Woodcutting

Woodcutting (Skill)
Activity	Gathering Wood from trees
Tool required	Axe
XP per action	25 per chop (50 with Lvl 2 Axe)
Max level	30
Counts to Total Level	Yes

Woodcutting is the skill for gathering Wood by chopping trees in the Wilderness. Wood is one of the five materials required by the Traveling Merchant for Gold, making Woodcutting one of the most important early-game skills.

Training

Get a free Axe from the Lumberjack on the Mainland if you don't already have one, then equip it in a hotbar slot and chop trees in the Wilderness. There are no tree level requirements — the only upgrade is your axe tier.

Tool	XP per chop	Wood per chop	Notes
Axe (Lvl 1)	25 XP	1	Free from the Lumberjack on the Mainland
Lvl 2 Axe	50 XP	2	Forged at Grimjaw's Blacksmith Forge in Frostmere (Total Level 20 required)

EXP rates

Axe: 25 XP per chop · Lvl 2 Axe: 50 XP per chop (1 chop every 5 seconds)

Time period	Axe (Lvl 1)	Lvl 2 Axe
Per minute	300 XP	600 XP
Per hour	18,000 XP	36,000 XP
Per day	432,000 XP	864,000 XP

See EXP Calculator for a full comparison across all skills.

Lvl 2 Axe efficiency

The Lvl 2 Axe has 7,000 total durability. Durability cost varies by tree size:

Tree size	Durability per chop	Max chops before breaking
Small Tree	8	875
Medium/Large Tree	12	583

Uses of Wood

Use	Amount	Notes
Traveling Merchant bundle	2,500 per Gold	Core material for both Personal and Global merchant exchanges
Cooking fuel	Varies	Used with Raw Chicken to produce Cooked Chicken at roast pits
Smithing material	1,000 per forge	Required for all Lvl 2 tool and weapon upgrades at Frostmere
Global Merchant donations	2,083 per Gold claim	Different rate from Personal Merchant — see Merchant Exchange Calculator

Tips

• Bank Wood regularly during Wilderness trips — the Wilderness is a PvP zone and dying means losing your backpack contents.
• Upgrade to Lvl 2 Axe as soon as you reach Total Level 20 — it doubles both yield and XP, making every trip twice as efficient.
• Chop near rock nodes so you can switch between Woodcutting and Mining in the same trip.

Skills of Kintara
Gathering	Woodcutting  ·  Mining  ·  Fishing
Production	Cooking  ·  Smithing
Combat	Combat