Hole Cutter

Negatives | Can have unintended side effects

The Hole Cutter custom building tool and mechanic that can be found in the Survival Guide, it was added in update v0.21 of ***The Forest***

## Gameplay

WARNING: The **hole cutter** is extremely destructive and can cause undesired effects. It is best to save before using it.

It can be used to cut a hole in structures such as the Custom Foundation in order to make a way for the player. Possible uses include building Custom Stairs up to/down from the hole made - useful for creating large bases with complex floor designs.

Currently building destruction must be on for anyone other than the host to use this tool in multiplayer.

The **hole cutter** cuts holes in custom roofs, custom floors, and custom foundations. It will destroy everything else that the player can build.

It is currently the only way to remove a Log Sled.
When placing the hole cutter over a Log Sled, it will knock it, causing it to move or launch into the air. It is unpredictable though its possible its an intended mechanic for getting log sleds out of water or sticky places.

## Important

The **hole cutter** has a max cut limit of 20 holes for custom roofs, custom floors, and custom foundations. After this limit is reached, you will no longer be able to cut holes, even if you haven't finished.

Keep in mind if you computer struggles to run ***The Forest***, cutting more holes in these buildings will causes your game to run slower. If you use Ultimate Cheat Menu you can extend the size of the **hole cutter** using the `Mouse Scroll Wheel`. This could allow you to cut less whilst improving performance of you game

* v0.48 - **(Building) Each floor and roof now has a 20 holes limit, this works around an issue in multiplayer causing clients to no longer receive holes past a certain amount, also prevents escalating computation costs due to inappropriate use of the hole cutter**

## Replacing Cut Holes

`woodpaste`

Entering this code in the main menu enables you to reset the floor or roof holes in the saved game. The command will be effective in the start of the game and will reset on going back to the title screen unless you save. This works in multiplayer, though it is unknown if the original host is required to input the command or if anyone can do it.

* v0.42 - **Added new cheat code: “woodpaste”. Can be used to reset floor & roof holes in a saved game. Cheat works once when game is started then gets reset when going back to title screen. Does nothing for MP clients**

## Known bugs

* The **hole cutter** can be left behind after using use it. To fix this, you will need to save and exit.
* The **hole cutter** can bug out, causing it to cut above and below it. To fix this, save and exit.
* There is a rare glitch where the hole cutter just refuses to activate sometimes on one piece of object, like custom roofing or custom flooring. This is an extremely frustrating bug.
* There is an occasional glitch when the hole cutter removes a blue print. The blueprint is destroyed, but the blueprint's requirements (rope/sticks/logs) remain.

## Gallery

* Hole Cutter as it appeared in the Survival Guide
* Hole Cutter as it appears in the Survival Guide

## Update history

**Survival Guide**