Player-owned farm

The Player-owned farm is an upcoming piece of content that will allow players to manage their own farm in RuneScape, similar to managing their own house and port. It is slated for release in Summer 2018, and is being actively developed by Mod Raven, Mod Rowley, Mod Chaose, and Mod James H.

Players will be able to start maintaining their farm by speaking to Granny Potterington on the farm north of Ardougne, utilizing their skills in Farming and Construction. Unlike similar content, despite players having different farm plots and livestock, the player-owned farm will not be instanced.

Livestock
Players will be able to raise and look after livestock, including making sure that they're okay, breeding them, and selling them. Similar to farming patches, livestock may become diseased and require a cure. Raising livestock, including curing a diseased animal, will provide experience in Farming.

The types of livestock that players can raise include rabbits, chickens, chinchompas, spiders, cows, sheeps, yaks, and dragons. Players will also be able to raise mushroom people, a concept that was submitted by a player.

Animals will have their own health and happiness levels, and several traits including weight, speed, and attractiveness. There will be a chance for players to receive animals with improved stats, which is described as being similar to 's "shiny" mechanic. Animals can be traded and certain breeds will provide buffs for Farming and other similar skills. They will have different growth levels, and players may choose to sell their animals at certain levels.

It won't be possible to sell animals on the Grand Exchange - instead a dedicated farmer's market will be accessible allowing trading between NPCs and players.

Rewards
The potential rewards for maintaining a player-owned farm include magic beans, which instantly grow a farming patch to full health, and ultra compost, which increases yield of farming patches and dramatically decreases disease chance. There may also be an elite skilling outfit for Farming that can be obtained as a reward from the player-owned farm.