Firewood is an essential element in Skyrim to craft arrows, bolts and crossbow, as well as to improve stone crushing weapons. Obtaining firewood can be tricky, and since you need it in large quantities, especially if you are using a bow and arrow, it can become problematic, unless you know where to look for it.
This guide will tell you 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 Volkihar Castle, Haafingar.
However, the best way to get firewood Skyrim is to use a lumberjack ax with wooden blocks which are scattered all over the place.
Once you get the ax, you can chop wood blocks resulting in 2x firewood per chop. One logging session is equivalent to 3 cuts and 6x firewood respectively. This process takes about 30 seconds.
Wooden chopping blocks
Here are all the locations of the logs in Skyrim:
| The hold |
Site |
|---|---|
| East March | Venthelm Cave of the Hills Steamscorch mine Mixed water mill Crossing Dark Waters Traitor post |
| Falkreath | Dengeir’s house Épervine Stormcloak Camp The hunter’s rest Coal mine Half-moon mill Shrine of the Dark Brotherhood Pinewatch Manor with lake view Bandit Camp: Ilinalta foothills |
| Haafingar | Lylvieve family house Dragon Bridge Logging Camp Katla’s farm Haafingar Stormcloak Camp Broken oar cave Ironback Stash Solitude Pine Moon Cave |
| Hjaalmarch | Deadly Hills |
| the pale | Dawn star Moulin d’Anga Vigilant Room |
| The scope | Druadach Redoubt Cave Hag Rock Redoubt Reach the Imperial Camp Former Hroldan Inn |
| The fault | Riften Nilheim Spring Canyon |
| Whiterun | General Belethor Goods The banner mare River wood Farm born in battle Whiterun River Watch Stream camp interrupted |
| Winter fort | Fishing Camp: Slaughterfish Bay The Frozen Hearth Inn |
| Solstheim | Skaal Village Raven rock Tour of the highest point Damhall Mine Bujold’s retreat Bloodskal Wheelbarrow |
Lumberjack ax
Players cannot craft or purchase a Lumberjack Ax, but you can simply find and collect this tool at the following locations:
| The hold |
Site |
|---|---|
| East March | Venthelm Mixed water mill Rochedorée mine Mara’s Eye Lair Gallows Rock Ansilvund burial chambers Windhelm Stables Hlaalu farm |
| Falkreath | Falkreath Coal mine Cave of the Lost Knife Pinewatch Prospector’s hut Haemar Cave |
| Haafingar | Solitude Katla’s farm Thalmor Embassy Northwatch Dungeon Volkihar herd Delicate Sload Solitude Sawmill Wolf Skull Cave |
| Hjaalmarch | Ustengrav Deadly Abandoned hut |
| the pale | Moulin d’Anga Auberge du Pic du Vent Volunruud |
| The scope | Markarth Markarth stables Redoubt of the Lost Valley Fort Sungard |
| The fault | Riften Stone of Shor Froki’s hut Fall Watchtower Faldar tooth Hollow Broken Helm Sarethi Farm Black-Briar Lodge Logging camp: Geir Lake Chute-de-roche cave |
| Whiterun | River wood General Belethor Goods Stream camp interrupted Rivière Blanche watch Blanche river Cowflop Farm Valtheim towers Silent Moons Camp Black shadow |
| Winter fort | Winterhold College Shrine of the Snow Veil Alftand Glacial Ruins Japheth’s folly Yngvild |
| Solstheim | Raven rock Skaal Village Bloodskal Wheelbarrow |
Poacher’s Ax
Alternatively, you can get the Poacher’s Ax, which is a unique Lumberjack’s Ax that can also be used to obtain firewood.
Besides being able to chop firewood, he can also deal bonus damage to animals due to the Huntsman Prowess enchantment.
There are two places, where you can get the Poacher’s Ax:
- Stream camp interrupted
- Riverwood, Whiterun
Halted Stream Camp is a bandit camp located northwest of Whitewatch Tower in Whiterun Hold (indicated by the red marker on the map above). Usually one of the orc bandits carries the poacher’s ax next to a grindstone or inside the mine. You can easily defeat him and grab the ax.
If you don’t want to get involved with the bandits, you can search for the Riverwood Merchant (indicated by the green marker on the map above) named Lucan Valerius in Riverwood, Whiterun. He can sell you the Poacher’s Ax for around 30 gold.
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