Where do i find other trees?

[vinnland]

In creative mode, I was shocked to see all these different tree types, purple-something, redwood, ebony. Very cool.

But 300 game hours in, i have never seen a single one of these trees. Where are they?

[williams_482]

The three tree types you listed all grow closer to the equator. If you go south about 10K blocks you'll start to see redwoods, and in another 20K blocks or so Ebony and Purpleheart will (occasionally) appear. The equator in a standard world is about 50K blocks south of your spawn.

[LadyWYT]

Like @williams_482 noted, those trees are further to the south on default starts. Redwood you shouldn't have to travel far for, as it's in the warm climate band and easy enough to find with a day or two of traveling south. You can also buy redwood seeds from agriculture merchants, if you'd like to skip the travel. Also found in the warm climate are bald cypress trees, which are found in swampy areas specifically.

Ebony is in the tropical zone, which will take several days of traveling south to reach. It tends to be found in drier areas, much like acacia, and the two look similar but ebony trees are much bigger. Purpleheart is only found in the jungles, same as kapok, but unlike kapok is quite rare. They don't drop very many seeds at all, so if you want to replant it make sure to shear all the leaves first. Kapok and acacia seeds can both be purchased from agriculture traders as well, but ebony and purpleheart you will need to physically find.

Larch trees you can find in colder climates; the best place to look for them is on top of mountains or climates of the far north.

[vinnland]

I see. 

Follow up question: when you say travel south, does that mean I go "down"? I always start in warm climates. I guess that means I always start north?

[LadyWYT]

8 hours ago, vinnland said:

Follow up question: when you say travel south, does that mean I go "down"? I always start in warm climates. I guess that means I always start north?

Yes. By default, the starting climate is temperate, unless you changed it at world creation. Otherwise, the player always starts in the northern hemisphere, so traveling south will always bring warmer climate and north will always bring colder, provided you don't travel so far as to cross a "hemisphere boundary"(doing so is unlikely).

[vinnland]

There is so much to learn about this game. Thanks @LadyWYT