Yew logs

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Yew logs
Released							25 March 2002 (Update)
Members							No
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							No
Noteable							Yes
Destroy							Drop
Examine							Logs cut from a yew tree.
Values
Value							160 coins
High alch							96 coins
Low alch							64 coins
Weight							2 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							277 coins (info)
Buy limit							12,000
Daily volume							10,867,246
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Advanced data
Item ID							1515
Twisted League							Yes

Yew logs are logs obtained from cutting yew trees, which require at least level 60 Woodcutting for players to cut. They give 175 experience when cut with an axe. Players can burn these logs with the Firemaking skill at level 60. They give 202.5 experience when burned.

Yew logs can also be made into bows, stock, and arrow shafts using the Fletching skill. When the log is cut into a Yew longbow (u) at level 70, it yields 75 experience. Cutting a Yew shortbow (u) at level 65, will give 67.5 experience. Stringing the unstrung bows will give the same experience as for cutting them.

One full inventory of yew logs gives exactly 4,900 Woodcutting experience. Yew tree locations are relatively few and scattered and also tend to be very crowded. Players would need to cut 72,919 yew logs to go from 60 to 99 Woodcutting. However, yew logs are obtained at a slow pace from 60 to 74. Yew logs are obtained at a decent rate starting from level 75 Woodcutting.

Yew logs can also be used to travel to Castle Wars on the Balloon transport system, costing 10 logs on the initial trip, and 1 log for every trip following that.

Woodcutting info

Yew
Level required				60
Woodcutting XP				175 xp
Tree				Yew tree
Required tool				Axe
Respawn time				59.4 seconds

Experience from logs

• Each log gives 175 Woodcutting experience when cut (Woodcutting level 60 required). When wearing the full Lumberjack outfit, each log gives 179.5 experience when cut.
• Lighting a log gives 202.5 Firemaking experience (Firemaking level 60 required).
• Making 75 arrow shafts gives 25 Fletching experience (Fletching level 60 required).
• Making an unstrung yew shortbow gives 67.5 Fletching experience and 67.5 additional experience when adding bow string (Fletching level 65 required).
• Making an unstrung yew longbow gives 75 Fletching experience and 75 additional experience when adding bow string (Fletching level 70 required).
• Making a full yew stock gives 50 Fletching experience (Fletching level 69 required).
• Making a yew shield requires two logs and gives 150 Fletching experience, or 75 experience per log (Fletching level 72 required).

Products

Item		Members	Skills	XP	Materials
	Adamant hasta		75	125	1 × Adamantite bar 1 × Yew logs
	Adamant spear		75	125	1 × Adamantite bar 1 × Yew logs
	Arrow shaft × 75		60	25	1 × Yew logs
	Yew bird house		60	45	1 × Yew logs 1 × Clockwork
	Yew longbow (u)		70	75	1 × Yew logs
	Yew pyre logs		1	16	1 × Yew logs 1 × Sacred oil(4)
	Yew shield		72	150	2 × Yew logs
	Yew shortbow (u)		65	67.5	1 × Yew logs
	Yew stock		69	50	1 × Yew logs

Item sources

For an exhaustive list of all known sources for this item, see here (include RDT).

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Angry barbarian spirit	166	1	12/128
Barbarian Assault/Rewards Medium	N/A	150–200	1/32
Barrel (Viyeldi caves)	N/A	1–4 (noted)	Rare
Berserk barbarian spirit	166	1	12/128
Black key black	N/A	Unknown	Rare
Black key brown	N/A	Unknown	Rare
Black key crimson	N/A	Unknown	Rare
Black key purple	N/A	Unknown	Rare
Black key red	N/A	Unknown	Rare
Dagannoth Supreme	303	50–150 (noted)	5/128
Enraged barbarian spirit	166	1	12/128
Ent	86; 101	2 (noted)	Varies
Ferocious barbarian spirit	166	3	2/128
Former Vampyre	N/A	5	Uncommon
Giant Mole	230	100 (noted)	10/128
King Black Dragon	276	150 (noted)	10/128
Revenant cyclops	82	20–40 (noted)	1/52.97
Revenant dark beast	120	20–40 (noted)	1/30.94
Revenant demon	98	20–40 (noted)	1/43.76
Revenant dragon	135	20–40 (noted)	1/24.87
Revenant goblin	15	20–40 (noted)	1/431.95
Revenant hellhound	90	20–40 (noted)	1/47.93
Revenant hobgoblin	60	20–40 (noted)	1/90.37
Revenant imp	7	20–40 (noted)	1/756.25
Revenant knight	126	20–40 (noted)	1/26.61
Revenant ork	105	20–40 (noted)	1/36.3
Revenant pyrefiend	52	20–40 (noted)	1/102.26
Silver key black	N/A	5–14 (noted)	1.2/153
Silver key brown	N/A	5–14 (noted)	2.4/153
Silver key crimson	N/A	5–14 (noted)	1.8/153
Silver key purple	N/A	5–14 (noted)	0.6/153
Silver key red	N/A	5–10 (noted)	3/153
Skeleton brute	132	1	12/128
Skeleton heavy	132	1	12/128
Skeleton hero	149	1	12/128
Skeleton thug	132	1	12/128
Skeleton warlord	132	1	12/128
Supply crate	N/A	10–20 (noted)	Varies
Swamp Crab	55	1	1/128
The Nightmare	814	14–111 (noted)	4/100
Vampyre Juvinate	N/A	5	Uncommon
Vyrewatch Sentinel	151	6 (noted)	2/93
Vyrewatch	87–125	4	2/96
Yew	60	1	Unknown
Zulrah	725	35 (noted)	2 × 10/248

Yew logs and the economy

Yew logs are usually in high demand from players who are trying to train Fletching. The value of yew logs is mainly driven by the High Alchemy value of Yew longbow (768 Coins), which will pay almost completely for the yew log and the Nature rune needed to alchemise them. These logs are also currently the highest level of logs available to Free-to-play players and as such, chopping them can be a good way to make money as a free-to-play player.

Many players consider yew logs to be the best way to make money with Woodcutting. Although magic logs are worth more per log, they are much slower to obtain than yew logs. At 99 Woodcutting, a player can look to easily gain over 400 yew logs per hour.