How to Befriend Squirrels to Plant Saplings

Finding Squirrels and Walnuts

Travel to a Plains biome to locate the new Walnut trees. Search around the trunks and foliage for wild squirrels scurrying through the grass. Walnuts can be gathered directly from these trees, serving as the essential food item needed to interact with the local wildlife.

Gaining Trust and Automating Tree Planting

1. Collect a supply of walnuts from walnut trees in the plains.

2. Approach a wild squirrel carefully and feed it the walnuts.

3. Continue feeding it walnuts until the squirrel learns to trust you.

Once a squirrel trusts you, it acts as a passive helper for replanting vegetation. Drop or scatter any tree saplings you have gathered onto the ground near the squirrel. The trusted squirrel will search the immediate area, pick up any loose saplings it finds, and plant them into valid ground blocks on its own. This allows you to set up self-sustaining forestry zones around your base simply by leaving saplings for the squirrels to handle.