Bringing Home the Bacon quick guide

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Walkthrough

Start point	Speak to Eli Bacon in his pig pen, by the Falador Farm, north of Port Sarim.
Member requirement	Members only
Official difficulty	Novice
Official length	Medium to Long
Requirements	Skill requirements are not boostable unless marked with a [B] for boostable. 14 Farming 14 Summoning 14 Construction
Items required	Items from the tool belt are not listed unless they do not work or are not automatically added. 5 Wheat (Can be obtained during the quest) Recommended: Explorer's ring 3, 4, or Clan vexillum and Amulet of glory (4) Methods to get to East Ardougne, Draynor Village, Falador, Lumbridge, and Varrock (lodestones activation, for example) Two water runes and two law runes for fast teleportation to Ardougne market place. (Requires 51 Magic and completion of Plague City)
Enemies to defeat	None

Protecting the pork

• Speak to Eli Bacon in Falador Farm north of Port Sarim. ( ✓)…

  ✓	[Accept Quest]

• Eat the piece of bacon he gives you.
• Speak to Eli again.
• Build the hotspots and keep adding bacon until Eli has escorted the pigs away (focus on the middle one and they will all swarm to it).
• Talk to Eli. Choose any 3 of the show pig suggestions.

Piglet payment

• If necessary, gather 5 wheat from the field south-east of the Draynor lodestone.

• Talk to Martin the Master Gardener in Draynor Village.
• Go north west of Martin and talk to each character (accuse each to quickly find the suspect).

Adulterate the addicts

• Talk to Eli for construction materials.
• Go north in the cellar and build the machine then improve it.
• Gather 5 wheat and give them to Eli.
• Go outside and put bacon on the decoys then drug them.

Prized pig

• Talk to Eli.
• Pick 5 onions just south of Draynor Bank (these must be picked).
• Deliver the 5 onions to Eli. ( 1)…

  1	Fair enough.

• Interact with pig machine.
• Watch the cutscene about the pig.
• Talk to Eli to receive a pig. ( 1)…

  1	I suppose...

• Take the pig to the Lumbridge Castle courtyard.
• Take the pig to the Varrock Marketplace (in the centre of town, near the fountain).
• Take the pig to the Ardougne Marketplace.
• Take the pig to the Falador centre (near the north gate).
• Return to Eli.
• Quest complete!

Rewards

• 1 quest point
• 350 experience
• 350 experience
• 350 experience
• A customisable pig pet. The 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.
• Access to Pig Pits in major cities across Gielinor.
• Ability to cook and eat bacon, bacon stacks, piles, heaps and mounds.
  • Ability to create pork pie.
  • Ability to brew pigswill.
• 2 Treasure Hunter keys and 2 Hearts of Ice
  

Additional rewards/activities

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, 44 Crafting and 44 Summoning and 3 oak planks, 2 steel bars and at least 3 nails. Gives 100 Construction and Crafting experience.
• Upgrading to tier 3 requires 84 Construction, 84 Crafting and 84 Summoning and 3 teak planks, 2 mithril bars, and at least 3 nails. Gives 1,000 Construction and Crafting experience.
• Fully upgrading the machine is a master quest cape requirement.
  

Music unlocked

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