Woodcutting

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This article is about the Woodcutting skill. For information on training Woodcutting, see Woodcutting training (F2P) (P2P).

For a list of all requirements and unlockables within the Woodcutting skill, see Woodcutting/Level up table.

Woodcutting
Released		4 January 2001 (Update)
Also called		WC
Members		No
Type		Gathering
Statistics
Players with 99		83,833 as of 2 April 2021 - update
Players with 200M XP		241 as of 2 April 2021 - update

Woodcutting is a gathering skill that primarily involves chopping trees to obtain logs used in the Fletching, Firemaking, and Construction skills. Players with a higher Woodcutting level can chop down new types of trees and cut down trees quicker, especially as higher levels of axes become available.

Woodcutting is a useful skill for a low-levelled player to make money early in the game. On the map, locations of rare trees can be located with a tree icon.

Members can also grow their own trees to chop using the Farming skill. Additionally, at level 60 Woodcutting and above (which can be boosted), members can gain access to the Woodcutting Guild, containing a wide variety of useful features.

Woodcutting level up - normal

The music that plays when levelling up.

Woodcutting level up - with unlocks

The music that plays when levelling up and unlocking new content.

Types of trees

Level	Tree		Resource		Experience	Notes	Members
1		Tree		Logs	25	The most common tree in Gielinor, these trees are how players start off training Woodcutting. Both evergreen and dead trees (both small and big) also yield logs. Each tree only yields one log, after which they are cut down and respawn in a short time. Buckets of sap can be acquired by using a knife on the conical variants while having a bucket in one's inventory.	0
1		Tree (Tirannwn)		Logs	25	Found throughout Tirannwn. Equivalent to common trees, but all variants produce sap.	1
1		Dying tree		Logs	25	Can be found in the Wilderness, Varrock, and the Lumber Yard.	0
1		Dead tree		Logs or Charcoal	25	Dead trees can be found all around Gielinor. Dead trees found around the Fishing Hamlet, and east of the Lava Dragon Isle (in the Wilderness) give charcoal when cut.	0
1		Burnt tree		Charcoal	25	Found around the Fossil Island Volcano.	1
1		Evergreen		Logs	25	Evergreen trees can be found near Falador, near the entrance to the Dwarven Mines, north-west of Barbarian Village, east of Camelot Castle and on Dragontooth Island. Buckets of sap can be acquired by using a knife on an evergreen tree while having a bucket in your inventory.	0
1		Jungle tree		Logs	25	They are only found in the Feldip Hunter area, the Kharazi Jungle, and on Ape Atoll. Several variations of models for the tree and stump exist, likely due to the trees in the Kharazi Jungle being introduced in RuneScape Classic.	0
1		Achey tree		Achey tree logs	25	These trees are used for the members-only quest Big Chompy Bird Hunting, to make ogre bows and arrows. Like normal trees, achey trees only yield one log.	1
10		Light Jungle		Thatch spar light	32	Light jungle can only be cut with a machete, and is found near Tai Bwo Wannai. Used in the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame. When cutting these, many dangerous things may pop out, such as broodoo victims, mosquito swarms, tribesmen, bush snakes and jungle spiders.	1
15		Oak		Oak logs	37.5	These trees are fairly easy to find around wooded areas. Unlike normal trees, oak trees can yield multiple logs, and are used for training once the player has the ability to cut them.	0
20		Medium Jungle		Thatch spar med	55	Medium jungle can only be cut with a machete, and is found near Tai Bwo Wannai. Used in the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame. When cutting these, many dangerous things may pop out, such as broodoo victims, mosquito swarms, tribesmen, bush snakes and jungle spiders.	1
30		Willow		Willow logs	67.5	These trees are found near water. Players can find them in and around Port Sarim, Draynor Village, Seers' Village, and Champions' Guild. A usually unoccupied area is also at the lake west of Farmer Fred's hut.	0
35		Teak		Teak logs	85	These trees yield teak logs when cut, which are used for Construction training. Teak trees are rather rare, with several lone trees around Castle Wars, Uzer and Ape Atoll. A large cluster can be found in the Hardwood Grove.	1
35		Dense Jungle		Thatch spar dense	80	Dense jungle can only be cut with a machete, and is found near Tai Bwo Wannai. Used in the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame. When cutting these, many dangerous things may pop out, such as broodoo victims, mosquito swarms, tribesmen, bush snakes and jungle spiders.	1
42		Mature juniper tree		Juniper logs	35	These trees can only be found in Hosidius, north-west of the charcoal furnaces. They are primarily cut to obtain juniper charcoal, a component in making dynamite for the blast mine minigame in Lovakengj. Juniper logs cannot be burned. 1 in 16 chance of depletion when a log is received.	1
45		Maple tree		Maple logs	100	Maple trees are special trees which can be found only in northern Kandarin, Fremennik Province, Corsair Cove Resource Area and the Woodcutting Guild. Experience per log increases to 110 after completing the Kandarin Medium Diary.	0
45		Hollow tree		Bark	82.5	These are found in Slepe and the Haunted Woods, and yield bark, which is used to create Splitbark armour.	1
50		Mahogany		Mahogany logs	125	Like teak trees, mahogany trees are quite rare, and yield mahogany logs when cut, which are used for Construction training. Mahogany trees can be found in the Hardwood Grove, Ape Atoll, Kharazi Jungle, north of the Farming Guild, and grown on Fossil Island.	1
54		Arctic pine tree		Arctic pine logs	40	These are found on the islands of Neitiznot, these logs are better used for Firemaking experience rather than Woodcutting.	1
60		Yew		Yew logs	175	The highest levelled tree for free players to cut, yew trees are quite uncommon throughout RuneScape.	0
62		Blisterwood Tree		Blisterwood logs	76	A single tree can be found in the Arboretum in Darkmeyer.	1
65		Sulliuscep		Mushrooms, sulliuscep caps, Mort Myre fungi and unidentified fossils	127	Found in the Tar Swamp on Fossil Island. They do not respawn like trees, but rather each of the six sulliusceps found throughout the swamp respawn once the previous sulliuscep in a fixed rotation is depleted.	1
75		Magic tree		Magic logs	250	These trees are members-only. Cutting these trees takes time as they give logs at a very slow rate. You can find these trees at the Mage Training Arena, Sorcerer's Tower, and south-west of Camelot. There are also a few just west of the south ladder to the bank in the Gnome Stronghold, as well as inside the Woodcutting Guild. Two trees can be found just south of the main bank in Hosidius.	1
90		Redwood tree		Redwood logs	380	These trees are found in the Woodcutting Guild or grown in the Farming Guild. Has a 1 in 11 chance of depleting a section of the tree when a log is received (all other trees are 1 in 8). Players do not chop the entire tree but rather sections of the trunk that are reached by climbing ladders	1

Trees chopped in quests and minigames

• Dead yommi trees that may turn up during the Legends' Quest can be chopped for a random log. Notably, this allows players to obtain magic logs without the level requirement to chop magic trees.
• The swaying tree is chopped for a branch during the Fremennik Trials.
• The dramen tree is chopped for dramen branches during The Lost City quest and the Freeing Sir Amik Varze subquest of Recipe for Disaster.
• Dream trees are chopped for dream logs during the Lunar Diplomacy quest.
• Undead trees are chopped for undead twigs during Animal Magnetism. A blessed axe is required.
• The windswept tree is chopped for windswept logs during Olaf's Quest.
• A shrunk beanstalk is chopped during Grim Tales. The axe must be used on the beanstalk.
• Phren roots are chopped for phren bark in The Gauntlet. A variant is chopped in the Corrupted Gauntlet.
• Scrapey trees are chopped for scrapey tree logs in the Trouble Brewing minigame.
• Bruma roots are chopped for bruma root while fighting the Wintertodt.
• The meat tree is chopped when fighting the Muttadile in the Chambers of Xeric
• Saplings are chopped for kindling when fighting the ice demon in the Chambers of Xeric

Axes

Various equipment may be used to interact with trees. Most trees require an axe to chop.

Level	Item		Description	Members
1		Bronze axe	Can be used to cut most trees.	0
		Iron axe
6		Steel axe
11		Black axe
21		Mithril axe
31		Adamant axe
35		Blessed axe	The only axe capable of cutting Undead trees, however unable to chop any other type. Used in the Animal Magnetism quest. Undead trees are NPCs and have a 18 Slayer level requirement to cut.	1
41		Rune axe	Can be used to cut most trees, possessing the same cutting speed.	0
41		Gilded axe
61		Dragon axe	10% faster cut speed than Rune axe. Special attack : Lumber Up, provides a visible +3 boost to Woodcutting, possessing the same cutting speed.	1
61		3rd age axe
61 & 85		Infernal axe	Provides the same benefits as a dragon axe, including the special attack, however burns 1/3 of logs cut. This grants 1/2 the Firemaking experience that would normally be gained from doing so. Grants no additional benefit to trees that provide resources that cannot be burned. When depleted of charges, it behaves as a dragon axe.
71		Crystal axe	15% faster than a Rune axe. Special attack : Lumber Up, provides a visible +3 boost to Woodcutting. Requires Crystal shards to operate, as such, chopping very low level trees (such as oak and below) with the crystal axe is not recommended as players with 71 Woodcutting likely have maxed out the chance to receive a log. When the axe is depleted of charges, it operates in the same manner as a Dragon axe. Requires completion of Song of the Elves to use.

Mechanics

Both Woodcutting level and tier of axe determines players' speed of chopping logs. Players with high enough Attack levels can equip the axes that match the respective metals, but having an axe equipped is not necessary in order to chop a tree; having it in the player's inventory also works.

Most trees follow the same mechanics when cut, rolling to chop a log every 4 game ticks. All trees have different chances to chop a log depending on the tree being cut, the player's woodcutting level, and the axe being used. With a high woodcutting level and a good axe, a 100% success rate can be achieved when cutting certain lower-level trees.

Players have a 1 in 8 chance of depleting most trees that can give more than one log, as well as a 1 in 11 chance of depleting a section of a Redwood tree. Mature juniper trees have the lowest chance of depleting of any tree, at a rate of 1 in 16 when a log is received.

Players have a chance to receive the beaver woodcutting pet while chopping trees around Gielinor.

Bird Nests

While woodcutting most standard trees, players will occasionally receive bird nests, which fall to the floor and can be picked up. These may be empty, or contain various rings, tree seeds, and rarely a bird's egg. The nests themselves are valuable in their crushed form for use in making Saradomin Brews with the Herblore skill.

The player may also obtain clue nests in a similar fashion, which contain a clue scroll between beginner and elite tiers. While regular bird nests aren't obtainable through chopping redwood trees, clue nests are.

Special woodcutting locations and activities

Several locations have unique mechanics that related to woodcutting.

Woodcutting Guild

Main article: Woodcutting Guild

The Woodcutting guild is located in the south-western corner of Hosidius, providing various woodcutting features for members. The guild requires at least level 60 woodcutting and 75% Hosidius favour to enter. Within the guild, players receive an invisible +7 boost to their woodcutting skill, allowing them to chop trees significantly faster, but not trees that require a woodcutting level above their visible level.

The guild contains a wide variety of trees found across Gielinor, including higher level yew and magic trees; all found in close proximity to both a sawmill and bank. It is the only location of redwood trees in the game, except for those grown by the player within the Farming guild. Other notable features include:

• Perry's Chop-chop Shop, the only shop in Old School RuneScape that sells rune axes.
• A dungeon containing many Ents

Canoes

Main article: Canoe

Canoes are a way of travelling along the River Lum. All that is required to use them is an axe and a minimum of level 12 Woodcutting for the lowest level canoe. There are five canoe stations and six stops.

Canoes are a very handy way of getting to Edgeville without an amulet of glory.

Note that while the Wilderness is the last stop, there are no suitable trees to make a canoe, so it is a one-way trip. It drops players off just north of the black chinchompa hunting grounds.

Level	Canoe		Experience	Notes	Members
12		Log	30	Can travel 1 stop along the River Lum. Cannot go to the Wilderness.	0
27		Dugout	60	Can travel 2 stops along the River Lum. Cannot go to the Wilderness.	0
42		Stable dugout	90	Can travel 3 stops along the River Lum (which is enough to travel anywhere along it except Wilderness). Cannot go to the Wilderness.	0
57		Waka	150	Can travel to all the stops along the River Lum, and is the only canoe that can go to the Wilderness. Be careful as you cannot make a canoe in the mid-level Wilderness station.	0

Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup

Main article: Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup

Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup is a woodcutting minigame that revolves around hacking jungle bushes around Tai Bwo Wannai with a machete for thatch spars and using them to repair the village fence. Both actions grant favour with the locals, which can be exchanged for trading sticks. Furthermore, gout tubers, proboscides, snake hide, uncut opals, uncut jades, uncut red topazes and tribal masks may be obtained from creatures and rocks that occasionally spawn upon successfully clearing a jungle bush.

Prifddinas

Main article: Prifddinas

The regular trees, yew trees and magic trees found within the walls of Prifddinas have a 1/80 chance of producing a crystal shard in addition to the main product. Despite their models also having embedded crystals, the trees in Gwenith do not yield crystal shards.

Ents

Main article: Ent

Ents are monsters found in the Wilderness and at the Woodcutting guild. They become ent trunks when killed, which can be chopped for random noted logs until it despawns. Ents in the wilderness produce logs at twice the rate of logs from ents at the Woodcutting Guild. Completing the medium tier of the Wilderness Diary further increases the rate.

Farmable trees

Oaks, willows, maples, yew trees and magic trees can be planted in any of six tree patches found throughout Gielinor. Teaks and mahoganies can be planted in any of three hardwood patches on Fossil Island. Crystal trees can be planted in the crystal tree patch in Prifddinas. Celastrus trees can be planted in the dedicated celastrus patch and redwood trees in the dedicated redwood tree patch, both found in the advanced tier of the Farming Guild. Crystal trees and celastrus do not grant woodcutting experienced when chopped.

Farmable trees offer the benefit of being visible only to the player who has planted it, thus removing competition. Attempting to chop a tree in a farming patch causes the player to stall for one tick, which allows for 1.5-tick woodcutting.

Obstacles

Several obstacles can traversed by chopping them with an axe or machete. These include:

• Jungle bushes and jungle trees blocking the entrance to the Kharazi jungle. In addition to being crossed when chopped, they yield logs.
• Dead trees found north of the Shining Pool block the Kendal's cave. Only two of the trees can be chopped, the others produce the message "There is nothing to gain from chopping down this tree". These grant no logs and no experience.
• Tendrils blocking access to the inner ring of the Abyss.
• Thick vines blocking various pathways in the Tar Swamp. They grant 2 experience when chopped.
• Vines blocking certain passageways in the Brimhaven Dungeon. They grant no experience when chopped.

Other

• The maples found on Miscellania can only be chopped after part of the quest Throne of Miscellania has been completed. They grant reduced experience and no logs, but rather increase the player's favour among the locals. Similarly, the teaks and mahoganies found on Etceteria can only be chopped after Royal Trouble for reduced experience and favour instead of logs. The evergreens found on both islands behave normally.
• After completion of the medium tier of the Kandarin Diary, the maples in Seers' Village grant 10% extra experience.
• Fruit trees planted in fruit tree patches can be chopped down at any level, granting no experience.
• The woodcutting stump in Neitiznot can be used to make split logs and Neitiznot shields from arctic pine logs, the former granting 5 woodcutting experience.

Other Equipment

Besides axes, other equipment is useful for the Woodcutting skill.

Item		Benefit	Notes
	Machete	Can be used to cut Light jungle, Medium jungle and, Dense jungle.	Used in the jungle of Karamja.
	Opal machete
	Jade machete
	Red topaz machete
	Lumberjack hat	0.4% bonus exp.	Obtained during the Temple Trekking minigame. Requires the completion of In Aid of the Myreque.
	Lumberjack top	0.8% bonus exp.
	Lumberjack legs	0.6% bonus exp.
	Lumberjack boots	0.2% bonus exp.
	Kandarin headgear 1	Chance to double logs from normal trees.	Requires completion of the easy Kandarin Diary.
	Kandarin headgear 2		Requires completion of the medium Kandarin Diary.
	Kandarin headgear 3		Requires completion of the hard Kandarin Diary.
	Kandarin headgear 4		Requires completion of the elite Kandarin Diary.
	Strung rabbit foot	Slightly increases bird's eggs and rings when receiving a bird nest.	Does not increase the drop rate of bird nests.
	Ring of wealth (i)	Doubles the chance to receive easy-elite clue nests when in the wilderness.	Does not increase the drop rate of beginner clue nests.
	Elven signet	Provides a 10% chance to not use a charge when using a crystal axe.	The celestial signet provides the same benefit.
	Woodcutting cape	Requiring level 99 in the Woodcutting skill, grants a 10% increase in chance to receive a bird nest. Temporary +1 visible boost to Woodcutting.	The temporary boost is applied when the cape is worn, and can be removed and reequipped to reapply the boost; however, boosting above 99 only benefits the player when used within the Woodcutting guild.

Temporary boosts

Main article: Temporary skill boost

Boost		Level increase	Visibility	Other info
	Woodcutting cape	1	Visible	Activating the cape's effect will increase the corresponding skill by 1.
	Spicy stew (brown spice)	±0-5	Visible	Depending on type of stew, any skill can be boosted or reduced by 0 to 5 levels randomly.
	Axeman's folly	1	Visible	Can only be bought or made through brewing.
	Mature axeman's folly	2	Visible	Can only be bought or made through brewing.
	Dragon axe	3	Visible	Uses 100% of Special attack bar. Requires 60 attack to wield.
	Infernal axe	3	Visible	Uses 100% of Special attack bar. Requires 60 attack to wield. Requires 61 woodcutting and 85 firemaking to create.
	3rd age axe	3	Visible	Uses 100% of Special attack bar. Requires 65 attack to wield.
	Crystal axe	3	Visible	Uses 100% of Special attack bar. Requires 70 attack and 50 agility to wield. Requires 71 woodcutting to create.
	Woodcutting Guild	7	Invisible	The boost takes effect while player is within the Woodcutting Guild. Stacks with visible boosts. Does not enable your character to chop logs it would otherwise not be able to cut (e.g., 83 woodcutting does not allow you to cut Redwood Logs).

Quests

Quests requiring Woodcutting

Quest	Woodcutting requirement	Other skill requirements
Animal Magnetism	35	19 , 18 , 30
Lost City	36	31
The Fremennik Trials	40	25 , 40 if crafting your own lyre
Olaf's Quest	50	40
Legends' Quest	50	50 , 50 , 45 , 56 , 52 , 42 , 50 , 50 , 50
Lunar Diplomacy	55	65 , 61 , 60 , 49 , 40
The Fremennik Isles	56	20 , 40 , 46
Sins of the Father	62	60 , 56 , 52 , 50 , 50 , 49
Song of the Elves	70	70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70
Grim Tales	71	45 , 52 , 58 , 59

Quests rewarding Woodcutting experience

Main article: Quest experience rewards

Quest	Experience reward	Woodcutting requirement	Other requirements
Enlightened Journey	1,500	-	20 , 20 , 30 , 36
Recipe for Disaster (Skrach Uglogwee subquest)	1,500	-	41 , 20
Heroes' Quest	1,575	-	55 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 50
Monk's Friend	2,000	-	-
Animal Magnetism	2,500	35	18 , 19 , 30
The Eyes of Glouphrie	2,500	45 ()	5 , 46
The Fremennik Trials	2,812	40	25 , 40 if crafting your own lyre
Icthlarin's Little Helper	4,000	-	-
The Fremennik Isles	10,000	56 ()	20 , 40 , 46
Grim Tales	14,000	71	45 , 52 , 58 , 59
Song of the Elves	20,000	70	70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70 , 70
Total	62,387

Skill choice

Upon completing any of the following quests, players may choose to allocate experience to Woodcutting. These rewards usually come in the form of items, such as lamps or books, and are independent of any experience rewards directly received for completing the quest.

Quest	Experience reward	Skills available	Skill requirements
X Marks the Spot	300	Any	-
Client of Kourend	500 twice	Any	-
Fairytale II - Cure a Queen	2,500	Any skill above 30	49 , 57
A Tail of Two Cats	2,500 twice	Any skill above 30	-
The Great Brain Robbery	5,000	Any skill above 30	16 , 30 , 50
King's Ransom	5,000	Any skill above 50	65
Darkness of Hallowvale	2,000 three times	Any skill above 30	5 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 33 , 40
A Taste of Hope	2,500	Any skill above 35	48 , 45 , 40 , 40 , 38
Architectural Alliance (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 40	-
Curse of the Empty Lord (miniquest)	10,000	Any skill above 50	Some players will need 31
One Small Favour	10,000 twice	Any skill above 30	36 , 25 , 18 , 30
Recipe for Disaster (The final battle)	20,000	Any skill above 50	175 , 48 , 50 , 53 , 53 , 25 , 59 , 40 , 50 , 40 , 40 , 10 , 10 , 36
Legends' Quest	7,650 four times		107 , 50 , 50 , 45 , 56 , 52 , 42 , 50 , 50 , 50 , 50
Total	115,400