Woodcutting is one of the skills available to free 2 play in Old School RuneScape. It is one of the F2P skills for which the training methods are efficient, making it possible for you to reach 99 Woodcutting quite easily compared to other skills, especially other gathering skills such as Fishing or Mining, which have much smaller XP gains per hour.

There are plenty of reasons why you should train Woodcutting. This is because many woodcutting levels are required for completing diaries and quests. Besides this, there are many milestones that will offer you various upgrades within the woodcutting skill, such as better axes or the ability to create forestry items that will help you in many ways in your woodcutting journey.

OSRS F2P Woodcutting Training

As a F2P who wants to level their Woodcutting skill, you have access to most of the woodcutting axes members have access to, but you only have access to a minimal variety of trees:

  • Level 1 Tree
  • Level 15 Oak Tree
  • Level 30 Willow Tree
  • Level 45 Maple Tree
  • Level 60 Yew Tree

You’re also limited to just a few forestry events, but overall, the run from 1 to 99 can be smooth. Make sure to hop to a F2P forestry world whenever you train your woodcutting skill. Currently, you can either hop to 298 or 434.

Levels 1-15

From level 1 to level 15, you should be cutting regular trees. Forestry doesn’t apply to them, and you’ll need to cut one at a time, obtaining one log per tree before it despawns. You should head towards a location with plenty of regular trees, such as west of Lumbridge or between Varrock and the Barbarian village. If you’re an ironman, you should consider banking the logs since you will need them both for your fletching and your Firemaking skill. If you don’t want to drop the logs, you can bring a tinderbox and train your firemaking, slowing down the woodcutting XP you gain per hour.

Levels 15-30

At level 15, you can start cutting oak trees, and there are several around Varrock and around Draynor village, where you also have a bank pretty close. Falador is another option close to the bank. You can either keep cutting oak till 99, 60, or 30. As an ironman, you should go towards willow logs once you reach level 30 and either bank them or use a tinderbox to train your Firemaking.

Levels 30-45

You can start cutting willow trees once you reach level 30 woodcutting, and the best place to do this is Draynor Village since you’ll be able to bank very quickly.

Levels 45-60

Once you reach level 45, you’ll have to pick between cutting oaks for the best XP or cutting maple for somewhat slower XP rates but with some profit. You can find it in Corsair Cove but know you will need the Dragon Slayer 1 quest.

Levels 60-99

At level 60, you’ll unlock the highest level tree for F2P, and with it, you will unlock the most profitable tree you can cut as a F2P: Yew trees. There are a few just west of Lumbridge, around Varrock and Falador, but the best F2P spot is Edgeville since this is the place with the closest bank.

OSRS Members Woodcutting Training

As a member, both the reasons to level the Woodcutting skill and the methods are much more varied, and on top of this, you will also have access to stronger woodcutting axes, which can boost your XP per hour even more. You can also wear many other useful items while woodcutting for other benefits.

OSRS Best Woodcutting Items to Have

Dragon Axe

The dragon ae is a drop from the Dagannoth kings and one of the strongest woodcutting axes in OSRS. Besides giving you the best woodcutting speed, its special attack will allow you to visibly boost your Woodcutting skill by +3. You need 70 attack to wield it, but you can use it from your inventory; however, if you have it in your inventory without wielding it, you won’t be able to access its powerful special attack.

Infernal Axe

The infernal axe is the product of combining a dragon axe with a smouldering stone dropped by Cerberus. On top of giving you the best woodcutting speed and the special attack, it also has a passive ability that will burn some of the logs you cut. This means you will get some passive firemaking XP and must drop your inventory or bank less often, making your experience even more relaxed. The axe will consume charges, so you will need to use either another axe or another smouldering stone on it to charge it before benefitting from its passive again. You should choose whichever alternative is cheaper or available if you’re an ironman.

Crystal Axe

The crystal axe is even more efficient than the dragon and infernal axe. It also has the boost on the special attack, but its charges are much more expensive, and they deplete much faster. After completing the Song of the Elves quest, you can only access it after gaining access to Prifdinas.

Lumberjack Outfit

The lumberjack outfit is one of the few XP-boosting outfits in RuneScape. You can obtain it via the Temple Trekking minigame or the forestry expansion. Since it is one of the fastest outfits to get, it is worth getting it before you embark on a higher-level woodcutting training journey. You can even visually enhance it with its forestry cosmetic upgrade.

Log Basket

This is an item you can get via the forestry expansion, and similarly to the fish barrel, it will help you gather more logs in one trip before banking. The basket holds up to 28 logs, and it’s a must-have, especially if you want to woodcut for a profit rather than go for the fastest XP.

Lightbearer

The Lightbearer is a ring you can obtain as a rare drop from the Tombs of Amascut. Its effect is to regenerate your special attack energy much faster, and it is best in slot when used with items that give you a temporary skill boost, such as the Dragon or Infernal Axe. Timing the special attack well will give you at least a +1 boost of the skill.