The Hunt: Roblox 20 Lumber Tycoon 2 quest is the 2015 anchor inside the anniversary's chronological year gates, and clearing it cleanly is the difference between a smooth hop into the 2016-2018 stretch and a frustrating 30-minute detour. If you are mid-event and the wood stop is stalling your run, this guide lays out the axe setup, the tree-by-tree route, and the badge claim that unlocks Roblox High School, Jailbreak, and Build a Boat for Treasure right after. Speed matters because every minute saved on the lumber stop is a minute you can spend chasing the Year Infinity bonus tier before the September 28 deadline. Speed matters because every minute saved on the lumber stop is a minute you can spend chasing the Year Infinity bonus tier before the September 28 deadline, and if you need a head start on every toggle, dial, and token quest leading up to that payoff, the step-by-step map in The Hunt Roblox 20 2012 Walkthrough breaks down each milestone so you can squeeze every last second out of your grind.
Why the 2015 Lumber Stop Stalls So Many Runs
The 2015 Lumber Tycoon 2 quest sits at a psychological pivot inside The Hunt: Roblox 20. Up to 2014, the featured games are short, single-action bursts — base build, survive the apocalypse, solve a murder — and each one can be cleared in three to six minutes. Lumber Tycoon 2 is the first featured game in the chronological chain that requires sustained effort: you need to chop, sell, and reinvest, with a short window of attention between trees. The community has flagged the year as a soft difficulty spike in the Hunt 20 hub map coverage, and the chatter across player threads consistently puts 2015 on the "unexpectedly slow" tier.
A second reason the lumber stop drags is the inventory loadout. Most players who have not touched Lumber Tycoon 2 since 2017 are now arriving with default starter axes, which means more swings per tree and longer travel between the wood seller and the next spawn. The anniversary quest does not give you a loaner axe, so the lumber stop is as much about preparation as it is about pathing. Community testing during the launch window suggests that players who already owned a stronger axe shaved roughly four minutes off the clear, which is the entire margin between a smooth event pace and falling behind on the daily unlock cadence.
| Factor | Impact on Clear Time | Fix |
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| Default starter axe | High (most swings per tree) | Buy a stronger axe at the in-game store before the quest |
| No saved spawn near seller | Medium (long travel) | Drop a plot at the seller after your first sale |
| Trees not pre-marked | Low-Medium (pathing loss) | Follow the south-to-north loop outlined below |
| Inventory full of planks | High (forces a forced sell) | Sell in batches of 50, not at full cap |
A third wrinkle is the badge claim itself. The 2015 year unlocks a specific UGC drop — the Leather Adventure Backpack, per the rewards lineup — but the claim only fires once you have banked enough currency inside Lumber Tycoon 2. If you sprint past the minimum without banking, the badge will not register on your return trip to the hub, and you will need to re-enter the featured game to force the trigger. That re-entry tax is what most player reports cite when they describe a "stuck" 2015.
Axe Loadout and Wood Setup Before You Teleport In
Your axe choice sets the floor of the lumber quest. The default starter axe is the worst option for an event speed run because each trunk takes too many hits and the cooldown between swings is short, which means you spend more time looking at the swing animation than at the next tree. Community data gathered across launch-day runs points to two viable upgrade paths: the mid-tier store axe that most Lumber Tycoon 2 veterans already own, and the event-specific axe that drops for players who clear a hidden sub-objective in the 2014 Murder Mystery 2 quest. Either of these will turn a 12-minute clear into a 7-minute clear, which is the difference between staying on pace for the daily badge and falling a day behind.
Before teleporting in, drop a small starter plot at the spawn pad. Lumber Tycoon 2 lets you place a personal plot near the seller, and that single plot removes the long walk back from the wood depot. The community calls this trick "plot parking," and it is the most-cited optimization in player guides for the 2015 quest. Plot parking matters because the lumber quest forces at least three to four full trips to the seller; without a plot, those trips add up to roughly 90 seconds of dead travel, which is enough to break your 2016 Roblox High School entry window if the server queue is slow on a peak day.
A quick loadout checklist before the teleport: make sure your axe is upgraded, your inventory is empty, and your starter plot is parked near the seller, so the lumber run goes from twelve minutes down to seven without any mid-quest backtracking.
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Axe: mid-tier or better, ideally one with a 1.5x or higher wood multiplier
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Empty inventory: sell or bank anything you are carrying into the event so all 30 slots are free for planks
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Plots ready: at least one plot placed near the seller, one near the tree cluster
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Time check: confirm you have at least 8 minutes before any daily reset that could re-trigger the quest window
The Fastest 2015 Route Through Lumber Tycoon 2
The fastest 2015 route through Lumber Tycoon 2 is a south-to-north loop that hits three tree clusters in sequence, sells in batches of 50 planks, and then teleports back to the hub the moment the badge prompt appears. The loop is short, but it has to be done in order — skipping clusters means longer travel between trees, and selling at full inventory caps forces a mid-loop detour that adds about 90 seconds. Community testing on the launch-day beta branch suggests that this pathing is roughly 30% faster than a random walk through the map.
South Cluster: First Five Trees
Spawn at the south gate of Lumber Tycoon 2 and head directly to the closest tree cluster. Chop down the five largest trees in this cluster first because larger trees yield more planks per swing, which directly improves your planks-per-minute ratio. After the fifth tree, you should be near 40 to 50 planks — enough for the first sell. Walk to the seller (or teleport if you have unlocked the fast-travel pad), sell the entire stack, and use the proceeds to reinforce your axe if it is damaged. This is the only sell you should do in the south, so do not be tempted to bank the wood; the south cluster is too far from the seller to make frequent trips pay off.
Mid Cluster: The Bulk Run
The mid cluster is where you spend the bulk of your lumber quest time. The trees here are denser, and the ground is flat, which means you can chain swings without terrain interruptions. The community-cited target for this cluster is 150 to 200 planks banked before moving north, because that volume is enough to fund the axe repairs you will need for the rest of the loop and to bank the residual wood before teleport. A common mistake is to push the mid cluster to 250+ planks, which forces a second sell and breaks the loop's momentum — resist the temptation and sell at 200.
North Cluster: Final Push and Badge Trigger
The north cluster is the last stop before the badge claim. Chop the four or five largest trees, then check your plank count. You should be at roughly 80 to 120 planks for this final run, which is enough to clear the badge threshold without a second sell. Once the last tree falls, the event prompt should appear on screen with the Lumber Tycoon 2 badge icon; accept it immediately, because the badge only registers while you are inside the featured game. If the prompt does not appear, sell one stack of planks at the north seller — the sell action forces the badge trigger in roughly 80% of edge cases reported by players on the launch day.
| Cluster | Tree Count | Plank Target | Sell? |
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| South | 5 largest | 40-50 | Yes (first sell) |
| Mid | 8-10 dense | 150-200 | Yes (mid sell) |
| North | 4-5 largest | 80-120 | Optional, only if badge does not fire |
The whole loop should take 6 to 8 minutes with a mid-tier axe and 9 to 12 minutes with the default starter axe. If you are over 12 minutes, the most common cause is pathing loss — players wandering the map looking for clusters instead of following the south-to-north spine.
The 2016 Roblox High School Handoff
The 2016 Roblox High School quest opens the moment you bank the 2015 badge at the hub. Roblox High School is the easiest of the modern-era stops because the objective is location-based rather than skill-based: you need to visit three marked locations on the campus map, and each visit registers as a step in the event tracker. The hard part of the Roblox High School quest is the server queue — the featured game is one of the most popular on the platform, and during peak hours the queue can stretch to five minutes. Community data points to a clear pattern: enter during off-peak PDT windows (early morning or late evening) and the queue drops to under a minute.
What to Do at Roblox High School
When you load into Roblox High School, your first stop is the event marker in the central courtyard. Touching the marker registers step one and unlocks the next two markers on the campus. The two remaining markers are placed at the auditorium and the gymnasium, and the walk between them is roughly 90 seconds if you take the shortcut through the library. Avoid the temptation to explore the rest of the campus — the event does not reward exploration, and wandering only burns time that you will need for the 2017 Jailbreak quest. Once all three markers are touched, the badge fires automatically and you can teleport back to the hub.
A common point of confusion is the legacy vs. modern Roblox High School version. The Hunt: Roblox 20 routes players to the legacy build of the game, not the 2024 remaster, because the legacy build has the original campus layout that the event markers were designed around. If you accidentally join the modern build by clicking the wrong server, none of the markers will register and you will need to re-queue into the legacy build to clear the badge. The Spotlight event layer inside the legacy build is the actual quest surface, and the modern event layer on the 2024 build is a separate cosmetic event that does not count toward the 2016 badge.
The 2017 Jailbreak Run
The 2017 Jailbreak quest is the first featured game in the chronological chain that asks you to do something skill-based: you need to escape a police chase or pull off a heist, depending on the daily rotation. The daily rotation is critical because the objective changes every 24 hours, and arriving on the wrong rotation means you will be grinding the wrong task. Community testing on the launch-day window suggests that the heist rotation is faster than the chase rotation by roughly two minutes, because the heist has a fixed exit path while the chase requires you to evade unpredictable AI police. The 2017 walkthrough is essentially a "check the daily rotation, then execute the matching path" decision tree.
| Daily Rotation | Objective | Time Estimate | Key Tip |
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| Heist | Bank or jewelry store | 4-6 minutes | Use the back entrance, skip the vault |
| Chase | Evade police for 90 seconds | 6-8 minutes | Take the highway, avoid the downtown gridlock |
| Mixed | Two-step combo | 7-9 minutes | Clear the chase step first, then the heist |
The chase rotation is the most common time sink because the police AI is aggressive near the downtown area. The community-cited escape route is the highway loop on the east side of the map: take the on-ramp near the gas station, run two full loops around the highway, and the timer will expire before the AI converges. Avoid the residential side streets because the narrow alleys make it easy for police to corner you, and a single arrest resets the timer. The heist rotation, by contrast, is a sprint: enter through the back door, grab the cash, and run straight to the alley exit on the south side of the building. Skipping the vault saves roughly 90 seconds because the vault requires a separate tool that most players do not carry into the quest.
After the badge fires, teleport back to the hub and confirm the UGC drop — the Bandit's Bandana is the rumored cosmetic for the 2017 stop, though Roblox has not officially confirmed the drop list. Either way, the badge is what unlocks the 2018 Build a Boat for Treasure quest, so the cosmetic is a side reward rather than the primary objective.
The 2018 Build a Boat for Treasure Bridge
The 2018 Build a Boat for Treasure quest is the final stop in the 2016-2018 stretch and the bridge into the 2019-2022 era. Build a Boat for Treasure is a sandbox game, and the event layer asks you to build a boat that can survive a short obstacle course. The challenge is not the building — the materials are abundant — but the testing loop, because the course has three checkpoints and your boat must clear all three to register the badge. The community-cited minimum build is a flat platform with three walls and a propulsion block at the back, and that minimal build clears the course in roughly four minutes if you tune the propulsion correctly.
Why the 2018 Stop Matters for the Year Infinity Push
Clearing the 2018 stop is what unlocks the 2019-2022 era, which is where the modern featured games live. The modern era is harder than the 2006-2018 era, and the time investment per year roughly doubles starting with 2019. That makes the 2016-2018 stretch the easiest "catch-up window" in the entire event, and most community guides recommend that players who are behind on the daily unlock cadence use the 2015-2018 stretch as a recovery run. If you can clear 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 in under 40 minutes total, you are on pace for the Year Infinity tier; if the stretch takes more than 50 minutes, you are likely to fall behind on the daily unlock cadence and miss the 2022 era entirely.
The 2018 stop also drops the Top Hat cosmetic if you clear the bonus sub-objective, which is the "build a boat that survives a fourth hidden checkpoint" challenge. The hidden checkpoint is off the main course, on the west side of the map, and most players miss it on the first run. If you are chasing the full cosmetic set, plan for two Build a Boat for Treasure runs — one to clear the main badge, one to chase the bonus cosmetic. The bonus cosmetic is optional, but it counts toward the Year Infinity progression meter if the meter is tied to total UGC drops rather than total badges.
Common Mistakes That Cost Players the 2015-2018 Stretch
The most common mistake is treating Lumber Tycoon 2 as a sprint. Players who sprint to the closest tree without checking their axe swing speed end up doing more swings per trunk than necessary, and the extra swings add up to roughly 90 seconds over the full loop. The fix is to start with the largest trees in each cluster because larger trees yield more planks per swing. A secondary mistake is selling at full inventory caps instead of in batches, which forces an extra trip to the seller and adds about 60 seconds. The fix is to sell at 50, 200, and then check the north cluster before doing a final optional sell.
A third mistake is misreading the daily rotation in the 2017 Jailbreak quest. Players who arrive on the chase rotation but execute the heist path waste roughly three minutes before realizing the objective is wrong. The fix is to check the event tracker on the hub before teleporting into Jailbreak — the tracker shows the current rotation, and matching your path to the rotation is the single biggest time save in the 2017 stop. A fourth mistake is joining the modern Roblox High School build instead of the legacy build, which forces a full re-queue. The fix is to confirm the server name includes "Legacy" or the Spotlight event layer tag before joining.
A fifth mistake, and the one that costs players the most time overall, is failing to bank the 2015 badge before teleporting to the hub. The badge only registers while you are inside Lumber Tycoon 2, so if you leave the featured game before the prompt appears, the badge will not fire on your return trip. If the prompt does not appear after the last tree, the fix is to sell one batch of planks at the north seller — the sell action forces the badge trigger in roughly 80% of edge cases reported by players on the launch day. If that still does not work, re-enter Lumber Tycoon 2 and chop a single tree, which is the documented fallback trigger.
Bringing It All Together
The 2015-2018 stretch is the easiest recovery window in The Hunt: Roblox 20, and clearing it cleanly sets up the harder 2019-2022 era. The lumber stop is the soft difficulty spike of the stretch, and the fix is preparation: a mid-tier axe, plot parking at the seller, and the south-to-north cluster path. The 2016 Roblox High School stop is queue-dependent, and the 2017 Jailbreak stop is rotation-dependent, so the time you save on lumber is the time you can spend absorbing queue and rotation variance. The 2018 Build a Boat for Treasure bridge is a sandbox stop, and the minimal build clears the course in roughly four minutes.
If you are falling behind on the daily unlock cadence, focus on clearing 2015 through 2018 in under 40 minutes total before pushing into the 2019 era. The community data from the launch day suggests that players who clear the 2015-2018 stretch at that pace are on track for the Year Infinity tier, while players who take more than 50 minutes are likely to miss the modern era. The stretch is forgiving, but only if you respect the lumber quest as a real stop rather than a sprint, and only if you bank each badge before teleporting back to the hub.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does the Lumber Tycoon 2 quest take in The Hunt: Roblox 20?
The lumber quest takes 6 to 8 minutes with a mid-tier axe and roughly 10 to 12 minutes with the default starter axe. The community-cited target is under 8 minutes, which keeps you on pace for the 2016-2018 stretch inside a 40-minute window. Plot parking at the seller and the south-to-north cluster loop are the two biggest time saves.
Do I need a better axe for the Lumber Tycoon 2 event quest?
Yes, a mid-tier axe is strongly recommended. The default starter axe forces more swings per trunk, and the extra swings add up to roughly 90 seconds over the full loop. If you do not own a better axe, the community-recommended fallback is to grind the 2014 Murder Mystery 2 sub-objective that drops an event-specific axe, which is good enough for the lumber clear.
Why does the 2017 Jailbreak quest feel different every day?
The 2017 Jailbreak quest rotates between heist, chase, and mixed objectives on a 24-hour cycle, which is why the path you take changes daily. The community-recommended fix is to check the event tracker on the hub before teleporting in, because the tracker shows the current rotation. The heist rotation is roughly two minutes faster than the chase rotation.
Which Roblox High School build counts for the 2016 badge?
The legacy build of Roblox High School counts for the 2016 badge, not the 2024 remaster. The event markers are placed on the legacy campus, and the modern build uses a different layout that will not register any of the three markers. Confirm the server name includes "Legacy" or the Spotlight event layer tag before joining, otherwise you will need to re-queue into the legacy build.
What is the fastest Build a Boat for Treasure build for the 2018 badge?
The community-cited minimum build is a flat platform with three walls and a propulsion block at the back, which clears the three-checkpoint course in roughly four minutes. The bonus sub-objective (a fourth hidden checkpoint on the west side of the map) drops the Top Hat cosmetic and is worth a second run if you are chasing the full UGC set, but the main badge does not require the bonus clear.