Crop running

Crop running, sometimes referred to as farm runs, is the act of going through rounds of farm patches in order to level up Farming effectively (see Farming training). Crop running can be combined with other activities while en route to alleviate monotony, such as doing bits of quests that are in the area of the farm patches being run. Some players like to focus on specific crop types for their runs while others will mix and match the patch types farmed. Regardless, crop running is most effective way to gain experience in farming as opposed to sitting relatively idle at a farm patch to watch it grow.

Two pieces of jewellery can be helpful while crop running, namely the amulet of farming and amulet of nature as these will allow an aspiring farmer to keep tabs on two patches. Additionally, effective and efficient farming also requires the ability use almost every teleportation method available in Runescape. Most crops runs can be done by traditionally walking to Lunar Magic is helpful for its Fishing guild and Catherby teleports as well as its cure plant and fertile soil spells, all of which are available at 87 Magic after completion of the Lunar Diplomacy quest.

Recommended quests and achievement diaries

 * Tree Gnome Village - Access to spirit trees for transportation.
 * The Grand Tree - Access to Spirit Tree in the Tree Gnome Stronghold (if you have completed the Tree Gnome Village quest) and access to the Gnome glider transportation system.
 * Fairytale II - Cure a Queen - Access to Fairy ring network.
 * My Arm's Big Adventure - Access to disease-free herb patch near Trollheim.
 * Complete beginner, easy and medium tasks in Lumbridge and Draynor Diary - Rewarded with Explorer's Ring which allows to recharge energy 3 times a day and quicker and free access to farming patches south of Falador.
 * Complete medium tasks in Falador Diary - Falador Shield 2 provides 10% extra experience when harvesting farming patches south of Falador.

Recommended magical items

 * Amulet of glory with charges
 * Explorer's ring 3
 * Ring of Charos
 * Ectophial

Vegetable run
Even though vegetables are the first seeds that are to be planted, vegetable runs are not practical to low-level players. Vegetable runs are intended for players items and ability to teleport across Runescape. Each run can be performed approx every 40 minutes.


 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory



 * Allotment, flower, and herb seeds
 * 1 amulet of farming (for first patch in run)
 * 3-5 baskets or sacks (see Seed Table)
 * Payment for gardener (if not protected with a flower, see Seed Table)
 * Runes for Camelot Teleport, Ardougne Teleport, and Falador Teleport
 * Explorer's ring 3 instead of Falador Teleport runes
 * Ectophial (for training levels 31-99)
 * Falador Shield 2 or Falador Shield 3

Vegetable run sequence

 * Start off with the items in your inventory for the first stop.
 * Teleport to Falador and run south to the allotment patch.
 * Use Explorer's ring 3 cabbage-port to teleport to the cabbage patch and run north to this allotment patch.
 * Use Amulet of glory to telport straight to Draynor.
 * Farm the allotment patch and use the amulet of farming on it.
 * Teleport to Camelot and run east to the bank in Catherby. Deposit the harvest and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Farm the allotment patch that is north of Catherby.
 * Teleport to Ardougne and run to the northern bank in East Ardougne and deposit the harvest and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Farm the allotment patch that is in Hemenster.
 * Run back to the northern bank in East Ardougne, deposit the harvest and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Ardougne can be the last stop in the run for levels 1-30.
 * Use the Ectophial to teleport to Port Phasmatys, deposit the harvest and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Farm the allotment patch that is west of Port Phasmatys.
 * Run back to the bank in Port Phasmatys and deposit the harvest.

Farm the vegetables

 * Remove spade, seed dibber, watering can, and a bucket of compost (or supercompost) from the Tool Leprechaun.
 * Harvest the crop.
 * Treat soil with compost (supercompost for sweetcorn and above).
 * Plant seeds and water them.
 * Refill empty bucket with compost or supercompost.
 * Return farming tools to Tool Leprechaun.
 * Pay gardener (if not protected with a flower or scarecrow).
 * Bind amulet of farming to first patch in run.

Hop run
Hops patches are not nearly as convenient to standard teleportation sites, have only one patch versus allotment sites which have 2 allotment, 1 flower, 1 herb patch, and a compost bin. Only barley and Jute fibres are used as payments to gardeners to watch over other crops.


 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory

 * Hop seeds
 * Payment for gardener (if not protected with a flower, see [[Seed Table])
 * Runes for Watchtower Teleport or Teleport to House (if house is in Yanille), Camelot Teleport, and Varrock Teleport
 * Amulet of glory if not goint to Yanille

Hops run sequence

 * Start off with the items in your inventory for the first stop.
 * Teleport to Camelot and run to patch north of McGrubor's Wood.
 * Farm the hops patch north of McGrubor's Wood.
 * Run south-east to the bank in Seers' Village. Deposit the harvest and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Teleport to Varrock and run towards Lumbridge.
 * Farm the hops patch that is south of Varrock.
 * Teleport to Draynor by using the amulet of glory and deposit the harvest and items that are not able to go to Entrana. Withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Alternative is to use Explorer's ring 3 to cabbage-port to cabbage patch south Falador and run to Draynor.
 * Run to Port Sarim and ask monks to take you to Entrana.
 * Farm the hops patch in Entrana.
 * Teleport back to Draynor with the amulet of glory, deposit the harvest in the bank and retrieve items for the next stop.
 * Run to north-west side of Entrana and use fairy ring code C-I-Q and run east to bank in Yanille instead.
 * Teleport to Yanille and run west to hops patch.
 * Farm the hops patch.
 * Run to Yanille bank and deposit the harvest.

Farm the hops

 * Remove spade, seed dibber, watering can, and a bucket of compost (or supercompost) from the Tool Leprechaun.
 * Harvest the crop.
 * Treat soil with compost (supercompost for yanillian seeds and above).
 * Plant seeds and water them.
 * Refill empty bucket with compost or supercompost.
 * Return farming tools to Tool Leprechaun.
 * Pay gardener.

Herbs run
Herbs runs are performed in the same sequence as vegetable runs with the addition of the disease free herb patch at Trollheim. Requires completion of My Arm's Big Adventure. Each run can be performed approx every 80 minutes.


 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory



 * Herb seeds
 * Runes for Trollheim Teleport

Herbs run sequence

 * Same as vegetable run sequence
 * If you have completed My Arm's Big Adventure, use Trollheim Teleport then run to the disease free herb patch.
 * Be sure to withdraw the needed items from the Port Phasmatys bank.
 * Farm the herb patch.

Farm the herbs

 * Remove spade, seed dibber, and a bucket of supercompost from the Tool Leprechaun.
 * Harvest the crop.
 * Treat soil with supercompost.
 * Plant seeds.
 * Refill empty bucket with supercompost.
 * Return farming tools to Tool Leprechaun.
 * Pay gardener.

Tree run
Tree runs are performed to check on the health of the tree. All the sites can be ran to instead of teleporting to except the one in the Tree Gnome Village. Tree runs assume that the player's house is in Taverly.


 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory



 * Payment to gardener (see Seed Table)
 * Sapling
 * Empty plant pot
 * Axe
 * Amulet of nature (for first tree in run)
 * Runes for Varrock Teleport, Falador Teleport, Lumbridge Teleport, and Teleport to House.

Tree run sequence
This run assumes your house is set to Taverly.


 * Start off at the bank in the Grand Exchange and withdraw items for the first stop.
 * Farm the tree at the Varrock Castle Courtyard tree patch and use the amulet of nature on the patch.
 * Deposit the harvest at the bank in the Grand Exchange and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport at the north-east corner of the Grand Exchange to the Tree Gnome Village. Use the spirit tree there and teleport to the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
 * Farm the tree at the Tree Gnome Stronghold patch.
 * Deposit items at the Tree Gnome Stronghold bank and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Teleport to Falador.
 * Farm the tree at the Falador Park patch.
 * Deposit the harvest at the west Falador bank and withdraw item for next stop.
 * Teleport to House in Taverly.
 * Farm the Taverly tree patch.
 * Teleport to Varrock and deposit the harvest and withdraw the items for the next stop.
 * Teleport to Lumbridge.
 * Farm the tree patch west of Lumbridge Castle.
 * Teleport to Varrock and deposit the harvest in the bank.

Farm the tree

 * Remove spade, gardening trowel, watering can, Secateurs (if a willow tree), and a bucket of compost from the Tool Leprechaun.
 * Check the health of the tree.
 * Harvest willow branches from willow tree.
 * Chop down tree with axe.
 * Remove stump with spade.
 * Treat soil with compost.
 * Fill empty plant pot with soil.
 * Plant seed into pot.
 * Water seedling.
 * Plant sapling.
 * Return farming tools to Tool Leprechaun.
 * Pay gardener.
 * Bind amulet of nature to first tree in run

Fruit tree run
Fruit tree patches should be easily accessible to most players except for the one in Lletya (see Farming/Patch locations). Fruit trees take approx 15 hours to grow (includes time when not logged in). For all practical purposes, a fruit tree run is done once per day so you do not need to use an amulet of nature.


 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory



 * Payment to gardener (see Seed Table)
 * Sapling
 * Empty plant pot
 * Axe
 * 2 baskets to collect the harvest into (see Seed Table)
 * Runes for Ardougne Teleport and Varrock Teleport

Fruit tree run sequence

 * Start off once again at the bank in the Grand Exchange and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport at the north-east corner of the Grand Exchange to the Tree Gnome Village. Use the spirit tree there and teleport to the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the patch.
 * Deposit items at the Tree Gnome Stronghold bank and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport to take you back to the Tree Gnome Village. Talk to Elkoy to quickly take you through the maze.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the patch west of the Tree Gnome Village maze.
 * Teleport to Ardougne. Deposit at the south Ardougne bank the harvest and withdraw items for the next stop plus 30 coins for the boat ride to Brimhaven.
 * If using the Ring of Charos(a) then the 30 coins is not needed.
 * Talk to Captain Barnaby at the Ardougne docks and take boat to Brimhaven.
 * If using the Ring of Charos(a) then teleport to Brimhaven.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the patch north of Brimhaven.
 * Teleport to Camelot and travel east to Catherby and deposit the harvest in the bank.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the patch east of Catherby.

Farm the fruit tree

 * Remove spade, gardening trowel, watering can, and a bucket of supercompost from the Tool Leprechaun.
 * Check the health of the tree.
 * Harvest the fruit (picked by hand.)
 * Chop down fruit tree with axe.
 * Remove stump with spade.
 * Treat soil with supercompost.
 * Fill empty plant pot with soil.
 * Plant seed into pot.
 * Water seedling.
 * Plant sapling.
 * Return farming tools to Tool Leprechaun.
 * Pay gardener.

Bush run
Bush runs are efficiently performed by using fairy rings after completion of Fairytale II - Cure a Queen which requires farmining level 49. Two bush patches can be visited without having to visit a bank to deposit the harvests.


 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory

 * 2 Payment to gardener (see Seed Table)
 * Bush seeds
 * Mushroom seeds
 * 2 baskets to collect the harvest into (see Seed Table)
 * Runes for Camelot Teleport, and Ardounge Teleport
 * Teleport items to get near Rimmington

Bush run sequence

 * Start off in Varrock with items for the first stop.
 * Run to the bush patch south of Varrock, just west of the Champion's Guild.
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * Use any method to teleport in or near Rimmington.
 * Farm the bush patch in Rimmington.
 * Teleport to Ardougne and run to south bank. Deposit harvest and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Farm the bush patch south of Ardougne.
 * Run to fairy ring and use code C-I-P to teleport to bush patch that is south-west of Etceteria.
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * At level 53, include the mushroom patch in the bush run. Run back to fairy ring and use code C-K-S to teleport to the mushroom patch.
 * Farm the mushroom patch.

Farm the bush patch

 * Remove [spade]], seed dibber, and a bucket of supercompost from the Tool Leprechaun.
 * Check the health of the bush (if applicable.)
 * Harvest the crop (picked by hand).
 * Use the spade on the patch an remove the bush.
 * Treat soil with supercompost.
 * Plant the seed.
 * Return farming tools to Tool Leprechaun.
 * Pay gardener.

Supercompost run
Supercompost runs are performed in the same manner as vegetable runs. Once supercompost runs are started, the buckets of supercompost can either be stored with Tool Leprechaun or sold on the Grand Exchange. Supercompost runs are not intended to train the Farming skill but are used mainly as a money making tool.


 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory



 * Amulet of glory with charges
 * 15 supercompost ingredients
 * Runes for Camelot Teleport, Ardougne Teleport, and Falador Teleport
 * Explorer's ring 3 instead of Falador Teleport runes
 * Ectophial (for training levels 31-99)
 * empty buckets
 * 100 empty buckets can by purchused in Port Phasmatys at the General Store for 2 coins each (wear Ghostspeak amulet), or get 84 free buckets of sand (which need to be emptied) daily from Bert in Yanille).

Supercompost run sequence

 * Start off with inventory full of buckets instead of the ingredients for the supercompost.
 * Teleport to Camelot and run east to the allotment patch just north of Catherby. Deposit the buckets with Tool Leprechaun.
 * Run south to the bank in Catherby and withdraw items into inventory.
 * Run back and farm the supercompost.
 * Teleport to Ardougne and run to the northern bank in East Ardougne and deposit the supercompost and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Farm the supercompost at the allotment patch that is in Hemenster.
 * Run back to the northern bank in East Ardougne' deposit the supercompost and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Teleport to Falador and run south to the allotment patch.
 * Use Explorer's ring 3 cabbage-port to teleport to the cabbage patch and run north to this allotment patch.
 * Farm the supercompost.
 * Falador can be the last stop in the run for levels 1-30.
 * Use the Ectophial to teleport to Port Phasmatys, deposit the supercompost and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Farm the supercompost at the allotment patch that is west of Port Phasmatys.
 * Run back to the bank in Port Phasmatys and deposit the supercompost.

Farm the supercompost

 * Remove empty buckets from Tool Leprechaun until inventory is full.
 * Use an empty bucket on compost bin to fill buckets with supercompost.
 * To completely empty the compost bin, two trips to the Tool Leprechaun will be needed.
 * Deposit buckets of supercompost with Tool Leprechaun and enough empty buckets to empty the compost bin.
 * Once again use an empty bucket on compost bin to fill buckets with supercompost.
 * Fill compost bin with supercompost ingredients.
 * Either deposit buckets of supercompost with Tool Leprechaun or withdraw them to sell on the Grand Exchange.