Woodcutting

Woodcutting is the entry-point gathering skill: pick a tree and your keeper cuts logs on a steady timer while you do something else. Nine trees open as you level, from the Normal Tree at 1 to the Redwood at 90, and the logs feed Bowcraft, Kindling, the Slipway's planks and the Cooking stations you build, which makes Woodcutting the raw supply for a good part of the artisan trades.

How Woodcutting works

The trees open at Normal 1, Oak 10, Willow 25, Teak 35, Maple 45, Mahogany 55, Yew 60, Magic 75 and Redwood 90. A higher tree takes longer per log and pays more XP for it: a Normal Tree cuts in 3 seconds for 10 XP, a Magic Tree takes 20 seconds for 100.

Every keeper starts with a Bronze axe, and the shop does not sell better ones. The axe climbs a tier at a time as you press finds into the Almanac's specimen plates, from 10 plates for the first step up to 85 for Dragon, and the same plates lift your fishing rod, pickaxe and combing rake together. A better axe shortens every cut.

Bird Nests turn up now and then while you cut, and open into Farming seeds. Woodcutting also has a Toolbelt slot: the Felling Axe (from level 15) and the Splitting Maul (from 40) are two ways of working the trade, each trading one benefit for another, and a quest can earn the Heartwood Axe.

Tips for training Woodcutting

1. Press every new find into the Almanac's plates. Plates are the only way your axe gets better.
2. Bird Nests are the steady source of Farming seeds, and the Bird Nest Potion (Apothecary 1) raises the chance of one while you cut.
3. A Rough chart of the Gullscream Heads in Chartwork reveals the Drift Grove, whose logs the Slipway seasons into Drift Timber.
4. Equip the Treant familiar from Binding for a 10% chance of an extra log on every cut.

Skills that pair with Woodcutting

The 28 trades aren't isolated. Woodcutting works best alongside these:

Frequently asked about Woodcutting

What's the fastest Woodcutting XP method?

Cut the highest tree you have unlocked and keep your axe current by filling the Almanac's plates. A better axe shortens every cut, which raises both logs and XP per hour.

Do logs do anything besides Woodcutting XP?

Yes. Bowcraft turns them into bows and arrow shafts, Kindling burns them, the Slipway mills them into planks, and Cooking fires and furnaces are built from them.

Are there any rare drops while Woodcutting?

Bird Nests drop while you cut and open into Farming seeds. With the right Stargazing star, cutting can also turn up Stardust.