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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 a 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.

For information on training this skill, please see the Woodcutting training guide. You should also check out our 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 hatchet	1	1	15gp
	Iron hatchet	1	1	30gp
	Steel hatchet	6	5	110gp
	Black hatchet	6	10	1,200gp (1.2K)
	Mithril hatchet	21	20	250gp
	Adamant hatchet	31	30	700gp
	Rune hatchet	41	40	8,500gp (8.5K)
	Dragon hatchet	61	60	1,700,000gp (1.7M)
	Inferno Adze	61	N/A	See description below

 

Inferno Adze

The Inferno Adze is the God sent for Lumberjacks and Pyromaniacs. However with anything that helps anyone greatly it comes with very high requirements. This axe has the same speed and effectiveness as a Dragon Axe yet with upgraded features. Besides having the same comparability’s of a Rune Pickaxe, there is a 30% chance that you will receive both the Woodcutting and Firemaking experience for that log without using it with a tinderbox. You'll still be given the log, so don't worry. Another beautiful aspect of the Adze is you do not have to have any combat requirements in order to wield it. All you must do in order to obtain this majestic axe you must have completed All Fired Up, have 92 Firemaking as well as a variety of other levels and to top it all off, must have lit all 14 Beacons.

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. If used in conjunktion with Seer's Headband 2 or 3 you will recieve an extra 10 exp for each Maple you cut. 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, south Falador and between lumbridge and draynor. They're the only rare trees in the free world. Specifically, there are 3 next to Gnome stronghold bank 4 in the southeastern corner of Gnome Stronghold, 3 east of the entrance of Legends Guild. Most popular for F2P is 3 trees in Varroc next to the Grand Exchange, and there is also a yew next to Varrock museum.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:
	60	175	No
	Ivy Vines
	Location: Around Varrock Palace, Falador walls, south-east of Taverly, Ardougne church, north side of north Yanille wall, south wall of Castle Wars.
	Needed level:	Earned XP:	Members only:	None
	68	332.5	Yes
	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. There are also two next to Mage Training Arena, one located at south entrance of Gnome Stronghold bank there is also one next to the 4 Yews in the southeastern corner of Gnome Stronghold
	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	57	150	4 stations away from the current station

* Does not include the Wilderness

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