Farming

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This article is about the Farming skill. For training the skill, see Farming/Training.

Farming

Farming is a Skill used to grow seeds into food, herbs or logs.

Aorpheat's Signet Ring, Weird Gloop, Generous Harvest Potions, Bob's Gloves, and Deedree can increase the number of Herbs, Crops, and Logs received when harvested. Items which increase crop and herb yields also increase the Farming skill and Mastery experience received.

Raising Farming to Level 99 will unlock the Farming Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. Equipping the skillcape increases the harvest quantity from crops by 25%

Equipping Bob's Rake provides a 50% chance that Compost or Weird Gloop is retained in a plot when harvested. Equipping Bob's Gloves with Bob's Rake gives you a 75% chance that Compost or Weird Gloop is retained in a plot when harvested.

Gaining Experience

Farming Experience is gained through two actions: Planting seeds and harvesting crops that survive.

• Planting an allotment or herb seed will grant the player that seed's base experience value, while tree seeds provide no experience when planting
• Harvesting trees will grant a fixed amount of experience, while harvesting allotments or herbs will grant experience equal to the base experience value multiplied by the number of items harvested

For example, Potato Seeds have a base experience of 8, so if a player plants a plot with Potato Seeds and then harvests 5 Potatoes, they will receive 48 total experience: 8 for planting and then 40 for harvesting.

Since experience for allotments and herbs is tied to the number of items harvested, anything that increases the number of items harvested will also increase the amount of experience received. Trees give a fixed amount of experience for harvesting regardless of how many logs are acquired.

Mastery Unlocks

Item Mastery Unlocks

Level	Unlock
1	Each level provides increased Farming Yield.
16	Receive up to 1 Allotment or Herb seed back from harvesting.
31	Receive up to 2 Allotment or Herb seeds back from harvesting.
46	Receive up to 3 Allotment or Herb seeds back from harvesting.
50	No compost required to successfully grow.
61	Receive up to 4 Allotment or Herb seeds back from harvesting.
76	Receive up to 5 Allotment or Herb seeds back from harvesting.
91	Receive up to 6 Allotment or Herb seeds back from harvesting.
99	+20% Farming Yield. 10% reduced grow time for this Crop. Receive up to 8 Allotment or Herb seeds back from harvesting.

Mastery Pool Checkpoints

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	1,800,000 xp	+5% increased Farming Mastery XP
25%	4,500,000 xp	Crops cannot die (Bonus applied when crop grows).
50%	9,000,000 xp	+5% increased Crop harvest
95%	17,100,000 xp	Reduced crop grow time by 10% (Bonus applied when crop is planted)
Total Mastery Pool XP		18,000,000

Crop Harvest Quantity

The harvest quantity (before any quantity bonuses are applied), [math]\displaystyle{ Q_h }[/math], increases with the mastery level, [math]\displaystyle{ L_m }[/math], according to the formula: [math]\displaystyle{ Q_h = \left \lfloor 5 + 0.4L_m \right \rfloor }[/math] after bonuses are applied, the harvest is then multiplied by 2 for allotments & herbs, and 30 for trees

where: [math]\displaystyle{ \left \lfloor x \right \rfloor }[/math] is the floor function.

Mastery Level	Harvest Amount
	Herbs/Allotments	Trees
1	10	150
2	10	150
3	12	180
4	12	180
5	14	210
10	18	270
20	26	390
50	50	750
75	70	1,050
99 (before 20% boost)	88	1,320

Seed Return Chance

Average number of seeds returned per plot at each mastery level.

Starting at level 16 Mastery, there is a chance to get seeds back when harvesting herb and allotment plots. Higher levels of mastery increase the chance and quantity of seeds that are returned. The average number of seeds returned, [math]\displaystyle{ Q_s }[/math], varies with the mastery level, [math]\displaystyle{ L_m }[/math] as follows:

[math]\displaystyle{ Q_s = \frac{n}{x} \left (x-\frac{n+1}{2}\right) }[/math]
where:
[math]\displaystyle{ x = \frac{L_m}{15} }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ n = \left \lfloor x \right \rfloor }[/math]

This means that at 75 mastery two seeds are returned on average and herbs become self-sustainable. At 99 mastery [math]\displaystyle{ L_m }[/math] is replaced with 120, resulting in an average seed return of 3.5 seeds per harvest and making allotments self-sustainable.

Skillcape

The skillcape can be purchased from the store for  1,000,000 after the player reaches Level 99.

Skillcape	Name	Requirements	Effect
	Farming Skillcape	Level 99	+25% Farming Yield
	Superior Farming Skillcape	Level 120	+20% chance for double harvest +40% Farming Yield

Pet

Chance to get pet is rolled once for each quantity of a crop you harvest.

The bonus from Larry, the Lonely Lizard is applied after other bonuses to harvest quantity, including the double harvest from Generous Harvest Potions.

Pet	Name	Effect
	Larry, the Lonely Lizard	+15 harvest quantity from Farming (Cannot be doubled or multiplied)

Farming Plots

The player will originally only have access to a single allotment plot. Additional plots are unlocked by leveling up Farming and must be purchased with GP. Below are tables outlining the level requirements and costs for the plots:

Allotments

Plot	Level	Cost
1	1	Free
2	1	500
3	1	5,000
4	10	15,000
5	20	25,000
6	30	40,000
7	40	65,000
8	50	80,000
9	60	100,000
10	70	120,000
11	80	150,000
12	90	200,000
13	100	1,000,000
14	110	5,000,000
15	118	10,000,000

Herbs

Plot	Level	Cost
1	5	10,000
2	5	20,000
3	15	35,000
4	35	50,000
5	45	80,000
6	55	100,000
7	65	125,000
8	75	150,000
9	85	200,000
10	102	1,000,000
11	110	5,000,000
12	118	10,000,000

Trees

Plot	Level	Cost
1	15	50,000
2	30	100,000
3	60	250,000
4	80	400,000
5	105	5,000,000
6	115	10,000,000

Seeds

Seeds are required to start Farming and can be acquired from several sources, such as Thieving, Combat, or Woodcutting. Allotments require three seeds to plant, herbs require two, and trees require one.

Compost and Weird Gloop

Seeds planted without fertiliser have a 50% chance to yield crops after growing, unless either mastery level 50 or the 25% Mastery Pool Checkpoint has been reached. To increase the chance above 50% seeds must be fertilised using Compost. Each Compost used on a seed will increase its survival chance by 10%, raising the Compost Level to 5 will guarantee the crops survive.

As an alternative to compost players may use Weird Gloop. Only 1 Gloop is required to fill the compost bar and prevent crops from dying. In addition, it provides a bonus of +10% to harvest quantity.

If the player has reached the 25% Mastery Pool Checkpoint or has at least mastery level 50 in the seed being planted then there is no benefit to using Compost, as the crop is guaranteed to survive regardless of whether compost is applied or not. Using Weird Gloop does however still provide the benefit of +10% to harvest quantity.

Compost or Weird Gloop must be applied before seeds are planted. The 'Apply Compost to all Plots' and 'Apply Weird Gloop to all Plots' buttons will not affect seeds that are already planted, even if the plot currently doesn't have any fertiliser applied.

Allotments

A passive food source, which at high mastery levels is self-sustainable.

Seeds		Level	XP	Growth Time	Seed Value	Crop		Crop Healing	Crop Value	Seed Sources
	Potato Seeds	1	8	2h	1		Potatoes	3	1	Killing: , Opening: , Pickpocketing:
	Onion Seeds	5	10	2h	5		Onions	6	2	Killing: ,, Opening: , Pickpocketing:
	Cabbage Seeds	7	11	2h	10		Cabbage	9	5	Killing: ,, Opening: , Pickpocketing:
	Tomato Seeds	12	14	2h	20		Tomatoes	13	1	Killing: ,, Opening: , Pickpocketing:
	Sweetcorn Seeds	20	21	3h	30		Sweetcorn	16	8	Killing: , Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Strawberry Seeds	31	39	3h	40		Strawberries	20	10	Killing: ,, Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Cherry Seeds	40	42	3h	1		Cherry	24	1	Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Watermelon Seeds	47	78	4h	50		Watermelons	36	15	Killing: ,, Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Snape Grass Seeds	61	92	3h, 30m	75		Snape Grass	40	23	Killing: ,, Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Carrot Seeds	69	118	3h, 30m	85		Carrot	28	28	Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Pumpkin Seeds	100	175	5h	100		Pumpkin	55	33	Opening: Pickpocketing: ,
	Chilli Seeds	105	185	5h	130		Chilli	2	45	Killing: Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Mushroom Spores	115	255	6h, 30m	230		Mushrooms	5	75	Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Starfruit Seeds	118	306	7h, 30m	300		Starfruit	70	110	Opening: Pickpocketing:

Herbs

Needed for making potions in Herblore.

Seeds		Level	XP	Growth Time	Seed Value	Herb		Herb Value	Seed Sources
	Garum Seeds	5	9	1h, 30m	3		Garum Herb	1	Killing: ,,,,,,, Opening:
	Sourweed Seeds	15	12	1h, 30m	20		Sourweed Herb	9	Killing: ,, Opening:
	Mantalyme Seeds	25	16	2h	62		Mantalyme Herb	20	Killing: ,,,, Opening:
	Lemontyle Seeds	35	28	2h, 30m	88		Lemontyle Herb	40	Killing: ,,,,,, Opening:
	Oxilyme Seeds	50	35	3h	140		Oxilyme Herb	80	Killing: ,,,,,, Opening:
	Poraxx Seeds	60	48	3h, 30m	190		Poraxx Herb	150	Killing: , Opening:
	Pigtayle Seeds	70	69	3h, 30m	222		Pigtayle Herb	210	Killing: ,,, Opening: Tasks
	Barrentoe Seeds	80	92	4h	450		Barrentoe Herb	330	Killing: ,, Opening: Tasks
	Snowcress Seeds	102	106	4h	600		Snowcress Herb	425	Killing: ,, Opening: Tasks
	Bitterlyme Seeds	106	123	4h	725		Bitterlyme Herb	580	Killing: , Opening: Tasks
	Moonwort Seeds	112	161	5h	950		Moonwort Herb	775	Killing: ,,,, Opening:
	Wurmtayle Seeds	118	182	5h, 30m	1,200		Wurmtayle Herb	925	Killing: , Opening:

Trees

A source of logs and farming experience. Unlike crops planted in allotment and herb patches, the amount of experience granted is fixed per tree rather than increasing with the amount of logs harvested.

Seeds		Level	XP	Growth Time	Seed Value	Logs		Log Value	Seed Sources
	Oak Tree Seeds	15	5,835	6h, 40m	400		Oak Logs	5	Killing: , Opening: , Pickpocketing:
	Willow Tree Seeds	30	18,185	9h, 20m	750		Willow Logs	10	Killing: Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Maple Tree Seeds	45	42,535	10h, 40m	1,250		Maple Logs	35	Killing: Opening: , Pickpocketing:
	Yew Tree Seeds	60	88,360	13h, 20m	2,500		Yew Logs	75	Killing: , Opening: , Pickpocketing:
	Apple Tree Seeds	70	48,925	6h, 40m	4,000		Apple	1	Pickpocketing: ,
	Magic Tree Seeds	75	172,250	16h	10,000		Magic Logs	400	Killing: Opening: Pickpocketing: Tasks
	Banana Tree Seeds	100	200,000	18h	15,000		Bananas	350	Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Grove Tree Seeds	105	220,000	18h	17,500		Grove Logs	400	Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Elderwood Tree Seeds	110	315,000	20h	22,500		Elderwood Logs	555	Opening: Pickpocketing:
	Carrion Tree Seeds	120	405,000	22h	30,000		Carrion Logs	3,333	Opening:

Potion

The Generous Harvest Potion has a chance to double crops/herbs/logs harvested.

Generous Harvest Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
	I	10	+10% chance for double harvest
	II	10	+15% chance for double harvest
	III	10	+20% chance for double harvest
	IV	10	+30% chance for double harvest

Skill Boosts

This table lists most sources of Farming-specific modifier boosts. For a list of boosts that apply to all skills, see the Skill Boosts page. This list does not contain boosts provided from Mastery rewards.

Source	Type	Farming Boosts	Other Modifiers
Raft Drifting	Agility Obstacle 6	+10% Farming Yield
Monkey Trail	Agility Obstacle 12	+15% Farming Yield	-10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills -5% Cooking Interval -6% Agility Skill XP +10% Food Healing Value
Elite Pillar of Expertise	Agility Pillar	-3% Interval for all Non-Combat Skills	+8% Chance to Double Items Globally +40% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling) +8% Global Mastery XP
Pillar of Skilling	Agility Pillar	+10% Farming Yield	+3% Chance to Double Items Globally +2% Global Mastery XP +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
Deedree	Constellation	+8% Chance to Double Items in Farming +5% Farming Yield +8% Farming Mastery XP +8% Farming Skill XP	+5% Bird Nest drop rate +5% chance to receive Stardust when cutting Magic Logs in Woodcutting (Quantity equal to Logs received) +8% Chance to Double Items in Woodcutting +8% Woodcutting Mastery XP +8% Woodcutting Skill XP
Generous Harvest Potion I	Item	+10% chance for double harvest
Generous Harvest Potion II	Item	+15% chance for double harvest
Generous Harvest Potion III	Item	+20% chance for double harvest
Generous Harvest Potion IV	Item	+30% chance for double harvest
Skillers Boots	Item (Boots)	+2% Non-Combat Skill XP
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+25% Farming Yield +25% Mastery Pool XP Cap	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing -15% Township Building Cost x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +100% chance to receive Ash per burn in Firemaking +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +5% Global Skill XP +10 Flat HP Regen Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Farming Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+25% Farming Yield
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+25% Farming Yield	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing -15% Township Building Cost x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +5 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +100% chance to receive Ash per burn in Firemaking +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +15% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +5% Global Skill XP +10 Flat HP Regen Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+20% chance for double harvest +40% Farming Yield	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing -20% Township Building Cost x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing. Cannot be doubled +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching. Cannot be doubled +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting. Cannot be doubled +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore. Cannot be doubled +100% chance to receive Ash per burn in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +8% Global Skill XP +15 Flat HP Regen +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's recieved from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Rune providing items provide 4x as many runes +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Max Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Superior Farming Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+20% chance for double harvest +40% Farming Yield
Superior Max Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+20% chance for double harvest +40% Farming Yield	Bypass All Slayer Area item requirements -30% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -20% Agility Pillar build costs -75% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.8s Thieving Interval -0.8s Crafting Interval -20% Woodcutting Interval -25% Cooking Interval -10% Summoning Interval -10% Astrology Interval -75% Coal Costs for Smithing -20% Township Building Cost x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +8 Additional Runes of the same type in Runecrafting +75% Ammo Preservation +2 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Bolts produced per action in Fletching +2 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +50% Chance to gain +1 additional bar in Smithing (Cannot be doubled) +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fishing. Cannot be doubled +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Fletching. Cannot be doubled +15% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Crafting. Cannot be doubled +100% Chance to gain +1 additional resource in Herblore. Cannot be doubled +100% chance to receive Ash per burn in Firemaking +100% chance to receive Charcoal per burn in Firemaking +4% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +20% chance to avoid the stun interval and stun damage in Thieving when pickpocket attempt fails +25% Chance to Double Items in Runecrafting +1% chance to find a Lost Chest while Fishing (This is separate to the Special Fishing Chance) +5% chance to Preserve Food when eaten +5% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% Chance To Preserve Prayer Points +8% Damage To Slayer Tasks +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +20% GP From Agility +150% GP From Thieving +5% Chance to find gem veins when Mining +8% Global Skill XP +15 Flat HP Regen +5% Lifesteal +5% Magic Damage Bonus from Equipment +5% Melee Strength Bonus from Equipment +1 minimum Bird Nest's recieved from Woodcutting +5% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +5% Ranged Strength Bonus from Equipment +5% Reflect Damage +10% Rune Preservation Rune providing items provide 4x as many runes +25% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +35% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Slayer Coins +15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +10% Summoning Max Hit +270 Stealth while Thieving
Seed Pouch	Item (Consumable)	-1 seed cost to plant Allotments in Farming +3% Farming Yield
Seed Pouch II	Item (Consumable)	-1 seed cost to plant Allotments in Farming +6% Farming Yield
Bob's Gloves	Item (Gloves)	+3% Farming Yield
Skillers Hat	Item (Helmet)	+2% Non-Combat Skill XP
Skillers Body	Item (Platebody)	+2% Non-Combat Skill XP
Skillers Leggings	Item (Platelegs)	+2% Non-Combat Skill XP
Ancient Ring of Skills	Item (Ring)	+8% Non-Combat Skill XP
Bob's Rake	Item (Weapon)	+50% Chance to preserve Compost or Weird Gloop applied to Farming Plots when harvesting
Harold	Pet	-2% Interval for all Non-Combat Skills +50% Mastery Pool XP Cap	-0.1s Attack Interval -0.2s Monster Respawn Timer +3% Ammo Preservation +2% Chance to Double Items Globally +3% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +5% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling) +5% Global Accuracy +5% Global Evasion +5% Global Mastery XP +2% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit +3% Rune Preservation +5% Slayer Coins +3% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges
Larry, the Lonely Lizard	Pet	+15 harvest quantity from Farming (Cannot be doubled or multiplied)

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