Farming

Introduction

 

Farming enables you to grow various resources that can be used in a number of other skills, such as Herblore and Cooking, as well as providing you with a source of raw food.

 

Tools

 

Before you start any farming, you need to get yourself some tools. There are four Farming Shops in RuneScape. They are indicated by an icon that looks like a Plant Pot.

 

The four shops are located in:

 

• North-west of Port Phasmatys
• South-east of Falador (north of Port Sarim)
• North of East Ardougne
• North of Catherby

 

You don't need every item in the shop right away. The tools that you need to purchase are:

 

• Rake
• Seed Dibber
• Secateurs
• Watering Can
• Spade
• Gardening Trowel

 

It would do you some good to make sure that you have some Empty Buckets with you too for Compost, which is discussed later in the guide.

 

Table of Tools

 

Image	Tool	Use
	Rake	Used to clear weeds from your Farming patches.
	Seed Dibber	Used to plant seeds.
	Secateurs	Used to remove diseased parts from trees and bushes.
	Watering Can	Used to water your plants. It can be refilled at any water source (such as a sink or fountain).
	Spade	Used to harvest your plants, or to remove dead ones from your Farming patch.
	Gardening Trowel	Used to fill a Plant Pot with soil and to plant a sapling into a Farming patch.
	Plant Pot	Used to grow a sapling from a tree seed before you plant it into a Farming patch.
	Compost	Used on Farming patches to increase your chance of the plant in the patch not becoming diseased. Crops will also yield more when harvesting them if they were fertilised.
	Supercompost	Used the same way as regular Compost, but this is an upgraded version.
	Plant Cure	Used to cure diseased plants. It can't be used on trees or bushes. A plant cure will be used up after only one use.
	Empty Sack	It can be used to carry a up to 10 vegetables at a time. Just right-click it and choose to fill it if you wish for it to hold on to any for you, or you can right-click the item and "use" it on the Empty Sack. You can right-click it and empty it to instantly get everything out of it when you have the need, and have enough space in your pack.
	Basket	It can be used to carry up to 5 pieces of fruit at a time. From there it works the same way as an Empty Sack (see above).
	Amulet of Farming	It can be attuned to allotments and flower patches so that it can tell you when that certain patch is diseaed, ready to harvest, or dies. An Amulet of Farming that is fully charged will have 8 charges. With each use it'll go down by 1 charge until it is finally destroyed.
	Scarecrow	If planted in a flower patch then it will protect sweetcorn planted in the allotment patches at that same location.
	Magic Secateurs	If worn when harvesting from an allotment, herb, or hops patch; you will get 10% more from your harvest. This item is obtained from the quest: Fairy Tale Part 1. These can also be used like normal Secateurs.
	Magic Watering Can	Used the same way as a normal Watering Can, but it does not need to be refilled. This item is obtained from the quest: Fairy Tale Part 3

 

Tool Leprechaun

 

 

As you can see above, RuneScape contains Leprechauns. They are more than just there for decoration, they are beyond useful when it comes to the Farming skill. They can store certain Farming tools for you. They will store certain numbers of these items too. The storage system is shared between all Leprechauns, so you don't have to worry about which one to store your items with. They can be found next to anything you can use Farming to plant in. Although they vary in graphics, they all wear the same little outfit.

 

 

Leprechauns can only carry so much. You may note that the Secateurs and Watering Can in the picture above vary from your own. This is due to the storage from the picture above containing Magic versions from the Fairy Tale questline, instead of being their normal counterparts.

 

Gardener

 

Gardeners have a simple job. You can pay them with stuff that you can Farm to watch over certain crops. They will only watch after your allotment patches at a basic plot. You can find gardeners at every place that you can plant something with Farming, just like leprechauns. They can be paid to watch over trees and fruit trees, as well as bushes and hops. Calquats, Jade Vines, and Spirit Trees can be looked after by gardeners too.

 

Compost Bin

 

A compost bin is used to make compost. You can use it to make Compost or Supercompost. In order to make either type you have to put in 15 of a certain item into the bin, then close it and wait for about an hour for it to be ready. To harvest the Compost or Supercompost, make sure that you have Empty Buckets in your pack and then use one on the open bin.

 

Items that make normal Compost:

 

• Weeds
• Low level Farming crops such as Cabbage

 

Items that make Supercompost (Recommended ones):

 

• Pineapples (the most common used to make Supercompost)
• Watermelons

 

 

Farming Plots

 

Now that you know about all the different tools, it's time to visit your first Farming patch. There are multiple types of farming patches located around the world: allotments, hops, trees, fruit trees, bushes, spirit trees, belladonna, evil turnips, mushrooms, cactus, calquat trees, and jade vine patches.

 

Allotments

 

The basic allotment plot is shown in the picture below.

 

 

An allotment plot consists of three different patches. There are 2 allotment patches, an herb patch, and flowers patches.

 

There are four basic allotment plot locations (you'll notice that they're where the four Farming shops are from earlier in the Guide):

 

Patch	Location
	North-west of Port Phasmatys (west of the ghost's farm)
	South-east of Falador (north of Port Sarim, you go through the cabbage patch)
	North of East Ardougne (east of the windmill)
	North of Catherby (directly north of the bank)

 

Allotment Patches

 

An allotment patch is used to grow vegetables and fruit. Most allotments can be protected by growing certain flowers along side of them, or paying a farmer to take care of them. Each allotment needs 3 of the same seeds in order to plant.

 

Level	Seed	Plant	Time to Grow	Planting EXP	Harvest EXP	Protection
1		Potatoes	40 Minutes	8	9.5	Marigolds or paying farmer (2 buckets of compost)
5		Onions	40 Minutes	9.5	10.5	Marigolds or paying farmer (1 sack of potatoes)
7		Cabbages	40 Minutes	10	11.5	Rosemary or paying farmer (1 sack of onions)
12		Tomatoes	40 Minutes	12.5	14	Marigolds or paying farmer (2 sacks of cabbages)
20		Sweetcorn	50 Minutes	17	19	Scarecrows or paying farmer (10 jute fibres)
31		Strawberries	60 Minutes	26	29	Paying farmer (1 basket of apples)
47		Watermelons	70 Minutes	48.5	54.5	Nasturtium, or paying farmer (10 curry leaves)

 

Herb Patches

 

Herb patches are used to grow the herbs used to make potions. Herb patches cannot be protected from disease, with the sole exception being Trollheim (After My Arm's Big Adventure) which never gets diseased. A herb patch only requires one seed to plant.

 

Level	Seed	Plant	Time to Grow	Planting EXP	Harvest EXP
9		Guam	80 Minutes	11	12.5
14		Marrentill	80 Minutes	13.5	15
19		Tarromin	80 Minutes	16	18
26		Harralander	80 Minutes	21.5	24
29		Goutweed	80 Minutes	105	45
32		Ranarr	80 Minutes	27	30.5
36		Spirit weed	80 Minutes	32	36
38		Toadflax	80 Minutes	34	38.5
44		Irit	80 Minutes	43	48.5
46		Wergali	80 Minutes	52.8	51.5
50		Avantoe	80 Minutes	54.5	61.5
56		Kwuarm	80 Minutes	69	78
62		Snapdragon	80 Minutes	87.5	98.5
67		Cadantine	80 Minutes	106.5	120
73		Lantadyme	80 Minutes	134.5	151.5
79		Dwarf weed	80 Minutes	170.5	192
85		Torstol	80 Minutes	199.5	224.5
91		Fellstalk	80 Minutes	225	315.6

 

Flower Patches

 

Flower patches grow flowers that protect your allotments from disease. They require only one seed to plant. You can grow the flowers in advance of planting allotments, or alongside the growing allotments, however, they will not protect from disease until they are fully grown.

 

Level	Seed	Plant	Time to Grow	Plant EXP	Harvest EXP	Uses
2		Marigold	20 Minutes	8.5	47	Protects potatoes, onions, and tomatoes when fully grown. Harvested to make Bull ant pouches.
11		Rosemary	20 Minutes	12	66.5	Protects cabbages when fully grown.
24		Nasturtium	20 Minutes	19.5	111	Protects watermelons when fully grown.
25		Woad	20 Minutes	20.5	115.5	Used to make blue dye.
26		Limpwurt	20 Minutes	21.5	120	Used to make strength and super strength potions.
52		White lily	80 Minutes	70	250	Protects all crops in an allotment patch when fully grown.

 

Hops Patches

 

Hops are a primary ingredient in the brewing of beers and ales. Except for Jute patches (which require 3 seeds), hops patches require 4 seeds to plant.

 

Level	Seed	Plant	Time to Grow	Plant EXP	Harvest EXP	Protection
3		Barley	40 Minutes	8.5	9.5	3 buckets of compost
4		Hammerstone hops	40 Minutes	9	10	1 marigold
8		Asgarnian hops	50 Minutes	10.5	12	1 sack of onions
13		Jute fibre	50 Minutes	13	14.5	6 barley malt
16		Yanillian hops	60 Minutes	14.5	16	1 basket of tomatoes
21		Krandorian hops	70 Minutes	17.5	19.5	3 sacks of cabbage
28		Wildblood hops	80 Minutes	23	26	1 nasturtium

 

Bush Patches

 

Bushes are plants that produce berries. Berries have many uses through the world, from pies to making dye and potion making. Bushes require one seed to plant, and, once fully grown will continue to produce berries endlessly.

 

Level	Seed	Plant	Time to Grow	Plant EXP	Check Health EXP	Harvest EXP
10		Redberries	100 Minutes	11.5	64	4.5
22		Cadavaberries	120 Minutes	18	102.5	7
36		Dwellberries	140 Minutes	31.5	177.5	12
48		Jangerberries	160 Minutes	50.5	284.5	19
59		Whiteberries	160 Minutes	78	437.5	29
70		Poison ivy berries	160 Minutes	120	674	45

 

Tree Patches

 

Trees are grown differently than other plants, as you must first plant them in a plant pot in your inventory. If you have an empty plant pot, you can use the plant pot and a trowel (either with the one in your inventory, or one on your toolbelt) on any farming patch to fill it up with dirt. Once it's filled with dirt, add the seeds to the plant pots with the trowel, and finally, water them. Once they're watered, you can let them sit (either in your inventory, or in your bank) until they grow into saplings. You can plant them in a tree patch any time after they've grown into saplings.

 

Level	Tree	Tree	Time to Grow	Plant EXP	Check Health EXP	Farmer Payment
15		Oak tree	2 hours, 40 minutes	14	467.3	1 basket of tomatoes
30		Willow tree	4 hours	25	1456.3	1 basket of apples
45		Maple tree	5 hours, 20 minutes	45	3403.4	1 basket of oranges
60		Yew tree	6 hours, 40 minutes	81	7069.9	10 cactus spines
75		Magic tree	8 hours	145.5	13768.3	25 coconuts

 

Fruit Tree Patches

 

Fruit trees are grown the same way as normal trees. You must first grow the tree into a sapling in a plant pot. If you need to fill the plant pot first, you can use the plant pot and a trowel (either with the one in your inventory, or one on your toolbelt) on any farming patch to fill it with dirt. Once it's filled with dirt, add the seeds to the plant pot with the trowel, and finally, water them. Once they're watered, you can let them sit (either in your inventory, or in your bank) until they grow into saplings. You can plant them in a tree patch any time after they've grown into saplings.

 

Level	Seed	Tree	Time to Grow	Plant EXP	Check Health EXP	Harvest EXP	Farmer Payment
27		Apple tree	16 hours	22	1199.5	8.5	9 raw sweetcorn
33		Banana tree	16 hours	28	1750.5	10.5	4 baskets of apples
39		Orange tree	16 hours	35.5	2470.2	13.5	3 baskets of strawberries
42		Curry tree	16 hours	40	2906.9	15	5 baskets of bananas
51		Pineapple tree	16 hours	57	4605.7	21.5	10 watermelons
57		Papaya tree	16 hours	72	6146.4	27	10 pineapples
68		Palm tree	16 hours	110.5	10150.1	41.5	15 papayas

 

Miscelleneous Patches

 

There are also a few miscelleneous patches across the world that only hold one type of plant, and for the most part, are one of a kind. These patches, and the plants within them, normally have special uses.

 

Level	Seed	Plant	Time to Grow	Plant EXP	Check Health EXP	Harvest EXP	Farmer Payment	Notes
42		Evil turnip	5 minutes	41	N/A	46	N/A	Used for summoning
53		Bittercap mushroom	4 hours	61.5	N/A	57.2	N/A	Bittercap mushrooms have multiple uses around the world.
53		Jade vine	16 hours	50	1500	N/A	10 Wildblood hops	The Jade vine is a significant portion of the Back to My Roots quest, and killing an overgrown jade vine is a daily 1,500 slayer experience boost.
55		Cactus	9 hours 20 minutes	66.5	374	25	N/A	Cactus spines are used in potion making (Weapon poison+) as well as payments for yew trees.
63		Belladona	5 hours, 20 minutes	91	N/A	512	N/A	Used to make potions (Weapon poison++)
72		Calquat tree	21 hours, 20 minutes	129.5	12096	48.5	8 poison ivy berries	Used to make kegs for brewing ales
74		Morchella mushroom	4 hours	160	N/A	77.7	N/A	Used in potion making (Prayer renewal)
83		Spirit tree	58 hours, 40 minutes	199.5	19301.8	N/A	5 monkey nuts, 1 monkey bar, 1 ground tooth	Unlike the rest of the miscellenious plants, there are multiple spirit tree patches around the world. However, you can only plant one tree at a time, or two after completing The Prisoner of Glouphrie quest (with 86 farming). They connect to the spirit tree network and can be used to teleport.

 

Skill Cape

 

 

One you reach Level 99 Farming, you may go and purchase a special cape and hood from Martin the Master Gardener who is in Draynor Village. The cape and hood cost 99k to buy. When you put the Farming Cape on, you'll temporarily gain a boost in Farming that will put it at level 100/99 instead of 99/99. Awesome!

 

There are two forms of the Farming Cape, one that is non-trimmed(you only have on level 99 skill), and one that is trimmed (you have more than one level 99 skill). A trimmed cape will have a +4 Prayer bonus, when worn, under your equipment stats.