Great Bear Island, and can be harvested for a single Burdock Root.

Burdocks need a tool to be harvested, similar to Maple and Birch Saplings. Hacksaws cannot be used to harvest Burdocks, as the objective is to harvest the roots of the plant, not the stem. As a result, they take three times as long to harvest since they need to be dug out of the ground rather than cut down.

Improvised Hatchets/Hatchets, Hunting/Improvised Knives, and Prybars can also be used to dig up the roots, offering a wider range of harvesting options than Maple and Birch saplings.

Each plant yields one Burdock Root, which can be prepared and eaten raw, or made into a tea. Burdocks saplings do not respawn once harvested, and leave a dark hole in the ground where they once grew.

Locations

Ash Canyon

  • A single plant near the cave after the three root climbing sections with rose hip trees that leads to the bridge going over Shattered Cove.
  • A single plant grows at the ledge just after crossing a rope bridge from Wolf's Jaw Overlook.
  • 5 plants near the shore next to the fishing hut at Bitter Marsh.
  • A couple plants are located close to Miner's Folly.
  • 5 plants grow in front of the Angler's Den island.

Blackrock

  • 5 plants on an accessible part of the river bank, a short walk from Narrow Bridge when going towards Bear's Bend. On the charcoal map, you can see a group of rock formations, the burdocks are in-between those large rocks and easily visible from the road when looking for that piece of river bank.
  • 5 plants on the north edge of the pond if you're standing in Bricklayer's Retreat. They're at the foot of a cliff, at the top of which ptarmigans are nesting.
  • A single plant can be found under the waterfall at the end of the creek under Blocked Bridge.
  • A single plant can be found at the bottom of the ravine, to the left-hand side (or south) of the cave facing the double-rope climb that leads to the Last Prospect mine.
  • A single plant can be found on the frozen pond to the right of the prison entrance (where deer roam, not the side where the moose can spawn).

Broken Railroad

  • 5 plants can be found near some trees on the path on the right side of Broken Bridge.
  • A single plant can be found on the left side of the Maintenance Yard shed.
  • A single plant can be found on the right side of the Maintenance Yard near a large green tank.
  • A single plant can be found in front of the cave near the hunter's blind.
  • 4 plants can be found beneath the tree bridge used to cross to the other side of Landslide.

Coastal Highway

Desolation Point

  • Two plants along the path between the Church and the Zone entrance, above the Abandoned Mine No.5 entrance.
  • Broken Highway.
  • One plant at the top of the Riken-facing slope that leads from the ice where the wolves roam to the start of the Lighthouse path.
  • Across the road from Hibernia Processing, there's a plant next to a fallen tree with its root exposed. It's along the path that leads into the cave entrance.
  • At Hibernia Processing near the three trailers, one plant between the three giant metal tubes and the stack of pallets, directly across the broken radio transmitter you can fix up

Forlorn Muskeg

Hushed River Valley

  • A single plant can be found under the tree bridge leading to Moose Overlook.
  • A single plant can be found to the right of the Ice cave entrance on Hushed River.
  • 2 plants can be found to the right of Lake Cave.
  • 3 plants can be found just above towards the right of the 2 plants mentioned above.
  • A single plant can be found near the lichen in Stairsteps Lake.

Mountain Town

  • 5 plants grow near the Silo tower at "Hay storage" unmarked location. The tower, as well as several barns, can be seen on the right just after crossing the bridge, on the road towards Paradise Meadows Farm.
  • A single plant grows at the shore of a pond behind the St. Christopher's Church, just under the rock outcropping behind the church.
  • A single plant can be found near the rock walls of the pond where the moose can spawn.
  • A single plant can be found at the bottom of the river below Spruce Falls Bridge.
  • A single plant grows at the south edge of the Wood Lot that's east of the Orca Gas Station.

Mystery Lake

  • Two plants just outside Carter Hydro Dam, inside fence by the top left corner of the entrance.
  • Two plants along Frozen Creek going upstream.
  • Five plants at the back of mystery lake, around the L and near the bear cave, past the far fishing hut.
  • One plant near the reishi mushrooms by the river below the Carter Hydro Dam.
  • One plant below the bridge to Carter Hydro Dam.
  • One plant near the bear cave next to unnamed pond

Pleasant Valley

Timberwolf Mountain

  • A single plant on the small hill just before Mountaineer's Hut, after you've passed the rabbit/moose area and can overlook the Hut.
  • A single plant near a large rock, towards the right side of the cave at Deer Clearing.
  • A single plant near the entrance to Blackrock on right toward waterfall.
  • A single plant near Andre's Peak and Engine. Follow path to right of climbing rope.
  • 3 can be found around Engine near Cave C exit.
  • A single plant near the wheels of the plane on the Summit.
  • 5 plants to the left of the Blackrock transition cave.

Zone of Contamination

  • A single plant can be found near the entrance of the region to the left, on the banks of the frozen pond with the patrolling Poisoned Wolves.
  • Two plants at the bottom of the ravine under Boss's Settlement, directly under Smoker's Cave alongside the cliff edge.
  • A single plant can be found at Boss's Settlement, right next to the human skull at the destroyed cabin
  • Two plants under the tree bridge at Enduring Waterfall (Bug: as of December 2023, one of the plants is phased inside of a rock, making it harder to harvest)
  • A single plant can be found at the mouth of the river that opens into the Unquenched Extraction pond.

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