RuneScape/Skills/Woodcutting

Woodcutting is a skill that allows you to chop logs for fletching (making arrows for ranging) or firemaking.

In RuneScape Classic, the free version is limited to regular logs, but in RuneScape 2, free version players can cut/use up to yew logs.

Lvls required and experience gained for cutting nonmember logs:

1- log, 25 exp.

1- charcoal, 25 exp.

15- oak log, 37.5 exp.

30 willow log, 67.5 exp.

60- yew log, 175 exp.

Lvls required and experience gained for member logs:

35- teak log, 85 exp.

45- maple log, 100 exp.

45- hollow tree bark, 100 exp.

75- magic log, 250 exp.

When cutting logs, you always need a axe/hatchet (with few exceptions). The stronger the axe, the faster it will cut and the higher level it will be to wield it (attack and woodcutting lvls).

Attack lvls required to wield axes/hatchets:

1- bronze axe

1- iron axe

5- steel axe

10- black axe (quite rare, I don't advise you buy this one)

20- mithril axe

30- adamantite axe

40- rune axe

There are many random events, some good, some bad, that occur while you are woodcutting. These random events are here mainly to stop autocutters. Some of these random events include Tree Spirits, a monster that will randomly appear while woodcutting and will attack you unless you run away or kill it. The level of the spirit depends on your level, but it will always be higher then yours. Also, there are other random events, such as your axe breaking in half, or the tree turning into an ent. If you axe breaks while woodcutting, your axe head will fly onto the ground, leaving you with the handle. Simply pick up the axe head and re-attach it to the handle. If a tree turns into an ent, you need to wait until it turns back into a tree, or else it will break your axe if you chop at the ent. If your axe is broken, you can fix it at Bob's Axe Shop in Lumbridge (South-west of castle).

Cutting logs may seem boring, but it makes alot of money if you put some effort into it. If you wish to sell your logs instead of burning them (see firemaking), you should only sell logs willow and up. Any logs below that won't get you much money.

Price to sell each type of log (willow and up)

-Willow logs: 30 gp each -Maple logs: 100-200 gp each -Yew logs: 250-300 gp each
 * -Magic logs: 1000-1300 gp each


 * Members only.

It is best to chop yews and sell them, for they give good experience and they sell for a good price. I wouldn't advise cutting magic logs, mainly because there aren't many magic trees, and they take quite a long time to chop. It has been generally agreed in the Runescape community that if you wish to make good progress in woodcutting that willows are the quickest and most convenient way to gain levels. It is also highly suggested that anyone planning on making money through selling yews try to do so once they've reached at least level 70+ woodcutting as this is around the time you start gaining yews at a respectable rate.