From 1 to 99: Firemaking and Woodcutting

Trees help turn carbon dioxide from fires, humans, and car exhaust into useful oxygen that can be breathed in by people and animals. They help deplete greenhouse gases, are homes for a plethora of cute critters, and also look pretty, too. But we don't care about that. We're here to chop 'em down and burn the remains!

 

 

 

To start, you're gonna need an axe and a tinderbox. Chances are, you have one of these from Tutorial Island. There's not a whole lot to go over that you haven't already learned from Tutorial Island, so I'm not going to waste time on repeating stuff.

 

 

 

If you're starting from level 1, the best place to slay trees is west of Lumbridge. There's not a lot of room to burn them, though, but you can make do. So, are we ready?

 

 

 

A NOTE BEFORE STARTING

 

 

 

The layout of this guide will be done like the example below:

 

 

 

Levels: Woodcutting AND firemaking

 

Trees you're cutting:

 

Inventories you're filling:

 

Hints:

 

 

 

It will address a certain range of level all the way to level 99. You'll be cutting a certain type of tree for most of that section, so it will be listed there. Filling an inventory constitutes 27 logs (wield your axe and have 1 space for tinderbox).

 

 

 

Levels: 1-15

 

Trees you're cutting: Normal

 

Inventories you're filling: 4

 

Hints: Normal logs give 25 XP to cut, and 40 XP to burn, so you should get your first level within three trees. Just fill up an inventory, then take it to an open area, and burn them all. Repeat this until you've reached level 15, which will be soon. Bored? That's because you're doing what is generally acknowledged as the boringest activity in runescape. Pass the time by listening to music or chatting, or you will get very, very tired very, very quickly.

 

 

 

Levels: 15-30

 

Trees you're cutting: Oak

 

Inventories you're filling: 11

 

Hints: Now you're moving on to the big boys. When cutting oak trees, you have a chance of getting multiple logs per tree, which means less clicking! There should be an ample supply of them around the Lumbridge Forest and Draynor, so cut trees there until you reach level 30. You can burn them inside falador, starting from the area just north of the walls, and going west until you're finished.

 

 

 

Levels: 30-45

 

Trees you're cutting: Willows

 

Inventories you're filling: 26

 

Hints: The best place for willows is close to Draynor bank, so when you get full inventories, you can save time by banking your logs. There is competition, though, as this is a popular spot. Just keep cutting and banking (Getting redundant, isn't it?) until you get to level 45. You can sell your willows if you want, but that's not in the spirit of the guide. Burn your logs in the marketplace until your firemaking matches your woodcutting.

 

 

 

<<>>

 

 

 

Levels: 45-60

 

Trees you're cutting: Maples or Willows

 

Inventories you're filling: Maximum of 112

 

Hints: You now have a choice. Either continue to chop willows until level 60, or cut Maples (member's trees) until level 60. Keep in mind that willows will go faster, but Maples require less inventory-fulls. If you opt for Willow trees, your best option is still Draynor. The best spot for maples is above Seer's village and the path leading to Rellekka. Burn these as soon as you get them, any spot will do.

 

 

 

Levels: 60-75

 

Trees you're cutting: Yews

 

Inventories you're filling: 200

 

Hints: Non-members have now reached the best tree they can cut- Yews. These can sell for up to 250gp each, but they take a while to cut down, and when you burn them, it's almost like your burning money, which is why most people give up firemaking at this point. Due to the expensiveness of these logs, you can stick to Willows, which are clearly faster. If you opt to continue with yews, the best spots are behind Varrock Palace, and in some dilapidated ruins between edgeville and the Barbarian Village. Yew spots tend to not have a lot of space for burning, so banking your logs may be the way to go.

 

 

 

As an alternative, you can just build Wakas and travel back and forth between canoe stations on the river Lum. Wakas give 150 XP to build, and you only need your axe. You can start building a canoe from Edgeville to the Goblin House in Lumbridge. The only problem is that the paddling animation gets annoying.

 

 

 

Levels: 75-99

 

Trees you're cutting: Magics or Willows

 

Inventories you're filling: (Magics) 1,751 (willows) 6,256

 

Hints: Finally, the Holy Grail of woodcutting for members. Magic logs. It takes a full 20 minutes to get an inventory full, and the best spots are in Seer's Village and the Tree Gnome Stronghold. Again, willows are faster if you're going for speed and 99 firemaking. Magic logs have a nice selling price, which is tentative to change, and fletchers are eager to get their hands on them. Good luck, and be ready for the longest logging haul of your life. Just to reiterate, willows are much faster than magics

 

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU MADE IT TO 99 WOODCUTTING/FIREMAKING!!!

 

 

 

Jungle Cleanup

 

 

 

Near the hut of Trufitus in Tai Bwo Wannai village, you can speak to an NPC named Murcaily to begin this minigame. In this game, you must chop through jungle bushes (Light, Medium, and Dense) to make spars for the repair of the village fence. As you repair fences, hack down jungles, and kill enemies (be sure to bring anti-poison pots!), you will earn favour from the villagers, which can be traded in for trading sticks. The game is simple- just bring food, armor, a weapon, nad a machete.

 

 

 

Guide © Heart of ink

 

 

 

(Check out my guide on getting 99 runecrafting, too: click here

Some things you may want to clarify, yews were once 300gp each (and in the beginning 500+ ea, wish i played back then) but have now dropped to a maximum of 250ea because of the onslaught of macroers.

 

 

 

Also, you may wish to clarify which tree's are members-only :

right. thanks.

I truly would not opt magics as the "way to go" from 75-99. Willows are always the fastest xp per hour, so after 30 unless you want to make money, willows are the fastest xp.

 

 

 

And since this is a firemaking guide, it'd be very helpful if you mentioned some popular burning spots, such as Port Phasmatys or Rouge's Den.

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Nice guide! =D>

 

 

 

I've got a Woodcutting one too, but the Firemaking part pwnz.

GJ

GJ

 

 

 

Way to bump an old topic :o I saw this notification in my email inbox and I'm like "wow... that's old".

Some things you may want to clarify, yews were once 300gp each (and in the beginning 500+ ea, wish i played back then) but have now dropped to a maximum of 250ea because of the onslaught of macroers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, you may wish to clarify which tree's are members-only :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually since the release of the skill capes, are 300 each. I don't know when you checked their price. heart_of_ink If you unsure because we said different things, please refer to the official forums to see for yourself. :)

 

Some things you may want to clarify, yews were once 300gp each (and in the beginning 500+ ea, wish i played back then) but have now dropped to a maximum of 250ea because of the onslaught of macroers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, you may wish to clarify which tree's are members-only :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actually since the release of the skill capes, are 300 each. I don't know when you checked their price. heart_of_ink If you unsure because we said different things, please refer to the official forums to see for yourself. :)

 

 

 

300 ea? great! I hope they stay that way.. (or go back to 500ea : ) still surprised that a cape with a little emote would cause such a jump though.

u gota cut 1.2k invos of mages wich is 32k logs = 32m and with about 2 logs in 1:30 thats 350 hours and 32m down the drain fir 99 firemakin.... how about u get 32m and spend 18m on yews just as fast and save ummmmm.... u do the math

 

 

 

(if u dont know its 14m :P)

60-75: Yews

 

 

 

75-99: magics or willows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That makes no sense :S

 

 

 

Why cut willows at 75+ but not at 60? I'd cut willow all the way anyhow... though I cut yew till 93 \

Some things you may want to clarify, yews were once 300gp each (and in the beginning 500+ ea, wish i played back then) but have now dropped to a maximum of 250ea because of the onslaught of macroers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, you may wish to clarify which tree's are members-only :

 

 

 

Yews are starting to rise again to 270+, in world 1 i see people buying at 300ea these days :shock:

 

 

 

I think the Macroers are being slightly abolished.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ONTOPIC:Not bad guide, but i kinda agree with Uular why burn yews at 60-75, but at 75-99 burn Willows or mages?

 

 

 

In my opinion mages are way to much cash to burn as well.

Draynor is often very crowded and hard to cut willows at. Under Rimmington there are either 5 or 7 (I don't remember) willows and tons of room to burn them. I went there on my suggested world and there was only 1 other person. Never had to compete for logs at all.

yes yes have increased in price if u go into varrock west bank u cna get easily a deal for 290each but if u want to wait a min or 2 but u can sell em for 300each.

use willows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the fastest way to train ur wcing. and then burn the logs so you will not lose any money. thats how i do it,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

a good way is also in rimmington.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

go there and cut yews from the 3 trees there. when an inventory is full burn the logs and continue with cutting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also works good.

I truly would not opt magics as the "way to go" from 75-99. Willows are always the fastest xp per hour, so after 30 unless you want to make money, willows are the fastest xp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And since this is a firemaking guide, it'd be very helpful if you mentioned some popular burning spots, such as Port Phasmatys or Rouge's Den.

Willows aren't always fastest. Unless I was having a good day on yews, at about 80(mines 81 now) you start to get more xp from yews than willows. :thumbsup: Correct me if I am wrong.

if u cut yews at lvl 60 and magics at lvl 75 it will take forever, it is best to start cutting yews at lvl65 and magics at lvl 80

 

 

 

other than that good guide =D> :thumbsup:

60-75: Yews

 

 

 

75-99: magics or willows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That makes no sense :S

 

 

 

Why cut willows at 75+ but not at 60? I'd cut willow all the way anyhow... though I cut yew till 93 \

 

 

 

I cut yew till 75, worked for me :|

At lvl 30 firemaking you can buy 150k willwos for 2.5-3.5mil andb urn 150k fires to get 99 firemaking.....

ehh, weird intro... not exactly catchy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but otherwise nice guide

a bit basic, but funny intro

 

 

 

u should have more spots where ppl can train these skills efficiently, not just sayin "cut willows" or sumthin

Not much research went into this guide. You miss teaks completely. Grab a stop watch and time an inventory of teaks, they are by far the fastest WC XP per hour, and they are very easy to burn in the pen. For that matter Oaks are faster WC XP then even willows. Dont believe me? Try it for yourself.

 

 

 

Cutting magics for 99 WS is an insane waiste of time. over 1000 inventories of magics takes well over 300 hours. Complete waist of time.