Olympus
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Woodcutting & Firemaking

The four Olympian trees along the shore, the hatchet ladder that unlocks them, the Aetherheart World Tree event, and the Ashfall Tinderbox.

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Trees

The grove on the west shore of the home island (Skills tab → Woodcutting) has every stock tree, and the four Olympian trees stand along the water's edge as landmarks - one in fourteen trees on the island, always within sight of the sea.

TreeLevelLogsWoodcutting xpBurn levelFiremaking xp
Normal1Logs1,8271-
Oak15Oak logs2,342
Willow30Willow logs3,173
Maple45Maple logs3,967
Yew60Yew logs4,208
Magic75Magic logs4,563
Olympian Ichorwood (Olive of Athena)99Ichorwood logs11,0009911,000
Olympian Apollonian laurel115Apollonian Laurel logs13,00011513,000
Olympian Stygian cypress130Stygian Cypress logs16,00013016,000
Olympian Ambrosia heartwood150Ambrosia Heartwood logs20,00015020,000

XP is the base on-screen drop before your multipliers. Every successful chop also hands out one Dracma on top of the skilling cash, and a plain 1-in-4 double-log roll applies to everything.

The Olympian trees are gated by hatchet tier as well as level: the Ichorwood needs at least the Cyclopean Hewing Hatchet, the laurel the Aetherium Crescent, and the cypress and heartwood Zeus' Stormcleaver.

The hatchet ladder

Cyclopean Hewing Hatchet
99 Woodcutting. 90,000 Skilling Points at Athena's store, the only source. Opens the Ichorwood. 10% double logs, 10% of chops char the log for Firemaking xp (you keep the log).
Aetherium Crescent Hatchet
125 Woodcutting. Forged from the Cyclopean Hewing + 250 Ichorwood logs + 5M Dracma + Forgemarks. Opens the laurel. 20% double logs, 20% char, +5% Woodcutting xp.
Zeus' Stormcleaver
140 Woodcutting. Forged from the Aetherium Crescent + 500 Apollonian Laurel logs + 10M Dracma + Forgemarks. Opens every tree. 30% double logs, 30% lightning-burn for double Firemaking xp, +15% Woodcutting xp. Best in slot.

Each rung is faster than the last (speed 3 / 4 / 5 against a Dragon hatchet's 2.28), and the game always uses the best hatchet you carry - inventory or wielded. The old Worldroot Hatchet is retired; Zeus' Stormcleaver is its replacement.

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Inferno adze

Inferno adze (12,000 Skilling Points) is a dragon-tier hatchet that burns one log in three as you chop, paying Firemaking xp for logs you never light. It cannot cut Olympian trees.

The Aetherheart World Tree

Every 30 minutes the Aetherheart World Tree rises somewhere in one of the island's skilling districts - quarry, wisps, farm, theatre, market or the Pharos - and a broadcast announces it. It is a 4x4 tree with a Chop-down option that stands for 500 chops or 30 minutes.

  • Level 80 to chop; drops World-tree kindling.
  • Pays triple Skilling Points for the whole event.
  • Blood Beaver doubles the kindling you get. 500 kindling forges the beaver itself.

See World events for the meteor that shares the cadence.

Firemaking

Olympian logs burn at their tree's level for the same xp they were cut for (11k / 13k / 16k / 20k). Two things change the maths:

Ashfall Tinderbox
Forged from a tinderbox + 500 Ichorwood logs + 5M Dracma + Forgemarks. 100 Firemaking. Fires light instantly, every log pays double xp, and 15% of logs are not consumed.
Zeus' Stormcleaver
30% of chops lightning-burn the log for double Firemaking xp while you keep the log - Firemaking xp for free while you cut.

Donator zones make logs catch faster (cycle -10 / -25 / -50%).

Outfits and multipliers

  • Lumberjack set (hat, top, legs, boots - 4,000 points each): +10% Woodcutting xp per piece and +10% more for all four, 1.5x in total.
  • Brawling gloves (wc) and (fm): x1.75 for 200 actions a pair.
  • Harvest talents: Bountiful (+15% double gather), Swift Hands (+20% speed), Prospector (+75% gathering xp).
  • Aura of the Jack-of-Trades - 25% double logs on top of everything else.
  • Efficiency Totem - each charge banks a log straight from the tree.

Logs are Forge fuel

Ichorwood logs forge the Aetherium Crescent (250), the Ashfall Tinderbox (500) and 500 Efficiency Totem charges (250). Apollonian Laurel logs (500) forge the Stormcleaver. Ambrosia Heartwood (100) is one of the three materials for the Aura of the Jack-of-Trades. Bank them.