The addition of bows...

[spiritforged]

So with the most recent update pushed out, we get the addition of bows and arrows. My questions is, where do we find these saplings used to craft them? I have been mostly around the Pleasant Valley Farmhouse and so I have a lot of area to look, but in my exploring thus far (which has included about 1/3 of PV, a lot of ML, and the transition area between) I have not found any saplings! Am I missing them, are they hiding in plain sight to me, or are they just not in those areas? Does anybody know or has anyone found them yet?

[LordArtyom]

I don't know about Pleasant Valley but I've found a few saplings around Mystery Lake. Mostly down near the damn and by the trappers homestead but I know there's a few other spots they can be found but I can't remember them off the top of my head, just look far and wide and I'm sure you will come across some.

[spiritforged]

...just look far and wide and I'm sure you will come across some.

Can you give a brief description of what they even look like? I have a feeling that I am completely overlooking them. The update is so new that I cant find images on google.

[octavian]

You can see what they look like here

[LordArtyom]

...just look far and wide and I'm sure you will come across some.

Can you give a brief description of what they even look like? I have a feeling that I am completely overlooking them. The update is so new that I cant find images on google.

They more or less look like tiny trees, the birch saplings (needed for arrow shafts) generally grow in clusters of 5 or so while the Maple saplings (needed for the bow) grow in groups of two or three. They seem to be a bit taller than the reeds in the game but at a distance they seem to be a bit difficult to distinguish.

[German4XXX]

Hey bud I'm pretty much convinced that they are ONLY on the mystery lake map. I scoured coastal highway like you are in pleasant valley and couldn't find a one. I looked everywhere too. Since I've moved to the mystery lake map I've found several of both saplings and pretty quickly too. Good news for you though there's now a passage from pleasant valley directly to mystery lake.

[octavian]

[octavian]

Also, maple, CH.

[octavian]

To conclude, PV saplings.

[spiritforged]

Hey bud I'm pretty much convinced that they are ONLY on the mystery lake map.

After a good amount of exploration, I did find a small amount of them in PV. They were quite hard to find, either from me missing them or just bad luck on their spawns, but they were there.

[spiritforged]

From what I can tell, spawns are taken from a pool. Random but not chaotic. Like the bunkers.

As I mentioned, I was able to find some in PV after a long time. Thank you so much for the help though! I really like the community here.

[German4XXX]

Cool! I spent a lot of time searching through coastal hi way and came up with nothing. Glad to hear others are finding them on more than the one map.