Idleon Chopping Build Guide - Woodcutting Efficiency - Games Finder (2024)

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
Smart Efficiency	Increases skill efficiency	The primary skill for chopping efficiency that offers a large percentage increase.
Active AFK’er	Increased skilling AFK gains	Boosts log gain and experience while AFK.
Log On Logs	Trees drop % more logs	A notable increase to log drops this talent needs to be placed on your attack bar.
Leaf Thief	+% 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.
Deforesting All Doubt	Wisdom has a +% higher effect on chopping efficiency	Improves the rate of efficiency that wisdom provides to turn your increasing stat into powerful gains.
Mana Overdrive	Increases MP %	An alchemy bubble unlocked in World 2 turns your MP into chopping efficiency which this percentage boost improves.
Mana Booster	Increases MP	Same as above but this is a flat increase to MP.
Inner Peace	Increases chopping experience gained	Boosts experience gained to improve your chopping levels to equip stronger hatchet tools.
Individual Insight	Increases wisdom	A small boost to chopping by increasing your wisdom.
Book of the Wise	Increases wisdom	Same as above.

Tab 3 skills for either Shaman or Wizard should be considered as follows:

Talent	Effect	Notes
Stupendous/Staring Statues	Increases effect of statues	Boosts the benefit of chopping statues that you have accumulated to date that provide chopping power.
WIS Wumbo	Increases wisdom	Another source of wisdom to obtain.
Occult Obols	Increases wisdom from obols	Improves the wisdom gained from obols which is generally quite small and a low priority talent.
Earlier Education	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
Tick Tock	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.
Supersource	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.
Action Frenzy	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.
Frothy Malk	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.
Toiler Paper Postage	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.
Rando Event Looty	Increased AFK gains rate	A small boost to AFK gains depending on your luck at random event loot.
Dummy Thicc Stats	% all stat	A small boost to stat as WIS boosts your mining gains that grows increasingly powerful as your account grows.
Will Of The Eldest	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
Stump Prop (Helmet)	5% Chopping Efficiency +5 Chopping Power	Woodsman (W1 Spore Meadows) quest line
Furled Robes (Shirt)	10% Chopping Efficiency	Anvil craft
Bleached Designer Wode Patch Pants (Pants)	5% Chopping Efficiency	Anvil craft (recipe dropped by Wode Board)
Logger Heels (Shoes)	20% Chopping Efficiency	Anvil craft, can be upgraded to Fiberous Footings (35% chopping efficiency)
Persephones Bouquet (Pendant)	15% Skill Afk Gain	Party Dungeons
Serrated Rex Ring (Rings)	8% Skill Efficiency	Party Dungeons (Rex Ring) then Baba Yaga drop for upgraded version
Gilded Efaunt Dislodged Tusks (Cape)	10% Skill Efficiency	Gilded Efaunt (W2 Nightmare boss)
Blunder Hero (Trophy)	3% Skill Afk Gain	Scripticus (W1 town) quest line
King of Food (Trophy)	20% Food Effect	Picnic Stowaway (W1 Froggy Fields) quest line
Time Candy Keychain (Keychain)	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
Bleach Logs	% Total Chopping Efficiency
Tropilogs	% Chopping Away Gains
Potty Rolls	% Chopping Speed
Tundra Logs	% Chopping Away Gains
Wispy Lumber	% Chopping Speed
Bunny	% Skill AFK gain rate
Amarok	% 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
Molto Loggo (Purple #4)	Increase multi-log chance (must be equipped)	Iron Bar
Le Brain Tools (Purple #7)	Hatchets give more skilling power	Sentient Cereal
Hocus Choppus (Purple #3)	Boosts chopping efficiency based on max MP	Trusty Nails
Mage Is Best (Purple #2)	Purple passive bubbles give higher bonuses	Spore Cap
Prowesessary (Yellow #5)	Lowers efficiency requirements for skilling quantity drop multipliers	Potty Rolls
Stable Jenius (Purple #1)	Total wisdom (WIS)	Bleach Logs

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
Saucy Logfries	Increases Chopping Speed by 15%	Anvil
Chogg Nogg	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
Lumberbob Statue	Increases Chopping Power	Crystal Monsters & Ore Veins
Feasty Statue	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
Hatchet (Skills)	Chopping Efficiency	Mr Pigibank	Thread
Duplogs (Skills)	Multi-log Chance	Frost Flake (W3 Mob)	Militia Helm
Swag Swingy Tool (Skills)	Chopping Efficiency	Thermister (W3 Mob)	Copper Pickaxe
Potion Stamp (Misc)	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
Taped Up Timber	+% Chopping Efficiency +% Prowess Effect +% Chopping AFK Gains
Magician Starter Pack	+ Base Max MP +% Max MP
Carepack From Mum	+% 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
Primordial Shrine	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
Skilled Dimwit	Increased skill efficiency Decreased skill experience gain	Goblin Gorefest Wave 25
Zerg Rushogen	Increased AFK gain rate Decrease carry capacity	Goblin Gorefest Wave 121