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Optimise woodcutting gains with this comprehensive chopping build guide to harvest every tree log and leaf for equipment, alchemy, stamps and other upgrade mechanics. This page includes a mage chopping build and other efficiency sources like gear, cards and alchemy to provide a checklist of potential boosts.
Focused on the critical boosts up to World 3 this guide provides a fundamental understanding of chopping efficiency for new and intermediate Idleon players. Beyond this point chopping gains will continue to climb naturally through a wealth of general skill efficiency gains available in future worlds which are listed on the Idleon wiki.
Table of Contents:
– Chopping Talents (Mage, Wizard/Shaman & Special)
– Chopping Gear
– Chopping Cards
– Chopping Alchemy
– Other Chopping Build Optimisations
Chopping Build Talents (Mage, Shaman and Wizard)
Mage talents are critical to a chopping build and prioritised as follows:
| 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 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 % | Â An alchemy bubble unlocked in World 2 turns your MP into chopping efficiency. |
 Mana Booster |
Increases MP | Â 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 prioritised as follows:
| Talent | Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|
  Stupendous/Staring Statues |
Increases effect of statues | Boosts the benefit of chopping statues that provide chopping power. |
 WIS Wumbo |
Increases Wisdom | Another source of Wisdom. |
 Occult Obols |
Increases Wisdom from obols | Improves the Wisdom gained from obols which is generally small and a lower priority talent. |
Special Talents should be prioritised as follows:
| Talent | Effect | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Tick Tock |
Increases away gains for fighting and skilling | Away gains have a notable impact and difficult to obtain elsewhere early. |
 Supersource |
Increases base efficiency for all skills | Available through Party Dungeons this flat boost to your efficiency and later boosted by % chopping efficiency gains. |
 Action Frenzy |
Increases speed for all skills. | Also from Party Dungeons this skill increases your skilling speed forwhich is great for resources and maximising cards gained from chopping. |
 Frothy Malk |
Boost foods give higher bonuses | Improves the effect of boost foods (Saucy Logs) for extra chopping speed gains. |
 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 initially. |
 Rando Event Looty |
Increased AFK gains rate | A small boost to AFK gains depending on your luck at random event loot obtained. |
 Dummy Thicc Stats |
% all stat | A small boost to stat as WIS boosts your gains that grows increasingly powerful as your account grows. |
Chopping Gear
Optimising equipment is equally important for chopping, ensure you always have the best hatchet you can craft and combine with the below as available:
| 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
There are many log cards that provide efficiency, speed and chopping away gains along with the “Easy Resources” card set. The primary cards available up to World 3 are below and if you have remaining card slots available 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 core chopping build element is High-IQ Cauldron alchemy bubbles with many boosts that start small but have a notable impact over time in this recommended priority order for bubbles:
| 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 |
 Stable Jenius (Purple #1) |
Total wisdom (WIS) |  Bleach Logs |
The yellow bubble 5 (Prowesessary) also offers some overall skilling benefits for Potty Rolls and the Tundra Logs vial increases chopping efficiency.
Other Chopping Build Optimisation
In addition to the above core build for chopping trees there are other smaller efficiency gains to push over time:
Chopping Star Signs
Star signs in Idleon provide a simple boost and depending on your current on your progression I recommend the following Chronus options:
- 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 chopping speed benefits for more overall log gain. Depending on your progress you may not need both chopping speed foods as this stat is cappped at 62/MIN which can be checked on the skill screen for each character.
| 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 another that provides an indirect boost to your gains.
| Statue | Effect | Source |
|---|---|---|
 Lumberbob Statue |
Increases Chopping Power | Crystal Monsters & Ore Veins |
 Feasty Statue |
Increases Food Bonuses | Â Crystal Monsters |
Chopping Stamps
There are several stamps available for chopping boosts with the key ones:
| 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 limit your post office box investment to your 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 |
