Bringing Home the Bacon

Bringing Home the Bacon is a quest released in July 2013. It features pigs, and is a quest that Mod Mark has been wanting to do for years.

Falador Farm
To start, talk to Eli Bacon at the Falador Farm north of Port Sarim. The Explorer's ring 3 will allow you to Cabbage port to the Falador cabbage patch slightly east of it.

Eli will introduce bacon to you by giving you a sample of it. Eat the bacon and give your opinion of it. Eli wants to advertise pigs and how they are no longer useless animals, but serve delicious meat. A cutscene occurs, explaining the plan to you.

Multiple locals have come to the farm in order to taste more bacon. Eli explains how he gave a few a taste and now they are addicted. They open the gate and begin to lay butter on the pigs. Eli orders you to make decoys for the addicts.

You're given a Bacon heap and 9 planks (If you don't have space in your inventory you can ask him later when you have more space). Build decoy pigs at the hotspots in the centre of the field. First build it up with the planks, then add the bacon. Do it for all three decoys. You will need to continually add bacon to the decoys until Eli leads all the pigs out of the field.

After Eli has led all the pigs away from the addicts, you will be taken to the cellar of the house. Talk to Eli and he will explain that he wants to train pigs to gather people's attention. Answer based on which pet you would like. Then go to Martin the Master Gardener in Draynor Village.

Draynor Village
Talk to Martin and ask to take one of Pigzilla's piglets. However, he will explain that he has been pickpocketed and wants you to give the culprit a good "beating".

Head north west and talk to each character. They will each say who each other was with. The person who was not mentioned by anyone is the culprit who pickpocketed Martin. Accuse him and then a cutscene will occur. The culprit is different for each player.

Martin orders you to punch the culprit, and you do so. However, they both complain that it was not enough, so the camera view directs you to a kitten and a pig, while you can hear your character savagely bashing the culprit. After the beating, Martin will give you the piglet.

Training the Piglet
Head back to Eli in the cellar and hand over the piglet to him. Eli will then ask you to create a machine to train the Pigzilla piglet up into a fully grown pig. Go into the northern room and click to build the machine. Eli will supply you with all the supplies needed. Head back to the machine and click to upgrade it. Finally, Eli will ask you to get him 5 wheat. There is a wheat field north east of Draynor Village you can go to.

Head back to Eli with 5 wheat. He will then explain that he wants to make the addicts fall asleep. Go back outside and put some bacon on the fake pig decoys. Then drug the bacon. However, after the addicts eat the bacon, they do not fall asleep. Return to Eli and he will explain that the potion takes some time to work. He will then ask you to get him 5 picked onions. You have to pick the onions from a field, and only after he asks you to do so, otherwise he will not accept them. Also, Eli will not accept onions obtained via other means, such as buying, monster drops, or even from allotment patches. The closest onion patch is south of Draynor Village bank. Alternatively, you can use a Clan vexillum teleport and run a bit south-west to the onion patch north of Rimmington.

When returning to Eli, you will discover that the addicts have disappeared and that the pig is fully grown. You will hand over 5 onions to him. Now click on the machine to train the pig. A cutscene will occur where the pig enters the machine. The pig will exit with a bag on it.

Visiting Cities
Eli will then ask you to take the pig to the Lumbridge Castle courtyard, the Varrock Marketplace, the Ardougne Marketplace, and near the north Falador gate (they are all near the relative lodestones). He will give you a Pig display list to help you keep track. The cities may be visited in any order.

Teleport to the Lumbridge lodestone and go into the castle's courtyard. Walk the pig and a cutscene will occur where characters will gather around you wondering why you are carrying a pig. You will explain how useful the pig is as it can carry items around such as sharks and farming tools, which appeals to the Lumbridge audience.

Teleport to the Varrock lodestone and walk north to the centre of Varrock. Yet again more people will come to your attention and favour pigs. Now go to the Falador lodestone and walk south to the centre of Falador. The characters will again cheer for you and the idea of raising pigs. Finally, teleport to the Ardougne lodestone and walk south east to the Ardougne marketplace. Once again, more characters will surround you and idolise pigs.

After going to all four cities, return to Eli and he will say that the plan was a success.

Congratulations! Quest Complete!

Reward

 * 1 quest point
 * 350 experience
 * 350 experience
 * 350 experience
 * A customisable pig pet. (Name can be changed by Martin the Master Gardener and type can be changed by changing the pig machine by right-clicking on it)
 * Ability to make three pig familiars: Spirit pack pig, Spirit prayer pig, Spirit war pig.
 * Weekly bacon or familiar reward claimable from Eli
 * 2 extra spins on the Squeal of Fortune

Upgrading the machine
After the quest, you can upgrade the pig creation machine using Construction, giving you access to stronger pig familiars.

Boosts may not be used to upgrade machines.
 * Upgrading to tier 2 requires 44 Construction, Crafting, and Summoning and 3 oak planks, 2 steel bars and at least 3 nails. Gives 200 Construction experience.
 * Upgrading to tier 3 requires 84 Construction, Crafting, and Summoning and 3 teak planks, 2 mithril bars, and at least 3 nails. Gives 2,000 Construction experience.

Music unlocked

 * Always on my Rind
 * Underbelly
 * Glutton for Nourishment (upon completion)

Trivia

 * There is a reference to the lack of horses in RuneScape when Eli says "Just look at those useless no-horned unicorns that were all over the place a few years ago. When people worked out they tasted good they were wiped right out!".
 * One of the several names players can give their pig by talking to Martin the Master Gardener is Napoleon. This is a reference to George Orwell's Animal Farm.
 * Upon completion of the quest, the adventurer's log states: I learned the true value of a pig. Both in terms of friendship and in how much valuable, tasty bacon one can produce.