By having someone else do the chopping, you can keep your view focused on the wood pile and activate it every thirty-five seconds to keep more wood coming. This can be advantageous as the camera doesn't go into free roam mode while the wood is being chopped (which happens when it's done by you). It is also possible to have a follower chop firewood for you, even if you don't have an axe. After you have produced six units, you must activate the block again or leave the woodcutting session.
Activating a wood chopping block will then cause you to produce firewood at a rate of two units every eight seconds, with a limit of six units per activation. To chop wood you must have a woodcutter's axe in your inventory (one can usually be found near the wood pile). You are paid five gold per unit of firewood. Alternatively, you can also chop the firewood first and then sell the firewood to a quest giver later. If you talk to one of the quest givers, they will offer to pay you for chopped firewood. This is a radiant quest which you can receive from any of the following people.
