Evil Tree



Evil Tree is a part of Distractions and Diversions, released on 25 February 2009. This event can be done twice a day and helps players train their Woodcutting, Firemaking, and Farming skills. Most trees appear in waves every two hours, however trees still appear between waves, though it is at a much slower rate.

 Warning:  If players touch a tree, it counts as one of their trees for the day, even if they do not have the required levels to chop or burn it. So even if they receive zero reward, it still counts as one of the maximum two daily trees. The counter resets daily at 00:00 GMT. However, you must LOG OUT before it resets your clock.



Requirements

 * {| class="wikitable"

! colspan=2 | Evil Tree || Woodcutting Level || Farming Level || Firemaking Level
 * Normal Evil Tree || [[Image:Normal_tree.gif|center|Normal Evil Tree]] ||  1  || 1 || 1
 * Oak Evil Tree    || [[Image:Oak_tree.gif|center|Oak Evil Tree]] ||  15 || 7 || 15
 * Willow Evil Tree || [[Image:Willow_tree.gif|center|Willow Evil Tree]] ||  30 || 15 || 30
 * Maple Evil Tree  || [[Image:Maple_tree.gif|center|Maple Evil Tree]] ||  45 || 22 || 45
 * Yew Evil Tree    || [[Image:Yew_tree.gif|center|Yew Evil Tree]] ||  60 || 30 || 60
 * Magic Evil Tree  || [[Image:Magic_tree.gif|center|Magic Evil Tree]] ||  75 || 37 || 75
 * Elder Evil Tree  || [[Image:Elder_tree.gif|center|Elder Evil Tree]] ||  85 || 42 || 85
 * }
 * Yew Evil Tree    || [[Image:Yew_tree.gif|center|Yew Evil Tree]] ||  60 || 30 || 60
 * Magic Evil Tree  || [[Image:Magic_tree.gif|center|Magic Evil Tree]] ||  75 || 37 || 75
 * Elder Evil Tree  || [[Image:Elder_tree.gif|center|Elder Evil Tree]] ||  85 || 42 || 85
 * }
 * Elder Evil Tree  || [[Image:Elder_tree.gif|center|Elder Evil Tree]] ||  85 || 42 || 85
 * }
 * }

Item Requirements
These are items that are necessary for killing an Evil Tree:
 * Any axe (the higher, the better) to chop the tree.
 * A tinderbox to set the tree on fire.
 * Note that the leprechaun will give you a free axe and tinderbox, however it will only be a Bronze axe, and thus fairly ineffective at cutting the higher level trees. Bringing a tinderbox is a good way of saving time - which may be important. Talking to the leprechaun takes a few seconds.

In addition, completion of Tree Gnome Village is strongly advised for the farming experience. Without it, finding a sapling will be very hard, unless you have friends who tell you where it is.

Hints and signs

 * The trees work similarly as the Shooting Star hunting system; they don't appear randomly, but in waves every two hours.


 * Only one evil tree appears in any one world and appears within a time window every two hours.


 * Evil trees appear at different times in different worlds so it is possible to get the 2 tree limit within a few minutes by world hopping.


 * Players who have completed Tree Gnome Village can find out where a sapling is by talking to a spirit tree for a hint.
 * Many players use the spirit tree north-east of the Grand Exchange, as it is the easiest to access because of its proximity to the Exchange and the Varrock Teleport.


 * If there are no Evil Tree saplings, the spirit trees will not provide any hints.


 * When an Evil Tree sapling becomes a fully grown Evil Tree, the spirit tree will offer to teleport you directly to it.
 * The actual Evil Tree shows signs as well.
 * Player will see roots shoot out from the ground, giving a sign that the Evil Tree is sprouting and/or is nearby.

When a root shoots out near a player, they will automatically exclaim, "What was that?"
 * One tree appears every 2 hours. It is not possible for two evil trees to appear in one world at one time.
 * Nurturing counts as working with a tree. This means any nurturing/fires made or chopping the tree, counts as one tree.

Killing an Evil Tree


When confronting an Evil Tree, it shakes wildly, lashing out its branches. Evil Trees cannot deal any damage, but the roots may stun people. Players should start off by chopping the Evil Tree. Periodically, a root will shoot out from the ground. If players are standing on top of an area where a root shoots out, they will automatically dive out of the way. If the root is chopped down, the player will be given an Evil tree kindling. The kindling may be used to set the tree on fire with a tinderbox. A player can set up to eight fires around the tree.

The mechanics of the tree's health and reward systems are not known, which has bred many rumors and unproven theories. For example, many players believe that lighting fires around the evil tree will result in a lower reward percentage due to the fact that doing so shortens the tree's life span. Another widespread rumor is leaving roots up will heal the tree. Additionally, players report that cutting roots alone does not raise your reward potential. They also report that trees appear to stay up for a minimum time period regardless of their remaining health. This allegedly is the cause of evil trees which remain standing well after their health reaches 0%.

Locations with hints

 * See Distractions and Diversions Locations for more information.

These are the 26 possible tree locations:

Misthalin

 * By a collection of Yew Tree - Next to the barrier to Lumbridge Swamp / South of the beehive near Catherby
 * Outside of City you call Varrock
 * North of Varrock Palace, near the Wilderness ditch, or
 * East of Varrock near Dungeon of Tolna rift


 * South of the Monastery

Kharidian Desert

 * Duel Arena, north of Al Kharid

Draynor Village

 * Close to a large collection of willow trees - South of Draynor Village near the Willow trees
 * Close to a place called 'Draynor' 
 * South of the Draynor bank in Draynor Village, or
 * North of Draynor Village near Draynor Manor

Asgarnia

 * Close to a runecrafting altar - Near the Body altar
 * In a Mine on the outskirts of a City - West of Falador

Gnome Stronghold

 * Close to a large collection of willow trees Southwest corner of Gnome Stronghold, near the bridge

Tirannwn

 * It can be found in the lands inhabited by elves - Lletya south of the Magic trees
 * Just east of Tyras Camp

Fremennik lands

 * North as the crow flies from Seers' Village - East of the house portal in Rellekka

Kandarin

 * Near a large collection of willow trees - (turns out to also be in gnome village near dungon) North of Seers' Village bank
 * By a collection of Yew Tree - South of Seers' Village Flax Field by the Yew trees
 * North as the crow flies from the market of Ardougne - Middle of McGrubor's Wood.
 * Close to the home of "Legends" - Either south or north of Legends' Guild
 * In a Mine on the outskirts of a City- Mine south of Legends Guild
 * North as the crow flies from the market of Ardougne - South west of the Ranging Guild (very close)
 * To the south of a gnome settlement - shortly east of the outpost south of tree gnome stronghold




 * Found close to the town you call Yanille - North of Yanille - West of Yanille by house portal - East of Yanille Bank
 * With rare trees and ogres nearby - South of Castle Wars, north-west of Fairy ring code B-K-P, West of Oo'glog

Karamja

 * It can be found on the island known as Karamja or On the southern coast of a tropical island - East of the Teak trees in the Kharazi Jungle
 * Close to a runecrafting altar - Just north of the Shilo Village gem mine, west of Nature altar
 * Found close to a dungeon entrance and within a tropical jungle - Near the entrance of the Brimhaven Dungeon

Ape Atoll
''Bring an antipoison and a weapon if you do not have a Greegree.
 * On the Southern side of a Tropical island - Ape Atoll, near the entrance to Ape Atoll Dungeon

Experience

 * When the tree is still a sapling, Farming experience can be gained for nurturing it. No items are required for that.
 * When the tree is fully grown, chopping the roots and the tree itself gains Woodcutting experience.
 * When a root vanishes, the player gains Evil tree kindlings, which can be used on the tree to set fire to a part of the tree. This awards Firemaking experience.

Note: the Ring of fire and Flame gloves give no additional experience, and the Inferno Adze will not automatically light any kindling received.


 * {| class="wikitable"

! rowspan=2 | Evil Tree || colspan=4 | Experience ! Nurturing || Firemaking || Chopping roots || Chopping tree
 * Normal || ~20 || 200 || 3 || 15
 * Oak || ~45 || 300 || 6 || ~33
 * Willow || ... || 450 || 9 || ~46
 * Maple || 121 || 675 || 11 || ~55
 * Yew || 179 || ~725 || 12.5 || 64
 * Magic || 311 || 1517.5 || 15 || 71
 * Elder || 2,750 || 2,000.5 || 17 || ~88
 * }
 * Yew || 179 || ~725 || 12.5 || 64
 * Magic || 311 || 1517.5 || 15 || 71
 * Elder || 2,750 || 2,000.5 || 17 || ~88
 * }
 * Elder || 2,750 || 2,000.5 || 17 || ~88
 * }
 * }

Additional rewards



 * You can sell the Evil tree kindling to the leprechaun for 25 coins each.
 * When the Evil Tree is killed, additional rewards are given. This final reward is based off the damage that players contributed to the tree.
 * Players may see their damage and the remaining health of the tree by using the "Inspect" option.
 * Players can get the following items from the evil tree as a reward:
 * Noted logs of the same type as the tree (Note: Elder trees offer noted Yew, Magic, Teak or Mahogany logs)
 * Bird's nest - holds rings, tree or fruit tree seeds, or a bird's egg.
 * Level 1 Clue scroll
 * Key halves
 * Coins
 * Tree seeds
 * Can keep and bank Evil tree kindling for quick burning of the next tree you see
 * Ability to have logs "magically escorted" to the players bank while Woodcutting if their inventory is full for 2-30 minutes.
 * This ability is ONLY active for Normal, Oak, Willow, Maple, Yew, and Magic trees.
 * Message: The leprechaun snaps their fingers, and you are granted a magical log-banking ability for the next x minutes.
 * If no room in bank: Your bank is too full to hold any more logs.
 * Significantly reduced chance of a tree being felled when a log is harvested for up to 30 minutes
 * This works on all trees including normal trees, so players may collect more than one (or two with Seers' headband) from each tree.
 * Note this does not work if another player is cutting the same tree, so it is important to have a tree to one's self.
 * A significantly increased chance of having birds' nests fall out of trees during the time you have the log teleport magic.

Log teleportation

 * Players wishing to take advantage of this feature should consider cutting trees which yield logs very fast.
 * In addition, filling the inventory with logs or other space holders will take full advantage of this special reward.
 * The maple trees north of Seer's Village are a good choice because not many people use them, there are a lot of maple trees in a close area, and a player can use the Seers' headband 2 or Seers' headband 3 to get more experience.
 * Logging out does stop the counter.

Maximum rewards
The following table shows the maximum reward possible (if 100% of the reward is achieved - a lower percentage reduces the rewards accordingly):


 * {| class="wikitable"

! Evil Tree || Logs || Gold coins || Duration of log teleportation
 * Normal || 16|| 159 || 6 minutes
 * Oak || 32 || 295 || 10 minutes
 * Willow || 94 || 565 || 14 minutes
 * Maple || 91 || 1,099 || 18 minutes
 * Yew || 15 || 2,064 || 22 minutes
 * Magic || 10 || 4,230 || 26 minutes
 * Elder || 274 Teak or 129 Mahogany or 57 Yews or 25 Magic || 8,166 || 30 minutes
 * }
 * Yew || 15 || 2,064 || 22 minutes
 * Magic || 10 || 4,230 || 26 minutes
 * Elder || 274 Teak or 129 Mahogany or 57 Yews or 25 Magic || 8,166 || 30 minutes
 * }
 * Elder || 274 Teak or 129 Mahogany or 57 Yews or 25 Magic || 8,166 || 30 minutes
 * }
 * }

Music
Music track unlocked:


 * Trees aren't your Friends

Trivia

 * On the day of release, a Server blackout occurred. The Grand Exchange was also affected with spikes in prices; some items rose over 200,000% in a single day.
 * When right-clicking the music track "Trees aren't your Friends" in the Music list and choosing the "Unlock hint" option, the hint will state "This track was unlocked during The Evil Tree minigame." This might be an indication that the Evil Tree distraction was intended to be a minigame at first. The Evil Tree is also under the Minigames index in the in-game woodcutting guide.
 * With the release of Evil Trees, pures are now able to get the adamant gloves from the Culinaromancer's chest, this is because trees that are located on Ape Atoll allow pures to go there without needing to start/complete Monkey Madness.
 * In additon to this Initiate pures can now get rune gloves in a similar fashion.