Forestry

Forestry
Released	28 June 2023 (Update)
Members	No
Location	Various
League region	N/A
Skills	Woodcutting
Reward currency	Anima-infused bark

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Players participating in a Forestry event.

Forestry: The Way of the Forester^[1] is a social-focused expansion to core Woodcutting, announced during the Winter Summit 2022. It aims to make Woodcutting a more social experience by "removing resource competition, introducing new events, and expanding the skill's economic offerings". All of these features can be found within Gielinor, wherever trees are, excluding the Woodcutting Guild.

The expansion was polled with 90.7% of the votes in favour of its addition. The first phase was released on 28 June 2023, and the second phase was released on 25 October 2023.

Official worlds

Forestry events can be encountered on any world, but dedicated worlds are more likely to have a larger amount of players at popular tree-cutting areas. Additionally, there is a Forestry Friends Chat-channel based in world 444, "ForestryCC", which follows conventions for calling out Forestry events and sharing Forestry meta strategies and information.

World	Location	Members	Activity
388	Australia	1	Forestry
398	Germany	0	Forestry
434	United States (west)	0	Forestry
444	United States (west)	1	Forestry
487	United States (east)	1	Forestry
510	United Kingdom	1	Forestry

Core Woodcutting changes

Forestry introduces several changes to core Woodcutting gameplay, affecting most trees in both members and free-to-play worlds. These changes include:

Players chopping the same tree will be given an invisible Woodcutting bonus. Each player will receive a +1 boost to Woodcutting for each player at the tree, up to a maximum of +10 with ten players. This bonus does not get applied whilst chopping a normal tree, whilst in the Woodcutting Guild, or any tree grown through Farming.^[2]
Rather than trees having a chance to deplete any time a resource is gathered from one, trees will now deplete on a timer that activates after the first cut. The timer regenerates if players stop cutting the tree before it's fully chopped. Trees grown through Farming are not affected by Forestry timers. The timer's length is based on the average time each different type of tree currently lasts when grown through Farming:

Tree	Despawn time	Respawn time
Oak tree	27 seconds	8.4 seconds
Willow tree	30 seconds	8.4 seconds
Teak tree	30 seconds	9 seconds
Maple tree	1 minute	35.4 seconds
Hollow tree	36 seconds	25.8 seconds
Mahogany tree	1 minute	8.4 seconds
Arctic pine tree	1 minute, 24 seconds	8.4 seconds
Yew tree	1 minute, 54 seconds	59.4 seconds
Camphor tree	2 minutes	59.4 seconds
Magic tree	3 minutes, 54 seconds	1 minute, 59.4 seconds
Ironwood tree	4 minutes	1 minute, 59.4 seconds
Redwood tree	4 minutes, 24 seconds	1 minute, 59.4 seconds
Rosewood tree	4 minutes, 34.8 seconds	2 minutes, 3 seconds

Forestry kit

Players can start their Forestry journey by obtaining a Forestry kit from the Friendly Forester's Forestry Shop for free. This is an equipable item for members and free-to-play players alike. It can store all tools, resources, and gear needed for Forestry, but these are only available to members (except for the reward currency which can be collected by free-to-play players but can only be used to purchase Felling axe handles).

Once members have the kit, they can store certain items in it, most of which are tradeable:

Anima-infused bark - The reward currency obtained by completing Forestry events, which can be used by members, alongside various logs, to purchase rewards from the Forestry Shop.
Forester's ration - Enables the passive effect of felling axes; players can receive extra experience without receiving a log.
Secateurs attachment - Roughly doubles the amount of leaves players receive from chopping trees.
Nature offerings - Gives a 50-60% chance to receive an additional log. This chance can rise up to 80% if cutting the same tree with 10+ players.
Tree leaves - Combined with cooked meat or fish to create Forester's rations. If the Forestry kit is equipped or in the inventory, leaves gathered from Woodcutting will automatically be stored there.
Lumberjack/Forestry outfit - Outfits can be stored inside the kit to receive their benefits without needing to wear it if the clothes pouch is used on the kit.
Woodcutting cape - The skill cape can be stored inside to receive its benefit without needing to wear it if the cape pouch is used on the kit.

Mechanics and eligibility

Spawn mechanics

Forestry events can occur whilst gathering logs in the overworld, excluding certain tree types such as regular trees, burnt trees, hollow trees, player-grown trees, the blisterwood tree, and trees within the Woodcutting Guild. Events can spawn anywhere that there are eligible tree types, even in impractical locations such as the Wilderness or Entrana. All players can interact with these events, regardless of whether they are chopping the same tree. However, reward eligibility may vary (see below). The experience and difficulty of events scale based on the number of players present, and at least one player with a Forestry kit is required for events to spawn. There is a 40-120 second buffer between events if players choose to chop the same tree for longer durations.

When a player with a Forestry kit begins cutting a tree, an event is randomly selected from a table of equally weighted options. The event may either be scheduled to spawn during the tree's lifetime, with a random moment chosen along its despawn timer, or immediately after the tree has been felled. A player without a Forestry kit can initiate this, and it will still spawn an event if a player with a Forestry kit fells the tree. A final roll at the designated time determines whether the event spawns, with odds based on the type of tree and the number of participants. The likelihood of spawning doubles for groups of ten or more players compared to a solo chopper, though it is unclear if each participant must possess a Forestry kit. Events cannot spawn within a 61x61 tile area (a 30-tile radius) if another Forestry event is already in progress.^{[confirmation needed]}

Event and reward eligibility

Rewards for an event (including anima bark, full experience, and unique Forestry items) will only be granted if both of the following are true. Otherwise, the chat will show As you weren't chopping near the event when it started, you aren't eligible for full rewards. (except for the Friendly Ent event, which can still reward participating players with a Bird nest (egg) despite displaying the red chat message).

The event must spawn from a tree with its south-west tile within a 30 tile radius of the south-west tile of either of the last two trees on which the player performed a skilling roll (including on non-Forestry trees such as player-grown or regular trees), with less than 3 minutes passing since the player stopped chopping on the tree that would make them eligible.
After the event spawns, the player must not lose eligibility by starting new chop actions before starting the event.

Skilling rolls for Woodcutting take place every 4 ticks (2.4 seconds); failing a skilling roll means the player will not yet receive a log, but will still be eligible for events. Note that chopping a tree, stopping, and then chopping it again will mean that both of your "last two tree locations" will be on the same individual tree, due to the game's tracking of "a chop action lasting for at least 4 ticks" rather than trees themselves.

Multispotting can be used to increase eligible events per hour.

Forestry events

There are nine possible event types. Players who are in free-to-play worlds can only spawn the Struggling sapling, Rising roots, and Friendly ent events, but players in member worlds can access all of the events listed below.

Events grant Woodcutting experience scaling with the player's Woodcutting level, including visible Woodcutting boosts (even past 99); thus using any dragon axe special attack when the event spawns will result in slightly more experience.

A comparison of rewards for each event can be seen under the Forestry guide.

Rising Roots

During this event, choppable tree roots will appear around the tree for a set amount of time. Chopping the roots gives both Woodcutting experience and anima-infused bark.

After a while, an anima-infused root (appearing green-trimmed) will emerge, providing more Woodcutting experience as well as a higher amount of anima-infused bark, scaling with the player's Woodcutting level. It is always beneficial to find and chop the anima-infused root as it moves around. The roots can also be cut via the 2-tick Woodcutting method, but players cannot double-roll them.

Struggling Sapling

A struggling sapling appears in place of a felled tree. Several resource piles will appear (droppings, green leaves, rotting leaves, splintered bark, and wild mushrooms) that can be used to create mulch that helps the sapling grow. Players must collect from any resource piles three times to create mulch. The order in which they are collected determines the nutritional value of the mulch and players can also make mulch from the same resource pile multiple times. When adding mulch to the sapling, if the correct pile is in the correct slot order, a message will appear saying that the sapling loves it (e.g., "The sapling seems to love [resource] as the [first/second/third] ingredient". By default, mulch has 10% nutritional value, and gains an additional 30% for each correct resource. Feeding the sapling mulch gives Woodcutting and Farming experience as well as anima-infused bark based on the nutritional value of the mulch.

The event will end once the sapling has either reached full health or its blue timer runs out. Successfully growing the sapling to a thriving sapling results in bonus experience, anima-infused bark, and 20 leaves of a random tier. If a player was not present in the area when the event spawns, they will not receive the bonus at the end of the event. Such players can still receive rewards for feeding mulch to the struggling sapling. However, failing to feed the struggling sapling will result in no bonus and a message that says, The sapling withers due to a lack of nutrients.

Flowering Tree

Flowering bushes and several swarms of friendly bees appear. The bushes come in eight colours: red, blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, white, and lilac.

Out of the eight bushes, only one pair will be able to exchange strange pollen. Once players find a bush that gives one, it can be used to pollinate the other bush. Each time players tend-to the bushes, they will receive one to two anima bark and Woodcutting experience scaled to their Woodcutting level. After about 40 seconds, the current pair becomes strange bushes and disappear, and another pair of bushes will be able to exchange pollen for a total of 5 pairs per event. Only one pair out of the five bush pairs that spawn will need tending-to for receiving bonus bark, strange fruit/seeds, and Woodcutting experience awarded at the end.

Woodcutting Leprechaun

A Woodcutting Leprechaun appears, though the event does not directly reward the player with any experience. The Leprechaun will act as a bank deposit box, banking the player's logs for free from either the inventory, a log basket, or a Forestry basket.

There are six End of Rainbows that periodically appear around the area. Standing on them will temporarily increase the amount of anima bark and Woodcutting experience, scaling to the player’s Woodcutting level and depending on the type of tree chopped that spawned the event.

After 50-70 seconds have passed, the leprechaun will despawn.^[3] Players currently talking to the leprechaun won't be able to make a deposit after he disappears. Before leaving, he will exclaim I'll have to go shortly..., giving players 38 ticks (22.8s) to use his services before he moves on.

Beehive

A bee keeper and wild beehive will appear nearby, alongside unfinished beehives. Players must finish building the beehive by using the logs they've gathered. Once the beehive is built, it will disappear, and another unfinished one will appear shortly; up to six will appear for the event.

To be eligible for obtaining sturdy beehive parts, players only need to contribute at least one log per unfinished beehive.

A small amount of Construction experience and anima-infused bark is given when a beehive is built. Players then receive a larger bonus of Woodcutting experience, anima bark at the end, and a 2/3 chance to obtain sturdy beehive parts that can be used to build a beehive in a player-owned house (after collecting 10 beehive parts).

Friendly Ent

A group of five entlings will appear, asking for help in stylishly pruning their leaves. Each will exclaim how they'd like their leaves pruned (ex. Breezy at the back!), which indicates the option players must pick when right-clicking them ("Prune-top", "Prune-back", and "Prune-sides").

Players must prune an entling several times until they exclaim that they're satisfied. If players select the wrong pruning option or attempt to prune a pruned entling, they will stun the player for several seconds.

Request	Prune
Breezy at the back!	Back
A leafy mullet!	Top and sides
Short back and sides!	Back and sides
Short on top!	Top

Every pruned entling will grant some Woodcutting experience and anima-infused bark, along with both bonus Woodcutting experience and anima bark at the end of the event based on the player's activity. Members will additionally receive a random assortment of tree leaves and some Fletching experience (scaled to their current Fletching level). Each fully pruned entling gives eligible players an additive 20% chance of receiving an egg nest. This means if all 5 entlings are satisfied, there is a 100% chance of spawning an individual egg nest on the ground (rather than in the player's inventory), as long as eligible members prune an entling at least once. Players will still have a chance to receive an egg nest if they incorrectly pruned an entling.

Poachers

Three poachers and a Frightened Fox appear. The poachers will attempt to trap the fox with up to 15 fox traps, and players must disarm them whenever the poachers lay them.

Every fox trap that the player disarms will grant some Hunter experience and anima-infused bark. Players near the event-spawning tree must work together and disarm the fox traps, otherwise, the fox will die if caught in a trap three times. This will result in no bonus Woodcutting experience along with no bonus anima bark. In addition, players will receive the chat message stating, Unfortunately you weren't able to save the fox from the poachers...

Upon saving the fox from the poachers' 14 or 15 traps, the event will end successfully. Players who participated and disarmed at least one trap will be awarded bonus Woodcutting experience and anima bark, as well as a 1/30 chance to receive a fox whistle, which can be used on a beaver pet to enable it to transform into a fox pet at will.

Enchantment Ritual

A Dryad and five ritual circles will appear. The Dryad will need help completing a magical ritual and will periodically summon ritual circles with colours (red, green, blue, yellow) and shapes (square, star, triangle, hexagon).

Among the group of five ritual circles that spawn, players must stand on the ritual circle that has a unique shape and colour within 15 seconds. The Dryad will spawn eight groups of these circles before completing the ritual. There are no pass or fail mechanics during this event; this is merely how many unique circles the player can spot during the two minutes of the event. Every ritual circle the player stands on grants Woodcutting experience and anima-infused bark according to the player's Woodcutting level.

At the end of the event, players who stood on at least one circle will receive bonus Woodcutting experience and anima bark based on how many circles they correctly stood on, along with a 1/30 chance to receive a Petal garland, a cosmetic necklace.

Pheasant Control

The Freaky Forester and some Pheasant Nests will appear. Players must retrieve a pheasant egg from an unoccupied nest and give it to the Freaky Forester. If the player is too slow in delivering the egg, the pheasant will notice the player stealing the egg and stun them for several seconds. Players may only carry one pheasant egg at a time.

Every egg the player delivers will grant some Thieving and Woodcutting experience and anima-infused bark, with bonus Woodcutting experience and bark at the end of the event, based on the player's activity. There is a 1/2 chance to receive some pheasant tail feathers, which can be made into a pheasant costume using a needle and thread.

Additionally, there is a chance to receive a golden pheasant egg whilst stealing eggs from the nests. The drop rate is approximately 1/1,500 for every regular pheasant egg retrieved.^[4] Jagex has cited the overall rate as 1/30 per event,^[5] but this is highly variable based on the number of eggs collected. The golden pheasant egg can be used on a beaver pet to enable it to transform into a pheasant pet at will.

Rewards

While participating in events, the following rewards may be obtained, but only if the player is eligible for the full rewards of an event:^[6]

Golden pheasant egg - An item that allows the player to transmute their beaver pet into a Pheasant (pet).
Fox whistle - An item that allows the player to transmute their beaver pet into a Fox (pet).
Petal garland - A cosmetic flower necklace.
Pheasant tail feathers, used to create the pheasant costume.
Sturdy beehive parts, used to build a beehive in the Player-owned house.

Aside from those, players can spend the anima-infused bark obtained through Forestry on various items in the Forestry Shop, which is run by the Friendly Forester.

Log basket - An item that can store up to 28 logs.
Lumberjack outfit - Skilling equipment that boosts Woodcutting experience by 2.5% when wearing the full set.
Forestry outfit - A cosmetic variant of the lumberjack outfit.
Log brace - An item used to create the sturdy harness, which is then used to combine the log basket and Forestry kit into a Forestry basket.
Clothes pouch blueprint - An item used to craft clothes pouches.
Cape pouch - An item used to allow the forestry kit to hold woodcutting capes.
Felling axe handle - An item used to create felling axes, this is also the only reward free-to-play can claim.
Funky shaped log - An item given to a beaver pet to unlock metamorphosis options.
Secateurs blade - An item used to create Secateurs attachments.
Sawmill voucher - An item that can be redeemed for an extra plank per log cut at the sawmill, or when using the Plank Make spell.
Ritual mulch - An item used to create nature offerings.
Twitcher's gloves - An item that allows the wearer a greater chance of receiving a desired type of nest.

Changes

Date	Changes
23 July 2025 (Update)	A new Friendly Forester was added to Nemus Retreat.
5 February 2025 (Update)	Forestry Event spawn chance has been increased by 20% on all trees. Drop rates for the Golden Pheasant Egg, Fox Whistle, and Petal Garland have been adjusted to 1 in 30 from their respective events. The Golden Pheasant Egg and Fox Whistle can now be purchased from Forestry Shop for 75,000 Anima Bark a piece.
29 January 2025 (Update \| poll)	World hopping should no longer produce an abnormal amount of Forestry events. Increased the rate (50-150s → 40-120s) and radius (20 tiles → 30 tiles) of player eligibility for Forestry events.
6 March 2024 (Update)	Unique drops from forestry events are now received in the inventory, provided that there is space. The dryad event is no longer blocked by wandering NPCs in tight-spaced areas.
14 February 2024 (Update)	Players who are not present when an event spawns will now only receive 1 Woodcutting experience, and are no longer eligible for any rewards, even if they were on the same world. The chance of a forestry event spawning has been adjusted, increasing the time between them. To compensate, the chance of unique rewards has been increased. Event-triggering items have been removed. Any remaining items prior to this update were converted to coins based on its Grand Exchange price. A small grove of arctic pine trees have been added to south-west of Rellekka.
1 November 2023 (Update)	A bug in which forestry events were spawning more frequently than intended has been fixed. Beehive events can now reward sturdy beehive parts. NPCs that spawn as part of the Poacher event will no longer spawn indoors.
25 October 2023 (Update \| poll)	Five new forestry events have been added, while the Woodcutting Leprechaun event has been improved. The Forestry Shop has new rewards to create event-spawning items, as well as the cape pouch, felling axe handle, sawmill voucher, and twitcher's gloves. Felling axes have been made obtainable in the game. Forester's Campfires were added to the game.
12 July 2023 (Update)	Box traps, fires, and flowers from mithril seeds are now removed if on a tile where forestry events can spawn. The dwarf multicannon will also now automatically decay as well if placed there. Random events no longer occur in range of forestry events. The magical tree root now changes locations more frequently during the Rising Roots event. The Flowering Tree event has been changed: Flowering bushes now come in several colours to make matching a pair easier, with their names being changed to include it to assist colourblind players. Players who had their bee on a stick consumed upon the event spawning will receive significantly more anima-infused bark per bush tended to, as well as when the final event reward is given. The difficulty of the event (and thus the length) now scales based on the number of players who have a bee on a stick and cutting the tree, rather than solely the latter.
5 July 2023 (Update)	All players participating in Forestry events will now receive the final XP drop and other rewards. Forestry items have been added to the collection log. The forestry Kit can now be obtained for free from the Forestry Shop. The only items that can now be sold back to the Forestry Shop are the Funky-Shaped Log and the Log Basket. Struggling Sapling event: Reduced the overall experience per event by 30%. The final experience gained now scales based on how long the player was participating in the event. The 100% Mulch combination now gives roughly 2x the XP of the 70% Mulch combination. Leprechaun event: The Leprechaun will now deposit Teak logs, Mahogany logs and Arctic pine logs. This event will no longer interrupt activities when it spawns. Rising Roots event: An issue where this event was spawning even if players chopping did not have a forestry kit has been fixed. Added the Forestry Kit to the Woodcutting skill guide. Updated the messaging displayed when players do not have the required resources to craft Forestry items. Three more official worlds were designated for the activity — worlds 388, 398, and 434.
29 June 2023	Hotfix Players will no longer receive the final drop of experience at the end of the Flowering Tree and Struggling Sapling events if they are not logged into the world when it starts. Players who are not logged into the world when the Rising Roots event starts will now receive reduced rewards. The duration of the Flowering Tree event was reduced by approximately 1 minute. The duration of the Woodcutting Leprechaun event was reduced by approximately over 1 minute.

Gallery

Concept art for the Forestry basket, by Mod Jerv
Concept art for the Forestry outfit, by Mod Jerv
Concept art for the felling axes as part of Forestry phase two, by Mod Jerv

Sources

Newsposts

"Gielinor Gazette - April 2022". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 29 April 2022. Archived from the original.
"Winter Summit Summary". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 10 December 2022. Archived from the original.
"Forestry: The Way of the Forester - Overview". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original.
"An Update On Forestry". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 27 February 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry Open Beta". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 5 June 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry - Next Steps". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 9 June 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry: The Way of the Forester - Part One". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 28 June 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry: Part One - Feedback Changes". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 5 July 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry: Part One - Further Changes". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 12 July 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry: Part Two - Community Consultation". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 31 July 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry: Part Two - Axe Overview". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 22 September 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry: Part Two". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 25 October 2023. Archived from the original.
"Forestry Tweaks, Security & More". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 1 November 2023. Archived from the original.
"Wrapping Up Forestry - Changes & Tweaks". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 21 November 2023. Archived from the original.

References

^ Known during conception in the Gielinor Gazette - April 2022 as Woodcutting: Way of the Forester
^ "Forestry Q&A Summary 09/06/23". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 13 June 2023. Archived from the original. "The group boost doesn't apply in the Woodcutting Guild and Redwoods are only in the Woodcutting Guild. Farming trees aren't affected, by the way."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 25 September 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Mod Ash: "Around 50-70 secs, if I'm reading my colleagues' code correctly."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. 8 April 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Ash: "It's the roll when searching the nest, if I'm reading my colleagues' code correctly."
^ "Royal Titans". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 5 February 2025. Archived from the original. "Drop rates for the Golden Pheasant Egg, Fox Whistle and Petal Garland have been adjusted to 1 in 30 from their respective events."
^ Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. 20 February 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Ash: "Looks to me like the check for qualifying for a unique is the same check that qualifies you for full rewards."

[1] Known during conception in the Gielinor Gazette - April 2022 as Woodcutting: Way of the Forester

[2] "Forestry Q&A Summary 09/06/23". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 13 June 2023. Archived from the original. "The group boost doesn't apply in the Woodcutting Guild and Redwoods are only in the Woodcutting Guild. Farming trees aren't affected, by the way."

[3] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 25 September 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Mod Ash: "Around 50-70 secs, if I'm reading my colleagues' code correctly."

[4] Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. 8 April 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Ash: "It's the roll when searching the nest, if I'm reading my colleagues' code correctly."

[5] "Royal Titans". Old School RuneScape News. Jagex. 5 February 2025. Archived from the original. "Drop rates for the Golden Pheasant Egg, Fox Whistle and Petal Garland have been adjusted to 1 in 30 from their respective events."

[6] Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. 20 February 2025. Archived from the original on 7 March 2026. Mod Ash: "Looks to me like the check for qualifying for a unique is the same check that qualifies you for full rewards."

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