23rd September 2009 - Woodcutting Rebalance

[Sir Chris]

23rd September 2009 - Woodcutting Rebalance

Willows, maples and magic trees all have their uses, but what of the lesser known vegetation such as the hollow trees of Mort Myre or the arctic pines of the Fremennik isles? With this week's update, we've taken a closer look at the Woodcutting skill, rebalancing experience for the less popular trees and cultivating some new forms of training, but it's not just XP rates that we've been analysing...

Teak and mahogany trees now also have a special log or two up their sleeves, which are worth much more than their weight in gold to the right buyer! Choking ivy creepers have been seen clambering up the stone walls of RuneScape's major cities and is much tougher to deal with than it looks. We've also tweaked arctic pine-splitting and put up some Prayer-refreshing hollow bark torches in the Haunted Woods, so get your hatchets out and your arms chopping!

Finally, the workers at the Lumber Yard are inviting high-level woodcutters to participate in 'Sawmill Training', where you can grab, slice and saw your way to greater experience. For more information on all of these changes, head over to the Woodcutting section of the Game Guide.

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RuneScape Content Developer


In other news...

Hobgoblins were starting to feel a bit left behind in the looks stakes compared to their Bandosian brothers, so we've given them a graphical rework.

We've removed the doors to Edgeville's furnace to make it easier to use, but moved the furnace two squares further from the bank to maintain the balance. You will still need to have completed the necessary Varrock Achievement Diary tasks in order to use the furnace.

You might notice a small new feature has been added to the Friends List (the ability to move the line separating players' names and online status). This feature is associated with the Display Names update, which we're hoping to release later this year.

[Garnoidish]

I found it to be around 65k xp an hour for the lumberyard game thing. No other reward than xp.

I'll stick to cutting yews for teh monies tahnkz!
nice alternative though for a quick blasts of xp.

[Dr Brad]

If you're meandering through RS and you see some ivy growing up a wall, it may be worth your while to take a moment to cut it down. This yields 332.5 WC xp for each ivy cut down. I'm told they respawn every 40 seconds, and they can drop nests.

In addition, if you cut a hollow tree you will obtain 82.5 WC xp. However, if you receive a piece of bark with your cut, you will instead receive 357.7 WC xp.

If you cut a mahogany tree and get a "special log", you can sell it to the lumberyard operator for 3900 gp.

I haven't determined yet what is meant by "...prayer-refreshing hollow bark torches in the Haunted Woods..." Please share if you do!

[gibsongirl13]

The ivy cutting is by far the best .. its fast .. i dont mind wc now... lol

[Kaejer]

The vines seem to be most largely populated on the south wall of Castle Wars. I saw about 7 or 8 all right next to each other.

Oh, and the special teak logs sell for 1300gp.

[kodirodio]

Use the bark (with a tinderbox) on the torches around the haunted woods and you get 10% prayer replenish, I think.

Vampires were non-stop attack the whole time I was there, so I got very little cutting done. Not worth the time at my level.

[Mannichester]

I love the special Teak logs, this makes my construction skill cheaper.

[Kaejer]

I've found ivy at two new places in large quantities that are near banks.

North wall of Yanille on the outside of the town.

East side of Ardougne chapel.

Have fun!