Bird Nest/Guide

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Uses for Bird Nests

Bird Nests are the best source of many important seeds for different parts of the game:

There is also an Elite Difficulty

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Township

Task that requires 1,000k (one million) Bird Nests.

These statements combined mean that if the player is to complete all of the required township Tasks while starting from nothing, approximately 1,561k Bird Nests must be acquired. Bird nests are a particularly volatile resource, under normal circumstances it may seem impossible to collect enough in a reasonable time frame, but this guide will explain the best ways to focus on getting these items to make the grind as painless as possible.

Obtaining Bird Nests

Bonuses

A full list of applicable bonuses can be found on the Woodcutting page as well as the Skill Boosts page, the most impactful bonuses are listed below.

Name Effect
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Dragon Axe
-40% Cut time
TotH.svg Divine Axe +9% Chance to Double Items in Woodcutting, +6% for Bird Nests to drop in Woodcutting
Woodcutting Skillcape -15% Base Woodcutting Interval (additive with all other bonuses)
TotH.svg Superior Woodcutting Skillcape -20% Base Woodcutting Interval (replaces Woodcutting Skillcape)
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Master of Nature
-15% Base Woodcutting Interval (additive with all other bonuses)
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Stepping Stones
-6% Base Woodcutting Interval (additive with all other bonuses)
TotH.svg Harold -3% Global Interval (replaces Woodcutting Skillcape)
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Level 99
Decreased cut interval by 0.2s for this Tree (additive with all other bonuses, % based modifiers apply first, followed by flat interval modifiers)
+45% chance to receive 2x Logs per action
AoD.png Terran Dungeon Ruins -0.1s Woodcutting Interval (additive with all other bonuses, % based modifiers apply first, followed by flat interval modifiers)
-0.2s Woodcutting Interval with Carthulu
Bird Nest Potion IV +30% Chance for Bird Nests to drop in Woodcutting
Clue Chasers Insignia 10% Increased chance to receive Bird Nests from Woodcutting
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Multi-Tree
Cut 2 different trees in Woodcutting simultaneously
Lumberjack's Top +2% Bird Nest drop rate
95% Woodcutting Mastery Pool Checkpoint Increases the base quantity of Bird Nests dropped by +1
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Ent
+10% Chance to gain +1 additional resource (this does not directly affect ) in Woodcutting. Cannot be doubled
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Ent
+
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Bear
Synergy
Increases the base quantity of Bird Nests dropped by +1
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Deedree
Up to +8% Chance to Double Items in Woodcutting and up to +5% Bird Nest drop rate

Chopping Logs With Bird Nests Potions

Requirements

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    Level 10
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    Level 1

Please note: Although the minimum requirements are low, using Bird Nest Potion IV and minimum action time are advised or else the acquisition rate drops dramatically.

Method

Cut Normal Logs to obtain Bird Nests, as these have the fastest default cut time. The goal is to perform actions at the minimum interval allowed by the game, 0.25 seconds, or 4 actions per second.

Note: If any trees of a higher level can be cut at 0.25s, feel free to cut those in addition or instead of the Normal Logs. Do not cut any other logs unless you need them for some other goal as doing so can significantly increase the action time, which decreases the amount of Bird Nests gained over time.

Selling any excess logs and Bird Nests for profit is a decent Money Making strategy.

A portion of the nests can be opened for Potato Seeds to make more potions if required.


How to Achieve Min Interval (0.25s)

The primary difficulty in maximizing bird nest farming is reducing interval as much as possible.

  • In the base game the minimum interval is 0.52 cutting only normal logs. This is achieved through
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    Dragon Axe
    ,
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    Master of Nature
    , Woodcutting Skillcape and
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    Stepping Stones
    , as well as 99 mastery on normal logs. This results in 76% reduction and 0.2 flat reduction. All points below use these buffs in addition to those listed.
  • With TotH.svgThrone of the Herald and AoD.pngAtlas of Discovery, many other interval reduction options are available. The
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    Ent
    + Eagle summoning synergy can reduce normal logs to the min 0.25 interval.
  • Using the Cartography point of interest Terran Dungeon Ruins doubled with Carthulu, and full Cartography hex mastery for 3% interval reduction, you can achieve 0.25 on normal logs.

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The maximum rates assume:

  • The
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    Dragon Axe
    , and
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    Master of Nature
    upgrades have been purchased
  • Beavis is unlocked
  • The following items are equipped: Aorpheat's Signet Ring, Ring of Wealth (in the Passive Slot), Clue Chasers Insignia, Woodcutting Skillcape, Lumberjack's Top
  • The
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    Ent
    +
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    Bear
    Synergy is in use
  • The 95% Woodcutting Mastery Pool Checkpoint is active, and level 99
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    Mastery
    in the trees being cut has been reached
  • The following
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    Agility
    obstacles are active:
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    Stepping Stones
    (3),
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    Rock Climb
    (5),
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    Ice Jump
    (9), and
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    Pillar of Skilling
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    Deedree
    provides both +15% chance to double items in
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    Woodcutting
    , and +15% chance for Bird Nests to drop

Per hour, this yields the following:

Details
The results were determined by using this save followed by the execution of game.testForOffline(1000) from the browser console. To run offline progression for 1,000 hours, a script which extends the maximum offline time beyond its usual limits or a modification to the getOfflineTimeDiff function must be used.