Thunderstruck Tree Guide

So people are constantly asking about how thunderstruck trees work and the mechanics about them or how to obtain them. So in this guide Im going to explain how to get a thunderstruck tree and some of the myths and whats legit.

One of the first misconceptions about thunderstruck trees is it only happens on the islands covered by storms all the time. This isnt true cause weather is just randomly generated and it doesnt increase the chance that something will thunderstruck or not. So people trying to sell you that island 16x16 telling you that its worth 50k gold cause they got a mountain of thunderstruck trees from it chances are they are really just lucky or they are trying to make you think its good just to get you to buy it. If it was so good people wouldnt sell said locations.

Thunderstruck trees are a product of RNG that happens during tree evolution phases. Yes this works like Pokemon:

Basically as trees evolve they have a chance that they will be thunderstruck. After a tree reaches the mature state and are a full tree it is impossible to have the tree get thunderstruck so that means when it goes from a "tree to an old tree" this is not going to give us a thunderstruck tree.

Trees which have a long duration for growing usually have a much higher chance of getting struck this is why many people plant pine trees since the duration is over 2 days for them to grow. Trees have These stages:

Small Sapling> Sapling> Young Tree> Mature Tree> Old Tree

The first 3 evolution stages can give you a thunderstruck tree. Standing near a tree as it gets thunderstruck is dangerous and fatal to health. If you know the time in which each evolution happens you can watch the trees turn.

Thunderstruck trees look like a dead burnt tree that doesnt mean they are still on fire from the picture above you can see a pine sapling that was hit by lightning. In Korea theres a cash shop item which increases the chance in which getting a thunderstruck tree can happen but this item so far isnt being added to the North American server.

The place trees are planted for thunderstruck doesnt matter the more trees the more chance one might get struck. Trees planted in the proper climate grow faster meaning different evolution times. Trees outside of the proper location will grow at a slower rate and the times will be effected by that.

I have not seen any fruit trees get thunderstruck if anyone confirms otherwise please let me know. As for trees evolution phases. Im still doing research on the times that trees evolve so if you have any information on this for different types of trees please share it and Ill update the topic as more information is found.