The End Times Update is an update that began on September 24th 2016 when Defaultio added a new axe to his inventory: the End Times Axe. Following this, players began to notice changes in the Bulletin Board. Over several weeks, the board had spelled out the words:
In addition to this, numerous players discovered a new area located underneath the Bridge. Initially, this area contained a tree, however, shortly after people discovered it, it was removed. On October 23, 2016, users of the wiki observed Defaultio was in Roblox Studio, and a user discovered the tree was established back into the biome, but it was unobtainable. The area that contained the tree was called the Lone Cave.
Going down into the biome is risky during the nighttime, because black fog blinds the player completely, without any light to aid them. It's recommended to go down here during the daytime.
End Times Event
The End Times Event is an event that causes Lumberland to enter an apocalyptic-looking state. The event occurs every Halloween (October 31).
The event causes all trees to lose their leaves and play windy noises in every biome in replacement of the normal music. In the tropics, a different style of windy noise is played than the rest of the biomes. It also changes the head of the Wood R Us to a pirate-like face and removes letters on the signs of all the shops except Link's Logic. The Ferry was turned completely into rust. All of the Rukiryaxe Posters during this event were all changed, newly reading, "THE END IS NEAR", except the 2018 End Times.
During the 2018 End Times, some things were changed from the previous updates. That year, the Rukiryaxe poster on the back-side of the Wood R Us sign read "co/len" instead of the normal "THE END IS NEAR". Also during 2018, the poster on the Bulletin Board that read "bulletin bulletin bulletin" was temporary replaced with "ceas-16", and a small white sign that read "FOLLOW THE RED EAGLE" in Merely's bridge booth was replaced with "xQyQYnWFckY", all being codes for the Halloween 2018 Projoot Puzzle.
The End Times Axe is also only obtainable during the End Times Event, and the chance of Spook Wood and Sinister Wood gets buffed, meaning it is much more common to spawn, which means that it is much easier to find.
Main Biome during End Times
Phantom Tree
Phantom Tree, also frequently referred to as The End Times Tree, is the only tree in the Lone Cave and can only be cut by using the End Times Axe. Chop Saws cannot cut the tree. Attempting to use an axe other than the End Times axe to chop Phantom wood will cause the axe to deflect and to be dropped, similar to what happens when trying to chop wood with the Candy Cane Axe.
The exterior of Phantom Wood is composed of a dull, sandy white material, maintaining a generally thick width throughout the majority of the tree. The leaves of Phantom Wood are made of the "Neon" Roblox material, glowing a bright shade of cyan, similar to that of the Cyan Neon Wire. The leaves are notably small, only maintaining a width slightly larger to the branches that they sit upon. Once cut, the player will see that the interior of Phantom Wood is made up of a white "Foil" Roblox material, which, respectively, the planks share the same composition.
End Times Hole (Safari Exit)
End Times Hole, without the barricade.
The End Times Hole is located in the Lone Cave. It's currently the only known exit from the biome, and was blocked in the 10/23/16 update. The hole leads to the Safari Hole, and can teleport players, loose items, and wood down into it. However, nobody is able to get down this hole since it was patched with a wooden block, along with several layers of pink "block" similar to that found in the Swamp Rock. The barricade has since been removed however, and the hole is now accessible again.
End Times Bridge Connector
The End Times Bridge Connector is a rusty connector that connects to the Bridge if the constraints break and allow it to fall into the biome. The biome is accessed by placing a Preserved Enlarged Ostrich Eye into the hole on a bridge fee booth and lowering it.
The End Times Axe
The End Times Axe is obtainable every Halloween, which was added in 2016. The only time where the End Times Axe was obtainable when it wasn't Halloween was on November 1, 2021. This is because the End Times Event was extended by 24 hours. The most likely reason this happened was because of the major outage on Roblox on Halloween Weekend. In order to obtain the axe, players should complete the Rukiryaxe quest on October 31st. It is the fifth strongest axe in-game, the best being The Many Axe. The End Times Axe is the only axe that can chop Phantom Wood. The box uses the same model as the Rukiryaxe, with the text "I CHEATED FOR THIS BOX" on the side due to players exploiting the box into the game. NOTE: THE LUMBER TYCOON 2 WIKI DOES NOT SUPPORT DUPLICATION OR EXPLOITING OF ANY KIND!
2021 End Times Event
2021 was the first and currently only year to have had an End Times event take place on a date other than October 31. This was in part, due to a Roblox outage which required the platform to shut down. Defaultio granted an extra 24 hours, however, Spook/Sinister spawning broke half way into the 24 hours. Because of this, Defaultio released a rerun for the event with improved spawn rates on November 7th.
