Woodcutting

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

Woodcutting
Also known as	WC
Release date	4 January 2001 (Update)
Members only?	No
Players with 99	40,180 as of 20 April 2019
Players with 200M XP	86 as of 20 April 2019

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. As levels increase, players can use better axes to chop trees faster. 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.

Woodcutting is a useful skill for a low-levelled player to make money early in the game.

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.

Experience during trial runs

A player chopping down a normal tree. This requires 1 Woodcutting.

To quickly give players a general idea of the experience per hour, they can expect per tree, all with Dragon axe (no special):

• At 68 Woodcutting (all in Seers' Village, using Seers' bank)
  • Maple trees - 35.5k/hr (based on ~20k exp gained)
  • Yew trees - 25-30k/hr, more if you have 90+ Woodcutting
  • Willow trees - 45.6k/hr (based on 12.7k gained)

• At 70 Woodcutting (using one teak tree south of Castle Wars and dropping logs)
  • Teak - 56.6k/hr (based on 65k exp gained)
• At 90 Woodcutting
  • Redwood - 50k/hr, scales up to 70k/hr at 99
• At 80 Woodcutting (Using two teak trees and dropping logs)
  • Teak - 70k/hr (With lumberjack outfit)

Woodcutting level-up music (link)

The first music that can be played when levelled up.

Woodcutting level-up music (link)

The second music that can be played when levelled up.

Types of trees

Choppable logs

Tree	Level	Experience	Log	Tree	Notes
Normal	1	25			The most common tree on RuneScape, 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. Normal logs are also used to start off Firemaking and Construction training.
Achey	1	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.
Oak	15	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. Oak logs are commonly used in Construction training.
Willow	30	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.
Teak	35	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.
Maple	45	100			Maple trees are special trees which can be found only in northern Kandarin and the Fremennik Province. Experience per log increases to 110 after completeing the Kandarin Medium Diary. Maple logs are used for Firemaking.
Hollow	45	82.5			These are found in Slepe and the Haunted Woods, and yield bark, which is used to create Splitbark equipment.
Mahogany	50	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 and the Kharazi Jungle.
Arctic pine	54	40			These are found on the islands of Neitiznot, these logs are better used for Firemaking experience rather than Woodcutting.
Yew	60	175			The highest levelled tree for free players to cut, yew trees are quite uncommon throughout RuneScape. Their logs are primarily used for Firemaking.
Sulliuscep	65	127			Found in the Tar Swamp on Fossil Island, chopping sulliusceps grant the player 83 experience per yield. Players can receive mushrooms and mort myre fungus from chopping sulliusceps, but they can also receive sulliuscep caps. There are six sulliusceps found throughout the swamp, but only one can be chopped down. Thus, players must traverse the Tar Swamp to find the choppable sulliuscep.
Magic	75	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 southwest 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.
Redwood	90	380			These trees are found exclusively in the Woodcutting Guild.

Canoes

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 four canoe stations and five stops.

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

Canoe	Level required	Experience	Picture	Notes
Log	12	30		Can travel 1 stop along the River Lum. Can not go to the Wilderness.
Dugout	27	60		Can travel 2 stops along the River Lum. Can not go to the Wilderness.
Stable dugout	42	90		Can travel 3 stops along the River Lum (which is enough to travel anywhere along it except wilderness). Can not go to the Wilderness.
Waka	57	150		Can travel 4 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 Wilderness station.

Axe types

Axe	Picture	Woodcutting level	Attack level	Smithing level to make	Notes
Bronze		1	1	1	Found in a tree stump at the Lumbridge chicken farm Bought from Bob's Brilliant Axes Pickpocketed from H.A.M. Members at 20 Thieving Dropped by the tree spirit
Iron		1	1	16	Spawns in the Varrock Sewers Bought from Bob's Brilliant Axes Pickpocketed from H.A.M. Members at 20 Thieving Dropped by the tree spirit
Steel		6	5	31	Bought from Bob's Brilliant Axes Pickpocketed from H.A.M. Members at 20 Thieving Dropped by the tree spirit
Black		11	10	N/A	A reward from doing a level 1 Clue scroll Dropped by skeleton fremenniks, feral vampyres, black demons, black dragons, skeletal wyverns, abyssal demons, dark beasts, and the tree spirit
Mithril		21	20	51	Dropped by all chromatic dragons, bronze dragons, basilisks, turoths, kurasks, giant rock crabs, cave horrors, and the tree spirit Sold at the Woodcutting Guild
Adamant		31	30	71	A reward from doing a level 2 Clue scroll Dropped by iron dragons, and the tree spirit Sold at the Woodcutting Guild
Rune		41	40	86	A reward from doing a level 3 Clue scroll Dropped by steel dragons, skeletal wyverns, iron dragons, lava dragons and the tree spirit Sold at the Woodcutting Guild
Dragon		61	60	N/A	A rare drop from the Dagannoth Rex, Dagannoth Prime, and Dagannoth Supreme Gives an additional +3 Woodcutting level when using special attack You can also receive this item from a supply crate from the Wintertodt minigame, located on Zeah. The droprate of getting the dragon axe is 1/10000.
3rd age		61	65	N/A	An extremely rare reward from a master clue scroll.
Infernal		61	60	N/A	Created by using a smouldering stone on a dragon axe. Level 85 firemaking is required to create this item. Chopping trees with the infernal axe will grant a 1/3 chance the logs will be burnt as they are chopped. Gives an additional +3 Woodcutting level when using special attack

Lumberjack outfit

Outfit piece	Picture	Woodcutting level	Extra exp given	Notes
Lumberjack boots		44	0.2% bonus exp	Obtained during the Temple Trekking minigame
Lumberjack legs		44	0.6% bonus exp	Obtained during the Temple Trekking minigame
Lumberjack top		44	0.8% bonus exp	Obtained during the Temple Trekking minigame
Lumberjack hat		44	0.4% bonus exp	Obtained during the Temple Trekking minigame

• Wearing the whole set gives an additional 0.5% bonus, totalling to 2.5% bonus experience.

Temporary boosts

• An axeman's folly increases the player's Woodcutting level by 1. This is brewed using the Cooking skill.
• A mature axeman's folly increases the player's Woodcutting level by 2. This is also brewed using the Cooking skill.
• The dragon axe has a special attack which boosts the player's Woodcutting level by 3.
• A brown spicy stew randomly increases Woodcutting, Herblore, Farming, Fishing, Mining and Firemaking up to 5 levels or decreases up to 5 levels. These can be made using the Cooking skill, but only by members who have freed Evil Dave in the Recipe for Disaster quest.
• Equipping the Woodcutting Cape of Accomplishment or operating the cape while it is worn will temporarily boost your Woodcutting level to 100. To obtain this cape, level 99 Woodcutting is required, and it must be bought from Wilfred, the Woodsman tutor for 99,000 coins.

Quests rewarding Woodcutting experience

Quest	Experience reward	Woodcutting req.	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 ()
Icthlarin's Little Helper	4,000	-	-
The Fremennik Isles	10,000	56	20 , 40
Grim Tales	14,000	71	58 , 45 , 52 , 59
Total	42,387

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
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
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	105,100