Ivy

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Ivy

Members only?	Yes
Woodcutting level	68
Woodcutting experience	332.5
Farming level	Not applicable
Farming experience	Not applicable
Examine	Members world: Choking ivy, ready to be cut down. Free world: Some ivy.

Ivy, referred to in the skill guide and its members examine text as Choking ivy, is a vine which can be cut down by members. It was released along with the Woodcutting Rebalance update update on 23 September 2009. They grow against certain walls in cities. Level 68 Woodcutting is required to chop this vine, and no items are directly obtained through chopping the vine. When an ivy vine is chopped down the remains will be an ivy stump. The respawn rate is 40 seconds and chopping grants 332.5 Woodcutting experience, which is the most Woodcutting experience available for cutting.

It was designed to be fast experience without monetary rewards apart from bird's nests. Therefore, many players choose to wear a lucky rabbit's foot while cutting to increase the number of bird's nests received. This "tree" does not require any trips to the bank. Many players find this is the best Woodcutting training with many higher level woodcutters choosing it over yews & magic trees.

The Sacred clay hatchet grants an additional experience amount, which totals to 665 experience per vine cut with the original experience added on. With a fully charged hatchet, a player will average about 34,000 experience in 18-20 minutes before it dissolves, which works out to roughly 102,000 experience per hour; however, 3 hatchets will be needed. Lumberjack clothing combined with the Sacred clay hatchet will also provide a more significant experience boost.

A Dragon hatchet will grant about 25,000 experience in 20 minutes, calculating at around 75,000 experience per hour.

A Rune hatchet will grant about 20,000 experience in 20 minutes, calculating at around 60,000 experience per hour.

Ivy takes multiple chops to cut down, like Oak, as opposed to normal Trees which will fall down after one set of logs is removed.

[edit] Respawn Locations

• North wall of Varrock Palace. (Near the Yew trees). (4 ivy spots)
• South-east outer wall of Varrock Palace. (Next to tree farming patch). (5 ivy spots)
• North side of the north wall of Falador. (A little west from Standing stones location). (7 ivy spots)
• South side of the south wall of Falador. (A little north of the Allotment patch). (7 ivy spots)
• South-east of Taverley. (Near Hot Air Balloon). (5 ivy spots)
• East wall of East Ardougne church (Just west of Handelmort's Mansion). (5 ivy spots)  
• North side of the north wall of Yanille. (South-east of Yanille Dungeon). (6 ivy spots)
• South wall of Castle Wars. (South of Saradomin Base). (7 ivy spots)

[edit] Trivia

• The Inferno Adze does not burn Ivy, as it is not a burnable log. Thus, the Inferno Adze works as a normal Dragon hatchet would.
• When ivy respawns, it is seen climbing up the wall, similar to growth actions of vines in real life, only sped up drastically.
• While cutting ivy produces no logs, players can tell when they get experience by watching their feet, as when experience is gained, piles of twigs fall to the player's feet and a message appears in the chatbox.
• In both High Detail and standard detail, the animation of a player chopping Ivy shows their hatchet repeatedly going through the wall.
• Ivy, along with Light, Medium, and Dense jungle, are the only non-tree vegetation that can be cut down.
• When Ivy was released, bonus experience was not granted for wearing Lumberjack clothing; however, this was fixed within a few days.
• Despite not having any branches to support them, bird nests can be found in choking ivy.
• There is some debate as to whether or not cutting ivy is better experience per hour than the Sawmill training.
• When you log into Runescape while you are standing next some ivy, all of the ivy near you you will respawn at about the same time.

• On December 3, 2009, there was an update which caused the ivy cutting animation to glitch. Players would stand sideways next to the wall and swing their hatchets at thin air. This was fixed by another update later that day.

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