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. 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 experience.

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 in F2P worlds, especially at these locations: 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, has left quite a gap in the supply chain. Thus, yew logs started increasing in price.

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 December 10th, 2007, update came, yew-cutting bots were eliminated from the game, causing the price of yew logs to suddenly rise further, up to 450 coins each at one point. However, the many people selling at the lowest price 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.