WOODCUTTING – GUIDE
Note: You may see the term “wc”, which is a common abbreviation for Woodcutting.
Purpose
This guide walks you through leveling Woodcutting from 1 to 100 on a fresh character.
Along the way, you will naturally gain levels in Brewing, Farming, combat and Health. You may also gain optional levels in Crafting and Firemaking.
The focus of this guide is efficient XP progression and smart use of Woodcutting potions.
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Getting Started
You begin the game with a Bronze axe, so start by chopping trees.
Begin by cutting Normal Trees. You will be chopping many of these early on.
While chopping, you can also train Crafting if you wish. Make sure to save some logs for trading later.
Once you have collected around 100 Normal Logs, you should reach level 10 Woodcutting. At this point, upgrade your axe.
Use /yell in-game to trade your logs for an Iron axe, which will increase your chopping speed.
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Farmer Slaughter
Your next axe upgrade unlocks at level 20 Woodcutting, but first you will begin an important side grind.
Head to the Farmers and start killing them for seeds.
What you are mainly looking for are Green leaf seeds, which have a 1/40 drop rate. These are required for Woodcutting potions later in the guide.
You will die often to Farmers early on. This is expected. You respawn nearby with full Health and will slowly increase your max hitpoints as you level it.
While killing Farmers: - Bury all bones to train Worship - Worship increases run duration and unlocks teleports - Completing the Sewer doll quest rewards 10 Large bones
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Farming Setup
Most Farmer drops are useful, so begin planting crops immediately.
- Plant mushroom seeds as soon as possible - At level 5 Farming, plant Dotted leaf seeds - At level 10 Farming, plant Green leaf seeds
There is a second farm in the jungle past the maze puzzle. A third farm exists in Mystic Vale and may be worth unlocking later. It requires 500 Sand, 50 Iron Bar, and level 20 Farming.
Once your farms are running, return to chopping trees.
At level 10 Woodcutting, you can chop ak trees for improved logs and XP.
Continue rotating between chopping trees, killing Farmers, and checking your farms.
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Axe Upgrade: Silver
At level 20 Woodcutting, upgrade to the Silver axe.
You should easily be able to trade logs for one.
You can now chop Willow Trees, which will be your primary XP source for a long time.
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Sand, Glass, and Vials
By now, you should have a steady supply of mushrooms and leaves.
Buy a Shovel from Sad Jack in the fishing shop, then head to the beach to dig Sand.
Smelt the sand into Glass, then craft the glass into Vials.
These allow you to start making combat Potions and training Brewing.
Your goal is level 12 Brewing, which unlocks Woodcutting potions.
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Brewing Progression
At level 10 Brewing, you can plant barley and brew beer.
Barley seeds are available at the Tavern. Make sure to buy or collect beer mugs whenever you visit.
Crafting Premium Beer using 5 beer mugs rewards 1,000 Brewing XP, making it an efficient early training method.
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Woodcutting Potions
Woodcutting potions provide double logs and double XP, significantly reducing Woodcutting training time.
The main bottleneck is Green leaf: - Seeds are rare - Many players do not sell them
This means continued Farmer grinding is required.
You should have enough Rotten Logs to grow Moldshrooms. If needed, kill beetles in the jungle for more mushrooms.
Potions last 5 minutes plus 1 additional minute for every 2 Brewing levels. It is best to save Woodcutting potions until around level 15–20 Brewing for better efficiency.
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Level 30: Gold Axe
At level 30 Woodcutting, upgrade to the Gold axe.
This can usually be traded for a few hundred logs.
You can now chop Maple Trees. These are not good XP yet, but the logs are useful for trading.
You will later need 100 Maple planks to access Mangrove Trees.
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Willow Grind
Continue chopping Willow Trees while farming Green leaf seeds and maintaining potion supplies.
Use Birdnests overnight to plant trees and train Farming for increased harvest yields.
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Level 40
At level 40 Woodcutting, you unlock Bamboo.
Bamboo provides poor XP and the logs have no meaningful use. Chopping one is sufficient for the Achievement.
Return to chopping Willow trees afterward.
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Level 50: Promethium Axe
At level 50 Woodcutting, upgrade to the Promethium axe.
It requires 1,250 Woodchips and Promethium Ore. A common trade is offering around 2,500 Woodchips for someone to make the axe.
You can now chop Mangrove Trees. Access requires 100 Maple planks and 500 Nails.
Mangrove logs are valuable for trading, but Willow trees still provide better XP.
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Level 65: Titanium Axe
At level 65 Woodcutting, upgrade to the Titanium axe.
It requires 2,500 Woodchips.
To improve trade value, you can convert Woodchips into 50 Charcoal at the kiln, which costs approximately 60,000 Coins.
The Omboko Axe is not recommended, as it provides little benefit over Titanium for the effort required.
You can now chop Haunted Trees. These are not good XP, but the logs are valuable for Crafting and Firemaking.
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Level 75+
Continue chopping Willow Trees until around level 75.
From this point onward, Maple Trees provide better XP. Switch to Maple trees and continue using Woodcutting potions when available.
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Level 100
Congratulations. You have reached level 100 in Woodcutting.
Your collected logs can now be used to train Crafting or Firemaking, or sold through Trading for coins.