Woodsman

This article is about the weapon in Saints Row: The Third. For the weapon in Saints Row 2, see Chainsaw.

Mutilate your enemies by tearing them to shreds!

— In-game description

The Woodsman is a weapon in Saints Row: The Third.

Overview[]

The Woodsman is a chainsaw available from Friendly Fire for $100,000. It's non-upgradable, much like the Stun Gun and The Penetrator. It is unlocked after completing the mission "Murderbrawl XXXI".

The Woodsman allows for quick One Hit Kills, racking up Respect very easily.
The Let's Pretend rainbow logo is on the side of the weapon.
The actual blade geometry isn't rotating, it's a scrolling UV shader that fakes the look of a rotating blade.
It is the most expensive melee weapon, with the cost of $100,000, and one of the most expensive weapons overall.
Like the Chainsaw, it has unique attacks which can be used with the Secondary Fire button.
When used on an enemy on the ground, an animation plays where Playa jabs the chainsaw into the body and grinds away; if the weapon is switched during this animation, it continues with whatever weapon is selected. This attack is capable of instantly killing Brutes, Zombie Gat, and Professor Genki.
This weapon was first revealed to be in Saints Row: The Third in IGN's preview of the mission "Murderbrawl XXXI", and is used by Playa to assist Angel when Luchadores gang up on the latter.^[2]
When selecting the Woodsman, even for the slightest moment, Playa is locked into doing a significantly lengthy animation of pulling its cord to start it up, and cannot change weapons while doing so.
The Woodsman is capable of One Hit Kills on Professor Genki despite the latter's massive health value of 32767.