Table of Contents



Starting Out

So you want to be a master farmer, eh? Well you can be on your way to being one of the best farmers once you know the basics behind the Farming skill!

Farming patch



Farming Shop Locations

First off you need to learn about the Farming shops located in multiple areas around Gielinor. Click the map images below to view a larger section of the surrounding area.

City Merchant Map City Merchant Map
Ardougne (East) Richard Shop Catherby Vanessa Shop
Draynor Village Olivia* Shop Falador Sarah Shop
Port Phasmatys Alice Shop Prifddinas Coeden Shop
Taverley Head Farmer Jones Shop

*You must have not stolen from her stalls or pickpockted a Master farmer for 15 minutes to be able to trade with her to buy/sell seeds.



Tools

Now that you know where to get the basic necessities, it is time to learn each tool's function. Many tools can now be stored on your toolbelt for automatic use at need and added inventory space.

Tool Description Cost/Found Toolbelt?
Rake
Rake
Used for weeding your garden. 6 Coins Yes
Seed dibber
Seed dibber
Used for planting seeds. 6 Coins Yes
Secateurs
Secateurs
Can be used to cut off diseased leaves on trees and bushes. 5 Coins Yes
Magic Secateurs
Magic secateurs
Can be used to cut off diseased leaves on trees and bushes; Grants increased harvest from Allotments, Herbs, and Hops. Partial completion of A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains Yes
Watering can
Watering can
Used to water your plants; must be refilled after 8 doses. 8 Coins No
Watering can
Magic watering can
Used to water your plants; never needs to be refilled. Completion of A Fairy Tale III - Battle at Ork's Rift Yes
Spade
Spade
Used to harvest your plants or dig up dead plants. 3 Coins Yes
Gardening trowel
Gardening trowel
Used to transfer a patch of soil to a plant pot. 12 Coins Yes
Empty sack
Empty sack
Used to carry 10 vegetables. Can purchase Empty sack pack for 50 Coins and contains 50 noted Empty sack. 1 Coin No
Basket
Basket
Used to carry 5 fruits. Can purchase Basket pack for 50 Coins and contains 50 noted Basket. 1 Coin No
Plantpot
Plant pot
Used to begin growing a tree from a seed to a sapling. 1 Coin No
Plant cure
Plant cure
Used to cure a plants disease. 40 Coins No
Bucket
Bucket
Used to hold water and compost. 2 Coins No
Compost
Compost
Used to fertilize your soil. 20 Coins No
Supercompost
Supercompost
Used to fertilize your soil. Player made No
ultracompost
Ultracompost
Used to fertilize your soil. Player made No

Several other useful tools for Farming include:

  • Amulet of Nature - Allows you to assign it to a farming patch by "using" it with the patch. When worn, it will 'hum' and let you know once your patch has become fully grown, diseased, or dead. If you wear the amulet while harvesting your allotments, you will also receive a greater yield of crops. Please note that this effect does not stack with Magic secateurs. You can only have one Amulet of Nature at a time and it can only be assigned to one patch at any time.

  • Amulet of Farming - A slightly less powerful version of the Amulet of Nature. It can only be bound to one allotment or flower patch of your choice. Just like the Amulet of Nature, it will 'hum' to let you know if your patch has fully grown, diseased, or dead. You can purchase this from any farming shop for a small fee of 200 Coins. Please be aware that anytime you rub the amulet to check the status of your plants, it will use up one charge. The Amulet of Farming has a maximum of 8 charges and once they are used up, the amulet will disintegrate.

  • Scroll of life - Costs 10k Dungeoneering tokens and requires 25 Dungeoneering/Farming to use it. Once used, you gain a permanent effect that when you clear any farming patches, you have a 10% chance of receiving a random seed back and a 5% chance of getting a random tree seed back from a dead tree.

  • Amulet of bountiful harvest - An amulet worn to provide you with a chance of saving seeds when planting in an Allotment patch.

  • Summoning familiars
  • Wilderness sword 1 - Provides you with unlimited teleports to the Bloodweed patch located in the Wilderness.

  • Tirannwn quiver 2 - Gives you an extra mushroom patch, South West of the Tirannwn. It also allows you to teleport there and to Lletya an unlimited number of times.

  • Morytania Legs
    • Legs 2 - The mushroom patch will never became diseased. Does not need to be worn for effect.

    • Legs 4 - Doubles amount of mushrooms farmed from the Canifis mushroom patch. Must be worn for effect.
  • Falador Shield
  • Farming cape - Provides the perk where you may instantly harvest the rest of your patch. Cape can be used on the Max Cape, Completionist cape, or Completionist cape (t) to add the perk to those capes to wear while farming instead.

  • Skill Outfits - There are 6 different skill outfits that can be obtained. Equiping all 5 pieces of any one set will enable you to obtain 6% more experience when Farming (1% per piece and an extra 1% set bonus). Of these sets, the best one is the Master farmer outfit which is created by combining the Animal, Crop, and Tree farmer outfits. This set also provides several perks on top of the experience.

  • Urns - Use of Cracked, Fragile, Plain, Strong, or Decorated farming urn will enable you to obtain clippings from your crops to help you obtain more experience.

  • Juju farming potion - Consumed to provide you with additional produce harvested. Experience will not be gained with additional items.

  • Miraculous treatment - Used to revive a dead farming patch (excluding trees).

  • Herb protector - Used on an herb patch to guarantee the crop will not become diseased or die.

  • Patch bomb - Used to instantly harvest and note any patch, excluding the potato patch in Taverley.

  • Greater runic staff - Can be charged with the Remote Farm and/or Fertile soil spells to help save inventory space.

While not a tool, it is worth noting that after completion of A Fairy Tale III - Battle at Ork's Rift, you can talk to any farmer across Gielinor to turn on/off the ability of your patches to always be weeded. This is a great ability to have because it disposes of the need to carry a Rake around while farming and reduces the time spent farming in general.



Obtaining Seeds

There are several possible methods used to obtain seeds. The best method to use is whichever one you prefer, however, it is best to keep in mind that some methods (ie using Bird nest) may take more time than others.

  1. Kill Monsters*
  2. Harvest items (Cabbage, Potato, Onion, etc) from farms and you will occasionally get a seed. Harvesting planted Arc berries will ALWAYS provide you with seeds, however, only for the type of berry harvested unless you are crossbreeding 2 different seeds.
  3. Opening a Bird nest, often obtained via Woodcutting or from Kingdom of Miscellania. Odds to obtain are increased with use of Woodcutting cape and (Superior) Log-splitting scrimshaw.
  4. Run favors for the Wise Old Man in Draynor Village.
  5. Play Vinesweeper. See Vinesweeper section for more information.
  6. Purchase from the Grand Exchange
  7. Thieving

* Keep in mind that specific monsters drop specific seeds. Be sure to check the item page for the type of seed you want to obtain for a list of what monsters drop it.



Planting Seeds

There are 2 ways to plant seeds depending upon what type of seed you are growing.

  • Allotment, Flower, Hops, Herbs, Bushes, & Special

    1. Click on the patch you wish to Farm in to start clearing it of Weeds.
      Tip: Save the Weeds you get to help make your own compost.

    2. Once clear, use a Compost/Supercompost/Ultracompost on the weeded patch to fertilize it. Note that this step is suggested, not required! Alternatively, you can cast the Fertile Soil spell if you have unlocked it.

    3. Use the seed(s) you are planting on the weeded/fertilized patch. Depending on the type of crops you are growing, you can either plant a certain flower (or place a Scarecrow in the nearby flower patch) or you can pay the local gardener to look over your crops if one is present.

    4. Water your planted crop if necessary then wait for it to grow.
  • Fruit trees & Wood trees

    1. Obtain a Plant pot by either purchasing one from a Farming Shop or by using a Plant pot (empty) on an empty (weeded) farming patch; a Gardening trowel must either be carried or on your toolbelt to fill it with soil.

    2. While holding onto the Gardening trowel (inventory or toolbelt), use the tree seed on the Plant pot.

    3. Water your new seedling so it can grow.
      Tip: It will grow to a sapling faster while sitting inside your bank.

    4. When you have obtained a sapling, click on the patch you wish to farm in to start clearing it of Weeds.
      Tip: Save the Weeds you get to help make your own compost.

    5. Once clear, use a Compost/Supercompost/Ultracompost on the weeded patch to fertilize it. Note that this step is suggested, not required! Alternatively, you can cast the Fertile Soil spell if you have unlocked it.

    6. Use your sapling on the weeded/fertilized patch. You MUST be carrying a Spade in your inventory or toolbelt or it will not plant. If there is a local gardener, you can pay them to look over your tree while it grows.

    7. Wait for it to grow.


Farming Locations

Throughout Gielinor there are many Farming patches wherein your seeds can be planted. Some patches come in groups such as the case with many Allotment, Flower, and Herb patches. Others are single patches long distances from others, such as with some of the Special Seeds.

Gielinor Farming Map
Click the above image to enlarge!

For patch type specific map locations, please see our Farming Patches Map.



Patch Perks

In addition to simply tossing your seeds into a patch, there are several features which can enhance your Farming abilities. Some of these perks are 1 time use while others have longer lasting effects.



Protection

The first perk we will discuss is protection. While you do not HAVE to water your plants, not doing so makes them more prone to catch diseases and die unless you cure them. Curing plants can be done with either a Cure potion or by casting the Cure Plant spell while they are diseased. Once your plant dies, it can only be revived by using a Miraculous treatment or use of the Farmer's Catalyst fragment (for dead herb patches only) to obtain Shadow-infused herbs. There are three ways you can avoid disease:

  1. Stand around and water the plants when required.
  2. Plant specific items/plants near by.
  3. Hire a local gardener to look over your crops.

Since standing around watching your plants grow is not an effective farming method and healing them takes resources, it is generally best to protect your plants instead. This can be done by planting one of the following items in a nearby Flower patch to prevent them from becoming diseased in the first place.

Do NOT pick the flower when it has fully grown. You will need to leave it in the patch for the effect to work.

Item Level to Plant Protects
Marigold 2 Potato, Tomato, and Onion
Rosemary 11 Cabbage
Scarecrow 23 Sweetcorn
Nasturtium 24 Watermelon
White lily 52 All neighboring fruit/vegetables

Compost

As a general rule, ALWAYS use some version of compost. This is because all composts decrease the chance that your crop will become diseased, increase your harvest, and provide a small amount of experience when used - the extent to which your compost will do each of these things varies depending on its tier. In addition to these features, using Ultracompost when you have either the tier 1 or tier 2 "Dragon Ultra Combo" totem perk active provides a 1/1,000 or 1/750 chance, respectively, to obtain a Starved ancient effigy.

Compost Bin

The general how to process for all 3 of the Compost types are identical, the only differance is the items used in the creation of your compost. Note that if you fill the compost bin up with only Tomatoes, it will make Rotten tomatoes, not compost. If you wish to use Tomatoes, use some Weeds or something else as well.

To make compost...

  1. Take the items you wish to compost to your desired compost bin. You will need 15 items in total; these items will vary depending on if you are making Regular, Super, or Ultra compost. Compost bins can be found near most Allotment patches, see our Farming Patches Map for a list of locations.

  2. Use the items on the bin to fill it completely, close the lid, and let it decompose for about 35-90 minutes. The type of compost you are creating will determine how long it takes. Regular compost is 35-50 minutes while Super and Ultra composts take about 90 minutes.

  3. You will be able to tell when the compost is done by trying to open the bin. If the compost is not finished, it will tell you so and not let you open it. Once it is complete, it can be opened and emptied.

  4. To empty the bin, you will need Empty buckets. The compost bin does not need to be completely emptied, though it is suggested to do that so you can begin making more. Examining the bin will tell you how many doses remain.

As 15 items are placed in the compost bin to decay, you will be able to withdraw 15 buckets worth of compost. Note that having the tier 1 or tier 2 "Bully for You" totem perk active will give you a 1/5 or 1/3 chance, respectively, to not deplete your compost bin when collecting buckets. This means that it is possible to collect more than 15. Once collected, the buckets of compost can be stored with a Tool leprechaun, banked, used, or sold as desired.



The sections below detail the items that are used to create each type of compost. Keep in mind that failure to use items from the correct categoty will result in a different type of compost. For example, using 14 Pineapple and 1 Weeds will not make Supercompost, it will create Compost. Note that if you attempt to use an improper item for the compost you are currently creating, you will receive a warning before the item is added to the bin. If you are ever not sure what type of compost an item will make, you can use it on the nearby farmer to find out.



Regular

Regular Compost is the lowest tier compost that can be created. Failure to use the proper ingredients for either of the other types of compost will result in creation of this compost. Collecting Compost from a compost bin will earn you 4.5 experience and using it on a farming plot will earn 18 experience. Items that will create Compost include:

Cabbage Fevergrass Flax Lavender
Leaves Manure Onion Primweed
Raw Potato Stinkbloom Sweetcorn Tansymum
Weeds

Supercompost

Supercompost is the second tier compost that can be created. Failure to use the proper ingredients for this item will result in creation of Compost. Collecting Supercompost from a compost bin will earn you 8.5 experience and using it on a farming plot will earn 26 experience. Items that will create Supercompost include:

Calquat fruit Coconut shell Grapes of Guthix Green manure
Maple roots Oak roots Peach Pineapple
Pungent vine Watermelon White tree fruit Willow roots

Alternatively, one can create a bin of regular Compost and turn it into Supercompost by using a dose of Compost potion on it.

Of the ingredients listed above, Pineapples are by far the easiest to obtain in large quantities.


Ultracompost

Ultracompost is the highest tier compost that can be created. Failure to use the proper ingredients for this item will result in creation of Compost. Collecting Ultracompost from a compost bin will earn you 12.5 experience and using it on a farming plot will earn 34 experience. Unlike the other types of compost, Ultracompost can only be made with 1 ingredient: Dragon manure.



Gardener Payments

As use of Compost only decreases the chance of your crops becoming diseased, some crops require more drastic measures to completely prevent disease. This can be accomplished by hiring a local gardener to watch over your crops, but they won't do this for free. Each type of crop requires a different payment for its care - this price will be the same for all farmers. To quickly discover what they want to watch your crops, you can Right click your growing plants and "Inspect" them or you can reference the tables below.

Note: Payments can be noted!


Allotments

Please see the Allotments section for more information about growing these crops.

Crop Payment Crop Payment
Potato seed 2 Buckets of Compost Onion seed 1 Sack of Potatoes
Cabbage seed 1 Sack of Onions Tomato seed 2 Sacks of Cabbage
Sweetcorn seed 10 Jute fibres Strawberry seed 1 Basket of Apples
Watermelon seed 10 Curry leaves Snape grass seed 15 Dwellberries
Sunchoke seed 15 Yanillian hops Fly trap seed 15 Cadava berries

Bush Patches

Please see the Bushes section for more information about growing these crops.

Crop Payment Crop Payment
Redberry seed 4 Sacks of cabbage Cadavaberry seed 3 Baskets of Tomatoes
Dwellberry seed 3 Baskets of Strawberries Jangerberry seed 6 Watermelons
Whiteberry seed 8 Bittercap mushrooms Barberry seed 15 Hammerstone hops
Avocado seed 6 Chocolatey milk Mango seed 3 Avocado
Lychee seed 4 Ciku

Cacti

Please see the Cacti section for more information about growing these crops.

Crop Payment Crop Payment
Cactus seed 6 Cadava berries Prickly pear seed 15 Jangerberries
Potato cactus seed 10 Watermelon Dragonfruit seed 8 Potato cactus
Golden dragonfruit seed 3 Guarana

Fruit Tree Patches

Please see the Fruit tree section for more information about growing these crops.

Crop Payment Crop Payment
Apple sapling 9 Sweetcorn Banana sapling 4 Baskets of Apples
Orange sapling 3 Baskets of Strawberries Curry sapling 5 Baskets of Bananas
Pineapple sapling 10 Watermelons Papaya sapling 10 Pineapples
Palm sapling 15 Papayas Ciku sapling 6 Zygomite fruit
Guarana sapling 11 Tombshroom Carambola sapling 9 Dragonfruit
Calquat sapling 8 Poison ivy berries*

* Requires completion of Jungle Potion



Hops Patches

Please see the Hops section for more information about growing these crops.

Crop Payment Crop Payment
Barley seed 3 Buckets of Compost Hammerstone seed 1 Marigold
Asgarnian seed 1 Sack of Onions Jute seed 6 Barley malt
Yanillian seed 1 Basket of Tomatoes Krandorian seed 3 Sacks of Cabbage
Wildblood seed 1 Nasturtium Reed seed 15 Asgarnian hops
Grapevine seed 15 Krandorian hops

Tree Patches

Please see the Tree section for more information about growing these crops.

Crop Payment Crop Payment
Oak sapling 1 Basket of Tomatoes Willow sapling 1 Basket of Apples
Maple sapling 1 Basket of Oranges Yew sapling 10 Cactus spines
Magic sapling 25 Coconuts Elder sapling 25 Morchella mushrooms

Special Patches

Please see the Special section for more information about growing these crops.

Crop Payment Crop Payment
Spirit sapling 5 Monkey Nuts, 1 Monkey Bar, and 1 Ground Suqah tooth Jade vine seed 10 Wildblood hops

Herblore Habitat Patches

Please see the Herblore Habitat Seeds section for more information about growing these crops.

Crop Payment Crop Payment
Lergberry seed 3 Red vine blossom Kalferberry seed 3 Lergberries
Erzille seed 3 Green vine blossom Argway seed 4 Red vine blossom
Ugune seed 3 Blue vine blossom Shengo seed 5 Lergberries
Samaden seed 5 Kalferberries


Tool Leprechauns

Tool leprechauns are like gardeners in that they can be found by many different patches. Unlike gardeners though, Tool leprechauns provide several functions. These include:

  • Teleporting you to Vinesweeper
  • Noting produce for you
  • Storing various Farming tools
  • Treating patches with compost

Teleport

It is possible to get transportation to Vinesweeper from any Tool leprechaun (excluding the one on Harmony Island) simply by Right clicking them and choosing the "teleport" option. Using the portal at Vinesweeper to leave will return you to the patch you were at before. For a brief description of the activity, see the Vinesweeper section below and for more details see the Vinesweeper guide itself.


Noting

As mentioned above, Tool leprechauns can note your harvested produce. This can be done easily, and at no charge, by using the item on them. Be aware that they will not note your logs (seems to be some discrepancy if you grew them or not), nor will they note Cave nightshade, and the Tool leprechaun at the farm between Port Sarim and Falador will not note Cabbage.


Storage

To store your tools, you can Left click the Tool leprechaun or Right click them and choose "Exchange" to open the storage interface.

Leprechaun storage

Once opened, you can simply Left click on the item you wish to store/remove or you can Right click to select how many you wish to exchange and if you want withdrawn items to be noted. Be aware that Tool leprechauns can only store certain Farming tools. In addition to this, items that have a magic variant (Magic secateurs & Magic watering can) will only allow you to store either that variant OR the normal one, Secateurs & Watering can respectively.

Note that storage is universal across all Tool leprechauns, you do not need to store items with each individual one. For their locations, please see the Tool leprechaun page. Items that can be stored with them include:

Tools Supplies
Item Maximum Item Maximum
Rake 1 Empty bucket 255
Seed dibber 1 Compost 255
Spade 1 Supercompost 2,000
Gardening trowel 1 Ultracompost 2,000
(Magic) Secateurs* 1 Plant cure 255
(Magic) Watering can* 1 Scarecrow 5
Plank 255
Miraculous treatment 2,000

* Magic variants require completion of A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains (Magic secateurs) and A Fairy Tale III - Battle at Ork's Rift (Magic watering can)


Since the addition of the toolbelt, it is no longer necessary to store your tools with a Tool leprechaun as those items can now be added to your toolbelt. Despite this fact, it is still suggested to store a set of tools here incase you encounter a situation where a toolbelted item will not work. This will allow you to save several spaces in your bank and make it so you will not need to purchase these items whenever you need them.


Treatments

For a fee, Tool leprechauns can automatically add compost to your weeded patches. In order for this to work, you must preemptively pay them for this service and have the appropriate type of compost stored with them; you can pay for up to 60,000 treatments. Costs are as follows:

Compost Used Coins Per Use
Compost 500
Supercompost 1,500
Ultracompost 2,500

You will be notified when the last bucket of compost has been used. Note that the Empty bucket will be distroyed.



Types of Seeds

Seeds are what you plant in patches to train the Farming skill. There are 12 of types of seeds. They are:

  1. Allotment seeds
  2. Bush seeds
  3. Cactus seeds
  4. Flower seeds
  5. Fruit Tree seeds
  6. Herb seeds
  7. Hops seeds
  8. Mushroom seeds
  9. Tree seeds
  10. Special seeds
  11. Herblore Habitat seeds
  12. Arc seeds

The sections below give the basic information about the seeds within each category. For more information about any given seed or its produce, please see the item entry.



Allotment Seeds

Allotment seeds can be planted within Allotment patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 3 of any given seed to be planted within the patch. Once harvested, the patch will be clear and you will need to plant another batch of seeds.

Note that Megavegetation can only be harvested if you consume a dose of Harvest potion prior to harvesting them. The experiences for planting and harvesting will remain the same when Megavegetation is harvested instead of normal. The only difference is the produce collected.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Normal Megavegetation Planting Harvesting
1 Potato seed
Potato seed
Potato
Raw potato
Potato
Sweet potato
8 9 40 min
5 Onion seed
Onion seed
Onion
Onion
Onion
Red onion
9.5 10.5 40 min
7 Cabbage seed
Cabbage seed
Cabbage
Cabbage
Cabbage
Cannonball cabbage
10 11.5 40 min
12 Tomato seed
Tomato seed
Tomato
Tomato
Tomato
Heirloom tomato
12.5 14 40 min
20 Sweetcorn seed
Sweetcorn seed
Sweetcorn
Sweetcorn
Sweetcorn
Rainbow sweetcorn
17 19 50 min
31 Strawberry seed
Strawberry seed
Strawberry
Strawberry
Strawberry
White strawberry
26 29 60 min
(1 hr)
47 Watermelon seed
Watermelon seed
Watermelon
Watermelon
Watermelon
Golden watermelon
48.5 54.5 70 min
(1 hr 10 min)
80 Snape grass seeds
Snape grass seed
Snape grass
Snape grass
N/A 175 80

200 min
(3 hr 20 min)

87 Sunchoke seed
Sunchoke seed
Strength experience N/A 208 95 200 min
(3 hr 20 min)
93 Fly trap seed
Fly trap seed
Thieving experience N/A 225 50 200 min
(3 hr 20 min)

Bush Seeds

Bush seeds can be planted within Bush patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 1 of any given seed to be planted within the patch. If left alone after being harvested, bushes (excluding Barberry) will regrow their produce.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Checking Harvesting
10 Redberry seed
Redberry seed
Redberries
Redberries
11.5 64 4.5 100 min
(1 hr 40 min)
22 Cadavaberry seed
Cadavaberry seed
Cadava berries
Cadava berries
18 102.5 7 120 min
(2 hr)
36 Dwellberry seed
Dwellberry seed
Dwellberries
Dwellberries
31.5 177.5 12 140 min
(2 hr 20 min)
48 Jangerberry seed
Jangerberry seed
Jangerberries
Jangerberries
50.5 284.5 19 160 min
(2 hr 40 min)
59 Whiteberry seed
Whiteberry seed
Whiteberries
White berries
78 437.5 29 160 min
(2 hr 40 min)
70 Poison ivy seed
Poison ivy seed
Poison ivy
Poison ivy berries
120 675 45 160 min
(2 hr 40 min)
77 Barberry seed
Barberry seed
Agility expeirence 175 1,600 50 200 min
(3 hr 20 Min)
99 Avocado seed
Avocado seed
Avocado
Avocado
450 3,957.4 385.1 400 min
(6 hr 40 Min)
105 Mango seed
Mango seed
Mango
Mango
540 4,774.2 447.8 400 min
(6 hr 40 Min)
111 Lychee seed
Lychee seed
Lychee
Lychee
720 7,049.7 601.4 400 min
(6 hr 40 Min)

Cactus Seeds

Cactus seeds can be planted within Cactus patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 1 of any given seed to be planted within the patch. If left alone after being harvested, cacti (excluding Prickly pear) will regrow their produce.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Checking Harvesting
55 Cactus seed
Cactus seed
Cactus spine
Cactus spine
66.5 374 25 560 min
(9 hr 20 min)
76 Prickly pear seed
Prickly pear seed
Defence experience 170 2,250 50 560 min
(9 Hr 20 min)
86 Potato cactus seed
Potato cactus seed
potato cactus
Potato cactus
205 2,700 93 560 min
(9 Hr 20 min)
95 Dragonfruit seed
Dragonfruit seed
dragon fruit
Dragonfruit
400 5,888.7 259.4 560 min
(9 Hr 20 min)
116 golden dragonfruit seed
Golden dragonfruit seed
golden dragon fruit
Golden dragonfruit
920 19,401.1 2,719.6 560 min
(9 Hr 20 min)

Flower Seeds

Flower seeds can be planted within Flower patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 1 of any given seed to be planted within the patch. Once harvested, the patch will be clear and you will need to plant another batch of seeds.

Flowers provide Protection for some of their neighboring plants. See the section on Protection for which flowers protect which crops. Remember that the flowers must remain grown within their plot to protect the other plants.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Harvesting
2 Marigold seed
Marigold seed
Marigolds
Marigolds
8.5 47 20 min
11 Rosemary seed
Rosemary seed
Rosemary
Rosemary
12 66.5 20 min
24 Nasturtium seed
Nasturtium seed
Nasturtium
Nasturtiums
19.5 111 20 min
25 Woad seed
Woad seed
Woad leaf
Woad leaf
*
20.5 115.5 20 min
26 Limpwurt seed
Limpwurt seed
Limpwurt root
Limpwurt root
*
21.5 120 20 min
52 White lily seed
White lily seed
ashes
Ashes
70 250 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
88 butterfly flower seed
Butterfly flower seed
Ruby harvest
Ruby harvest
*
210 280 20 min

*3 produce are harvested instead of the typical 1 produce for Flowers.



Fruit Tree Seeds

Fruit tree seeds can be planted within Fruit tree patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 1 of any given seed to be planted within a Plant pot to create a seedling (Exp: 1), then watered to become a sapling (Exp: 1), and finally to be planted within the patch. If left alone after being harvested, fruit trees will regrow their produce.

Level Required Seed Sapling Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Checking Harvesting
27 Apple tree seed
Apple tree seed
sapling
Apple sapling
Cooking apple
Cooking apple
22 1,199.5 8.5 960 min
(16 hr)
33 Banana tree seed
Banana tree seed
sapling
Banana sapling
Banana
Banana
28 1,750.5 10.5 960 min
(16 hr)
39 Orange tree seed
Orange tree seed
sapling
Orange sapling
Orange
Orange
35.5 2,470.2 13.5 960 min
(16 hr)
42 Curry tree seed
Curry tree seed
sapling
Curry sapling
Curry leaf
Curry leaf
40 2,906.9 15 960 min
(16 hr)
51 Pineapple tree seed
Pineapple tree seed
sapling
Pineapple sapling
Pineapple
Pineapple
57 4,605.7 21.5 960 min
(16 hr)
57 Papaya tree seed
Papaya tree seed
sapling
Papaya sapling
Papaya
Papaya fruit
72 6,146.4 27 960 min
(16 hr)
68 Palm tree seed
Palm tree seed
sapling
Palm sapling
Coconut
Coconut
110.5 10,150.1 41.5 960 min
(16 hr)
72 Calquat tree seed
Calquat tree seed
sapling
Calquat sapling
Calquat fruit
Calquat fruit
129.5 12,096 48.5 960 min
(16 hr)
101 Ciku seed
Ciku seed
sapling
Ciku sapling
Ciku
Ciku
471 22,047 1,048.7 800 min
(13 hr 20 min)
107 Guarana seed
Guarana seed
sapling
Guarana sapling
Guarana
Guarana
590.6 28,157 1,339.8 800 min
(13 hr 20 min)
113 Carambola seed
Carambola seed
sapling
Carambola sapling
Carambola
Carambola
811.4 35,057.7 1,795 800 min
(13 hr 20 min)

Herb Seeds

Herb seeds can be planted within Herb patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 1 of any given seed to be planted within the patch. Once harvested, the patch will be clear and you will need to plant another seed.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Harvesting
9 guam seed
Guam seed
Grimy guam
Grimy guam
11 12.5 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
14 Marentill seed
Marrentill seed
Grimy marrentill
Grimy marrentill
13.5 15 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
19 Tarromin seed
Tarromin seed
Grimy tarromin
Grimy tarromin
16 18 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
26 Harralander seed
Harralander seed
Grimy harralander
Grimy harralander
21.5 24 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
29 Tubers
Gout tuber
Goutweed
Goutweed
105 45 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
32 Ranarr seed
Ranarr seed
Grimy ranarr
Grimy ranarr
27 30.5 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
36 spirit weedseed
Spirit weed seed
Grimy spirit weed
Grimy spirit weed
32 36 100
(1 hr 40 min)
38 toadflax seed
Toadflax seed
Grimy toadflax
Grimy toadflax
34 38.5 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
44 Herb seed
Irit seed
Grimy irit
Grimy irit
43 48.5 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
46 Wergali seed
Wergali seed
Grimy wergali
Grimy wergali
52.8 52.8 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
50 avantoe seed
Avantoe seed
Grimy avantoe
Grimy avantoe
54.5 61.5 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
56 Herb seed
Kwuarm seed
Grimy kwuarm
Grimy kwuarm
69 78 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
57 Bloodweed seed
Bloodweed seed
Grimy bloodweed
Grimy bloodweed
72 81.4 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
62 Herb seed
Snapdragon seed
Grimy snapdragon
Grimy snapdragon
87.5 98.5 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
67 Herb seed
Cadantine seed
Grimy cadantine
Grimy cadantine
106.5 120 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
73 Herb seed
Lantadyme seed
Grimy lantadyme
Grimy lantadyme
134.5 151.5 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
77 Arbuck seed
Arbuck seed
Grimy arbuck
Grimy arbuck
184.1 205.6 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
79 Dwarf weed seed
Dwarf weed seed
Grimy dwarf weed
Grimy dwarf weed
170.5 192 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
85 torstol seed
Torstol seed
Grimy torstol
Grimy torstol
199.5 224.5 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
91 Fellstalk seed
Fellstalk seed
Grimy Fellstalk
Grimy fellstalk
225 315.6 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)


Hops Seeds

Hops seeds can be planted within Hops patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 3 or 4 of any given seed to be planted within the patch. Once harvested, the patch will be clear and you will need to plant another seed.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Harvesting
3 Barley seed
Barley seed
Barley
Barley
8.5 9.5 40 min
4 Hammerstone seed
Hammerstone seed
Hammerstone hops
Hammerstone hops
9 10 40 min
8 Asgarnian seed
Asgarnian seed
Asgarnian hops
Asgarnian hops
10.9 12 50 min
13 Jute seed
Jute seed
Jute fibres
Jute fibre
13 14.5 50 min
16 Yanillian seed
Yanillian seed
Yanillian hops
Yanillian hops
14.5 16 60 min
(1 hr)
21 Krandorian seed
Krandorian seed
Krandorian hops
Krandorian hops
17.5 19.5 70 min
(1 Hr 10 min)
28 Wildblood seed
Wildblood seed
Wildblood hops
Wildblood hops
23 26 80 min
(1 Hr 20 min)
78 Reed seeds
Reed seed
toad egg sac
Toad egg sac
180 190 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
95 Grapevine seeds
Grapevine seed
God grapes
Grapes of Guthix,
Saradomin, or Zamorak
250 330 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)


Mushroom Seeds

Mushroom seeds can be planted within Mushroom patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 1 of any given seed to be planted within the patch. Once harvested, the patch will be clear and you will need to plant another seed. Completion of the Medium Morytania Achievements will enable you to double your harvest at the Canifis Mushroom patch.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Harvesting
53 Mushroom spore
Bittercap mushroom spore
Mushroom
Bittercap mushroom
61.5 57.7 240 min
(4 hr)
74 Morchella mushroom spore
Morchella mushroom spore
Morchella mushroom
Morchella mushroom
160 77.7 240 min
(4 hr)
103 stinkshroom spore
Stinkshroom spore
Stinkfly
Stinkfly
500 8,076.6 240 min
(4 hr)
109 Tombshroom spore
Tombshroom spore
Tombshroom
Tombshroom
650 9,032 240 min
(4 hr)


Tree Seeds

Tree seeds can be planted within Tree patches only. In order to grow these plants, you will need 1 of any given seed to be planted within a Plant pot to create a seedling (Exp:1), then watered to become a sapling (Exp: 1), finally to be planted within the patch. If left alone after cutting it down, trees will regrow and can be chopped down once again. Alternatively, the stump can be cleared, most trees will provide you with their root, and another sapling can be planted.

Level Required Seed Sapling Produce Roots Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Checking
15 Acorn
Acorn
sapling
Oak sapling
Oak logs
Oak logs
Oak roots
Oak roots
14 467.5 160 min
(2 hr 40 min)
30 Willow seed
Willow seed
sapling
Willow sapling
Willow logs
Willow logs
Willow roots
Willow roots
25 1,456.5 240 min
(4 hr)
45 Maple seed
Maple seed
sapling
Maple sapling
Maple logs
Maple logs
Maple roots
Maple roots
45 3,403.4 280 min
(4 hr 40 min)
60 Yew seed
Yew seed
sapling
Yew sapling
Yew logs
Yew logs
Yew roots
Yew roots
81 7,069.9 360 min
(6 hr)
75 Magic seed
Magic seed
sapling
Magic sapling
Magic logs
Magic logs
Magic roots
Magic roots
145.5 13,768.3 440 min
(7 hr 20 min)
90 Elder seed
Elder seed
*
sapling
Elder sapling
Elder logs
Elder logs
N/A 321 23,241 4,200 min
(70 hr)
94 Crystal acorn
Crystal acorn
**
N/A Crystal tree blossom
Crystal tree blossom
N/A 50,000 N/A 0 min
(Instant grow)

*There is only 1 patch where an Elder tree can be grown - North East Crwys.

**There is only 1 patch where a Crystal tree can be grown - South East corner of the Tower of Voices. It's health cannot be checked and once every 24 hours a Crystal tree blossom (or 2 if the Tirannwn quiver 4 is equipped - xp does not increase) can be harvested from it for 15,000 experience.



Special Seeds

Special seeds can be planted within certain patches only - specific patch depends upon the seed itself. As this section encompasses the more unique seeds available in Gielinor, be sure to check out the seed pages, or the associated resources, for more information.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Checking Harvesting
42 Evil turnip seed
Evil turnip seed
Evil turnip
Evil turnip
41 N/A 46 4.5 min
53 Jade vine seed
Jade vine seed
Wild jade vine 50 1,500 30 960 min (16 hr)
63 Belladonna seed
Belladonna seed
Nightshade
Cave nightshade
91 N/A 512 320 min
(5 hr 20 min)
70 Devil's snare seed
Devil's Snare seed
Devil's snare* 200 N/A 600 0 min
(Instant grow)
75 Luminous snaggler seed
Luminous snaggler seed
Luminous snaggler* 200 N/A 600 0 min
(Instant grow)
82 seed
Lampenflora seed
Lampenflora* 200 N/A 600 0 min
(Instant grow)
83 Spirit seed
Spirit seed
N/A 199.5 19,301.8 N/A 3,520 min
(58 hr 40 min)
119 Money tree seed
Money tree seed
Money tree cash bag
Money tree cash bag
1,000 N/A 60,000 2,880 min
(48 hr)

*Once grown, a Vile bloom monster will only last for 3 minutes before despawning if you have not killed it.



Herblore Habitat Seeds

The seeds listed below can only be grown within the Herblore Habitat. Having them present in their appropriate patches will attract various Jadinko to the area depending upon the specific plants grown. See our Herblore Habitat guide for more information.

Level Required Seed Produce Experience Average Grow Time
Planting Checking Harvesting
Flowers
54 Blue vine seed
Blue blossom seed
Blue vine blossom
Blue vine blossom
52 N/A 307 20 min
54 green vine seed
Green blossom seed
green vine blossom
Green vine blossom
52 N/A 307 20 min
54 Blue vine seed
Blue blossom seed
Blue vine blossom
Blue vine blossom
52 N/A 307 20 min
Bushes
61 Lergberry seed
Lergberry seed
Lergberries
Lergberries
145.5 236.3 31.5 120 min
(2 hr)
61 Kalferberry seed
Kalferberry seed
Kalferberrys
Kalferberries
220 375 52.5 100 min
(1 hr 40 min)
Herb
58 Erzille seed
Erzille
Grimy erzille
Grimy erzille
87 N/A 87 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
65 Argway seed
Argway
Grimy argway
Grimy argway
110 N/A 125 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
70 Ugune seed
Ugune
Grimy ugune
Grimy ugune
135 N/A 152 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
74 Shengo seed
Shengo
Grimy shengo
Grimy shengo
140.5 N/A 160 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)
80 Samaden seed
Samaden
Grimy samaden
Grimy samaden
170 N/A 190 80 min
(1 hr 20 min)

Arc Seeds

Arc berries can only be grown in the 2 farming patches on Tuai Leit. Unlike other farming seeds, many Arc seeds can only be obtained by crossbreeding other varities. Arc berries can be planted starting at level 86 Farming, as that is what is required to obtain the first seeds, and will always take 42 hours to grow.

Seed Produces Experience Seed Produces Experience
rumberry seed
Rumberry seed
rumberry
Rumberry
2,000 exuberry seed
Exuberry seed
exuberry
Exuberry
2,000
seed
Fireberry seed
Fireberry
Fireberry
3,000 stoneberry seed
Stoneberry seed
stoneberry
Stoneberry
3,000
stormberry seed
Stormberry seed
stormberry
Stormberry
3,000 blisterberry seed
Blisterberry seed
blisterberry
Blisterberry
5,000
mournberry seed
Mournberry seed
mournberry
Mournberry
5,000 rosaberry seed
Rosaberry seed
rosaberry
Rosaberry
5,000
musaberry seed
Musaberry seed
musaberry
Musaberry
5,000 squiffberry seed
Squiffberry seed
squiffberry
Squiffberry
8,500
meloberry seed
Meloberry seed
meloberry
Meloberry
8,500 seed
Jitterberry seed
jitterberry
Jitterberry
8,500
cocoaberry seed
Cocoaberry seed
cocoaberry
Cocoaberry
8,500 smoulderberry seed
Smoulderberry seed
smoulderberry
Smoulderberry
8,500
sourberry seed
Sourberry seed
sourberry
Sourberry
8,500 gloomberry seed
Gloomberry seed
gloomberry
Gloomberry
8,500

While not grown from seeds, it is worth noting that it is possible to harvest Mushrooms in the Arc at level 90. At this point, you will only be able to collect them from clusters on the Named islands, Goshima and The Islands That Once Were Turtles. At level 94 you will be able to harvest them from Uncharted Isles as you explore. When harvesting, you will gain one of several mushrooms and 41.7 experience per successful collection. Arc mushrooms include the following:

Goshima

Wushroom Immorel Corpsebloom Snufftruffle
Buttercap

The Islands That Once Were Turtles

Wushroom Lactarius Paraspore Purple bellow
Toastool

Uncharted Isles

Blushroom Honeyfungus Sporcini Inky cap
Arc puffball Summertwirl Russula


Dungeoneering Farming

These seeds/plants are only found within the Daemonheim dungeons and do NOT need any type of watering to grow. Refer to the Dungeoneering skill guide for more information.



Foods

For more information on food within Daemonheim, see the Cooking guide.

Seed Produces Level Required Harvesting Experience
Cave potato seed Cave potato seeds Raw cave potato Raw cave potato 1 1.3
Gissel musroom spore Gissel musroom spore Gissel mushroom Gissel mushroom 34 3.5
Edicap mushroom spore Edicap mushroom spore Edicap mushroom Edicap mushroom 68 5.7


Textiles

These are not actually farmed, but more of picked from the plants inside a dungeon. These plants are spun to make garments. For more information on what can be made with these plants, see the Crafting guide.

Plant Level Required Harvesting Experience
Salve nettles Salve nettles 1 6.1
Wildercress Wildercress 10 9.2
Blightleaf Blightleaf 20 12.8
Roseblood Roseblood 30 17.4
Bryll Bryll 40 23.5
Duskweed Duskweed 50 31.6
Soulbell Soulbell 60 42.2
Ectograss Ectograss 70 55.8
Runeleaf Runeleaf 80 72.9
Spiritbloom Spiritbloom 90 94


Herbs

For more information on what potions can be made with these plants, see the Herblore guide.

Seed Produces Level Required Harvesting Experience
Sagewort seed Sagewort seed Grimy sagewort Grimy sagewort 7 15
Valerian seed Valerian seed Grimy valerian Grimy valerian 18 18.1
Aloe seed Aloe seed Grimy aloe Grimy aloe 29 21.9
Wormwood seed Wormwood seed Grimy wormwood Grimy wormwood leaf 40 27.1
Magebane seed Magebane seed Grimy magebane Grimy magebane 51 34.4
Featherfoil seed Featherfoil seed Grimy featherfoil Grimy featherfoil 62 44.5
Winter's grip seed Winter's grip seed Grimy winter's grip Grimy winter's grip 73 58.1
Lycopus seed Lycopus seed Grimy lycopus Grimy lycopus 84 75.9
Buckthorn seed Buckthorn seed Grimy buckthorn Grimy buckthorn 95 98.6


Jade Vine

Upon completion of Back to My Roots, you will receive a Jade vine seed. You can take this seed to Lord Handelmort's Mansion Garden and plant it in the special Jade vine patch there. If you wish to have Horacio the Gardener look after your Jade vine, simply pay him 10 Wildblood hops. If your plant dies, you can get another seed for free from Horacio.

Once your vine is fully grown, you can choose to prune it to gain Farming experience or you can leave it alone to become a Wild jade vine. You can kill it once every 24 hours if you let it go wild. To fight the Jade vine, you will need:

  • Decent armor
  • Good food (depending upon your level)
  • Woodcutting hatchet - toolbelt hatchet can be used, however, you MUST wield a Melee weapon
  • Secateurs - toolbelt and/or Magic secateurs can be used
  • Antipoison

Upon fighting the Wild jade vine, it would be advised to turn on Protect from Melee. The vine uses two types of attacks: Melee and Magic. You will see the Melee attack more than Magic, so don't fret. You MUST attack it with a hatchet/melee weapon or you won't do any damage.

When you have successfully chopped the wild vine down, you can now finish it off by cutting the root. Once that is done, you will receive 2,500 Slayer experience and can ask Horacio for another seed to plant again.

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Livid Farm

The Livid Farm is located North of the bank on Lunar Isle. The Livid Farm is a great way to train Magic, Farming, Agility, Crafting, and Construction. To begin helping out, talk to Pauline Polaris for a tutorial. After the tutorial you are ready to begin working on the farm. As you will be using Lunar magic, you will need to have this spellbook activated and have runes for each of the spells used. As you work, you will earn Produce points which you can trade to unlock verious rewards! Please see our Livid Farm guide for more details.

Livid



Vinesweeper

Vinesweeper is an activity based on the well-known game Minesweeper. Farmer Blinkin has turned his farm into a fluffy-tailed nightmare, with endless numbers of rabbits munching away at his most prized crops. As you to help him clear out the bunnies and collect the crops for him, you will earn points. These awarded points can be traded with Mrs. Winkin for seeds, supercompost potions, experience, and more flags. For more information, please see the Vinesweeper activity guide.

Vinesweeper



Sorceress's Garden

The Sorceress's Garden is based on Thieving experience, but it is possible to collect herbs from each of the gardens and gain 50 experience. For more information on this activity, please see our Sorceress's Garden guide.

Sorceress patch



Animal Farming

As you progress through the Farming skill, one you reach certain thresholds, you will be able to train this skill using animals. At level 17 Farming and level 20 Construction, you will be able to begin raising animals at the Manor Farm just North of East Ardougne. See our Player-Owned Farm guide for more information.

Once you reach level 42 Farming and level 45 Construction, you will be able to begin raising animals at the Ranch Out of Time on an island West of Anachronia. See our Ranch Out of Time guide for more information.



Capes of Accomplishment

Farming Skill Cape Set

Once you have achieved level 99, you may visit Martin the Master Gardener to purchase a Farming cape for 99,000 Coins.

Farming Master Skill

Once you have achieved level 120, Martin the Master Gardener will sell you the Farming master cape for 120,000 Coins.



Discount

Note that as of December 2018, another one of Mod Daze's Easter Eggs have been found. This enables you to purchase a Skillcape for half price (only from Martin, not Elen) if you are wearing a Ring of Charos (a). Be aware that "Half price" is 92,000 Coins as the experience at level 92 is approximately half way to level 99.

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