Yew logs



Yew logs are logs obtained from cutting yew trees, which players must have level 60 Woodcutting to cut. They give 175 experience when cut with a regular hatchet, 350 experience when cut with a Sacred clay hatchet, and 385 when cut with a Volatile clay hatchet. Players can burn these logs with the Firemaking skill, and they give 202.5 experience when burned. Members can also use these logs for Fletching. They are the best logs available to free players. One full inventory gives exactly 4900 Woodcutting experience (9,800 with sacred clay hatchet. 10,780 with volatile clay hatchet). Yew trees locations are few and crowded in free-to-play worlds. In members worlds there is a much better chance to find an unpopulated yew tree.

Yew logs can also be used to travel to Castle Wars on the Balloon Transport System.

Yew trees were also popular targets of macroing programs due to the large profit their logs attract when offered for sale. These macros could be commonly found being used in F2P worlds, especially south of Falador, north of Varrock Castle, the forest between Lumbridge and Draynor Village, and south of Melzar's Maze.

Yew logs and the economy
Yew logs are in high demand due to people wanting to reach 99 Fletching, and due to Jagex's mass ban on macros, which has left quite a gap in the supply chain. Thus, yew logs have begun increasing in price, as the demand far surpassed the supply.

The value of yew logs is driven by the high alchemy value of a Yew longbow (768 coins) minus the value of the other items consumed in making and alchemizing, a bowstring and a nature rune.

The opening of the Grand Exchange made trading Yew logs easier, but more competitive, beginning the price climb as buyers competed and offered higher than the mid price. This led to the Grand Exchange price adjustment.

When the 10 December, 2007, update came, yew-cutting bots were eliminated from the game, causing the price of yew logs to suddenly rise. However, the many people selling at the lowest price possible led to a market crash, causing a sudden price dip of more than 100 coins. 11 months later, yew log prices were on the rise again, reaching 475 coins each on 26 December 2008. However, upon the release of the Evil Tree, the price dropped almost 40 coins, due to the logs being much easier to obtain, although the market has once again climbed to December '08 levels. During the last months, the price of yew logs has risen, overtaking 500 coins each and peaking at 520 coins each. This meant that yew trees are now overcrowded in the free worlds, due to the price rise. It is for this reason that yews have now dipped in price once more by about 30 coins.