Farming training

Introduction
This guide describes the most effective methods to train the Farming skill. Farming is a gathering skill which involves the player planting seeds at the Farming patches that are found throughout RuneScape. The planted crops then grow in real time through differing numbers of growth stages. Once a plant has become fully grown the player may check its health and, for some types of crop, harvest items from it. Plants may become diseased over the course of their growth and will die if the disease is not treated. To prevent plants from dying players may wish to pay the gardeners, who are present at most Farming patches, to tend to them. As the majority of Farming experience is obtained from checking a fully grown plants' health, levelling the Farming skill is most commonly done via "farm runs". A farm run involves the player quickly visiting as many patches of a particular type as possible to check the health of fully grown plants, remove them and replant new plants in their place. Farming training typically involves farm runs of trees, fruit trees and other special trees once the ability to plant these has been unlocked. Tree seeds cannot be directly planted into a tree patch. Instead, they must be added to a plant pot, which costs, while a gardening trowel is present in the player's inventory or stored on their tool belt, to create a seedling. The seedling can then be watered using a watering can or magic watering can and will, after approximately 5 minutes, turn into a sapling which can be planted in a tree patch. After planting a sapling the player will be left with an empty plant pot, worth. Players who do not wish to receive these plant pots can turn on the option "destroy empty plant pots when farming" in the Miscellaneous Settings tab of the Game Settings options. Seedlings and saplings are untradeable. Players wishing to reclaim tree seeds that have been put into plant pots can do so using the right-click "salvage seed" option on a tree sapling, though this has only approximately 75% chance of returning the seed.

Supercompost and Fertile Soil
A bucket of supercompost may be used on a Farming patch prior to planting a crop. This increases the amount of produce that is yielded when harvesting the fully grown plant, as well as reducing the chance of the planted crops becoming diseased. The chance of a plant that has been treated with supercompost dying is ~14%. A bucket of supercompost costs and grants 26 Farming experience when it is used to treat a Farming patch. After using a bucket of supercompost on a Farming patch the player is left with an empty bucket, worth. Players who do not wish to receive these buckets can turn on the option "destroy empty buckets when farming" in the Miscellaneous Settings tab of the Game Settings options. Up to 255 supercompost may be stored at and later withdrawn from a Tool leprechaun.

Players who are on the lunar spellbook can alternatively use the Fertile Soil spell to treat a targeted patch with supercompost. Unlike a bucket of supercompost, Fertile Soil can be used on a patch that already has something growing in it. Casting Fertile Soil grants 18 Farming experience and 87 Magic experience.

Scroll of life
A scroll of life can be used to unlock the ability to recover seeds from Farming patches. It can be bought for 10,000 Dungeoneering tokens and requires level 25 Farming and Dungeoneering to use. Its effect gives the player a 10% chance of receiving seeds back when removing dead or fully grown plants from patches, with the exception of flower and special patches. The player also gains a 5% chance of getting a seed back when clearing a tree or dead tree from a tree patch. Seeds recovered from fully grown patches are the same kind as those used to grow the plant, but seeds recovered from dead plants are a random seed of the same type that can be grown in that patch. The amount of seeds returned can be up to equal the number of seeds used to plant at the patch, e.g. up to 3 for an allotment patch.

Farmer's outfit
Wearing components of the farmer's outfit gives a percentage increase in the amount of base experience that is earned when gaining Farming experience. There are five pieces in the set: the farmer's hat, farmer's jacket, farmer's legwear, farmer's cuffs, and farmer's boots. Components of the farmer's outfit can be won from Treasure Hunter. Players who obtain the farmer's hat add-on as well as a farmer's hat can combine these items to create the modified farmer's hat. In addition to granting a 1% Farming experience bonus, the modified hat gives 3 daily teleports to the Morytania allotment patch. When the modified hat is worn it also gives a 2% chance of saving seeds as they are planted.

Allotments (1-15)
At level 1 Farming players should begin their training by planting at allotments. There are 4 main allotments that contain 2 allotment patches, as well as a flower patch and herb patch. An additional single allotment patch is located at Taverley, though this can only be used to grow potatoes. This patch is automatically looked after by Head Farmer Jones, so potatoes grown in it will never die. 3 seeds are required to plant in each allotment patch. In addition to having the option of paying gardeners to look after them, allotment patches may be protected from disease and death if specific fully grown flowers are planted at nearby flower patches.

How to farm an allotment patch:

Required items: 3 seeds per allotment patch, rake (can be stored in tool belt), seed dibber (can be stored in tool belt), spade (can be stored in tool belt) and teleports.

Optional items: Supercompost/Fertile Soil and payments.


 * 1) Rake patch to remove weeds, if weeds are present, OR, if seeds have been planted previously, remove dead plant/check health of and harvest from fully grown plant. Harvested crops may be used on tool leprachauns to note them, to free up inventory space.
 * 2) Treat empty patch with supercompost (optional but highly recommended).
 * 3) Use seeds on the patch.
 * 4) Pay farmer to watch crops (optional, not necessary if protecting flower is planted at flower patch).


 * What to plant:

Experience gain and cost values are based on:
 * Farming 8 allotment patches (9 for potatoes)
 * A death rate of 14% without protection
 * Using buckets of supercompost to fertilise patches
 * Obtaining a yield of 10 produce on average
 * Paying a farmer to protect crops, if using payments


 * Patch locations:

Trees (15-99+)
At level 15 Farming players can begin to plant trees. There are 6 tree patches.

How to farm the patches:

Required items: 1 sapling per tree patch, rake (can be stored in tool belt), spade (can be stored in tool belt), gardening trowel (can be stored in tool belt), and teleports.

Optional items: Supercompost/Fertile Soil and payments.


 * 1) Rake patch to remove weeds, if weeds are present, OR, if sapling has been planted previously, remove dead tree/check health of and remove fully grown tree. Players can right-click the patch to remove the tree, or alternatively players may cut down the tree themselves using a hatchet, which may be stored in their tool belt, and then dig up the tree stump, though this is not recommended.
 * 2) Treat empty patch with supercompost (optional but highly recommended).
 * 3) Use sapling on the patch.
 * 4) Pay farmer to watch tree (optional).


 * What to plant:

Experience gain and cost values are based on:
 * Farming 6 tree patches
 * A death rate of 14% without protection
 * Using buckets of supercompost to fertilise patches


 * Patch locations:

Fruit trees (27-99+)
At level 27 Farming players can begin to plant fruit trees. There are 7 fruit tree patches.

How to farm the patches:

Required items: 1 sapling per tree patch, rake (can be stored in tool belt), spade (can be stored in tool belt), gardening trowel (can be stored in tool belt), and teleports.

Optional items: Supercompost/Fertile Soil and payments.


 * 1) Rake patch to remove weeds, if weeds are present, OR, if sapling has been planted previously, remove dead tree/check health of, harvest produce from and remove fully grown tree. Repeatedly clicking a fruit tree when harvesting produce from it causes produce to be harvested faster. Harvested produce may be used on tool leprechauns to note it, to free up inventory space.
 * 2) Treat empty patch with supercompost (optional but highly recommended).
 * 3) Use sapling on the patch.
 * 4) Pay farmer to watch tree (optional).


 * What to plant:

Experience gain and cost values are based on:
 * Farming 7 fruit tree patches
 * A death rate of 14% without protection
 * Using buckets of supercompost to fertilise patches


 * Patch locations:

Calquat tree (72-99+)
At level 72 Farming players can begin planting calquat trees. The single calquat tree patch is found north of Tai Bwo Wannai. Players can get to the patch using a Tai Bwo Wannai Teleport or via the Karamja lodestone teleport and running south-east. Imiago the gardener can be paid to look after the calquat tree patch.

How to farm the patch:

Required items: 1 calquat sapling, rake (can be stored in tool belt), spade (can be stored in tool belt), gardening trowel (can be stored in tool belt), and teleport.

Optional items: Supercompost/Fertile Soil and payment


 * 1) Rake patch to remove weeds, if weeds are present, OR, if sapling has been planted previously, remove dead tree/check health of, harvest produce from and remove fully grown tree. Repeatedly clicking a fruit tree when harvesting produce from it causes produce to be harvested faster. Harvested produce may be used on tool leprechauns to note them, to free up inventory space.
 * 2) Treat empty patch with supercompost (optional but highly recommended).
 * 3) Use calquat sapling on the patch.
 * 4) Pay farmer to watch tree (optional).

Experience gain and cost values are based on:
 * Farming 1 calquat tree patch
 * A death rate of 14% without protection
 * Using buckets of supercompost to fertilise patches

Elder tree (90-99+)
At level 90 Farming players can begin planting elder trees. The single elder tree patch is located in the Crwys Clan district of Prifddinas - completion of the Plague's End quest is required in order to access the area. When the Voice of Seren is active in the Crwys district an elder tree growing in the elder tree patch has a chance of skipping growth stages and 20% more base experience is awarded for planting or checking the health of an elder tree. Players can get to the elder tree patch using a crystal teleport seed, the Prifddinas lodestone teleport, or the Spirit tree located in Prifddinas. Sior the gardener can be paid to look after the elder tree patch.

How to farm the patch:

Required items: 1 elder sapling, rake (can be stored in tool belt),spade (can be stored in tool belt), gardening trowel (can be stored in tool belt), and teleport.

Optional items: Supercompost/Fertile Soil and payment.


 * 1) Rake patch to remove weeds, if weeds are present, OR, if sapling has been planted previously, remove dead tree/check health of and remove fully grown tree. Players can clear the fully grown elder tree from the patch after checking its health or alternatively players may cut down the tree themselves using a hatchet, which may be stored in their tool belt.
 * 2) Treat empty patch with supercompost (optional but highly recommended).
 * 3) Use sapling on the patch.
 * 4) Pay farmer to watch tree (optional).

Experience gain and cost values are based on:
 * Farming 1 elder tree patch
 * A death rate of 14% without protection
 * Using buckets of supercompost to fertilise patches

Spirit trees (83-99+)
At level 83 Farming players can begin planting spirit trees. Spirit trees are grown from rare, untradeable spirit seeds that may be obtain from bird's nests, the Motherlode Maw or as a drop from ganodermic beasts. At level 83 players can plant 1 spirit tree at time, at level 86 Farming players can plant 2 spirit trees at a time and at level 89 players can plant 3 spirit trees at a time. The ability to plant at 3 spirit trees at once is unlocked by talking to Glouron in the Crwys Clan district of Prifddinas after completion of the Plague's End and Prisoner of Glouphrie quests.

How to farm the patches:

Required items: 1 spirit sapling per patch, rake (can be stored in tool belt), spade (can be stored in tool belt), gardening trowel (can be stored in tool belt), and teleports.

Optional items: Supercompost/Fertile Soil and payments.


 * 1) Rake patch to remove weeds, if weeds are present, OR, if sapling has been planted previously, remove dead tree/check health of and clear (using right-click option) full grown tree
 * 2) Treat empty patch with supercompost (optional but highly recommended).
 * 3) Use sapling on the patch.
 * 4) Pay farmer to watch tree (optional but highly recommended).

How to farm the patches:

Experience gain and cost values are based on:
 * Farming 3 spirit tree patches
 * A death rate of 14% without protection
 * Using buckets of supercompost to fertilise patches


 * Patch locations:

Crystal tree (94-99+)
Players who obtain a rare, untradeable crystal acorn can plant it at the crystal tree patch at the Tower of Voices in Prifddinas. This can be accessed by the Prifddinas lodestone teleport. Planting the crystal acorn instantly grants the player 50,000 Farming experience and creates a fully grown crystal tree. After this the player can check the crystal tree's health daily to gain a crystal tree blossom and 15,000 Farming experience. This resets at 00:00 UTC.

Wilderness Warbands
Wilderness Warbands is a dangerous Distraction and Diversion that takes place in the Wilderness. The aim of the Distraction and Diversion is to infiltrate a camp occupied by god-following NPCs and loot supplies, which can then be exchanged with Quercus for experience. Players can gain Farming experience if they obtain and hand in Farming supplies. Players can gain between 49.5 at level 1, and 4,851.5 at level 99, Farming experience per supply that they exchange. Players can loot up to 25 Farming supplies while playing Wilderness Warbands, which grant between 1,237.5 and 121,287.5 Farming experience in total when given to Quercus. Players can calculate the exact amount of experience that they will receive, based on their Farming level and the number of supplies obtained, using the calculator on the Wilderness Warbands article. Wilderness Warbands takes place every 7 hours. The Distraction and Diversion begins with a camp appearing in the Wilderness in one of 3 possible locations. A server-wide announcement will notify players of the camp's location when it spawns. Players can also find out the camp's location by talking to Quercus, who is located north-west of the Varrock Grand Exchange. Players must travel to the camp, avoid the sentries posted around its perimeter and sabotage the camp's god's beam, which is found in the centre of the camp. Successfully sabotaging the beam will result in NPCs allied to the invading players teleporting to the area to fight the NPCs guarding the camp. Players can also intervene in the fight if they wish. After all enemy NPCs have been killed, players can loot the tents in the camp to gain supplies. Each Wilderness Warband has 3 tents which contain supplies that grant experience in 3 of 5 possible skills (Farming, Mining, Construction, Herblore and Smithing). Players may loot up to 25 supplies from tents in the camp. Players may gain additional supplies by killing other players and taking any supplies that defeated players may have looted, as supplies are dropped upon death. Participating in looting tents will skull the player and cause them to become attackable by any other player, regardless of combat levels. Players cannot teleport out of the Wilderness while they have supplies in their inventory, and logging out while inside the Wilderness causes all supplies to be destroyed. Therefore, players must escape from the Wilderness by running out of the area. To avoid being killed by other while participating in Wilderness Warbands players are advised to join one of the dedicated friends chats for the Distraction and Diversion.

Completing quests
See here for a list of quests that grant Farming experience on completion.

Giant Oyster
Giant Oyster is a monthly Distraction and Diversion that can be completed by players who have finished the Beneath Cursed Tides quest. Players can return to Tutorial Island by speaking to Wizard Myrtle near the Wizards' Tower. Once in the area, harvest from the tasty looking seaweed to obtain delicious seaweed. While attempting to harvest the delicious seaweed the player will gain Farming experience, dependent on their Farming level, 30 times. Players can gain up to 2,322 experience per attempt, at level 99 Farming, giving a total of up to 69,660 experience for harvesting the Tasty looking seaweed 30 times. This activity can be completed in approximately 1-2 minutes.