Introduction

To start Farming (Members Only skill) you will need to find a Farming patch. There are different types of patches around the world where you can grow different resources. Their locations and details are explained later on. When you arrive at a patch for the first time it will be overgrown with weeds. You will need to use a rake on the patch to remove the weeds. Then you'll treat the soil with compost (from farmer or you can make your own). Then use a seed on the farming patch, while having a seed dibber in your inventory, to plant it. Use a watering can on the new plant so it will start growing (not needed if you pay a nearby farmer to take care of your plants). But do note that your plants can get diseased and die if left alone.

If your plant gets diseased you will have to use a plant cure potion on the plant (Flowers can also protect your crops). This can be bought from any farmer that lingers close to most farming patches for 25gp. You can also buy these Plant Cure Potions at Farming Shops, but for 40gp. If you don't use the Plant Cure Potion on your plant in time it will die and you'll have to clear out your patch by using a spade on the dead plant. Note that Lunar Magick offers a level 66 spell to cure disease and a level 83 spell to treat a patch with supercompost.

When you are harvesting some patches you will need a spade as well. You can treat patches with compost to avoid disease and increase harvest yield when you pick the grown plant. The below equipment is suggested:

• 1 Rake
• 1 Seed dibber
• 1 Spade
• 1 or 2 Watering cans
• Seeds for allotment, hops, herbs, bushes and flowers.
• Charged Amulet of Glory
• Law runes
• Air staff
• Earth and Water runes
• Buckets (for compost)
• Baskets (used to store up to 5 tomatoes or fruits like apples, strawberries, etc.)
• Sacks (used to store up to 10 vegetables like potatoes, onions or cabbages)
• Axe (optional: for chopping down trees and fruit trees to clear patch for replanting)

The locations of each type of patch, a minimap, what you can plant, how long they will take and how much xp you receive are shown below. Take full advantage of alternative travelling methods described in the Getting Around guide. This Runescape farming map might also be useful.

Click here to view the Farming patches locations

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Farming tools and shops

Before you can start Farming you will need to get some farming tools. These can all be bought in the Farming Shops located close to all allotment patches. They are relatively inexpensive at around a few gp each. Some of them can also be found at various respawning points, such as the shed in Lumbridge swamps. Here is a list of all the farming tools:

Pic	Name	Information
	Rake	Needed to clear weeds from patches.
	Spade	Needed to harvest crops, to remove dead plants, to remove plant roots and bushes, to plant tree seedlings and to pick herbs.
	Watering Can	Needed to start allotment, flowers, and potted tree seeds to grow.
	Seed Dibber	Needed in your inventory to plant seeds.
	Gardening trowel	Needed for planting tree seeds in pots.
	Secateurs*	Needed to cut away diseased branches from bushes and trees.
	Gardening Boots	Dropped by Farmers. Decorative only. Can't be bought in the farming shop.
	Basket	Used to store up to 5 fruits.
	Sack	Used to store up to 10 vegetables (potatoes, onions and cabbage only).
	Plant Pot	Used to plant tree seeds. Also requires trowel and watering can.

* Secateurs can be blessed during the quest A Fairy Tale Part I - Growing Pains. Magic Secateurs increase crop yields by around 10% if wielded when harvesting and they can be stored with your leprechaun.

Farming shops are where you can purchase the necessary tools such as sacks, compost, pots and all farming tools. Their locations are detailed below. All farming shops are shown like this on the Runescape map:

Name	Info	Name	info
North of Catherby		North West of Port Phasmatys
North of Ardougne		South East of Falador

The Leprechaun's Tool Shed
At each farming patch, you can find a leprechaun dressed in green, as expected. This leprechaun will offer to hold your tools, buckets, and compost in his magical tool shed.

This will allow you to have more inventory spots to harvest your finished crops. When you talk to the leprechaun, his tool shed storage screen will come up (below), which for some reason is called the "Amazing Farming Equipment Store." It shows you what items you can store, how many of each item are in the tool shed at the moment, and the maximum number of the items that the tool shed will hold. The tool shed will only hold 1 of each item, except for compost and buckets. If you have magic secateurs, you can store either them or normal secateurs, but not both. It will hold 255 of both the regular and super composts, and 31 empty buckets.

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Seeds

You can collect seeds by thieving from Master Farmers or from the Seed stalls. The Seed stalls do not yield herb seeds, while the Master Farmers do. Some monsters drop seeds. You can purchase seeds from other players. You can also buy various seed packets with reward points from the Pest Control mini game. Additionally, picking cabbage will give you occasional cabbage seeds, picking potatoes will give you potato seeds, etc.

You can get tree seeds from a bird's nest. Bird's nests are randomly dropped from trees while you are woodcutting. A bird's nest will drop behind your character and you will have to pick it up. Alternatively, bird's nests can be obtained as rewards from various minigames, especially the Miscellania Kingdom. If you search a bird's nest, there is a chance you will find a tree seed, a ring, a fruit tree seed or a bird egg. For those more of a Combat type, you may want to consider the Giant Mole. Killing the Giant Mole will give you mole skin and claws, which you can trade to Wyson the Gardener in Falador park in exchange for 1 bird's nest per mole item you turn in. Consult the Bestiary data for the Giant Mole for more details.

Pic	Location	Name	Thieving	XP
	Draynor Market	Master Farmers	Lvl 38	43 xp
	North of Ardougne	Master Farmer	Lvl 38	43 xp
	South of Varrock	Master Farmer	Lvl 38	43 xp
	Draynor Market	Seed stalls	Lvl 27	10 xp

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Compost

Patches that have been treated with Compost are less likely to become diseased and will yield a better harvest. Supercompost magnifies both qualities. You can buy compost at farming stores, but not supercompost. To make your own compost or supercompost, you have to fill up your own compost bin with organic material. These compost bins are located at every allotment patch. You will have to put 15 items in to fill the bin. Then close the bin and wait for 40-50 minutes until it's rotten. When it lets you re-open the bin you can get 15 buckets of compost out of it by using a bucket with the bin. If you have enough compost for all your buckets in your inventory, a single click on a compost bin will fill all of your buckets. Use an item on the local farmer to find out what type of compost it will make. Weeds are easy to use (for regular compost) because all weeds in your inventory are deposited at once (any other items must be used on the bin one at a time.)

Name	How to make them	Xp for filling buckets from compost bin	Xp for using the compost on the patch
Compost	Put 15 organic items into the compost bin, like weeds, low vegetables and fruits like cabbage or onions, or low herbs like guam leaf and marrentill (up through ranarr but also irit.)	4.5 xp each (67.5 xp total)	18 xp
Super Compost	Put 15 higher organic items into the compost bin, like pineapples, watermelons, jangerberries, whiteberries, tree roots, coconut shells, toadflax, and other herbs avantoe and higher.	8.5 xp each (127.5 xp total)	26 xp
Rotten tomatoes	Put 15 tomatoes in the compost bin and nothing else.	4.5 xp (67.5 xp total)	None

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Allotments, Flowers & Herbs

To plant allotment seeds you will need to go to an Allotment patch. At allotment patches there is always a Compost bin, one Herb patch and one Flower patch. Locations are detailed below. You must have 3 allotment seeds to plant an allotment patch.

• Allotment patches - Blue
• Herb patches - Red
• Flower patches - Yellow

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	North of Catherby	Teleport to Camelot and walk east, or take the glider to White Wolf Mountain and descend to the west.	There is a farming shop just east of the patch where you can buy everything you need.
	South of Falador (North west of Draynor)	Teleport to Draynor (amulet of glory), and go north west, or teleport to Falador and go through the south gate and then east.	You can go west of the patches and climb over the stile into the cow field and then walk a little south to get to the farming shop.
	North west of Port Phasmatys	Use your ectophial and go west past the undead farm.	When you arrive it's easier to go to the shop first.
	North of Ardougne	Ardougne teleport, go through the northern gate past the farms, and go east.	Visit the farming shop first. It's a long walk around the sheep.
	Troll Stronghold (Herb Only)*	This patch can be accessed using the Trollheim Teleport and running from the top of the hill to the stronghold, or by using fairy ring AJR and wearing climbing boots to climb the trail east. The normal Death Plateau hike is a much longer walk.	This patch is only accessible after you finish My Arm's Big Adventure. Visit any bank first before you teleport, as there are no banks nearby. No cures are needed since herbs in this patch cannot get diseased. The leprechaun sells farming tools.
	Harmony Island (1 Allotment patch Only)	This patch is only accessible after starting The Great Brain Robbery. This patch is accessed via teleport from Brother Tranquility, located on Mos Le'Harmless	Visit the bank in Mos Le'Harmless first before you teleport, as there are no banks nearby. There is no farmer at the patch to look after your crops for you. The Zombie Pirates can attack you whilst you are farming.

*The Tools leprechaun here also sells farming supplies, although the supply is best used for patches elsewhere.

Here is a list of what you can plant at Allotment patches, together with some information on how much xp you will receive, and their healing values.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for picking	Healing	Result
	Potatoes	Lvl 1	40 mins	8	9	Heals 1 (See Cooking guide for baked potatoes)
	Onions	Lvl 5	40 mins	10	11	Heals 1
	Cabbage	Lvl 7	35 mins	10	11.5	Heals 1
	Tomatoes	Lvl 12	40 mins	12.5	14	Heals 2 (basket heals 10)
	Sweetcorn	Lvl 20	55 mins	17	19	Heals 10% of your hp. (must cook first)
	Strawberries	Lvl 31	55 mins	26	29	Heals 5 (basket heals 25)
	Watermelon	Lvl 47	75 mins	48	54.5	Heals 12 (must use knife)

You can either take care of the plants yourself, as explained in the Intro or you can let the farmer close to that patch take care of them. However this is going to cost you something, not money but another farming product. Here is the list of farming products you have to pay to let the farmer watch your crops (farmers accept noted payments.)

Name	Payment to Farmer
Potatoes	2 buckets of compost
Onions	1 sack of potatoes
Cabbage	1 sack of onions
Tomatoes	2 sacks of cabbage
Sweetcorn	10 jute fibres
Strawberries	1 basket of apples
Watermelon	10 leaves of curry

Flowers are located in the middle of all allotment patches. Some are meant to protect your crops from getting diseases, others are meant for herblore. You can check the Allotment section of this guide to see the exact locations of the flower patches (they have been marked yellow). You always plant flowers one at a time (one seed), and you always harvest a set amount. This means you will always harvest 1 nasturtium, 1 marigold, 1 rosemary, 3 limpwurt roots and 3 woad leafs (note you only get the exp as shown in the table and not 3 times that exp).

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for picking	Result
	Marigold	Lvl 2	17.5 mins	8.5 exp	47
	Rosemary	Lvl 11	17.5 mins	12	67
	Nasturtium	Lvl 24	17.5 mins	20	111
	Woad	Lvl 25	17.5 mins	20.5	115.5
	Limpwurt	Lvl 26	17.5 mins	21	120

Some flowers are used to protect your Allotment by attracting away insects; here is a table which shows what protects certain crops.

Name	Protects
Marigold	onions, tomatoes and potatoes
Rosemary	cabbage
Scarecrow	sweetcorn
Nasturtiums	watermelon

Herb patches are found in the same location as Allotments and Flower patches. Check the Allotment section of this guide to see the exact locations of herb patches (marked red). Herbs cannot be protected in any way or be looked after by the farmer, so you will have to do it all by yourself. If they get diseased you have to use a plant cure potion on them. If they die, use a spade to dig up the patch. Herb patches do not need to be watered. All herbs obtained from these patches will yield grimy herbs so you would also need the appropriate herblore level to clean them before you can use it, but you can still trade it to other players if you cannot clean them. Here is a list of all the herbs, the levels, and the xp you get from them.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for picking	Result
	Guam leafs	Lvl 9	75 mins	11	12.5
	Marrentill	Lvl 14	75 mins	13.5	15
	Tarromin	Lvl 19	75 mins	16	18
	Harralander	Lvl 26	75 mins	21.5	24
	Goutweed	Lvl 29	75 mins	105	45
	Ranarr Weed	Lvl 32	75 mins	26.5	30.5
	Toadflax	Lvl 38	75 mins	34	38.5
	Irit Leaf	Lvl 44	75 mins	43	48.5
	Avantoe	Lvl 50	75 mins	54.5	61.5
	Kwuarm	Lvl 56	75 mins	69	78
	Snapdragon	Lvl 62	75 mins	87.5	98.5
	Cadantine	Lvl 67	75 mins	106.5	120
	Lantadyme	Lvl 73	75 mins	134.5	151.5
	Dwarf Weed	Lvl 79	75 mins	170.5	192
	Torstol	Lvl 85	75 mins	199.5	224.5

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Scarecrows

Scarecrows are used to protect sweetcorn from getting eaten by birds (which is a disease). You have to build a scarecrow first (this earns 25 xp) and then put it on a flower patch. When you are finished with it, it can be dug up and banked for future use. Here are some instructions on how to make scarecrows and where you can find what you need.

1. Use a empty sack on a straw bale (you can buy empty sacks at any farming shop; there are straw bales and haystacks at every farm, such as just above the farming shop in Ardougne).
2. Then use the hay sack on a bronze spear (you can kill goblins for spears).
3. Now use a watermelon on the bronze spear and hay sack as a head (you can only buy watermelon from other players).
4. Finally use the scarecrow with the flower patch.

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Hops

Hops patches are not in the same locations as allotment, flower and herb patches. You will need 4 seeds to plant a hops field. Jute is an exception, it only requires 3 seeds. Hops products (except for jute) are used for Brewing ales. Here is the list of all locations of the hops fields.

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	North of McGrubor's Woods	Teleport to Camelot, go west and when you reach a fence, go north of the coal tracks.	You will pass Seers Village bank on the way.
	Yanille	Teleport to Watchtower and go east, around the fence, and go west past the Wizards Guild.	An agility shortcut through the wall is north of the farming patch. Bank is east of the patch.
	North of Lumbridge farms	Lumbridge teleport, cross the northern bridge, and go north past the farms. Or use combat bracelet teleport or canoe transport to reach the nearby Champion's Guild.	Bank in Lumbridge castle - top floor, or in the castle basement after completing at least the first part of the Recipe for Disaster Quest.
	Entrana	Teleport to Draynor, go northwest through the fence, then south to Entrana Monks' boat. Or use balloon transport.	Entrana does not allow weapons, armour, or staves. You can take runes, amulets, and rings for teleport.

Here is a list what you can grow at hops fields, together with xp and growing times.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for picking	Results
	Barley	Lvl 3	35 mins	11	9.5
	Hammerstone	Lvl 4	35 mins	9	10
	Asgarnian	Lvl 8	45 mins	11	12
	Jute	Lvl 13	45 mins	13	14.5
	Yanillian	Lvl 16	55 mins	14.5	16
	Krandorian	Lvl 21	65 mins	17	19.5
	Wildblood	Lvl 28	75 mins	23	26

You can either take care of the plants yourself, as explained in the intro or you can let the farmer closest to the patch take care of your plants. However this is going to cost you something, not money but another farming product. Here is the list of farming products you have to pay to let the farmer watch your crops (farmers accept noted payments.)

Name	Payment to Farmer
Barley hops	3 buckets of compost
Hammerstone hops	1 marigold
Asgarnian hops	1 sack of onions
Jute	6 barley malt (made by using barley on a range)
Yanillian hops	1 basket of tomatoes
Krandorian hops	3 sacks of cabbage
Wildblood hops	1 nasturtium

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Trees

You will need to have a trowel to plant the tree seed in a plant pot. You can buy these from the farming store, or you can use an empty plant pot on any gardening patch to fill it with dirt. Water the pot, and very soon it will grow into a sapling. You will need a spade to plant the sapling in a tree patch. Tree patches do not need to be watered. If a tree gets a disease you will have to use your secateurs on the diseased tree. After you have checked the health of your tree you can chop it down. Once it is gone you will see the tree stump like you normally do when woodcutting, but now you can use a spade on it to clear your patch for a new tree. You will receive tree roots, which are used for several things. Oak roots are used for brewing a woodcutting boosting ale, Axeman's Folly. Yew roots are used to make an herblore potion, Antidote+. Magic roots can be used on a spinning wheel to make an Amulet of Nature, or used to make an Antidote++ potion. Roots below magic can be spun into crossbow strings, or used on a compost bin to make supercompost.

Alternatively, you could pay a gardener 200gp and (s)he will clear the patch and supercompost it for you, but you won't get the tree roots this way. The gardeners will only chop down maple, yew or magic trees; you must chop your own oaks and willows. Here are the five tree patch locations:

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	Falador park	Teleport to Falador and walk east until you reach the park. A skills necklace can teleport you to the Mining Guild ladders.	Falador east bank is south of the park.
	Taverley	Teleport to Falador, go north through the members gate, and turn south. Alternatively, use balloon transport.	Falador west bank first if needed.
	Varrock Castle Courtyard	Teleport to Varrock and walk north into the east side of the castle courtyard.	Either Varrock bank will do.
	Lumbridge forest	Teleport to Lumbridge, go northwest around castle, then southwest.	Bank in the Lumbridge castle - top floor, or in the Lumbridge basement after completing at least the first part of the Recipe for Disaster Quest.
	Gnome Stronghold	Glory Teleport to Al Kharid, and take the Glider to the Grand tree. Alternatively, Glory teleport to Edgeville and run to the Spirit Tree north of Varrock, and use it to get to the Gnome Stronghold.	There is a Bank right beside the tree patch.

Here is a list of all trees, xps and times. Note that the listed times are provided by Jagex - if your tree becomes diseased while under the care of a farmer, it will take longer to grow.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for checking health	Result
	Acorn (Oak Trees)	Lvl 15	140 mins	18	467.5
	Willow Trees*	Lvl 30	220 mins	25	1,456.5
	Maple Trees	Lvl 45	300 mins	45	3,403
	Yew Trees	Lvl 60	380 mins	81	7,069.5
	Magic Trees	Lvl 75	460 mins	145	13,768.5

*You can use secateurs on grown willow trees to get willow branches. This gives you no farming experience, but the branches can be used to make baskets.

You can either take care of the plants yourself as explained in the intro, or you can let the farmer that is close to the patch take care of your plants. However this is going to cost you something: not money, but another farming product.

Here is the list of farming products you have to pay to let the farmer watch your crops (farmers accept noted payments.)

Name	Payment to Farmer
Oak trees	1 basket of tomatoes
Willow trees	1 basket of apples
Maple trees	1 basket of oranges
Yew trees	10 cactus spines
Magic trees	25 coconuts

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Fruit trees

Fruit trees are planted on special fruit tree patches; there are four. The same planting procedure for regular trees applies to fruit trees. Here is a list of the four fruit tree patch locations.

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	East of Catherby	Camelot teleport, go southeast through Catherby, then east of the fishing spots. Or take the gnome glider to White Wolf Mountain and walk down to the west.	Catherby bank is on the way.
	West of Tree Gnome maze	Walk from Ardougne or use a Spirit Tree to get to the Gnome Maze, then ask Elkoy to take you out of the maze, right near the patch.	No bank close by - use Spirit Tree to bank at Gnome Stronghold.
	North west of Brimhaven	Ardougne teleport, boat to Brimhaven, just southwest.	Visit Ardougne south bank first.
	Gnome Agility Course	Use Spirit Tree to Gnome Stronghold and it's one click east.	There is a bank southwest, or in the Grand Tree.

Here is a list of all fruit trees, xps and growing times. Each tree will produce 6 fruits. If you pick them and leave the tree, it will produce more. Note that the listed times are provided by Jagex - if your tree becomes diseased while under the care of a farmer, it will take longer to grow.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for checking health	Xp for Picking Fruit	Result
	Apple Trees	Lvl 27	14.6 hrs	22	1,199	8.5
	Banana Trees	Lvl 33	14.6 hrs	28	1,750.5	10.5
	Orange Trees	Lvl 39	14.6 hrs	35	2,470	13.5
	Curry Trees	Lvl 42	14.6 hrs	40	2,907	15
	Pineapple Trees	Lvl 51	14.6 hrs	57	4,605.5	22.5
	Papaya Trees	Lvl 57	14.6 hrs	72	6,147	27
	Palm Trees	Lvl 68	14.6 hrs	111	10,100	41.5

You can either take care of the plants yourself as explained in the intro, or you can let the farmer closest to the patch take care of your plants. However this is going to cost you something, not money but another farming product. Here is the list of farming products you have to pay to let the farmer watch your crops (farmers accept noted payments.)

Name	Payment to Farmer
Apple trees	9 raw sweetcorn
Banana trees	4 baskets of apples
Orange trees	3 baskets of strawberries
Curry trees	5 baskets of bananas
Pineapple trees	10 watermelon
Papaya trees	10 pineapples
Palm trees	15 papaya

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Bushes

Bushes can only be planted at bush patches. Bush patches never need to be watered, but can still get diseased. Here is a list of the four bush patch locations.

Picture	Name	Route	Information
	West of Champions Guild	Varrock teleport, then go south out the gate and walk south west to the Champions Guild. Or, use canoe transport.	Varrock west bank is convenient.
	Rimmington	Teleport to Draynor or Falador and walk to Rimmington. Alternatively you can set your house in Rimmington and use House Teleport to get to the patch faster.	Pretty remote, so bank first in Draynor or Falador.
	South West Etceteria	Use enchanted lyre, go north west to Fremennik harbour and take the east boat; go north, then east over the bridge, then south.	There is a bank north of Etceteria castle.
	South of Ardougne	Ardougne teleport, go southwest past the bank. Keep going south-southwest.	Bank at Ardougne south first.

Here is a list of all Bushes, their xps and times. Each bush will produce 4 berries. If you pick them and leave the plant, it will produce more.

Seed	Name	Lvl to plant	Time to grow	Xp for planting	Xp for checking health	Xp for picking	Result
	Redberries	Lvl 10	90 mins	8.5	64	4
	Cadavaberries	Lvl 22	110 mins	18.5	102	7
	Dwellberries	Lvl 36	130 mins	31	177.5	12
	Jangerberries	Lvl 48	150 mins	50.5	284.5	19
	Whiteberries	Lvl 59	150 mins	78	437	29
	Poison ivy	Lvl 70	150 mins	120	674	45