Tree

Trees are the most common scenery in RuneScape.

They are chopped down through the Woodcutting skill and can be turned into a fire through the Firemaking skill. Trees can be cut down for logs to cut into unstrung bows or crossbow stocks through Fletching. They can also be cut down to be turned into planks at the sawmill operator, north-east of Varrock, but this is for members only.

Woodcutting
Trees can be found almost everywhere in RuneScape, and they are the first training method of Woodcutting. A player only needs a hatchet to chop down a tree. For each log cut, the player gains 25 Woodcutting experience. This is the only type of tree, besides the Achey tree, that always gives only one log when cut. However, If a player is wearing the Seers Village 1 Headband, obtained from completing the Easy Seers Village Diary, 2 logs will be cut from every normal tree, but only giving 25 experience. Once they are cut, the log can be sold to players on the Grand Exchange, traded, burned using the Firemaking skill, or fletched. Normal logs are the only ones that are able to be chopped at level 1 Woodcutting. After the introduction of the Grand Exchange, the price of logs rose from only a few coins to over 100 coins.



Firemaking
A player only needs a Tinderbox to turn a normal tree's logs into a fire. Doing so earns the player 40 Firemaking experience. These logs can be burned at level 1.

Construction
There are 3 types of ordinary trees that can be planted in a POH, with two in a garden and one for the making of menageries.

See main article: Dead tree

A dead tree can be planted in the garden of a player-owned house. To do so requires 1 bagged tree, a watering can, and level 5 construction. When planted, the player receives 31 construction and farming experience.

See main article: Nice tree

A nice tree can be planted in the garden of a player-owned house. Doing so requires 1 bagged tree and level 10 Construction. When planted, the player recieves 44 experience in Construction and Farming.

See main article: Bagged evergreen tree (for construction item), or Polar habitat, what it is used for.

Evergreen trees, though technically trees, are used for menageries in the building of a polar habitat. This, along with 1000 air runes, 1000 water runes, and a bagged evergreen are required to build the menagerie. To do this, one must have 67 Construction, and constructing the menagerie will earn the player 373 Construction experience.

Fletching
Logs from normal trees can be cut into Arrow shafts at level 1 Fletching, Shortbows at level 5 and Longbows at level 10.

Trivia

 * There is a glitch that when you finish chopping down a tree, then chop another one really fast, you would chop down the tree without showing you had cut it.
 * If you attempt to use a herring, raw or cooked, on a tree, you will receive a message in your chatbox saying "This is not the mightiest tree in the forest". This is a direct reference to the 1975 movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
 * The trees near the Chaos Altar in wilderness are burnt, but their name is still "Tree". The description reads: "Maybe it caught fire?"
 * There used to be a glitch where a player would stand next to a tree and perform the "headbang" emote, and immediately after attempt to chop the tree down. If they cut the tree down fast enough, it would result with the player appearing to "headbutt" the tree down. This glitch also worked with other emotes that occur long enough to perform the glitch. This has been fixed, most likely with the graphical updates on the emotes.
 * There is a tendency for many players with woodcutting levels of anything over 10 to appear to simply look at a tree and have it be cut down. This is often because players can cut so rapidly the cutting animation cannot start.
 * There is a tree next to the Draynor Village bank that isn't allowed to be chopped down. This is because there is a guard in there trying to spy on the Wise Old Man which had something to do with the bank robbery. After the Love Story quest, you may cut down the tree to allow the guard out.