Evil Tree

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This article is about the trees that form part of Distractions and Diversions. For the random event that formerly broke axes whilst Woodcutting, see Ent.

Wallpaper that came out with the Evil Tree Distraction and Diversion

The Evil Tree is a members-only Distractions and Diversions, released on 25 February 2009. This event can be done twice daily; the counter resets at 00:00 GMT. Players must log out to reset the clock. A Tree will spawn two hours after the death of the last Tree in that world. As such, players may kill a Tree in one world and switch to another world where a new Tree is just sprouting.

Players may join a clan chat dedicated to finding Evil Trees, as it is easier to find Trees in groups than alone. These clan chats can be found by searching the Runescape forums.

Warning: Interacting with a Tree at any stage of development counts as one of the two daily Trees. This applies to nurturing Trees, even if players do not have the required levels to chop or burn the fully grown Tree. Right clicking to inspect and check a fully grown Tree's health does not count as one of the daily interactions.

Evil trees appear every 2 hours according to a Jagex Mod.

Nurturing option

[edit] Overview

A large group taking on the evil tree.

The purpose of the event is to kill the Evil Tree, after which the player is rewarded; see below. There are seven types of Tree, and twenty-seven possible locations.

Farming experience is granted each time the Sapling advances to another stage of development. Woodcutting experience is granted every few seconds during chopping. Firemaking experience is granted each time a new section of the Tree is lit.

A leprechaun is found near all Trees. He will explain the Evil Tree, and is the one to reward players.

[edit] Stages

The Tree grows in two stages: the Strange Sapling and the Evil Tree. The Strange Sapling may be nurtured by players to grow into a full Tree; doing so gives Farming experience. The Strange Sapling will still grow into an Evil Tree without players nurturing it. It is possible to determine which type the Tree will be by examining the amount of experience gained; see chart. All Saplings are identical. The only way to discern which type of Tree it will become is by nurturing it and looking at the Farming experience it grants. However, this counts as one of the twice-daily interactions. Players may wish to refrain from nurturing Trees until they know if they are interested in killing the resulting tree. This can be done by nicely asking others who are already nurturing the Tree. After the Sapling is fully grown, it becomes an Evil Tree.

[edit] Locating

There are several ways to find a Tree:

Speak with a Spirit tree (this requires completion of Tree Gnome Village). It will tell you the status of the Tree in each world. Once the strange sapling sprouts, it will give players a hint to its location; see here. Note that each hint leads to at least two locations. Once the Sapling has grown into a full tree, Spirit trees will teleport the player to the exact location. Note that if the Tree is in a location that requires a Quest to enter, (such as Kharazi Jungle) the Spirit tree will not teleport the player.
Be nearby. Once the Strange Sapling sprouts, roots will briefly shoot out of the surrounding ground. These roots can appear significantly far from the location of the Tree; for example the top of White Wolf Mountain while the Tree was near the Dark Wizards' Tower.

[edit] Killing

Evil Tree roots.

The Tree is killed using two methods: cutting with a hatchet and lighting fires at its base. Different levels are required to cut and burn the tree; see below. Chopping the Tree and its roots gives Woodcutting experience, and lighting fires gives Firemaking experience.

To chop the tree, a Hatchet is needed. As with all woodcutting, higher-level hatchets cut faster than lower-level ones. To burn the tree, the player will require a tinderbox and some kindling, which is attained from chopping down one of the four roots that grow on the north, east, south, or west side of the tree. Upon request, the leprechaun will provide the player with a Bronze Hatchet and a Tinderbox.

The roots will strike and stun players who are standing nearby. They will also force players who are standing on their spawn location off the way each time they spawn. There are eight spots at the base of the Tree to light. The fires do damage to the tree over time; therefore it is recommended to light the fires as early as possible to maximize damage.

The Tree begins with 100% life, and the player with 0% damage. As players chop the Tree and the fires burn, the Tree's life drops and the player's damage increases. This can be checked by right-clicking and inspecting the tree. Doing so will stop the player from chopping, note, so do so sparingly. The Tree does not always die when it reaches 0% health, and it occasionally lives for a considerable time after reaching 0%.

If an Evil Tree takes too long to die, it gets struck by lightning. Its health drops to 50% if appeared for 10 minutes but still above 50%; to 25% if appeared for 20 minutes but still between 25% and 50%; and will die on the third hit if tree not yet die after appeared for 30 minutes. This also has a lightning sound effect to go along with it.

[edit] Skill Requirements

Evil Tree	Woodcutting Level	Farming Level	Firemaking Level
Normal Evil Tree	1	1	1
Oak Evil Tree	15	7	15
Willow Evil Tree	30	15	30
Maple Evil Tree	45	22	45
Yew Evil Tree	60	30	60
Magic Evil Tree	75	37	75
Elder Evil Tree	85	42	85

[edit] Locations with hints

See Distractions and Diversions Locations for more information.

Hints are given by Spirit trees when there is a Strange Sapling.
There are currently 27 possible known locations.
All hints refer to at least two possible locations. They all start with 'It can be found...'

Hints	Possible Locations	Map
Due west of a town called Lumbridge	North of the wall between Lumbridge and the swamp
Due west of a town called Lumbridge	South of Draynor Village near the willow trees
Outside of City you call Varrock	North of Varrock Palace, near the Wilderness ditch
Outside of City you call Varrock	East of Varrock, near Dungeon of Tolna rift
Close to a place called 'Draynor'	North of Draynor Village near Draynor Manor
Close to a place called 'Draynor'	South of Draynor Village near the willow trees
Close to the town you call "Seers"	South of Seers' Village Flax Field by the Yew trees
Close to the town you call "Seers"	Middle of McGrubor's Wood
North as the crow flies from Seers' Village	North-west of Seers' Village bank
North as the crow flies from Seers' Village	East of the house portal in Rellekka
North as the crow flies from the market of Ardougne	Middle of McGrubor's Wood
North as the crow flies from the market of Ardougne	South-west of the Ranging Guild
Close to the home of "Legends"	North of Legends' Guild
Close to the home of "Legends"	South of Legends Guild
Close to the town you call Yanille	North of Yanille
	South of Tree Gnome Village, West of Yanille
	East of Yanille Bank	Needs image
On the island known as Karamja	Near the nature altar, north of Shilo Village
On the island known as Karamja	East of the Teak trees in the Kharazi Jungle
Close to a dungeon entrance and within a tropical jungle	Near the entrance of the Brimhaven Dungeon
	Ape Atoll, near the entrance to Ape Atoll Dungeon
On the southern coast of a tropical island	East of the teak trees in the Kharazi Jungle
On the southern coast of a tropical island	Ape Atoll, near the entrance to Ape Atoll Dungeon
To the south of a gnome settlement	South of Tree Gnome Stronghold, East of the Outpost
To the south of a gnome settlement	South of Tree Gnome Village, West of Yanille
In the lands inhabited by elves	Lletya, South of the Magic trees
In the lands inhabited by elves	East of Tyras Camp
Close to a runecrafting altar	Near the Body altar, South of the Monastery
Close to a runecrafting altar	West of Nature altar, North of the Shilo Village
Close to a mine on the outskirts of a city	West of Falador
Close to a mine on the outskirts of a city	South of Legends Guild
Close to a large collection of willow trees	South of Draynor Village near the willow trees
	North-west of Seers' Village bank
	South of Legends Guild
	South-west part of Tree Gnome Stronghold, north of Brimstail's cave and east of the bridge
By a collection of Yew Trees	South of Seers' Village Flax Field by the Yew trees
By a collection of Yew Trees	North of the wall between Lumbridge and the swamp
With rare trees and ogres nearby	South of Castle Wars (North of fairy ring BKP)
With rare trees and ogres nearby	West of Oo'glog, East of Mobilising Armies

[edit] Rewards

[edit] Experience

When the Tree is still a sapling, Farming experience can be gained for nurturing it. No items are required to do this.
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 kindling, which can be used on the Tree to set fire to a part of the Tree. This awards Firemaking experience.
The Sacred Clay Hatchet is abundantly used by many people seeking to get the exp from the tree because of it's exp bonus.

Note: the Ring of fire, Flame gloves and lumberjack clothing give no additional experience, and the Inferno Adze will not automatically light any kindling received.

Evil Tree	Experience
Evil Tree	Nurturing	Firemaking	Chopping roots	Chopping tree
Normal	20	200	3	15.1
Oak	45	300	6.5	32.5
Willow	66	450	9	45.5
Maple	121	675	11	55
Yew	172.5	1,112.5	12.5	64
Magic	311	1,517.5	15	71
Elder	687.5	2,000.5	17	77.8

[edit] Items

A log being escorted to the player's bank.

You can sell the Evil tree kindling to the leprechaun for 25 coins each, or choose to keep the kindling to use on future Evil trees. Kindling does not depend on the type of tree you received it from.

When the Tree dies, it turns silver and bends. Players always get the following items from the evil tree as a reward:
- Noted logs of the same type as the tree. Elder trees offer noted Yew, Magic, Teak or Mahogany logs.
- Coins
- Tree Seed or Bird's nest

In addition to the items listed above, players might receive:
- Level 1 Clue scroll
- Key halves

[edit] Further woodcutting

For a period of time after the Tree is killed, players are given several advantages when cutting trees. The amount of time depends on the percent damage done to the Evil Tree, and the type of Evil Tree; see below. This ranges from 2 to 30 minutes. Note that these abilities only applies to cutting Normal, Oak, Willow, Maple, Yew, and Magic trees. (Does not include other evil trees or farming-plot trees.)

Significantly reduced chance of a tree being felled when a log is harvested. Note that for this to apply, nobody else may be cutting the tree.
Significantly increased chance of having birds' nests fall out of trees.
Ability to have logs "magically escorted" to the players bank while Woodcutting if their inventory is full.

Players wishing to take advantage of this feature should consider cutting trees which yield logs quickly. Logs cut, when having a full inventory, end up in your bank. The most efficient trees to chop for Woodcutting experience for the duration of the reward are willow trees. Some of the best places to make use of the automatic banking are:

Willow trees outside Crafting Guild or Fishing Guild (using Skills Necklace)
Willow trees near the Lady of the Lake in Taverley (using Balloon transport system)
Willow trees near the Lumbridge Lake (Home Teleport)
Willow trees to the north of Seers Bank (Camelot Teleport)
Willow trees west of Draynor Village, by Port Sarim (Amulet of Glory Teleport or Cabbage Port)

For players with higher woodcutting levels, maples in an uncrowded area are also good for using the magical log-banking. The best location for this is the forest of maple trees west of Sinclair Mansion, north of Seer's Village.

[edit] Maximum rewards

The following table shows the highest reported reward possible. A lower percentage reduces the rewards.

Since there are many conflicting reports on the maximum rewards possible, please check out the Talk Page. This notice will be deleted when there are enough contributions to the research.

Evil Tree	Logs	Gold coins	Duration of log teleportation
Normal	12	166	6 minutes
Oak	34	311	10 minutes
Willow	211	567	14 minutes
Maple	131	1,103	18 minutes
Yew	14	2,352	22 minutes
Magic	9	4,472	26 minutes
Elder	181 Teak or 102 Mahogany or 52 Yews or 18 Magic	8,132	30 minutes

[edit] Music

Music track unlocked:

Trees aren't your Friends

An Evil Tree is struck by lightning

[edit] Trivia

On the day of release, a Server blackout occurred. The Grand Exchange Database page was also affected. Players saw items rising over 200,000% in a day, but the actual price of the items were intact.
When right-clicking the music track "Trees aren't your Friends" in the Music list and choosing the "Unlock hint" option, the hint will state "This track was unlocked during The Evil Tree minigame." This might be an indication that the Evil Tree distraction was intended to be a minigame at first. The Evil Tree is also under the Minigames index in the in-game woodcutting guide.
With the release of Evil Trees, pures who had completed Monkey Madness gained the ability to travel to Ape Atoll without receiving the experience rewards from Daero. This was accomplished by using a Spirit tree to teleport to a Tree located there. This bug prompted Jagex to simply allow players to return to Ape Atoll normally without claiming the experience reward.
Originally, Spirit trees would only mention evil trees after the sprout had already appeared. It wasn't until a few weeks after the original release that they began to give information on how long it would take for the next evil tree to sprout.
If somebody lights a fire where a root will sprout, when the ashes appear and the root sprouts again, the ashes will appear on top of the root and once the root goes away the ashes will look to be floating. This glitch has recently been fixed by Jagex.
If you choose to claim your bonus at a later time after finishing the tree, the duration of your bonus will be half of what it normally is. You can also talk to any tool leprechaun also to receive your reward.
It is possible to receive more than one log from a normal tree with the leprechaun's magic.
As of October 2009, Achey tree logs will not be transported to the bank. The player receives a "Your inventory is too full to hold any logs." message instead.
Logging out pauses the remaining log teleportation time.'
The "escorted log" animation is only seen by the respective player. You will never see the animation on another player with "auto-banking", only yourself.
As of November 9th, 2009 an evil tree can no longer cause items to float above it's roots.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

RuneScape Game Guide
- Evil Tree

v • d • e Trees
Lumber trees	Tree • Dying tree • Dead tree • Evergreen • Jungle tree • Achey tree • Oak tree • Willow tree • Teak tree • Maple tree • Hollow tree • Mahogany tree • Arctic pine • Eucalyptus tree • Yew tree • Magic tree • Cursed Magic Tree
Fruit trees	Apple tree • Banana tree • Orange tree • Curry tree • Pineapple plant • Papaya tree • Palm tree
Quest trees	Ailanthus tree • Cedar tree • Cinnamon tree • Dramen tree • Dream tree • Mastic tree • Sassafras tree • Swaying tree • White tree • Windswept tree
Evil Trees	Normal evil tree • Oak evil tree • Willow evil tree • Maple evil tree • Yew evil tree • Magic evil tree • Elder evil tree
Other trees	Calquat tree • Fyburglars tree • Giant ent • Golden Apple Tree • Grand Tree • Ivy • Leafy palm tree • Nice tree • Tree spirit • Undead tree • Spirit tree • Sq'irk tree • Strong tree • Wintumber tree • Witchwood tree • Young tree

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