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. 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
 * The Grand Tree
 * A Fairy Tale Part I
 * A Fairy Tale Part II
 * My Arm's Big Adventure
 * Complete medium tasks in Lumbridge and Draynor Diary
 * Complete easy tasks in Falador

Recommended magical items

 * Fully charged Amulet of glory
 * Explorer's ring 3
 * Ring of Charos
 * Amulet of nature
 * Amulet of farming
 * Magic secateurs
 * Ectophial
 * Falador shield 1

Hop run
Inventory: Dibber, Rake, Spade, Watering Can (keep these 4 next to each other in the bank), Hop seeds, Noted items required to pay bribe 4 times, 1 supercompost, 4 Law runes, 2 Earth runes, 1 Fire rune, 8 Air runes.
 * Teleport to Yanille, climb under the wall, harvest your crops, compost, plant seeds, water, bribe the farmer to watch your crops (From here on this shall be referred to as "harvest, plant, bribe.")
 * Teleport to Camelot, run to Seers' Village bank, store your crop and the empty bucket, withdraw 1 supercompost. Run northwest to the hop patch, harvest, plant, bribe.
 * Teleport to Varrock, run to the west bank, store your crop and the empty bucket, withdraw 1 supercompost, 1 bush seed and 1 bush bribe. Run south to bush-patch, harvest, plant (no need to compost), bribe, run south to hops patch, harvest, plant, bribe.
 * Use an Amulet of Glory or Explorer's ring to teleport to Draynor Village and bank your crops there and any weapons or armour, and then withdraw 1 supercompost. Run to Entrana, harvest, plant and bribe for the hops patch there. Refill your watering can from the sink and.
 * Use the Amulet of Glory to teleport back to Draynor. Store any surplus hop-seeds and hop-bribes back in the bank. The vegetable and herb run is more complex, and requires more inventory micro-management.

Vegetables run
Inventory: Dibber, Rake, Spade, Watering Can, vegetable seeds, Noted bribes (optional), herb seeds, 3 supercompost, 3 sacks (if you have potatoes, onions, or cabbages) or baskets (if you have tomatoes or strawberries).
 * Starting from Draynor, run northwest to the farm, harvest, plant, if you're using normal compost or growing high-level seeds bribe, but otherwise don't bother.
 * Use the Amulet of Glory to teleport to Edgeville, bank your crops, empty buckets, withdraw 3 supercompost, 3 sacks (if you have potatoes, onions, or cabbages) or baskets (if you have tomatoes or strawberries), and the Ectophial.
 * Use the Ectophial to teleport to Port Phasmatys, run to the farm, harvest, plant, bribe.
 * Run to the Port Phasmatys bank, bank your crops, empty buckets and the Ectophial, and withdraw 4 supercompost, 1 mushroom spore, 3 Law runes, 2 Water runes, and 3 sacks (if you have potatoes, onions, or cabbages) or baskets (if you have tomatoes or strawberries). Then run west to the mushroom patch, harvest and plant (this is the tightest inventory management bit - you may want to take 4 sacks or baskets, just in case you get a bumper crop).
 * Teleport to Ardougne, run north to the farm, harvest, plant, bribe.
 * Teleport to Camelot and bank and refill your watering can at the fountain right there, and bank at the Catherby bank. Bank your crops, and withdraw 3 supercompost and 3 sacks (if you have potatoes, onions, or cabbages) or baskets (if you have tomatoes or strawberries).  Run to the Catherby farming spot, harvest plant bribe, refill your watering can at the nearby sink and bank.  Now, either jump ahead to the supercompost run, or if you have tree seeds or trees that need checking, read on!


 * TIP: Use a level 3 Explorer Ring for free teleports to the cabbage patch directly South of the Falador Allotment. This is much more cost effective than using up Glory charges.

Herbs run
Inventory: 5 Law runes, 2 Fire runes, 5 Air runes, Amulet of Glory with 2 or more charges, Ectophial ~OR~ Ardougne Teleport, Camelot Teleport, Amulet of Glory 2+ Charges, Ectophial, Rake, Seed dibber, Supercompost, Herb seed


 * If you have completed My Arm's Big Adventure, use Trollheim Teleport then walk to the disease - free herb patch. Plant the herbs, and don't return until after the other herbs have grown.
 * Teleport to Ardougne, run north out of Ardougne, hop over fence into the wheat field, run across the field again, hop over fence into cow pen, keep running east and go out the gate, run north to the patches there do what you need to do, drop all unwanted/used items (buckets etc.).
 * Teleport to Camelot and run far east till you see the patches, do what you need to do, drop all unwanted/used items.
 * Rub your Amulet of Glory and teleport to Draynor Village, run north out of the village then go west up to the gates, go through the gates to the Falador patches, do what you need to do, drop all unwanted/used items.
 * Empty your Ectophial, refill it at the Ectofuntus, run west out of the Ectofuntus, then head south until you reach the patches, do what you need to do, drop all unwanted/used items.


 * TIP: Use a level 3 Explorer Ring for free teleports to the cabbage patch directly South of the Falador Allotment. This is much more cost effective than recharging Glories.
 * TIP: Make sure you carry Falador Shield to patch south of Falador for 10% increase per item harvested. Go with the best crops for best return. Watermelons harvest at about 60 points each

Normal tree run
All the site can be ran to instead of teleporting to except the one in the Tree Gnome Village.

Normal 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 next 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 Stronghold. Use the spirit tree there and teleport to the Tree Gnome Village.
 * Farm the tree at the Tree Gnome Village patch.
 * Deposit items at the Tree Gnome Village 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.

Items needed for each normal tree stop

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

Farm the tree

 * Check the health of the tree
 * Harvest willow branches from willow tree
 * Chop down tree
 * Remove stump
 * Treat soil with compost
 * Plant sapling
 * Pay gardener
 * Tie 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.

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 Stronghold. Use the spirt tree there and teleport to the Tree Gnome Village.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the Tree Gnome Village patch.
 * Deposit items at the Tree Gnome Village bank and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport to take you back to the Tree Gnome Stronghold. Talk to Elkoy to quickly take you through the maze.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the patch west of the Tree Gnome Stronghold 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 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 Varrock and deposit the harvest in the bank.

Items needed for each fruit tree stop

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

Farm the fruit tree

 * Check the health of the fruit tree
 * Harvest fruit (picked by hand)
 * Chop down tree
 * Remove stump
 * Treat soil with supercompost
 * Plant sapling
 * Pay gardener

Fairy ring run
Various types of patches are available near fairy rings (see Farming/Patch locations). Use this run to make money by selling the harvest on the Grand Exchange.

Items needed before the run is started:
 * Payment to gardener (see Seed Table)
 * Seeds
 * 2-3 baskets or sacks (see Seed Table)

Perform these steps at each stop in the run:
 * Check the health of the bushes
 * Harvest the berries or crops
 * Remove the bush
 * Treat soil with supercompost
 * Pay gardener

Supercompost run
Inventory: Amulet of glory with charges (worn), 15 supercompost ingredients - if you're using edible things like berries, be very careful not to eat them, or you'll have to make extra trips, the rest empty buckets. Before you Start: Go to Catherby and load up the Tool Leprechaun with 31 empty buckets (you can buy 100 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).
 * From Draynor Village, run to the Falador farm, empty the compost bin with buckets from the Leprechaun and then give him the compost, and store the 15 ingredients in the bin.
 * Use the Amulet of Glory to teleport to Edgeville, withdraw the Ectophial, 15 supercompost ingredients, and fill the rest of your space with empty buckets.
 * Use the Ectophial to teleport to Port Phasmatys, run to the farm, empty the compost bin with buckets from the Leprechaun and then give him the compost, and store the 15 ingredients in the bin.
 * Use the Amulet of Glory to teleport to Edgeville, store compost, withdraw 15 supercompost ingredients, 3 Law runes, 2 Water runes, 5 Air runes, and fill the rest of your space with empty buckets.
 * Teleport to Ardougne, run to the farm, empty the compost bin with buckets from the Leprechaun and then give him the compost, and store the 15 ingredients in the bin.
 * Teleport to Camelot, run to the Catherby bank, withdraw 15 empty buckets, the rest supercompost ingredients, run to farm, empty compost bin, store ingredients, run to bank and store compost, withdraw ingredients and store in bin. Now just repeat the process at a later time to pick up all the supercomposts.