Woodcutting

Introduction

Woodcutting is, as the title suggests, the skill needed to cut down trees. Throughout the world of RuneScape, there are many different types of trees which all require a specific level to cut. To cut a tree, you need an axe (hatchet), but you don't need to wield it. The wood is either used for firemaking or fletching, or you can convert it into planks to use it in the construction skill.

But beware of the woodcutting random events! Tree spirits may appear and attack you, trees may become alive and damage your axe, and your axe head can fly off from the handle!

For information on training this skill, please see the Woodcutting training guide. You should also check out our Woodcutting calculator (If it is too slow or doesn't work, use the simple woodcutting calculator).
 

Guide Links
Hatchets
– Machetes
Vegetation types
– Regular tree
– Evergreen
– Achey tree
– Light Jungle
– Oak
– Medium Jungle
– Willow
– Dense Jungle
– Teak
– Maple
– Hollow tree
– Mahogany
– Eucalyptus
– Yew
– Magic tree
Canoes
Log Prices

Hatchets

You can wield the hatchets to get one more space in your backpack, but in order to do this, you will also need a certain attack level.  

Picture	Name	Needed level	Attack level to wield	Price
	Bronze axe	1	1	20gp
	Iron axe	1	1	400gp
	Steel axe	6	5	500gp
	Black axe	6	10	2000gp
	Mithril axe	21	20	1500gp
	Adamant axe	31	30	3000gp
	Rune axe	41	40	20000gp (20K)
	Dragon axe	61	60	3000000gp (3M)

 

Machetes

The 4 different machetes are used to chop down jungle vegetation in the Tai Bwo Wannai village. You can either buy them in Gabooty using the local currency, trading sticks, or you can bring the raw materials to Safta Doctor. The last option is a bit cheaper.

There are no needed levels to wear or use the machetes, but you need a certain level to chop down the jungle vegetation (read more about this in the next section). Below is a table that shows the types of machetes.  

Machete	Opal Machete	Jade Machete	Red Topaz Machete

Vegetation types

There are different types of vegetation in the world of RuneScape. All trees requires an axe as mentioned in the previous section. The light jungle, medium jungle and dense jungle requires a machete to chop down. After cutting down any of the trees or jungle vegetation, you will get logs, bark or thatching spar depending on the type of tree you're cutting.  

	Tree (regular)
	Location: Everywhere! The best place to train is in the forests.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	1	25	No
	Evergreen
	Location: Around the Dwarven mountain (where the entrance to the dwarven mines is) and south a few around the White Wolf Mountain. You get normal logs from Evergreens.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	1	25	No
	Achey tree
	Location: Eastern part of the Feldip Hills.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	1	25	Yes
	Light Jungle
	Location: Around the Tai Bwo Wannai Village on the Karamja island. You do not get regular logs from them, but Thatch Spar Light. Use a machete to cut it.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	10	32	Yes
	Oak
	Location: These trees are very common too, but a good place is just south of the farm which is between Falador and Draynor.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	15	37.5	No
	Medium Jungle
	Location: Around the Tai Bwo Wannai Village on the Karamja island. You do not get regular logs from them, but Thatch Spar Med. Use a machete to cut it.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	20	55	Yes
	Willow
	Location: You can find these trees near water. If you want to bank the logs, you can train south of the bank in Draynor, NW of Seers or East of the Fishing Guild.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	30	67.5	No
	Dense Jungle
	Location: Around the Tai Bwo Wannai Village on the Karamja island. You do not get regular logs from them, but Thatch Spar Dense. Use a machete to cut it.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	35	80	Yes
	Teak
	Location: There are 9 teaks in the tree grove in Tai Bwo Wannai (100 trading sticks required to enter). Also, there are 5 teaks in the Kharazi Jungle south of Shilo Village and 3 on Ape Atoll. You can also get them in Miscellania after completing Royal Trouble.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	35	85	Yes
	Maple
	Location: Only in members world. A good place is north of Seers Village, or just west of legends guild. Note: Free players can use, burn and trade maple logs.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	45	100	Yes
	Hollow tree
	Location: Haunted Woods, located east of Canifis in Morytania.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	45	100	Yes
	Mahogany
	Location: There are 4 in the tree grove in Tai Bwo Wannai (100 trading sticks required to enter). Also, there are 2 in the Kharazi Jungle south of Shilo Village and 2 on Ape Atoll. You can also get them in Miscellania after completing Royal Trouble.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	50	125	Yes
	Eucalyptus
	Location: Located west of Oo'glog, which is south of the hunter area in Feldip Hills.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	58	165	Yes
	Yew
	Location: They're spread around RuneScape world, but a good place is in north varrock and between lumbridge and draynor. They're the only rare trees in the free world.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	60	175	No
	Magic tree
	Location: You can find 4 trees at Sorcerer's Tower, and three east of the ranging guild. They are also located near the Gnome Stronghold, and in Isafadar near Lletya.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	75	250	Yes

Canoes

Using you woodcutting skill, you can also make canoes to travel up and down the river lum. There are 5 stations you can travel to. All of them are on the east side of the river.

• Lumbridge, south of the small goblin house.
• South of the Champions' Guild
• Southeast of the Barbarian Village, south of the bridge leading to Varrock
• Edgeville, south of the bridge.
• Level 35 Wilderness, the lake south of the Moss Giants. This is a destination only station!
  You can only go to this station with a Waka canoe.

Making a canoe

• Go to one of the stations (not the wilderness one) with an axe (hatchet).
• Chop down the big tree at the station
• When it's cut down, click on the fallen tree and select which canoe you wish to make
• Click on the canoe again to push it down into the water
• Board the canoe by clicking on it and select your destination

Types of canoes

Type of canoe	Needed level	Earned XP	Where it can go
Log	12	30	1 station away from the current station*
Dugout	27	60	2 stations away from the current station*
Stable dugout	42	90	3 stations away from the current station*
Waka	42	90	4 stations away from the current station

* Does not include the Wilderness

Log Prices

Woodcutting can make you alot of money, and if you are training firemaking/fletching, you might want to buy the logs instead of cutting them, so here is a complete price guide. All prices is for each log.  

Picture	Name	Price
	Log	20-50 GP
	Oak Log	30-50 GP
	Willow Log	30-40 GP
	Teak Log	350-500 GP
	Maple Log	75-125 GP
	Mahogany Log	350-500 GP
	Yew Log	300-310 GP
	Magic Log	900-1100 GP

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