Last Updated on April 3, 2024 by Samuel Franklin
Optimise your woodcutting gains in Idleon with this comprehensive chopping build guide to ensure you can harvest every available tree log and leaf. Used in equipment, alchemy, stamps and other upgrade mechanics these are a core resource alongside mining and smithing for your Idleon account progression. Including a mage chopping build and other sources of efficiency like gear, cards, alchemy players will have a checklist of potential optimisations on this page.
Focused on mechanics up to and including World 3 this guide provides the foundation of chopping efficiency for new and intermediate Idleon players. Beyond this point your chopping gains will continue to climb naturally though with a wealth of general skill efficiency gains in future worlds. Guides for all other classes and skills are available on our Idleon builds page.
Table of Contents:
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– Chopping Gear
– Chopping Cards
– Chopping Alchemy
– Other Chopping Build Optimisations
Chopping Build Talents (Mage, Shaman and Wizard)
Mage talents are fundamental to a successful chopping build and provide the base for your efficiency gains in the early game. They should be utilised as follows in approximate order of priority for tab 1 and tab 2 talents:
Talent | Effect | Notes |
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![]() | Increases skill efficiency | The primary skill for chopping efficiency that offers a large percentage increase. |
![]() | Increased skilling AFK gains | Boosts log gain and experience while AFK. |
![]() | Trees drop % more logs | A notable increase to log drops this talent needs to be placed on your attack bar. |
![]() | +% Chopping efficiency per power of 10 Grass Leaves in storage | A boost to your efficiency that encourages players to farm grass leaves from the W1 trees to maximise these gains. |
![]() | Wisdom has a +% higher effect on chopping efficiency | Improves the rate of efficiency that wisdom provides to turn your increasing stat into powerful gains. |
![]() | Increases MP % | An alchemy bubble unlocked in World 2 turns your MP into chopping efficiency which this percentage boost improves. |
![]() | Increases MP | Same as above but this is a flat increase to MP. |
![]() | Increases chopping experience gained | Boosts experience gained to improve your chopping levels to equip stronger hatchet tools. |
![]() | Increases wisdom | A small boost to chopping by increasing your wisdom. |
![]() | Increases wisdom | Same as above. |
Tab 3 skills for either Shaman or Wizard should be considered as follows:
Talent | Effect | Notes |
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![]() ![]() | Increases effect of statues | Boosts the benefit of chopping statues that you have accumulated to date that provide chopping power. |
![]() | Increases wisdom | Another source of wisdom to obtain. |
![]() | Increases wisdom from obols | Improves the wisdom gained from obols which is generally quite small and a low priority talent. |
![]() | Gives extra talent points for the Mage tab (tab 2) | If you need extra talent points in the previous tab this can help you max some of the stronger chopping talents above. |
Special Talents should be considered as follows:
Talent | Effect | Notes |
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![]() | Increases away gains for fighting and skilling | The best special talent for away gains and should be maxed first as it can be difficult to obtain this statistic elsewhere. |
![]() | Increases base efficiency for all skills | Available through Party Dungeons this flat boost to your efficiency can be used to help you push early into Iron or Gold ore. Beyond this point it can still help when boosted by % chopping efficiency. |
![]() | Increases speed for all skills. | Also from Party Dungeons this skill increases your skilling speed for mining which is great for resources and also earning some of the important cards to boost your chopping even further. |
![]() | Boost foods give higher bonuses | While not effective early game to boost chopping gains as you progress into W2 and W3 you’ll likely be focused on boost foods and potions to push chopping gains further which this skill improves. |
![]() | Stamps giving skill efficiency have higher bonuses | As your stamps reach higher levels this can be a notable boost although before this is not particular powerful. |
![]() | Increased AFK gains rate | A small boost to AFK gains depending on your luck at random event loot. |
![]() | % all stat | A small boost to stat as WIS boosts your mining gains that grows increasingly powerful as your account grows. |
![]() | Extra base stat | Place enough points in this skill to match your highest level character divided by 10. For example if you have a level 73 character you want to place 7 points for a small WIS boost. |
Chopping Gear
While talents provide a foundation there are some large boosts available by optimising your equipment choices. As a priority players should always ensure they have the best hatchet they can currently craft which requires players to harvest increasingly difficult log types from the various Idleon trees.
Equipment (Slot) | Effect | Notes |
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![]() | 5% Chopping Efficiency +5 Chopping Power | Woodsman (W1 Spore Meadows) quest line |
![]() | 10% Chopping Efficiency | Anvil craft |
![]() | 5% Chopping Efficiency | Anvil craft (recipe dropped by Wode Board) |
![]() | 20% Chopping Efficiency | Anvil craft, can be upgraded to Fiberous Footings (35% chopping efficiency) |
![]() | 15% Skill Afk Gain | Party Dungeons |
![]() | 8% Skill Efficiency | Party Dungeons (Rex Ring) then Baba Yaga drop for upgraded version |
![]() | 10% Skill Efficiency | Gilded Efaunt (W2 Nightmare boss) |
![]() | 3% Skill Afk Gain | Scripticus (W1 town) quest line |
![]() | 20% Food Effect | Picnic Stowaway (W1 Froggy Fields) quest line |
![]() | 2-5% All Afk Gain | Party Dungeons Tier 3 keychain |
Chopping Cards
Cards in Idleon add a notable boost to skilling and chopping is no exception with a number of log cards providing efficiency, speed and chopping away gains. Players can also activate the “Easy Resources” card set for a notable skill efficiency boost.The primary cards available up to World 3 are below and if you have remaining card slots available players can fill them with chopping experience, wisdom or MP.
Card | Effect |
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![]() | % Total Chopping Efficiency |
![]() | % Chopping Away Gains |
![]() | % Chopping Speed |
![]() | % Chopping Away Gains |
![]() | % Chopping Speed |
![]() | % Skill AFK gain rate |
![]() | % Skill AFK gain rate |
Chopping Alchemy
The final critical piece of your core chopping build is alchemy where you will find a number of chopping boosts that start small but have a notable impact over time. The majority of these are located in the purple High-IQ Cauldron with my recommended priority order for bubbles to invest in:
Alchemy Bubble (Number) | Effect | Upgrade Material |
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![]() | Increase multi-log chance (must be equipped) | ![]() |
![]() | Hatchets give more skilling power | ![]() |
![]() | Boosts chopping efficiency based on max MP | ![]() |
![]() | Purple passive bubbles give higher bonuses | ![]() |
![]() | Lowers efficiency requirements for skilling quantity drop multipliers | ![]() |
![]() | Total wisdom (WIS) | ![]() |
For alchemy vials that boost chopping players will want to unlock the Tundra Logs vial that increases chopping efficiency.
Other Chopping Build Optimisation
If the above core build for chopping trees isn’t enough to reach your efficiency goals you’ll have to add in some extra optimisation sources from this section. While these do provide efficiency I don’t consider them a priority as the gains you can obtain here are smaller. Players should still work on these though only after you have pushed the core boosts above and includes the following:
- Star Signs
- Food
- Statues
- Stamps
- Post Office
- Obols
- Shrines
- Prayers
Chopping Star Signs
Star signs in Idleon provide a simple boost and depending on your current on your progression through the available star signs I recommend the following:
- Hipster Logger (+5% Chop Efficiency +20% Multi-Log Chance)
- The Big Comatose (+2% Skill AFK Gain)
- The OG Killer (+5% Carry Cap +1% Skill AFK gain +2% All Skill Prowess)
Chopping Food
Food offers little in terms of woodcutting gains as there is no golden food or mana boosting potion available in comparison to mining that has a number of food optimisations. The foods that are available will boost your chopping speed though:
Food Item | Effect | Source |
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![]() | Increases Chopping Speed by 15% | Anvil |
![]() | Increases Chopping Speed by 25% | Event |
Chopping Statues
Statues are straight forward for chopping with one direct option and one that provides an indirect boost to your gains and should be redeemed on your primary chopping character. Note that there is an item available in World 2 that will allow all your characters to share statue progress.
Statue | Effect | Source |
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![]() | Increases Chopping Power | Crystal Monsters & Ore Veins |
![]() | Increases Food Bonuses | Crystal Monsters |
Chopping Stamps
There are several stamps available that provide various chopping boosts with the key ones noted below. Players can also gain small benefits from the MP and wisdom stamps although these are not a priority for chopping specific gains.
Stamp (Tab) | Effect | Source | Resource |
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![]() | Chopping Efficiency | Mr Pigibank | Thread |
![]() | Multi-log Chance | Frost Flake (W3 Mob) | Militia Helm |
![]() | Chopping Efficiency | Thermister (W3 Mob) | Copper Pickaxe |
![]() | Food Effect | Papua Piggea Quest | Icing Ironbite |
Chopping Build Post Office
The post office has many competing priorities for progression so players should limit their post office box investment to their main chopping character only initially with a focus on the following:
Box | Effect |
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![]() | +% Chopping Efficiency +% Prowess Effect +% Chopping AFK Gains |
![]() | + Base Max MP +% Max MP |
![]() | +% Boost Food Effect |
Chopping Build Obols
Obols provide another small source of chopping gains and can be placed in both the personal and family pages to maximise gains. Chopping obols are only available from the alchemy liquid shop though so it can take a significant amount of time to acquire full sets. Prior to this point players can use any wisdom obols they have acquired for a small chopping boost.
Chopping Build Shrines
There is only a single shrine from World 3 that provides a small potential increase in chopping by boosting all AFK gains. Given this is the last shrine though it will take some progress through World 3 before it becomes available.
Shrine | Effect |
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![]() | Increases AFK gain |
Chopping Build Prayers
Two prayers are available to boost chopping gains with Skilled Dimwit being one of the first prayers that players obtain and is relatively easy to level up as well.
Prayer | Effect | Source |
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![]() | Increased skill efficiency Decreased skill experience gain | Goblin Gorefest Wave 25 |
![]() | Increased AFK gain rate Decrease carry capacity | Goblin Gorefest Wave 121 |
Written by
Samuel Franklin
Samuel Franklin is the founder and lead editor of the Games Finder team and enjoys video games across all genres and platforms.
Idleon has secured its place as one of Sam’s favourite games due to its nostalgic MapleStory vibes and the ability to play while working on Games Finder reviews, articles and guides. He also enjoys the optimisation challenge of the various game mechanics introduced in each new world that provide new opportunities to maximise his damage and printer output. With thousands of hours played Sam is regularly pushing the highest levels of Idleon content as he looks to make small percentage account gains while sharing his experience with other players.