Ivy



Ivy, referred to in the skill guide and its members examine text as Choking ivy, is a vine which grows upon several various walls throughout Gielnor and may be chopped down by members for woodcutting experience. It was released along with the Woodcutting Rebalance update update on 23 September 2009. Level 68 Woodcutting is required to chop this vine, and no items are directly obtained through chopping the vine. When an ivy vine is chopped down the remains will be an ivy stump. The respawn rate is 40 seconds and chopping grants 332.5 Woodcutting experience, which is the most Woodcutting experience available for cutting.

It was designed to be fast experience without monetary rewards apart from bird's nests, which are known to contain seeds that can be worth up to 200k or more. Therefore, many players choose to wear a Strung rabbit foot while cutting to increase the number of bird's nests received. This "tree" does not require any trips to the bank. Many players find this is the best Woodcutting training with many higher level woodcutters choosing it over yews & magic trees.

The Sacred clay hatchet grants additional experience amounts, which totals to 665 experience per vine cut with the original experience added on. With a fully charged hatchet, a player will average about 34,000 experience in 18–20 minutes before it dissolves, which works out to roughly 102,000 experience per hour; however, 3 hatchets will be needed every piece cut will cause the hatchet to lose 2% of its charge. Lumberjack clothing and Sacred clay hatchet combined provides a more significant exp boost.

A Dragon hatchet will grant about 23,000 experience in 20 minutes, calculating at around 70,000 experience per hour.

A Rune hatchet will grant about 20,000 experience in 20 minutes, calculating at around 60,000 experience per hour.

Lumberjack clothing now gives a bonus of around 5xp per cut.

Respawn Locations



 * North wall of Varrock Palace, near the Yew trees. (4 Ivy spots)
 * South-east outer wall of Varrock Palace, next to tree Farming patch. (5 Ivy spots)
 * North side of the north wall of Falador, a little west from Standing stones location. (7 Ivy spots)
 * South side of the south wall of Falador, a little north of the allotment patch. (7 Ivy spots)
 * South-east of Taverley, near the Hot air balloon. (5 Ivy spots)
 * East wall of East Ardougne church, just west of Handelmort's Mansion. (5 Ivy spots)
 * North side of the north wall of Yanille, south-east of Yanille Dungeon. (6 Ivy spots)
 * South wall of Castle Wars, south of the Saradomin base. (7 Ivy spots)

Trivia



 * The Inferno Adze does not burn ivy, as it is not a burnable log. Thus, the Inferno Adze works as a Dragon hatchet.
 * When ivy respawns, it is seen climbing up the wall, similar to growth actions of vines in real life, only sped up dramatically.
 * While cutting ivy produces no logs, players can tell when they get experience by watching their feet, as when experience is gained, piles of twigs fall to the player's feet and a message appears in the chatbox. The animation of the twigs on the ground is visible by all, allowing players to view how fast others cut the ivy—normal trees do not give any indication of other player's rates of cutting. (However "single log" trees are completely cut down when a log is obtained.)
 * In both high detail and standard detail, the animation of a player chopping ivy shows their hatchet repeatedly going through the wall.
 * Ivy, along with Light, Medium, and Dense jungle, are the only non-tree vegetation that can be cut down.
 * When Ivy was released, bonus experience was not granted for wearing Lumberjack clothing; however, this was fixed within a few days.
 * Despite not having any branches to support them, bird nests can be found in choking ivy.
 * There is some debate as to whether or not cutting ivy is better experience per hour than the Sawmill training.
 * When you log into RuneScape while you are standing next to some ivy, all of the ivy near you will respawn at about the same time.
 * On 3 December 2009, there was an update which caused the ivy cutting animation to glitch. Players would stand sideways next to the wall and swing their hatchets at thin air. This was fixed by another update later that day. However, the glitch still occasionally occurs when a player starts cutting ivy right after using the 'Stroke' interaction on a Kitten.
 * On 31 December 2009, the cutting animation of ivy was accelerated.
 * If you are crushing a bird's nest with a Pestle and Mortar, then, before the crushing animation has finished, click a bit of ivy that's not directly east, west, south or north of you, your character will run to the ivy, and start chopping diagonally.
 * On 16 February 2010, a glitch occurred along with an update that caused players to use whatever they were wielding to cut the ivy, not a hatchet (though you still needed to have a dragon hatchet in your inventory). This has been fixed.


 * When cutting ivy with a Dragon Hatchet, the character swings and only hits from top to the middle of the ivy. Other hatchets cut all the way down the ivy. It is unknown whether this is a glitch or intentional, if it's a glitch it has not been fixed.
 * On the day of the release, ivy showed up in non-member worlds and you could cut it. The glitch was fixed quickly before anyone noticed.