| Woodcutting can be considered the most | | | | Draynor Village (3 oak trees close to the bank, with |
| commonly trained skill in F2P. Here's a guide to tell you | | | | one a few steps east of it) You may be wondering: |
| how to make your level up fast and make some | | | | why aren't I doing willows from 30-60? Because oak |
| money along the way. | | | | logs (as of April 11th, 2010) are 81 each, compared to a |
| Requirements: | | | | measly 8 each for willows! Remember to switch to a |
| 1. Iron hatchet (costs about 16 gp on GE, or you can | | | | Mithril Hatchet at level 21, an Adamant Hatchet at level |
| buy from Bob's Brilliant Axes in Lumbridge) | | | | 31, and a Rune Hatchet at level 41. From level 15, you'll |
| 2. Patience and dedication (There's a lot of xp from | | | | need to chop 7,236 oak logs until level 60. |
| 1-99 (13 million!), so you need to be willing to put in many | | | | Approxmate money made from this section: 580k |
| hours to achieve the dream of 99 Woodcutting) | | | | Levels 60-99: Time for the most sought after tree in |
| 3. Explorer's Ring 3: You don't need this, but having it | | | | F2P: Yews! There are only a few Yew Trees in F2P, |
| will result in faster trips, which means more money and | | | | so a lot of the time, you'll be fighting amongst several |
| XP. | | | | people to get your yew logs. There is one spot, |
| Now to the guide. There will be 2 sections: The first will | | | | however, that is unknown to many F2P players, and |
| be a way to train your woodcutting fast, but you'll give | | | | as a result, has one of the quietest groves of Yew |
| up some of the profit in the process. The second will | | | | Trees: Rimmington. If you don't know where this is, it's |
| be a way to make a lot of money on the path to 99, | | | | located southwest of Falador, near the Crafting Guild. |
| but will be very slow XP-wise. | | | | Those of you who have done Dragon Slayer may |
| Fast XP: | | | | remember visiting Melzar's Maze here. In fact, just |
| Levels 1-15: With the iron hatchet you bought, head | | | | slightly south of Melzar's Maze are 4 yew trees. |
| over to Varrock and go to the Grand Exchange. Just | | | | These will be the source of your income until 99 |
| south of the entrance, you'll find many regular trees. | | | | Woodcutting. The reason I put 70 in parentheses in the |
| Chop these until you have a full inventory, then go up | | | | above section is that Yew trees cut very slowly at |
| to the GE and either sell them right away, or bank | | | | level 60, even with a Rune Hatchet. For that reason, I |
| them and sell them later. At level 6, go to the GE and | | | | recommend you stay at Oaks or Willows until level 70, |
| buy a Steel Hatchet (sell the logs you had if you need | | | | to have the yew logs come in slightly faster. To bank |
| money to buy it). At level 11, you can buy a Black | | | | your logs, either run east (if you don't have an |
| Hatchet, but since you'll be using it for such a short | | | | explorer's ring 3), or cabbage-port with your ring and |
| time, and it's expensive (around 1k), you can continue | | | | run south to the deposit box near the monks. Bank |
| to use your Steel Hatchet until level 21. Continue | | | | your logs here and rest, because you'll probably be |
| chopping normal trees until level 15. Normal trees give | | | | pretty close to 0% run. Rest at the deposit box until |
| 25 XP each, so you'll need to chop 97 Logs until level | | | | about 70% energy (you'll need about this much to run |
| 15. | | | | the whole way), then run west to the Yew Trees and |
| Approximate money made from this section: 5k | | | | continue chopping until 99. Yew Trees give 175 XP per |
| Levels 15-31: Head south from where you've been | | | | log, so you'll need to chop 72,919 yew logs for level 99, |
| currently woodcutting to the Varrock West Bank. | | | | if you started them at level 60. |
| Head slightly west, and you'll see some Oak Trees. | | | | Approximate money made from this section: 36 million! |
| Luckily, unlike the normal trees you just chopped, oak | | | | Although it may have taken quite a few months, you |
| trees (and every other tree) give multiple logs, | | | | have made almost 37 million coins off of 99 |
| allowing you to look at another tab while Woodcutting. | | | | Woodcutting in F2P! Go treat yourself to some nice |
| You can bank these at the West bank, or make a | | | | god armour or some other fancy clothes, because |
| slightly longer trip up to the GE and sell your logs there. | | | | you earned it! With 99, you now have a steady |
| At level 21, head up to the GE and buy a Mithril | | | | income stream with yew logs, to further you on your |
| Hatchet. Continue cutting oak trees until level 31. Oak | | | | Runescape adventure. Congratulations on 99! |
| trees give 37.5 XP per log, so you'll need to chop 332 | | | | Tips and Tricks: |
| Oak Logs until 31. | | | | - This is as boring as watching my avatar chop trees!: |
| Approximate money made from this section: 25k | | | | After level 15, every tree you chop will give multiple |
| Levels 31-99: At level 31, head to the GE and buy an | | | | logs. This allows you to look at another tab while your |
| Adamant Hatchet (and a Rune Hatchet if you have | | | | character is chopping. I highly recommend this, because |
| the money, to save a long trip to the GE). If you're an | | | | watching your character chop is booooring. Try |
| experienced F2P Woodcutter, you may be thinking, | | | | browsing the RuneScape forums, watch YouTube |
| "Go to Draynor and chop the willows there." Wrong! | | | | videos, or go on Twitter or Facebook to pass the time. |
| Although it is a great place to cut willows with a bank | | | | I recommend leaving the RuneScape sound on, though, |
| close by, that location is often very crowded, which | | | | because then you can hear when the tree you |
| results in willow trees going down in about 5 seconds, | | | | chopped fell down so you can start cutting another. |
| and very slow XP. You'll actually be heading to Port | | | | - Variety is the spice of life: I cannot stress this enough: |
| Sarim, a short distance from Draynor Village. Just | | | | doing the same thing over and over again is boring! I |
| west of the wall that separates Draynor Village from | | | | strongly recommend you switch woodcutting locations |
| Port Sarim are 4 willow trees. Get used to it, because | | | | for variety. Although the locations I've listed are |
| this will be your home until 99 Woodcutting. Once you | | | | probably the best, staying at them for the ridiculous |
| get a full inventory, head south onto the docks, and | | | | amount of time you'll need to in order to achieve level |
| head towards the monks you see. You will find a | | | | 99 isn't the best idea. Even though you're potentially |
| not-very-well-known deposit box to bank your logs. | | | | giving up XP you'd get at the other location, you're |
| This deposit box was originally made for P2P | | | | bound to stay more dedicated to your goal and chop |
| members who wanted to go to Entrana, but forgot to | | | | longer. This results in getting more XP, and therefore, |
| take their weapons and armour off. Now, it will be | | | | level 99 faster. |
| used by you for fast banking of your willows. After | | | | - Need Yew: As I said in the last tip, going to alternate |
| depositing, head back to the trees and continue…At | | | | locations is important. Here are the locations for all the |
| level 41, you can head to the Draynor Village bank (if | | | | yew trees in F2P: |
| you bought a Rune Hatchet earlier), or to the GE (if | | | | 1. 1 Yew Tree at the graveyard in Lumbridge |
| you didn't) and get a Rune Hatchet. Head back to the | | | | 2. 1 Yew Tree north of Port Sarim, and the willow |
| willows and keep chopping until 99. Willow trees give | | | | trees I talked about |
| 67.5 XP per log, so you'll need to chop 192,883 willow | | | | 3. 1 Yew Tree near the church in Varrock |
| logs for level 99. | | | | 4. 1 Yew Tree east of the Champions' Guild |
| Approximate money made from this section: 1.5 million | | | | 5. 1 Yew Tree near the Earth Runecrafting altar |
| You've only made approximately 1.6m from 99 | | | | (northeast of Varrock) |
| Woodcutting, but you got it in the fastest possible way | | | | 6. 2 Yew Trees slightly south of the Edgeville bank |
| on a free-to-play server. Congratulations! Now, you | | | | 7. 3 Yew Trees in the forest south of Falador (use |
| can chop Yew Trees at maximum speed. Read my | | | | cabbage-port on explorer's ring 3 to cut these and the |
| guide for chopping yews below. | | | | one near Port Sarim quickly) |
| Fast making money: | | | | 8. 3 Yew Trees east of the GE, above the Castle |
| Levels 1-15: Same as in the first guide: chop the regular | | | | 9. 3 Yew Trees slightly northeast of Varrock |
| trees with your Iron (Steel at level 6 and on) Hatchet | | | | 10. 4 Yew Trees west of Lumbridge |
| and either bank or sell them directly. Continue until 15. | | | | 11. 4 Yew Trees in Rimmington near Melzar's Maze |
| Approximate money made from this section: 5k | | | | (more in-depth above) |
| Levels 15-60 (70): Chop oak trees at either the location | | | | Thanks for your reading,hope you can following this |
| I stated earlier in the guide (south of Varrock West | | | | guide and chop trees at proper place with proper |
| Bank), or you can head to Draynor Village and chop | | | | hatchet,that you can chop most of the trees and gain |
| the Oak Trees east of the bank. Alternative location: | | | | the most profit for your character! |