Forest Mode

## Overview

**Forest Mode**, previously known as Legacy Mode, is a game mode that represents the original version of starve.io, with a few changes. This game mode displays on the main page as one of the 6 main game modes. The entire map is a forest, except for a border of beach and ocean. The only water in Forest Mode is in the 2 vertical rivers, one in the middle and one in the left, and the small ocean at the border. There are no lakes. Luckily, there is no thirst, and therefore no need for water. The map contains all of the resource deposits except reidite, which must be obtained through the bread market. All resources that are present in Normal Mode are able to be crafted in Forest Mode, even though many are useless in this gamemode, such as blue thread, which is used to craft items that need either Winter Fur or Dragon Hearts, both of which are unobtainable in Forest Mode due to the lack of the Winter.

## Gameplay

Gameplay in Forest Mode is different from that of Normal Mode as there is a greater focus on building a base and making a farm, as this is the only way to obtain reidite. There is very little players can accomplish without a base, as like Zombie Mode, there are no chrono quests. There are also no Starter Kits: you will have to start from the beginning every time you spawn. Reidite can be obtained by using the bread market to sell each successive tier of seeds for the higher one until you get to thorn bushes, which can be sold for reidite. Since there are usually less players in this game mode than in the normal mode, there is a lesser problem of savages than the forest in the normal mode. However, you can expect to find heavily fortified bases, with players that will be happy to kill any intruders. Therefore, the gameplay is focused on building a base, defending it, and if you want, raiding other's bases for resources and points. Due to the absense of dragons, resurrection is not possible.

Players spawn with a campfire and 2 berries, just like in normal mode, but they also spawn with 1 sandworm juice, which is normally obtained by killing a sandworm in the desert, but is unobtainable in this gamemode. Thus, this sandworm juice should be stored for later, when you have a well-fortified base, as it is essential for the creation of the emerald machine. If you do discard it, you will have to use methods of savagery to kill other players for their juice, which may go against your values or playstyle. However, you can always make another tab, join the same server, and use your main player to kill the player you just created, which can be a good alternative to PvP. Once you have created the emerald machine, you must guard it as much as you can, because while it gives you points, your life is tied to it as well, meaning that if it is destroyed, you will die as well. Conversely, when attacking others’ bases, you should focus on destroying their emerald machine (if you want to kill them) only after you have looted their base to your satisfaction, because the base will vanish upon the destruction of their emerald machine.

## Physical Features

The physical features in Forest Mode are almost identical to those of Zombie Mode, with only a few variations.

### Map

The map in Forest Mode is the same like that of Zombie Mode, except much larger, and with 2 rivers. The map has all of the resources, including emeralds (for the emerald machine), except reidite, which must be obtained through other means, such as the bread market, player boxes, or the hood.
### Mobs

The only mobs in Forest Mode are those than spawn in the forest in normal mode (boars, hawks, rabbits, spiders, and wolves), and the beach animals, the crabs and the king crabs, which spawn on the beach border.
The ocean animals in Forest Mode were removed in the Water Is Better With Sugar update.
## Tips

* Even though the Super Hammer is unobainable due to the absense of Ocean mobs, this is no reason for your defenses to be weaker than in Normal Mode. If you have a place on the leaderboard, and you are in a busy server, expect to have to fend off many attempts to raid your base.

* If you have reidite, try to make reidite spikes or door spikes as an outer wall and an inner layer of either amethyst or reidite tier walls or doors. Reidite spikes and door spikes have significantly higher durability than their amethyst counterparts, so if you plan on using spikes, try to make them all reidite. With the new extractors, farming large amounts of reidite and lower tier rocks has become significantly easier, as long as you have easily accessible wood deposits.

* Make extractors for any resource that you do not have a deposit for inside your base. Due to the absense of the border of trees, wood is harder to obtain than in Normal Mode, so make sure to have multiple wood deposits in your base so you can run your extractors. Your extractors will be essential if you want to expand your base, or if you do not yet have full reidite equipment. This means reidite pickaxe, sword or spear, helmet, hammer, and shovel (amethyst). All of these will be essential for the construction of your base and for the destruction of others' bases. If your extractors are too slow, use resources from your extractors to make more extractors — but you will need more wood to run them!

## History

Forest Mode represents the original version of starve.io, with a few additions such as rivers, amethyst, and the bread market. During the initial stages of the development of starve.io, the map was only forest, with wood, stone, gold, and diamond resources. As the game was updated, with the Winter, Ocean, and other biomes added, other game modes were added, like Zombie Mode and The Hunger Games, with the original single-biome map. On July 4, 2018, The Hunger Games were removed and replaced with a similar game mode called Legacy Mode which, after going through several updates, turned into the present Forest Mode.

## See Also

* **Bread Market**
* **Forest**
* **Map**
* **Mobs**
* **Resources**
* **Updates**
* **Zombie Mode**

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