Infected root

Infected root
Released								23 July 2025 (Update)
Members								Yes
Quest								No
Location								Ruins of Mokhaiotl
League region								Varlamore✓
Options								Chop
Examine								A root that is seeping demon tears.
Map
Advanced data
Object ID								56780,56781,56782
Link								MOID

Infected roots can be found at the northern end of the Ruins of Mokhaiotl and cut with 80 Woodcutting, after completion of the The Final Dawn quest.

Demon tears and logs can be chopped from the roots, with rates up to 700 tears and ~9,100 experience per hour being possible at 99 Woodcutting and with a dragon axe. Infected roots don't deplete, so one action will continue cutting until a player's inventory is filled with logs. Despite rewarding normal logs, the Kandarin helmet will not double the logs received, and felling axes will not consume forester's rations or destroy any logs or tears received; however an infernal axe can destroy logs.

The roots function similarly to the sacred eels of Zul-Andra and ancient essence at the Ancient essence crystals: while they provide very little experience, they offer a low intensity skilling alternative to gather a common boss resource. Demon tears collected from these roots are not counted in the Collection log.

Starting with an empty inventory, a single click will yield an average of 202.5 demon tears and 2,700 Woodcutting experience before the inventory is filled with 27 logs, assuming that one is not using the infernal axe or log basket; with both upgrades one can expect up to around 650 demon tears, although it may be necessary to still interact with the game client to avoid getting logged out for inactivity.

Fires cannot be lit within the area, stating An ancient magical force won't let you light a fire here., so the logs are only able to be dropped or fletched.

As long as you start chopping the roots while you are boosted to level 80 Woodcutting, you will continue to chop them past when the boost falls below 80.

Money making

The following money making guide is available for Infected root:

Method	Hourly profit	Skills
Chopping infected roots	287,000	80

Woodcutting info

Experience per cut varies, with 10 XP given if a tear is received, 25 XP given if a log is received, and 35 XP given if both are received.

Infected root
Level required					80
Woodcutting XP					10 - 35
Required tool					Axe
Respawn time					0 seconds

Drop rates are estimated based on 2,723,232 samples from the Drop Rate Project, unless otherwise cited.

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Demon tear	1	15/17	418	300
	Logs	1	2/17	19	2