Wood Cutting Skill ID

The skill ID for Wood Cutting in Valheim, with raiseskill and resetskill commands to set your level from the console.

About

Wood Cutting is a Skill in Valheim. Higher levels increases chop damage done against susceptible entities (trees, logs, stumps). Stamina cost to swing an axe is not reduced by the Wood Cutting skill, only the axe skill. Hitting trees with an axe gives woodcutting experience (not axe xp). This can only occur once per swing regardless of the number of trees hit. If a tree and a non-tree is hit in the same swing with an axe, the player will gain xp for both woodcutting and axe skills. If at least one of those was an enemy or player, the player will gain 1.5x for both.

Overview

Wood Cutting is one of Valheim's character skills, tracked under the internal ID Wood Cutting. Determines axe damage when hitting trees. Does not impact Axes (Skill).

Experience is gained at 1 per attack when hitting a tree (+0.5 when also hitting a creature).

At max level (100) it grants +131% damage against trees.

Adjust your level from the console with raiseskill "Wood Cutting" 10 to add 10 points, or resetskill "Wood Cutting" to wipe it back to 0.

Skill ID	Wood Cutting
Description	Determines axe damage when hitting trees. Does not impact Axes (Skill).
Effect at Max Level	+131% damage against trees
Experience Gain	1 per attack when hitting a tree (+0.5 when also hitting a creature)

Command reference: raiseskill
Command reference: resetskill

Command Builder

Amount

Increases your Wood Cutting skill by 10 points (max level is 100).

Example Commands

Increases your Wood Cutting skill by 10 points. Max level is 100.

Resets your Wood Cutting skill to 0.

Tools That Use Wood Cutting

Leveling & Death Penalty

Every Valheim skill ranges from level 0 to 100, and its bonus grows as the level climbs — the +131% damage against trees above is the full value you reach at level 100. Wood Cutting earns experience at 1 per attack when hitting a tree (+0.5 when also hitting a creature), so it climbs fastest when you use it deliberately.

Dying is the catch: each death drains roughly 5% of your level in every skill, Wood Cutting included, so a hard-won level erodes quickly on a dangerous run. To claw it back without the grind, run raiseskill "Wood Cutting" 10 — that adds ten levels at once, and you can pass any amount (or a negative number to lower it). Prefer a clean slate? resetskill "Wood Cutting" wipes the skill back to 0.