Willow

Willow trees require level 30 Woodcutting to chop down. They usually give more than one set of willow logs before being cut down. These trees are often used for high level woodcutters who want experience as they give a good amount relative to the time taken. Chopping these trees down is arguably the best woodcutting experience for free players.

Though there was once a very high demand for willow logs, this has declined drastically due to the amount of people cutting them. Along with the high quantities of people cutting them, the price also lowered. Therefore people cut oaks to make money, and cut willows to raise experience points. It is common to find large quantities of woodcutters on a willow tree in a free-to-play world. They are also popular because they are found in close proximity to banks and are in clusters. Willow trees are found near almost any body of water on Runescape. They are commonly found by rivers, lakes, and oceans

Willows also have the highest chance of giving a bird's nest, which can be crushed to make a crushed nest, worth coins. This is known as an excellent way to make money fast. The nests may also contain a seed, such as a rare Magic Seed, worth coins.

The willow tree is commonly cut to level to 60, in which players can cut the highest tree as a f2p. This was even more common before the installment of dungeoneering.

Free-to-play areas

 * Draynor Village, south of the marketplace, 5 trees (often crowded, near bank)
 * Port Sarim, beside the bar, 4 trees
 * Port Sarim, south of the jail and east of the church, 8 to 9 trees
 * Rimmington, south of the village, 6 trees
 * Lumbridge, around the crayfish pond west of Farmer Fred's barn, 6 trees
 * Lumbridge, west of the farming patch near the East farm, 3 trees
 * Lumbridge, North of the Lumbridge Guide 
 * Lumbridge, north of the chicken farm.
 * Varrock, east of Champion's Guild, 2 trees
 * Varrock, south, near the sheep farm, 2 trees
 * Edgeville, to the east beside the River Lum: 1 east side, 1 west side.
 * Crafting Guild, to the north of the entrance, 8 trees
 * Daemonheim Peninsula, 6 trees (30 Dungeoneering required)

Member areas

 * Seers' Village, north-west of bank, 6 trees
 * West of Seers' Village, north of the coal mine and the coal trucks, 12 trees
 * West of Seers' Village, north-east of the coal mine and the coal trucks, 7 trees
 * Catherby, south-east of the beehives
 * Castle Wars, by the bridge north of the entrance, 2 trees
 * Witchaven, north of the village
 * Barbarian Outpost, beside the entrance to Barbarian assault. There is a close deposit box and is almost never crowded, making it an ideal training spot.
 * Ardougne, north of the town near the Moss giants
 * Ardougne, south of the south bank, 4 trees
 * Feldip Hills, near the ogre Rantz
 * Taverley, to the west of the lake south of town (also accessible from Falador via the shortcut in the west wall.)
 * North of the Tree gnome stronghold, no bank but very quiet. These willows can only be reached with a Inferior locator or better.
 * Just outside the Legends' Guild.
 * West of the Tree Gnome Village, in the peninsula, 6 trees

Farming


A willow tree can be grown from a willow seed using the Farming skill in any of the tree patches located around RuneScape. (It will take 4 hours to be fully grown.) To do so requires level 30 Farming, a trowel & a willow tree sapling. When planted it earns the player 25 experience points, as well as another 1,456.3 experience points for checking the fully grown tree's health. To guarantee the growth, a payment of one basket of apples (5 apples) is required.

Once fully grown, use secateurs on the tree to cut willow branches. Willow branches will only start growing on a tree after the tree's health is checked. The tree may be cut down as usual granting Woodcutting experience points. Using a spade on the cut tree roots will give the player willow roots and make the tree patch available for planting a new tree.

Construction
A willow tree can be planted in the tree hotspot of the Garden in a player-owned house. It requires level 30 Construction, a bagged willow tree, and a watering can to plant. When planted, it earns the player 100 experience for both Construction and Farming. However, as it is in the Garden, it cannot be cut down.

Trivia

 * A farmed willow tree looks larger, and "rounder" than regular willow trees. This may be due to the fact the developers did not wish to take the time to create a special growth sequence for the willow tree and simply added a different texture to the sequence used by the Maple and Oak trees for example.
 * During Enlightened Journey, if a player attempts to cut branches from regular willow trees, the game claims that the "branches are too gnarled to cut".
 * In some occasions you can get a full inventory of willow logs out of 1 tree, and in extremely rare occasions, two full inventories.
 * On the second to last stage of growing a willow tree, you can see through the top of it (highest elevated camera angle).
 * Willow trees have the highest chance of all trees while being chopped of dropping a bird's nest that could potentially hold very expensive seeds.


 * Willow trees seem to give strange rocks significantly faster than other trees.
 * The Draynor village spot is popular because it is close to a bank, but this is because it takes much longer to right-click and drop everything in a player's inventory rather than banking it. There is also a potential to stock up on them and sell logs in mass quantities.
 * The Daemonheim peninsula spot is nearly never crowded, and when it is it's with players cutting maple trees.
 * Another quiet but good place is the Lumbridge crayfish pond spot.