Comments

Comment by Angmaro

To see lumber, you need to (1) learn to be a Lumberjack, which you get from a dude in your Neighborhood near the "neighborhood center" where vendors the bulletin board are, and (2) an Axe in your inventory; you can buy one from the same dude for 25 gold. Then head to a Classic zone - like, say, Elwynn or Ashenvale - and you should see yellow Log icons on your minimap. Head to the associated tree and click on the glowing, sparkly, yellow holographic axe that's stuck in the tree. +1 Lumber. Repeat.

Comment by Woodymakespizza

Horde
Harvesting Hatchet purchased from Xizro in Razorwind shores at /way 54.2, 58

Comment by brothernads

Seems like you have to learn the lumberjacking skill and purchase the axe separately on all of your alts? This is going to be very tedious to set up. Why can't it be learn once and all of your alts automatically have the skill? The axe also seems like an unnecessary use of a bag slot.

Comment by DougFM

There's a bit of misinformation going around. You don't have to be a "lumberjack". Just buy the hatchet and that's it. No training needed. Click on it to scan, it seems to be permanent but if you're not seeing anything, click on it again. One toon can buy them for all the alts, just one at a time then mail it.

Comment by nazqul

Founder's Point Lumberjack Lestia Goldenstrike /way 51.91 38.75

Comment by Dannell

You don't need to be a lumberjack, ~~just have the axe~~. Now, the axe disappears and you learn the "Track Lumber" ability. Of course, there's nothing wrong with being a lumberjack. "I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK, I sleep all night and I work all day."

Comment by Kyndmryn

05/12/2025: 506 to craft all house decors once.

Comment by JonGhost52

Waited 15 minutes after harvesting a node to see it respawn. Testing on another node, more than 20 minutes, no respawn.

Comment by Amaine

These wood numbers are calculated for crafting decorations from all professions in Early Access Housing. With the launch of the new Midnight expansion, these numbers will likely change.

Ironwood Lumber (Kalimdor and Eastern Kingdoms): you need 506 pieces
Olemba Lumber (Outland Zones): you need 512 pieces
Coldwind Lumber (Northrend Zones): you need 465 pieces
Ashwood Lumber (Cataclysm Zones): you need 451 pieces
Bamboo Lumber (Mists of Pandaria Zones): you need 526 pieces
Shadowmoon Lumber (Draenor Zones): you need 451 pieces
Fel-Touched Lumber (Broken Isle Zones and Argus): you need 594 pieces
Darkpine Lumber (Battle for Azeroth Zones): you need 476 pieces
Arden Lumber (Shadowlands Zones): you need 532 pieces
Dragonpine Lumber (Dragonflight Zones): you need 654 pieces
Dornic Fir Lumber (Khaz Algar and K'aresh): you need 559 pieces

Comment by rarehunter122

It doesn't appear that all zones have Lumber, logic be damned.

Teldrassil for example...doesn't have lumber.

Comment by mek002

switch to slow flying and just fly around... places with a lot of trees help,,, make sure to click the hatchet when you arrive in the zone.- hope that helps
fyi for shadowlands .. the first zone you go...you will see the node in areas with trees -

UPDATE: You can get more than one log so far I have gotten x2 logs ( In Azshara on a hordie)

Comment by bratmonkey

Farm these in Moonglade. You're welcome.

Comment by donquixote235

I've found that the best place to harvest this lumber is in Northern Barrens, at Lushwater Oasis (the pool of water that's just south of Wailing Caverns). Just fly in circles around the oasis; at any given moment, there will be at least 1-2 nodes available. I was able to get 100 pieces in next to no time. If for some reason it stops producing, fly to any of the other oases in the zone; since there's such a large collection of trees at them, the wood seems to spawn at them rather frequently.

Comment by Beace

Compared a couple of different spots for this Lumber:

Moonglade: 300 lumber/hour
Durotar route shown at https://www.method.gg/guides/best-routes-to-farm-lumber: 360 lumber/hour

This is on a druid fully focused on gathering lumber with no distractions. I much prefer Durotar because there's open space and the trees are fairly small so that you can find the lumber spot easier. I also tried the Oasis spots in Barrens but did not find it good at all so didn't stick around to get a lumber/hour reading.

Comment by Lisanette

Early access decor mats breake down for one of each:
(The 19 Vanilla recipes need 506 Ironwood lumber)

Mine'n'melt:
24 Mithril
24 Truesilver
86 Thorium
36 Dense Stone
480 Dark Iron Ore

Skin:
24 Rugged Leather
2 Rugged Hide
8 Devilsaur Leather

Herb:
8 Black Lotus
((and flowers for inks))

Make:
6 Fiery Ink
7 Ink of the Sky
50 Celestial Ink
8 Royal Ink
14 Large Brilliant Shard
56 Greater Eternal Essence

Loot:
12 Ironweb Spider Silk
86 Runecloth
24 Felcloth
8 Large Opal
20 Star Ruby
32 Arcane Crystals
2 Golden Pearls
10 Dark Runes
5 Fiery Core
10 Lava Core
4 Essence of Fire
28 Essence of Earth
36 Essence of Undead
2 Deeprock Salt

Buy:
20 Yellow Dye
6 Red Dye
2 Purple Dye
2 Black Dye
10 Rune Thread
7 Crystal Vial
100 Light Parchment

Comment by MadHatterX

Zul`Grurb, outside of the dungeon. Your welcome!

Comment by lithiumburrito

Amaine did an amazing job mathing these totals together, but they weren't in any specific order so I just wanted to posted them by expansion order to make it easier for anyone like me to read through them. Additional thanks to TheCheat54 for a corrected Dragonflight total.

Vanilla -- Ironwood Lumber -- 506
TBC -- Olemba Lumber -- 512
WotLK -- Coldwind Lumber -- 465
Cata -- Ashwood Lumber -- 451
Pandaria -- Bamboo Lumber -- 526
WoD -- Shadowmoon Lumber -- 451
Legion -- Fel-Touched Lumber -- 594
BFA -- Darkpine Lumber -- 476
Shadowlands -- Arden Lumber -- 532
Dragonflight -- Dragonpine Lumber -- 654
TWW -- Dornic Fir Lumber -- 559

Comment by nezagu

Big shout out to Amaine, lithiumburrito and TheCheat54 for doing all the calculations - im adding my 2 cents in and if you are like me and want to work from the hardest to easiest farm (biggest number to lowest number) here you go :)

Dragonpine Lumber - 654 total
Fel-touched Lumber - 594 total
Dornic Fir Lumber - 559 total
Arden Lumber - 532 total
Bamboo Lumber - 526 total
Olemba Lumber - 512 total
Ironwood Lumber - 506 total
Darkpine Lumber - 476 total
Coldwind Lumber - 465 total
Ashwood Lumber - 451 total
Shadowmoon Lumber - 451 total

If you are a completionist like me i would suggest doing PvP queues while you farm... farm those Mark of Honor

Comment by Deeuce

With all of the optimal routes out there, the one I found most efficient for myself was a tri-rotation at the border of Northern and Southern Barrens. Start at Lushwater Oasis near WC and circle it a few times, head southeast to Stagnant Oasis for a few laps, then head southwest to the Overgrowth. This will give you three plentiful sources and very short travel times between them. There are also a handful of spawns between Lushwater and Stagnant that you can pick-up along the way during your rotation.

Comment by Zulatomten

I've yet tried any other zone than Durotar, I'd still recommend Durotar over anything else as i can imagine the alternatives being much more bothersome dealing with large trees and view blocking tree crowns.
In a quick farm before the weekly reset i got 70x lumber in roughly 10-11 minutes, with only 4 trees ever giving more than a single lumber.

Why is Durotar great?

Great visibility, the trees are spread apart so usually a single upward flap with Dragonflight flying is enough between nodes.
The nodes themself are very visible on the trees and don't blend into the ground or the trees themself.

Notes or tips
Use the addons GatherMate + Data in combination of Routes (CurseForge Links) to create a drawn loop on the map.
For the route setting I've used Clustering: 50 and then click the "Foreground" button a bunch of times.
I then flew counter-clockwise as i noticed many of the lumber nodes were along that path when following the loop.

Comment by hunteralixis

Well I tried all the Barrens and Durotar suggestions and was having crappy luck. Like 55 in an hour kind of luck. So I went to Brill, thinking theres lots of trees! But My gatherer toon doesn't have access to old Brill yet. So! I went over to Western Plaguelands and JACKPOT! I'm finding way more nodes in WP and they are respawning FAST. So if you're having bad luck like me, try Eastern Kingdom instead of the overcamped Kalimdor classic zones.

Comment by Assymassy

I have tried a few zones in kalimdor ( Un'goro, ferales and Desolace) then i went to EK to Elwynn Forest, but i found zero ironwood lumber :( is this broken from the midnight pre-patch or am i just this unlucky?

edit: don't be like me. You have to click on the hatchet again to see the lumber!

Comment by Ordotemplis

Moonglade is a pretty good spot to farm :)

Comment by Longrunner

Crafting all 21 Classic decorations requires the following reagents: (@Midnight prepatch Feb2026)

Only BoP reagent:
506 x Ironwood Lumber Farmig takes about 2h in Moonglade. Consider chosing a different zone and combine it with farming some of the following crafting reagents for decors.

All other reagents are avaiblable in auctionhouse or from vendors:
28 x Essence of Earth
4 x Essence of Fire
44 x Essence of Undeath
2 x Golden Pearl
10 x Dark Rune
5 x Fiery Core
10 x Lava Core

4 x Iron Bar
24 x Truesilver Bar
60 x Dark Iron Bar
12 x Thorium Bar
20 x Arcanite Bar
36 x Dense Stone

6 x Thorium Widget
4 x Thorium Tube
12 x Delicate Arcanite Converter

20 x Star Ruby
8 x Large Opal
12 x Mithril Filigree

10 x Sorrowmoss
8 x Black Lotus

7 x Crystal Vial (Vendor item)
14 x Royal Ink
6 x Fiery Ink
7 x Ink of the Sky
50 x Scroll of Intellect IV

2 x Black Dye (Vendor item)
6 x Red Dye (Vendor item)
20 x Yellow Dye (Vendor item)
2 x Purple Dye (Vendor item)
10 x Rune Thread (Vendor item)
20 x Bolt of Runecloth
12 x Mooncloth

20 x Greater Eternal Essence
14 x Large Brilliant Shard

12 x Rugged Leather
12 x Enchanted Leather
2 x Cured Rugged Hide
8 x Devilsaur Leather

Note: All finished decors are likely available in your auctionhouse!

Comment by MikiMM

You need to harvest 250 of this type of lumber to earn the achievement Classically Trained Lumberjack and from then on, you can gather the lumber while mounted. Speeds up the process quite a bit, unless you're druid.

Comment by AdenAndrews

When that Ironwood Lumber X3 hits....... It's like a reward.

Comment by Dannell

As of the Midnight pre-expansion, you can now find lumber nodes in Draenor. Your lumberjack no longer sells Shadowmoon Lumber for Olemba lumber.

Comment by MikiMM

To increase lumber gathering speed/efficiency, one might want to consider to enable the "Interact Key" in the options and then do a little bit of more fine tuning.
Directly from the Options menu, you can bind the Interact Key to a specific button on your keyboard.

Enable Interact Key (image)

Copy/paste the following commands (including the / symbol, too) in your chat window:

/console SoftTargetInteractRange 30 -- this increases the reach of your interact key (default is 10)

/console SoftTargetInteractArc 2 -- this allows you to interact with objects even if you're not facing them

Finally, upvote the comment so as to spread the knowledge and make everyone's life easier. :)

View in 3D Links

Quick Facts

Screenshots

Videos

Ironwood Lumber

Item Level 10
Binds to Warband

Crafting Reagent
"Harvested lumber found in the areas classically considered part of Kalimdor and the Eastern Kingdoms."

Max Stack: 1000

Sell Price: 15

Guides

Professions in Player Housing

Ironwood Lumber

Guides

Related

Contribute