Woodcutting training

Equipment

The only item required to cut wood is an axe, either equipped or in a player's inventory. Felling axes offer 10% more Woodcutting experience than their regular counterparts when used with forester's rations. Using the best felling axe available will offer the fastest experience rates.

Felling axes up to dragon and the forester's rations can be bought from the Grand Exchange. The crystal felling axe is untradeable and can only be created by using a felling axe handle on a regular crystal axe while standing near a singing bowl. As such, using the crystal felling axe effectively requires completion of Song of the Elves. The felling axes below rune are uncommonly traded at the Grand Exchange and they are relatively expensive for how long they are used, so using normal axes below level 41 Woodcutting is advised.

The Lumberjack outfit provides a total of 2.5% bonus experience per log cut, and is worth getting timewise for level 99 Woodcutting. The Temple Trekking minigame is the fastest way to obtain the outfit. When using route 1 and evading all the events except the one with undead lumberjacks, it will only take less than an hour to get the full set. Alternatively, the outfit can be obtained from participating in Forestry events and buying the outfit pieces with anima-infused bark.

The dragon axe special attack can be used to temporarily boost one's Woodcutting level by 3, which stacks with the level bonus provided by the Woodcutting Guild. Equipping the Lightbearer will also allow the player to use the special attack more often.

Fastest experience

To gain Woodcutting experience most efficiently, players should always drop the logs they cut. Players should quickly drop their items by holding the shift key and clicking on the logs.

Levels 1–26: Questing

Completing Monk's Friend, Enlightened Journey, Icthlarin's Little Helper, and the Skrach Uglogwee subquest of Recipe for Disaster grants a total of 9,000 experience. This will get the player from level 1 to 26.

Levels 1–15: Regular trees

From level 1 to 15, the player should cut regular trees. Each log gives 25 Woodcutting experience. 97 logs are required to reach level 15.

Levels 15–35: Oak trees

From level 15 to 35, the player should cut oak trees. Each log gives 37.5 Woodcutting experience. 534 logs are required to reach level 35.

Even though willow trees become available at level 30, cutting oak trees offers slightly faster experience at these levels.

Levels 35–99: Teak trees

Cutting teak trees offers the fastest Woodcutting experience in the game when using tick manipulation. If the player is not using any sort of tick manipulation, cutting teak trees offers the fastest experience only up to level 65.

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1.5-tick Woodcutting on Fossil Island.

1.5-tick woodcutting teaks on Fossil Island is the fastest training method in the game. 1.5-tick woodcutting is done by setting up a 3-tick cycle (such as using swamp tar on a clean herb) and alternating tiles next to the hardwood patches. When timed correctly, the player has a chance to receive two logs at once every three ticks. Planted teak trees have a 1/8 chance to fell and they do not have a depletion timer, unlike the teak trees found elsewhere.

Using the best felling axe available with forester's rations will offer the fastest experience rates. The forester's rations also restore run energy, which makes stamina potions unnecessary for this method.

Experience rates for 1.5-tick woodcutting are shown in the table below. The rates assume using the best regular axe available up to level 61, the dragon felling axe for levels 61–71, and the crystal felling axe from level 71 onwards. Long-term rates can vary depending on performance. At maximum efficiency, it is possible to gain up to around 255,000 experience per hour at level 99 when using the crystal felling axe. Because the method is difficult and click-intensive, players are more likely to see rates closer to 230,000–240,000 experience per hour.

level	XP/h
35	93,000
41	115,000
50	126,000
61	173,000
71	194,000
80	208,000
90	222,000
99	235,000

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2-tick Woodcutting on Ape Atoll.

2-tick woodcutting teaks is a slightly slower, but less attention- and click-intensive alternative to 1.5-tick woodcutting teaks on Fossil Island. 2-tick woodcutting is done by auto-retaliating to being attacked every two ticks and clicking on a tree. When done correctly, the player has a chance to receive logs every two ticks instead of four due to the way Auto Retaliate works.

Players can 2-tick teaks on Ape Atoll and Isle of Souls using birds, or in Prifddinas using rabbits. In Prifddinas the player will gain some crystal shards.

To start 2-tick woodcutting, draw aggressiveness from the birds or rabbits without killing them (such as casting Confuse or Wind Strike). Equip a 2-tick or 3-tick weapon that cannot perform attacks, such as a shortbow on rapid without ammunition. Turn on Auto Retaliate and get two monsters attacking you such that a hitsplat appears every two ticks. This can be accomplished by walking under the monsters if they are on the same tile to split them up, then getting one stuck on a tree or bush. When this is done, manoeuvre the two around until you are stood between two teak trees with both enemies attacking you. On each tick that a hitsplat appears on the player click a teak tree, and on each off-tick either click the ground at the base of a teak tree or drop a teak log.

Players with low Defence may be hit by birds and can minimise the damage they take by using a regen bracelet and a Hunters' crossbow with a shield instead of a shortbow. Rabbits are unable to hit the player.

Experience rates for 2-tick woodcutting are shown in the table below. The rates assume using the best regular axe available up to level 61, the dragon felling axe for levels 61–71, and the crystal felling axe from level 71 onwards. Long-term rates can vary depending on performance. At maximum efficiency, it is possible to gain up to 223,000 experience per hour at level 99 when using the crystal felling axe.

level	XP/h
35	78,000
41	97,000
50	108,000
61	151,000
71	172,000
80	186,000
90	201,000
99	215,000

Without tick manipulation it is recommended to cut teaks only up to level 65, after which cutting sulliusceps offers faster experience. The experience rates for cutting teaks without tick manipulation are shown in the table below. The rates assume using the best regular axe available up to level 61, the dragon felling axe for levels 61–71, and the crystal felling axe from level 71 onwards. Equipping a forestry kit and completing the forestry events that spawn can increase the rates by roughly 20,000 experience per hour.

level	XP/h
35	34,000
41	42,000
50	46,000
61	65,000
71	74,000
80	80,000
90	87,000
99	93,000

Experience rates/profit at level 99

Note: The profit per hour for some logs is interpolated, and as such, may only be used as an approximation.

Log		Level required	Experience per log	Experience per hour	Profit per hour at 99	Members	Notes
	Normal	1	25	10,000–15,000	2,000	No	Includes dead, jungle, evergreen, and normal trees. The most common trees in Old School RuneScape. Each tree only provides one log.
	Achey	1	25	17,000		Yes	Achey Trees are used primarily to fletch Ogre Ranged equipment. They are located around Feldip Hills and near Castle Wars. One log per tree.
	Oak	15	37.5	40,000	5,330	No	Oak trees are fairly common in Old School RuneScape. A single oak tree can provide multiple logs.
	Willow	30	67.5	40,000	10,950	No	Willow trees are found near water and provide the fastest experience for free players. Members locations include Port Sarim, Draynor Village, Lumbridge, Rimmington, Catherby, Barbarian Outpost, Seers' Village, and the Woodcutting Guild.
	Teak	35	85	90,000–220,000		Yes	Teak trees are found in the Hardwood Grove (entry requires 100 Trading sticks), Kharazi Jungle, Ape Atoll, Prifddinas, Isle of Souls, south-east of Ruins of Ullek, and the woods south of Castle Wars. They can also be grown on Fossil Island. Without tick-manipulation, the experience is 90,000 per hour.
	Juniper	42	35			Yes	Juniper trees are found in Hosidius. They are used to make dynamite.
	Maple	45	100	36,000–60,000	9,600	No	There are many maple trees between Rellekka and the Sinclair Mansion, several behind the Seers' Village bank, as well as 13 located in the Woodcutting Guild.
	Bark	45	82.5	70,000		Yes	Hollow trees are found in the Haunted Woods. The trees provide bark. Bark can be made into splitbark armour.
	Mahogany	50	125	45,000–48,000		Yes	Mahogany trees are found primarily in the Hardwood Grove (entry requires 100 Trading sticks), Ape Atoll, the Kharazi Jungle, Prifddinas, Isle of Souls, south-east of Ruins of Ullek, and Mos Le'Harmless. They can also be grown on Fossil Island.
	Yew	60	175	23,000–45,000	17,000	No	Yew trees can be found by members at locations such as the Seers' Village churchyard, west of Catherby, Tree Gnome Stronghold, Prifddinas (between the southern bank and Zalcano portal) and the Woodcutting Guild. Free players can find yew trees at Edgeville, south of Falador, in the Varrock Castle, and the Lumbridge graveyard.
	Magic	75	250	25,000–35,000	9,400	Yes	Magic trees are found at the Mage Training Arena, Sorcerer's Tower, Lletya, Seers' Village, Prifddinas, the Myths' Guild, and the Woodcutting Guild. Players should use a dragon axe on these trees.
	Redwood	90	380	60,000–70,000		Yes	Redwood trees are found in the Woodcutting Guild and in the Farming Guild (requiring 90 Farming).

Locations

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