Evil elder tree

Evil elder tree
Release date	25 February 2009 (Update)
Race	Evil tree
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	See list of possible locations
Sells items	No
Gender	None
Actions	• Chop • Light fire • Inspect • Examine
Examine	The most fearsome of evil trees!
Advanced data
NPC ID	? (edit)
Object ID	11922, 11923, 11924
Links	MRND MROD
Infobox • (multi) • Talk page

An evil elder tree is a corrupted version of an elder tree and may be encountered playing the Evil Tree D&D. This tree has the highest requirements of any evil tree, with 90 Woodcutting to chop it, 90 Firemaking to set fire to it, and 45 Farming to nurture it (when it is a sapling). It takes the longest to defeat, but it also grants the most experience.

Experience

• When the tree is still a sapling, Farming experience can be gained for nurturing it. No items are required for nurturing.
• 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 kindlings, which can be used on the tree to set fire to a part of it. This awards 2,600 Firemaking experience.

The ring of fire and flame gloves give no additional experience, and the inferno adze will not automatically light any kindling received. Skill boosts such as a beaver cannot be used to cut this tree. Players must actually have level 90 in Woodcutting.

Evil Tree	Experience
	Nurturing	Firemaking	Chopping roots	Chopping tree
Elder	687.5	10,800	32.5	162.5

Rewards

• Experience (Farming and Firemaking or Woodcutting)
• Teak logs (noted)
• Yew logs (noted)
• Magic logs (noted)
• Elder logs (noted)
• Mahogany logs (noted)
• Bird's nests
• Tooth half of a key
• Sealed clue scroll (easy)
• Coins
• Fellstalk seeds (11 for full reward)
• Key tokens
• Any tree seed
• After the tree has been killed, the leprechaun will bank any additional logs cut for up to 30 minutes.
• Crystal triskelion fragment 1, 2, or 3

Update history

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• ninja 15 February 2021 (Update):
  • The evil magic and evil elder trees are now correctly caught by the 'Hide members' filter.

• update 25 February 2009 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Evil elder trees, evil yew trees and dead trees appear in the Wilderness-styled levels in Armies of Gielinor as "tree"-scenery.
• The tree appears to have a moustache and beard, as there is a grey area above and below the 'mouth', which also refers to 'elder'.
• Cutting down an evil elder tree is one of the few ways to gain a part of the crystal triskelion.
• Before the release of elder trees this was the only evil tree in the game without a regular tree counterpart and only required 85 Woodcutting.