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Introduction

Woodcutting is a skill used to chop logs from trees. These logs may be used for firemaking, fletching, or possibly construction. Simply click on a tree to chop it down. However, you will need to have the necessary axe in your inventory and a minimum woodcutting level.

If you are just starting out in Woodcutting you may want to pay a visit to Wilfred the Woodcutting Tutor just south of the furnace near Lumbridge Castle to learn about the different kinds of trees & axes. He will give you a free Bronze axe and Tinderbox if you lose yours.

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The Tools

Axes (Hatchets)

Axes are the primary tool for woodcutting. The better your axe, the higher your chance of getting logs from the tree.

If your axe gets broken (displayed as an axe with big wedge chipped out of the head) you can get it repaired by Bob in Lumbridge for a small fee.

Pic	Name	WC Lvl	Cost to Buy	Cost to Repair	Notes
	Bronze Axe	1	20gp	Free	You get this from tutorial isle, can be bought at Bob's axes in Lumbridge.
	Iron Axe	1	400gp	Free	Can be bought at Bob's axes in Lumbridge.
	Steel Axe	6	500gp	Free	Can be bought at Bob's axes in Lumbridge.
	Black Axe	6	2,000gp	10gp	Can not be smithed.
	Mithril Axe	21	1,500gp	18gp	-
	Adamant Axe	31	3,000gp	43gp	-
	Rune Axe	41	20,000gp	427gp	-
	Dragon Axe	61	-	1,800gp	Obtained by killing Dagannoth Kings in the Waterbirth Island Dungeon.

Machetes

Machetes are members items and can only to be used on Karamja for cutting through jungle vegetation. They are mainly used for the Tai Bwo Wannai Clean Up mini game.

Pic	Name	WC Lvl	Cost to Buy	Notes
	Machete	1	60gp	Can be bought at Shilo Village and Tai Bwo Wannai Village general stores.
	Opal Machete	1	600 Trading Sticks	Can be bought at Gabooty's Co-op in Tai Bwo Wannai Village. Safta Doc can also make these is exchange for gems but Gabooty is a cheaper option.
	Jade Machete	1	1,200 Trading Sticks	Can be bought at Gabooty's Co-op in Tai Bwo Wannai Village. Safta Doc can also make these is exchange for gems but Gabooty is a cheaper option.
	Red Topaz Machete	1	2,400 Trading Sticks	Can be bought at Gabooty's Co-op in Tai Bwo Wannai Village. Safta Doc can also make these is exchange for gems but Gabooty is a cheaper option.

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Lumberjack Outfit

The Lumberjack outfit is a possible reward from the mini game Temple Trekking/Burgh de Rott Ramble. For further information please look here.

The Lumberjack outfit consits of four pieces. A hat, shirt, legs and boots. All pieces of the outfit are untradeable and can be stored as a set in the costume room of your player owned house.

You gain extra woodcutting experience, per item cut, for each piece of the outfit you wear, with an additional bonus for wearing the complete outfit. The experience for each log (when wearing the full outfit) is listed in the table below.

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Trees & Bushes

There are several types of trees all over the RuneScape world, the grey rows in the table below indicate members only varieties.

Type	Level	Tool Required	Exp	Exp (Lumberjack Outfit)	Info
Normal Tree	1	Axe	25	25.6	This is what everybody starts on. This gives the only type of logs that can be used to fletch arrow shafts. Regular trees are also seen around the world in two other different varieties. 'Dead' Trees and 'Evergreen' Trees. They give the same Exp as normal trees except some dead trees in the wild give charcoal instead of logs.
Achey Tree	1	Axe	25	25.6	Part of the Big Chompy Bird Hunting Quest. Find more details in our Chompy Hunting guide.
Light Jungle	10	Machete	32	32.8	Can be cut in Tai Bwo Wannai Clean Up area to earn favour for trading sticks. While cutting you will often be attacked by many enemies from the mini game.
Oak Tree	15	Axe	37.5	38.4	The next step up from normal, these can be used to gain xp. A popular choice for making planks to train Construction.
Medium Jungle	20	Machete	55	56.4	Can be cut in Tai Bwo Wannai Clean Up area to earn favour for trading sticks. While cutting you will often be attacked by many enemies from the mini game.
Willow Tree	30	Axe	67.5	69.1	The most common tree apart from normal. Used by many players for firemaking and fletching as it is not too hard to obtain and there is a good market for their logs.
Dense Jungle	35	Machete	80	82	Can be cut in Tai Bwo Wannai Clean Up area to earn favour for trading sticks. While cutting you will often be attacked by many enemies from the mini game.
Teak Tree	35	Axe	85	87.1	Generally used to make planks for Construction. They can be found in Tai Bwo Wannai tree grove, Kharazi Jungle, on Ape Atoll, near Uzer, south of Castle Wars, Mos Le'Harmless (must have completed Cabin Fever quest) & Miscellania*.
Maple Tree	45	Axe	100	102.5	Not a green tree! There are plenty of these around Seers' village.
Hollow Tree	45	Axe	82.5	84.5	These are only found east of Canifis in the Haunted Woods. Their bark can not be used for firemaking or fletching. They are only used to make Splitbark Armour for Magicians.
Mahogany Tree	50	Axe	125	128.1	Generally used to make planks for Construction. They can be found in Tai Bwo Wannai tree grove, Kharazi Jungle, on Ape Atoll, Mos Le'Harmless (must have completed Cabin Fever quest) & Miscellania*.
Arctic Pine Tree	54	Axe	40	41	These are found on the Island of Neitiznot in the The Fremennik Isles quest
Yew Tree	60	Axe	175	179.3	A good tree to cut down if you want to make money, for fletching and the best available for f2p players.
Magic Tree	75	Axe	250	256.2	The rarest of trees - they even sparkle! Hard to chop down but very profitable for fletchers.

* The Tai Bwo Wannai Clean Up tree grove costs 100 trading sticks to enter. It contains 4 Mahogany and 9 Teak trees.
** Once you have completed the Royal Trouble quest, you can use the trees as a resource on Miscellania. You cannot keep any logs you cut yourself.

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Bird's Nests

While woodcutting, a bird's nest will occasionally drop out of the tree and land next to you. If you pick up the nest and search it, it might contain some useful or valuable items, such as gold, sapphire, emerald, ruby or diamond rings, and seeds for farming. Other possible loot includes red, green or blue birds' eggs. Although Jagex has still not said what the bird eggs are for, we suggest you hang onto them. The nest can be crushed with pestle & mortar for use in Herblore as well. You can increase your odds of getting a bird's nest by wearing a strung rabbit's foot which requires level 24 Hunter to wear and level 37 Crafting to make.

As well as normal woodcutting you can also obtain nests from Managing Miscellania and by killing the Giant Mole then trading its mole skins & claws with Wyson the Gardener. Nests obtained from Wyson can also contain normal seeds and herb seeds or be empty.

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Canoes

If you are a member, as your woodcutting level increases you will be able to build better and better canoes to travel along the River Lum. This river travels all the way from Lumbridge to Level 35 Wilderness. There are four types of canoes, each one being progressively better than the previous one. Detailed information about travelling using the canoes can be found in the Canoe Section of the Getting Around Guide.

Shown below are the canoes and the level required to carve them as well as the experience given for cutting and carving them.

Canoes
Pic	Lvl	Canoe Name	Exp	Exp (Lumberjack Outfit)
	12	Log	30	30.8
	27	Dugout	60	61.4
	42	Stable Dugout	90	92.2
	57	Waka	150	153.8

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Woodcutting Stumps (Members Only)

Woodcutting stumps are located in Neitiznot on the Fremennik Isles. They are currently only used to craft and cut arctic pine logs.

Stump Crafting
Pic	Name	Level	Materials needed	Tool Req.	Exp.
	Fremennik Round Shield*	56	2 Arctic Pine Logs 1 Rope 1 Bronze Nail	Hammer	34(crafting)
	Split Log	56	1 Arctic Pine Log	Axe	5

* You must have reached a certain point in The Fremennik Isles quest to learn how to make round shields. For more stats, see our combat guide.

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Random Events

As with many skills there are random events to stop people from cheating. Details can be found in our Random Events guide and include Tree Spirits, Ents, and various others.

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Training and Locations

What is presented below, is information about the good locations for both f2p and p2p players regarding how to train and where to train at different levels.

Levels	Locations
1-15	Chop normal trees anywhere in the world. Look for dense forests as these will be the most efficient locations.
16-30	Chop Oak trees at: Four just East of Draynor bank. South of Varrock. Quite a few west of Catherby bank (p2p). Many just outside Castle Wars (p2p).
31-60	Willow trees at: Six just South-west of Draynor bank. Four next to the bar in Port Sarim. Ten South of Rimmington. North of Seer's bank (p2p). Eight in front of Barbarian Assault, with a deposit box just inside. (p2p)
61-75	Maple trees at: North of Seer's bank (p2p). A few outside the Legend's guild (p2p). Multiple North of McGrubbor's wood by the railway (p2p). South West of Sinclair's Mansion and on the road to the Fremenik province from Seer's village (p2p).
75-99	Yew trees at: Three north of Varrock Palace. Three south of Falador. Four North of Rimmington. These yews are very close to the POH entrance. Two South of Edgeville bank. Four between Draynor and Lumbridge. Three in the cemetery in Seer's village (p2p). Seven West of Catherby under the beehives (p2p). Four south east corner of Gnome Stronghold (p2p).
85-99	Magic trees at: Four South of the Sorceror's tower (p2p). Around the Ranged guild (p2p). Gnome's stronghold (p2p). Just outside Lletya (p2p). Mage Training Arena (p2p).

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Cape of Achievement

Once you have mastered the skill and reached level 99 you may want to buy yourself a Woodcutting Cape from the woodcutting tutor in Lumbridge just south of the furnace. Refer to the Achievement Capes guide for more details.