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. Waves of trees appear every two hours; between waves, no trees will appear.

 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. Even if they receive zero reward, it still counts as one of the maximum two daily trees.



Requirements

 * {| class="wikitable"

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

Required items
These are items are 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.

Hints and signs

 * The trees work similarly as the Shooting Star hunting system; they don't appear randomly, but in waves every two hours.
 * To find out where a tree is, players have to talk to a spirit tree and the tree will provide a hint. The spirit tree just northwest the Grand Exchange is the easiest to access because of its proximity to the Exchange. If there are no Evil Trees sprouting, the spirit trees will not provide any hints.
 * 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, he will automatically exclaim, "What was that?"

Killing an Evil Tree


When confronting an Evil Tree, it shakes wildly, lashing out its branches. Evil Trees cannot deal any damage, but the branches 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 leap 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.

Locations

 * See Distractions and Diversions Locations for more information.

These are the 26 possible tree locations:
 * 1) Next to the barrier to Lumbridge Swamp
 * 2) North of Varrock Palace, near the Wilderness ditch
 * 3) East of Varrock near Dungeon of Tolna rift
 * 4) South of the Monastery, west of Edgeville
 * 5) Near the Body altar
 * 6) West of Falador
 * 7) South of Draynor Village near the Willow trees
 * 8) North of Draynor Village near Draynor Manor
 * 9) North of Seers' Village bank
 * 10) South of Seers' Village Flax Field by the Yew trees
 * 11) McGrubor's Wood (inside the fence)
 * 12) North of Legends' Guild
 * 13) Mine south of Legends Guild
 * 14) Near the Ranging Guild
 * 15) North of Yanille
 * 16) South of Gnome Stronghold
 * 17) South-west of Gnome Stronghold southern bank (?)
 * 18) North of Shilo Village
 * 19) Kharazi Jungle
 * 20) Southern side of Ape Atoll, near the entrance to Ape Atoll Dungeon
 * 21) South of Castle Wars, north-west of Fairy ring code B-K-P
 * 22) West of Oo'glog
 * 23) Lletya near the magic trees
 * 24) West of Rellekka (?)
 * 25) Duel Arena, north of Al Kharid
 * 26) Brimhaven 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.

Might be good idea to see if Ring of fire, Flame gloves and Inferno Adze add to Firemaking experience gained.


 * {| class="wikitable"

! rowspan=2 | Evil Tree || colspan=4 | Experience ! Nurturing || Firemaking || Chopping roots || Chopping tree
 * Normal || ... || ... || ... || ...
 * Oak || ... || ... || ... || ...
 * Willow || ... || 450 || 9 || ~46
 * Maple || ... || ... || ... || ...
 * Yew || ... || about 58,000 || ... || ...
 * Magic || 311 || ... || ... || ...
 * Elder || ... || about 16k Tot || ... || ...
 * }
 * Yew || ... || about 58,000 || ... || ...
 * Magic || 311 || ... || ... || ...
 * Elder || ... || about 16k Tot || ... || ...
 * }
 * Elder || ... || about 16k Tot || ... || ...
 * }
 * }

Additional rewards



 * 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
 * Level 1 Clue scroll
 * Key halves
 * Coins
 * Tree seeds
 * Ability to have logs teleported to the players bank while Woodcutting if their inventory is full for 6-30 minutes.
 * 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 that this does not work if another player does not share the effect is cutting the same tree, so it is important to have a tree to themselves.

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 will take full advantage of this special reward.
 * Because of their proximity, Draynor Village bank and the willow trees to the south-west is recommended.

Maximum rewards
The following table shows the maximum reward possible:


 * {| class="wikitable"

! Evil Tree || Logs || Gold coins || Duration of log teleportation
 * Normal || ... || ... || 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 || 4,045 || 28 minutes
 * Elder || 56 Yews || 8,166 || 30 minutes
 * }
 * Yew || 15 || 2,064 || 22 minutes
 * Magic || 10 || 4,045 || 28 minutes
 * Elder || 56 Yews || 8,166 || 30 minutes
 * }
 * Elder || 56 Yews || 8,166 || 30 minutes
 * }
 * }

Music
Music track unlocked:


 * Trees aren't your Friends

Trivia

 * On the day of release, a blackout happened. This also affected the Grand Exchange with spikes in prices, with some items rising over 200,000% in price.
 * The Evil Tree's caption in the "Recently Added Articles" section of RuneScape website states that it is "The root of all evil." The term commonly refers to money.