Lumberjack Profession Guide Introduction
Lumberjack, one of the slowest/hardest gathering professions in the world of Dofus. I would like to start by saying that there definetly is no fast way to level this professions, so for all those who think they can do it in a few days or weeks should stop reading here unless they want to spend loads of time on this profession. Lumberjack gathers wood from forests, plains and pandala "jungles", lumberjacks can make planks from wood (x20 of type X wood for type X plank) used mainly in the Handyman profession or in some crafts, they can also make smithmagic shaving potions used to add durability points onto ethereal weapons. Mainly wood is used in smith and carver professions, also some other professions use it. I have seen numerous topics on people asking how to level it fast, well as I said there isn't one, you need to have patience and lots of free time, as you will mostly gain experience from chopping wood which can be extremely slow due to competition and slow spawn times. That is probably my main reason for writing this introductive guide which will give you tips and hints how to level lumberjack efficiently, I can say of experience that it is totally worth it.

Before getting into specifics, planning chopping routes is the best thing one can think of for efficient levelling (if you are for plain exp, plan routes with lumberjack workshops on them, thus allowing you to turn your wood into planks/smithmagic potions). These routes are also called "loops" usually routes made by players which start at one point and end in the same, doing a loop around a certain area. Most popular loops are the Astrub Forest (ash, chestnut, walnut, few oaks and maples, mainly for low levels), Milicluster Loop (area to the left of Milicluster zaap, ash, few chestnut), The Amakna Forest Loop (North from Sufokia Gate zaap / South from Milicluster zaap) and the Scaraleaf Plain / Jelly Peninsula Loop (ash, chestnut, walnut, oak, maple, few higher level trees). These are the most popular loops for lower level and higher level lumberjacks as how ever high you get in lumberjack you will have to cut lower level trees also to get most efficient experience. (I will include maps of these loops in the bottom of this post and also useful links to tree locations)

I can figure three ways to level lumberjack, 1) chop and destroy, 2) chop and craft, 3) chop and bank. 1) being the "fastest" way, but also wasting loads of good wood which can be sold, 2) pretty efficient way and probably the best if you want to level faster than using 3) in which you bank your wood to be used in other professions or to be sold. In the beginning I would suggesting making smithmagic potions from the wood you chop, but it does get very unefficient and wood costly in the later levels. I would suggest a combination of 2) and 3) depending what your intentions are, at this point I would like to remind this profession may take months to level to 100 depending how much you play. For me it took 2-3 weeks from 1-60 and about a month from 60-100 so in total 6-7 weeks and I chopped 7-15 hours a day non-stop, competition makes this profession hard, as well as slow respawn times compared to e.g. farmer.

The Levels
In the end of this post you can find maps of the loops, so when i refer to e.g. Eltneg Woods loop, you can find the map at the bottom

1-20
- Beginning levels, mainly cut ash and chestnut in the Astrub Forest area or Milicluster zaap area
- If those areas are crowded check the Amakna Forest Loop

20-40
- Early 20-30's Milicluster loop, Astrub Forest loop, Amakna Forest loop and Scaraleaf Plain loop are pretty good choices for ash, chestnut, walnut and oak with reasonably big spawns
- Would like to remind that walnut becomes even less efficient than cutting ash in the later levels, so does maple
- Maple may seem like a good option to cut, but it is pretty rare and will never be a tree you will grind on, although walnut and maple are good for money making

40-60
- Still the same loops as before, at 60 almost fully utilizing the Amakna forest loop as you can cut trees up to Wild Cherry
- I do not suggest to cut in Eltneg Woods as your level is revatively low and the cutting times are high
- How ever tempting it might seem to start cutting e.g. yew and wild cherry, they will not be good trees to level on due to rarity, respawn times, and cutting times
- At this point chestnut and oak are the best levelling trees as they have been until this point, occasionally checking the Aerdala Bamboo loop is a good idea

60-80
- Mid-levels, new trees, old-loops, at 80 you can fully utilize the Scaraleaf Plain loop and Porcos Terriotory, I suggest sticking into the same old loops, yielding best experience time/exp ratio and respawn times are faster
- Wild Cherry, Ebony, Charm/Hornbeam, Dark Bamboo, will never be good grinding places due to scarcity, competition, slow respawn times, although dark bamboo might be good to check every now and then
- Occasional Eltneg Loops become more efficient

80-90
- The hard levels, this is the time you should solely start cutting Bombu (Cania Massif) and Oliviolet (Sidimote Moor), these give the best experience/time ratio, I did not mention these earlier because they are mainly cut by higher levels and you wont be able to compete, also Amakna Forest and Scaraleaf Plain loops are still good exp
- Occasional Eltneg runs can be done

90-100
- Suggesting same as for 80-90
- Once you hit 100 you will be able to cut the most expensive tree in the game, Holy Bamboo (10kk/ea in Rosal)
- If you made it this far, congratulate yourself and start making money

Now I have to go sleep, I will include the loop pictures, extra tips and other info tomorrow

Hope you enjoyed reading my guide!

Sky

Maybe if by chance some random person was buying that many ash wood sure... but it'd be a one time occurrance to make that much from ash wood so please shut up. I have been level 100 for quite a while now and am reaching 1mk XP and it is not *hard* to make 250kk+ a day off of wood but it requires dedication and being able to time spawns like elm/darkbamboo/bamboo/holybamboo.

Just got my lumberjack to lv100 this weekend.

All I can say is that fisherman is even harder....

BS!!! You forgot about Fisherman and Hunter. They kill your gaming time like waaam!

This post has been edited by Toodlez: 16 Jun 2009, 07:51

If only u know But nah. Doubt anyone reveal their secret of making kamas or everyone will be like rich busters, and those with the idea and secrets in the first place will not see daylight anymore, because their secret has been stolen by greedy kama farmers. WOTEVA, lulz!

You say tis a game, and experience belong to everyone, but nuh uh, experience belong to oneself, u must earn it yourself, not by having some experiences gamer tell you, and you do it. Ohhh n' be so proud that you found a kama making way, only to find it doesn't earn you as much kamas as other ppl still, cuz someone else got a secret way that you dont know that earn even more. And ya'll be keep searching, and waste your time doing so, rather than focus and earning your own experience in playing this hell of a good game.

just finished reading every last post in this thread... took almost as long as getting a lumber jack to lvl 100 (jp) but anyways your guide is good stuff. It's helpful and i'm glad you didn't include maps. People can figure that stuff out on their own. I would agree with most people however that scara/jellies is your best option from lvl 30-60ish (i'm not sure but it seems like it; i'm only lvl 32 LJ)

This is such a good guide, Can't count how many times I've had to use the search function to find it.

I have to disagree with hunter. I run gob dungeon a lot with my cra for souls, scrolling mats, and profession leveling drops. Having the hunter profession just gives me another drop to sell.