Firewood is an essential item in Skyrim for crafting arrows, bolts, and the crossbow, as well as for upgrading weapons at grind stones. Getting firewood can be tricky, and since you need it in huge quantities, especially if you’re using bow and arrows, then it can get problematic, unless you know where to look for it. This guide will explain how to get firewood and where to find it in Skyrim.
How to Get Firewood in Skyrim
You can find some ready-made firewood at Highpoint Tower and Volkihar Dungeons, located under the Volkihar Castle, Haafingar. That won’t sate all your needs, though. You’ll need to get more.
The best way to get firewood in Skyrim past the aforementioned freebies is to use a woodcutter’s axe at the wood chopping blocks that are scattered all over.
Once you get the axe, you can chop wood blocks, which yields 2x Firewood per chop. One woodcutting session equals 3 chops and 6x Firewood respectively. This process takes about 30 seconds.
Wood Chopping Blocks
Here are all the locations of wood chopping blocks in Skyrim:
| The Hold | Location |
|---|---|
| Eastmarch | Windhelm Uttering Hills Cave Steamscorch Mine Mixwater Mill Darkwater Crossing Traitor’s Post |
| Falkreath | Dengeir’s House Falkreath Stormcloak Camp Hunter’s Rest Embershard Mine Half-Moon Mill Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary Pinewatch Lakeview Manor Bandit Camp: Ilinalta Foothills |
| Haafingar | Lylvieve Family’s House Dragon Bridge Lumber Camp Katla’s Farm Haafingar Stormcloak Camp Broken Oar Grotto Ironback Hideout Solitude Pinemoon Cave |
| Hjaalmarch | Morthal Stonehills |
| The Pale | Dawnstar Anga’s Mill Hall of the Vigilant |
| The Reach | Druadach Redoubt Cave Hag Rock Redoubt Reach Imperial Camp Old Hroldan Inn |
| The Rift | Riften Nilheim Dayspring Canyon |
| Whiterun | Belethor’s General Goods The Bannered Mare Riverwood Battle-Born Farm Whiterun River Watch Halted Stream Camp |
| Winterhold | Fisherman’s Camp: Slaughterfish Bay The Frozen Hearth Inn |
| Solstheim | Skaal Village Raven Rock Highpoint Tower Damphall Mine Bujold’s Retreat Bloodskal Barrow |
Woodcutter’s Axe
Players can’t craft or purchase a woodcutter’s axe, but you can simply find and pick up this tool at the following locations:
| The Hold | Location |
|---|---|
| Eastmarch | Windhelm Mixwater Mill Goldenrock Mine Mara’s Eye Den Gallows Rock Ansilvund Burial Chambers Windhelm Stables Hlaalu Farm |
| Falkreath | Falkreath Embershard Mine Lost Knife Cave Pinewatch Prospector’s Shack Haemar’s Cavern |
| Haafingar | Solitude Katla’s Farm Thalmor Embassy Northwatch Keep Volkihar Undercroft Dainty Sload Solitude Sawmill Wolfskull Cave |
| Hjaalmarch | Ustengrav Morthal Abandoned Shack |
| The Pale | Anga’s Mill Windpeak Inn Volunruud |
| The Reach | Markarth Markarth Stables Lost Valley Redoubt Fort Sungard |
| The Rift | Riften Shor’s Stone Froki’s Shack Autumnwatch Tower Faldar’s Tooth Broken Helm Hollow Sarethi Farm Black-Briar Lodge Wood Cutter’s Camp: Lake Geir Boulderfall Cave |
| Whiterun | Riverwood Belethor’s General Goods Halted Stream Camp White River Watch White River Cowflop Farmhouse Valtheim Towers Silent Moons Camp Darkshade |
| Winterhold | College of Winterhold Snow Veil Sanctum Alftand Glacial Ruins Japhet’s Folly Yngvild |
| Solstheim | Raven Rock Skaal Village Bloodskal Barrow |
How to Get the Poacher’s Axe
Alternatively, you could get the Poacher’s Axe, which is a unique woodcutter’s axe that can also be used for getting firewood.
Besides being able to chop firewood, it can also deal extra damage to animals due to Huntsman Prowess enchantment.
There are two locations, where you can get the Poacher’s Axe:
- Halted Stream Camp
- Riverwood, Whiterun
Halted Stream Camp is a bandit camp located northwest of Whitewatch Tower in the Whiterun hold (indicated by the red marker on the map above). Usually, one of the orc bandits carries the Poacher’s Axe next to a grind stone or inside the mine. You can easily defeat him and take hold of the axe.
If you don’t want to get involved with the bandits, then you can seek out the Riverwood Trader (indicated by the green marker on the map above) named Lucan Valerius at Riverwood, Whiterun. He can sell you the Poacher’s Axe for about 30 gold coins.
Related Guides
- Skyrim: How to Craft & Find Daedric Armor
- Skyrim: How to Craft & Find Daedric Weapons
- How to Join the Thieves Guild in Skyrim
That’s everything you need to know on how to get firewood in Skyrim, using wood chopping blocks and woodcutter’s axe. For more Skyrim tips and tricks articles, consider clicking the links above.
Published: Jul 21, 2023 12:04 pm