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Skill ID: melvorD:Farming
Release Date:	28 September 2019 (v0.06)
Game Version:	Base game
Type:	Gathering
Expansions information
Level 99:	Base game
Level 120:	Throne of the Herald Expansion
Abyssal 60:	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Into the Abyss Expansion

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

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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

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Mastery

experience received. Raising Farming to

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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 skill 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 skill experience received. Trees give a fixed amount of skill experience for harvesting regardless of how many logs are acquired.

Mastery Experience

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Mastery

experience gained varies from skill experience in a few ways:

• Mastery experience is gained only upon harvesting crops, not planting seeds
• The Mastery experience gained scales with the quantity of items harvested for all plot types: allotments, herbs, and trees.

Additional details on how Mastery experience is calculated for Farming can be seen on the

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Mastery

page.

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%	1,950,000 xp	+5% Farming Mastery XP for Melvor Realm only
25%	4,875,000 xp	Crops in Farming cannot die
50%	9,750,000 xp	+5% base primary resource quantity gained in Farming for Melvor Realm only
95%	18,525,000 xp	-10% Farming Interval
Total Mastery Pool XP		19,500,000

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

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	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]

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

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.

Skillcapes

Regular Skillcape

The Farming Skillcape is the skillcape for the Farming skill. It can be purchased for 1,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 99

in the Farming skill. The Farming Skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+25% base primary resource quantity gained in Farming

Superior Skillcape

The Superior Farming Skillcape is the superior skillcape for the Farming skill. It can be purchased for 10,000,000 from the Shop once the player reaches

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Level 120

in the Farming skill.

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Level 120

can only be reached if the player owns the Throne of the Herald expansion. Likewise, the superior skillcape can only be purchased if the player owns this expansion. The superior skillcape offers the following benefits when worn:

+40% base primary resource quantity gained in Farming and +20% Chance to Double Items in Farming

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	DLC	Effect
	Larry, the Lonely Lizard		+15 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Farming (Cannot be doubled)

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:

Seeds

Seeds are required to start Farming and can be acquired from several sources, such as File:Farmer (thieving).png Thieving,

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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		Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level	DLC	XP	Growth Time	Seed Value	Produce		Healing	Produce Value
	Potato Seeds	1		8	2h	1		Potatoes	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 3	1
	Onion Seeds	5		10	2h	5		Onions	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 6	2
	Cabbage Seeds	7		11	2h	10		Cabbage	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 9	5
	Tomato Seeds	12		14	2h	20		Tomatoes	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 13	1
	Sweetcorn Seeds	20		21	3h	30		Sweetcorn	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 16	8
	Ancient Wildberry Seeds	20		23	3h	3		Ancient Wildberry	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 23	28
	Strawberry Seeds	31		39	3h	40		Strawberries	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 20	10
	Cherry Seeds	40		42	3h	42		Cherry	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 24	12
	Watermelon Seeds	47		78	4h	50		Watermelons	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 36	15
	Ancient Corn Seeds	50		84	4h	8		Ancient Corn	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 38	28
	Snape Grass Seeds	61		92	3h, 30m	75		Snape Grass	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 40	23
	Carrot Seeds	69		118	3h, 30m	85		Carrot	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 28	28
	Ancient Carrot Seeds	69		122	3h, 30m	16		Ancient Carrot	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 42	28
	Pumpkin Seeds	100		175	5h	100		Pumpkin	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 55	33
	Chilli Seeds	105		185	5h	130		Chilli	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 2	45
	Mushroom Spores	115		255	6h, 30m	230		Mushrooms	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 5	75
	Starfruit Seeds	118		306	7h, 30m	300		Starfruit	Error creating thumbnail: File missing 70	110

Herbs

Needed for making potions in

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Herblore

.

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

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

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 to Double Items in Farming
	II	10	+15% Chance to Double Items in Farming
	III	10	+20% Chance to Double Items in Farming
	IV	10	+30% Chance to Double Items in Farming

Skill Boosts

Main article: Farming Boosts

Skill boosts are special enhancements that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the player's skills. These boosts can come from a variety of sources such as equipment, potions, pets, and masteries. Global boosts are boosts which apply across all skills. A boost can be assumed to be for the listed skill only, unless specifically stated it is a global boost. Boosts help the player to progress faster and achieve higher levels of mastery in each skill. The following are some common types of skill boosts and what they do:

• Increased Skill XP: Increases the amount of experience points (XP) gained.
• Decreased Skill Interval: Reduces the time it takes to complete skilling actions, allowing the player to perform more actions in a given period.
• Preservation Chance: Increases the likelihood that resources or items used during skill actions are not consumed.
• Increased Chance to Double Items: Gives a higher chance of receiving double the items or resources when performing skill-related actions.
• Increased Mastery XP: Enhances the rate at which mastery XP is gained for a skill.

For more information on general skill boosts that apply to all skills, refer to the Skill Boosts page.

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