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Please note this is a ‘Dangerous’ minigame. If you die during this minigame, you will lose your items.

Introduction For those who have completed Jungle Potion there’s still plenty to do around the village - just talk to some of the villagers in this tight little community. By speaking to Murcaily, east of Trufitius’ hut, you will find that most jungle villagers hate to have their nice tidy village invaded by stubborn patches of jungle. Therefore you volunteer to help clear the area of jungle surrounding the village and also repair any damaged fencing.

Location

This game takes place in the jungles surrounding Tai Bwo Wannai Village on Karamja. The areas highlighted in the map below indicates the areas where the different types of jungles can be cut from.

Necessary Requirements

To take part in this mini-game you must have completed the Jungle Potion quest. You will need to be wielding a machete in order to cut back the growth, not just have one in your inventory. Machetes do not have a required level to wield, however, Level 10 woodcutting is required to chop Light Jungle, Level 20 is required to chop Medium Jungle and Level 35 is required to chop Dense Jungle.

The denser the level of the jungle, the more woodcutting experience you will receive.

Recommended Items

The items we recommend for this mini-game are:

Item

Obtained From

Use in TBWC

Content

Light Jungle

Medium Jungle

Dense Jungle

There are three types of jungle growth: light, medium and dense. When you cut back the jungle to the ground you will receive some spars. The type of spar you receive will be the same as the type of jungle you cut back. For example, if you cut back some light jungle, you will receive light spars. The amount of spars you receive when cutting back one jungle growth is random, so you could be trimming two different jungle growths of the same type and receive five spars from one and 8 from another.

Using Spars

Light Spar

Medium Spar

Dense Spar

There are different uses for spars. One way to use spars is for repairing the fence around Tai Bwo Wannai Village. Repairing the fence may use many spars, so you may need to cut back a lot of jungle. If you have spar in your inventory just left-click on the rotten village fence and you will begin to repair it.

Repairing the fence goes through different stages: Partial fence, Short fence and Medium fence.

When you have completed rebuilding the fence a message will come up on the screen to confirm this. It will also state that you can either rebuild another fence, or reinforce the same fence. You can continually reinforce the fence after it has been rebuilt, so reinforcing one part of the fence once should be adequate.

Enemies

Unfortunately, it’s not that simple. While you are cutting back the jungle you may encounter several NPCs that will attack you. These NPCs drop several new items when defeated, so it’s worth defending yourself.

Fighting Mosquitoes will grant a small amount of agility experience.

NPC

Item Dropped

Use of Item

Broodoo Victims

The Broodoo victims that attack you while you are hacking away at the jungle have a combat level of 60. Each of these victims have a weakness that you can use to your advantage when beating them. So if you are not strong enough to beat them in combat or if you are low on hitpoints you may find that using their weakness against them will help you. Simply select whatever their weakness is from within your inventory and use it on the Broodoo Victim. This will reduce their hitpoints to zero.

• The blue victims are weak against food.
• The green victims are weak against anti-poison potion.
• The orange victims are weak against relicym’s balm, the anti-disease potion.

Broodoo Shields

The masks that the Broodoo victims drop can be used with two snakeskins and eight nails to make a Broodoo Shield. Broodoo Shields require a Level 35 Crafting in order to be constructed.

Broodoo shields have a special ability when used in combat. If you are fighting an enemy and you have your Broodoo shield equipped, it will have a 1 in 10 chance of casting a spell on your enemy.

Depending on which shield you use will determine what its effect will be. If you are using a Poison Shield this will lower your enemies defence. If you are using a Disease Shield this will lower your enemies strength stat. If you are using a Combat Shield this will lower your enemies attack stat.

Your enemies stats will be decreased by 1 first of all then by 5% of their remaining total. A few conditions apply though, for example, the enemy has to be in close range, they must still have over half of their hitpoints and their stats must be at base levels for them to be affected.
The number by the name of the Broodoo shield represents the number of charges left on the shield. Everytime you use the spell this charge will decrease by one.

x 8

Blue Broodoo Shield

Snakeskin Armour

If you defeat one of the bush snakes that attack you while you are cutting back the jungle growth, you will obtain some Snakeskin. This Snakeskin can be used to make Snakeskin armour: boots, vambraces, a bandana, chaps and body. For information on the attack and defence bonuses given when this armour is worn, see the Ranged Guide. For information on how to make Snakeskin armour, please see the Crafting Guide.

Goutweed Tubers

When you come across Goutweed tubers when cutting back the jungle growth, dig it up. These can be grown the same way herbs can, so go to the nearest herb patch and plant it. Once this has fully grown, harvest it and you can trade the grown goutweed to Sanfew in the Taverley herb shop for other herbs. Alternatively, you can sell the goutweed to Gabooty in Tai Bwo Wannai and receive the Karmaja currency (trading sticks) in return, or eat them for health and run energy.

Favour

Whilst cutting the jungle back, repairing the fence and fending off village threats, you will receive Tai Bwo Favour. This favour can be exchanged for rewards indigenous to this island.

If you wear tribal outfits then the villagers will recognise you and give you a larger percentage of your rewards.

Rewards

Redeeming Favours

Once you have a percentage of favours, visit one of the villagers around Tai Bwo Wannai village and they will thank you for repairing the fence and dealing with the threats to the village by rewarding you with trading sticks. You cannot redeem trading sticks from the same NPC in a row, so use this time to either increase you favours percentage or go to another villager and see if they are more generous. The amount of trading sticks you receive from each NPC may vary. The more percentage of favours you have, the more trading sticks you will receive from the villagers.

New Food

When the jungle spiders die they drop spider carcasses. These carcasses can provide you with a food supply when your busy cutting down jungle and will save you fishing for food.

To make an edible meal from the spider carcass, you first need to make a skewer. To make a skewer use a machete with a spar or arrowshaft, any variety will do. You will then have a number of skewers in your inventory. Use the skewer with the spider carcass and roast it on a fire. This will produce a spider on a stick, a nice tasty meal for hard workers on the go. For information about the cooking level required when making the spider’s on sticks, please see the Cooking Guide.

Tree Enclosure Also in Tai Bwo Wannai village is a special tree enclosure, to the right of Trufitius’ hut. In this enclosure you will find mahogany and teak trees grow. To enter this enclosure you will have to pay 100 trading sticks. Once inside you can cut down the trees with a normal woodcutting axe. For information about the woodcutting level required when cutting these new trees, please see the Woodcutting Guide.

New Clothes

After gaining your trading sticks from the villagers, you can now buy from the General Store to the north-west of Karamja. Or by right-clicking on Gabooty (wandering around the center of the village) you can either buy items from his Cooperative. Some of the items shown on the shop menu aren’t for sale, they are there so that players can sell their items to the shore in exchange for trading sticks. In Gabooty’s Tai Bwo Wannai Cooperative, you can buy various items including new clothes.

Gnome Drinks

Also available on Gabooty’s right-click menu is the option to sell gnome cocktails to him in exchange for trading sticks. If the cocktails are in stock you can use your earned trading sticks and buy some. For information on the effects of each cocktail see the Cooking Guide.

Tai Bwo Wannai Parcel Service

This service allows players to send items from their inventory to their banks, at a cost of 10 trading sticks per item.