Farming

Farming

Farming lets you grow seeds into food, herbs and logs. Raising farming to level 99 will unlock the Farming Skillcape for purchase from the Shop. Equipping the skillcape will allow you to add compost to allotments, herbs and trees for free.

Mastery Unlocks

Farming Mastery impacts many aspects of farming. Increased mastery level increases the amount harvested from a plot. At 11 mastery, harvesting herbs and allotments has a chance to return seeds. At 50 mastery, crops, herbs and trees cannot die, and no longer require compost.

Crop Harvest Quantity

The harvest quantity, [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 + \frac{4L_m}{10} \right \rfloor }[/math]

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

Mastery Level	Harvest Amount
1	5
2	5
3	6
4	6
5	7
10	9
20	13
50	25
75	35
99	44

Seed Return Chance

Starting at level 11 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}{10} }[/math]
[math]\displaystyle{ n = \left \lfloor x \right \rfloor }[/math]

This means that at 50 mastery, two seeds are returned on average, and herbs become self sustainable. At 70 mastery, three seeds are returned on average, and allotments become self sustainable.

Farming Plots

At the start, you only have access to a single allotment plot. Additional plots are unlocked as you level up farming that must be purchased with GP. Below are tables outlining the level requirements and costs for the plots:

Allotments

Farming Level	Plot Cost
1	0
1	500
1	5000
10	15000
20	25000
30	40000
40	65000
50	80000
60	100000
70	120000
80	150000
90	200000

Herbs

Farming Level	Plot Cost
5	10000
5	20000
15	35000
35	50000
45	80000
55	100000
65	125000
75	150000
85	200000

Trees

Farming Level	Plot Cost
15	50000
30	100000
60	250000
80	400000

Seeds

Seeds are required to farm and can be acquired from several sources. Allotments require three seeds to plant, herbs require two, and trees require one. Seeds planted without fertiliser have a 50% chance to yield crops after growing. To increase the chance above 50% you must fertilise the seeds using Compost. Each Compost used on a seed will increase its survival chance by 10%, raising your Compost Level to 5 will guarantee your crops survive. Compost must be used every time a seed is planted to have an effect.

Allotments

Seeds	Name	Farming Level	Experience	Time to Grow (S)	Seed Value	Crop	Crop Name	Crop Healing	Crop Value	Seed Sources
	Potato Seeds	1	8	2400	1		Potatoes	10	1	Killing: , Opening: , Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Onion Seeds	5	10	2400	5		Onions	20	2	Killing: , , Opening: , Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Cabbage Seeds	7	11	2400	10		Cabbage	30	5	Killing: , , Opening: , Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Tomato Seeds	12	14	2400	20		Tomatoes	40	1	Killing: , , Opening: , Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Sweetcorn Seeds	20	21	3600	30		Sweetcorn	50	8	Killing: , Opening: Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Strawberry Seeds	31	39	3600	40		Strawberries	60	10	Killing: , , Opening: Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Watermelon Seeds	47	78	4800	50		Watermelons	70	15	Killing: , , Opening: Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Snape Grass Seeds	61	92	4200	75		Snape Grass	80	23	Killing: , , Opening: Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Carrot Seeds	69	118	4200	85		Carrot	90	28	Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg

Herbs

Seeds	Name	Farming Level	Experience	Time to Grow (S)	Seed Value	Herb	Herb Name	Herb Value	Seed Sources
	Garum Seeds	5	9	1800	3		Garum Herb	1	Killing: , , , , , File:Goblin (monster).svg, File:Ranged Goblin (monster).svg, Opening:
	Sourweed Seeds	15	12	1800	20		Sourweed Herb	9	Killing: , , Opening:
	Mantalyme Seeds	25	16	2400	62		Mantalyme Herb	20	Killing: , , , , Opening:
	Lemontyle Seeds	35	28	3200	88		Lemontyle Herb	40	Killing: , , , , , , Opening:
	Oxilyme Seeds	50	35	3600	140		Oxilyme Herb	80	Killing: , , , , , , Opening:
	Poraxx Seeds	60	48	4200	190		Poraxx Herb	150	Killing: , Opening:
	Pigtayle Seeds	70	69	4200	222		Pigtayle Herb	210	Killing: , , Opening:
	Barrentoe Seeds	80	92	4800	450		Barrentoe Herb	330	Killing: , Opening:

Trees

Seeds	Name	Farming Level	Experience	Time to Grow (S)	Seed Value	Logs	Log Name	Log Value	Seed Sources
	Oak Tree Seeds	15	467	12000	400		Oak Logs	5	Killing: , Opening: , Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Willow Tree Seeds	30	1455	16800	750		Willow Logs	10	Killing: Opening: Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Maple Tree Seeds	45	3403	19200	1250		Maple Logs	35	Killing: Opening: , Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Yew Tree Seeds	60	7069	24000	2500		Yew Logs	75	Killing: , Opening: , Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg
	Magic Tree Seeds	75	13780	28800	10000		Magic Logs	300	Killing: Opening: Pickpocketing: File:Farmer (thieving).svg

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