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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

Pool %	Pool XP	Bonus
10%	1,550,000 xp	+6% Farming Mastery XP for Abyssal Realm only
25%	3,875,000 xp	+10% chance to preserve Compost applied to Farming Plots when harvesting Abyssal Realm crops
50%	7,750,000 xp	+10% base primary resource quantity gained in Farming for Abyssal Realm only
95%	14,725,000 xp	-10% Farming interval for Abyssal Realm only
Total Mastery Pool XP		15,500,000

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

Error creating thumbnail: File missing 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]

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:

Allotments

Plot	Requirements	Cost
1	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 1	Free
2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 1	500
3	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 1	5,000
4	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 5	10,000 20 Giant Clay Pot
5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 10	15,000
6	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 20	25,000
7	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 25	350,000 100 Giant Clay Pot
8	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 30	40,000
9	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 40	65,000
10	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 50	80,000
11	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 55	100,000 200 Giant Clay Pot
12	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 60	100,000
13	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 70	120,000
14	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 80	150,000
15	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 85	4,000,000 350 Giant Clay Pot
16	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 90	200,000
17	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 100	1,000,000
18	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 110	5,000,000
19	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 118	10,000,000

Herbs

Plot	Requirements	Cost
1	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 5	10,000 20 Giant Clay Pot
2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 5	10,000
3	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 5	20,000
4	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 15	35,000
5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 25	350,000 100 Giant Clay Pot
6	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 35	50,000
7	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 45	80,000
8	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 55	900,000 200 Giant Clay Pot
9	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 55	100,000
10	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 65	125,000
11	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 75	150,000
12	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 85	17,000,000 350 Giant Clay Pot
13	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 85	200,000
14	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 102	1,000,000
15	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 110	5,000,000
16	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 118	10,000,000

Trees

Plot	Requirements	Cost
1	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 15	50,000
2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 30	100,000
3	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 60	250,000
4	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 80	400,000
5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 105	5,000,000
6	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 115	10,000,000

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Special

Plot	Requirements	Cost
1	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 7	100,000
2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 14	250,000
3	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 24	1,000,000
4	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 34	10,000,000
5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 44	100,000,000
6	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level 54	100,000,000

Seeds

Main article: Seeds

Seeds are required to start Farming and can be acquired from several sources, such as

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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

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Into the Abyss Expansion is owned, there is another alternative in the form of

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Abyssal Compost

which increases the harvest quantity by 50% but disables the possibility of any Seed returns.

10

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Abyssal Compost

are required per Plot.

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

Main article: Seeds#Allotments

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

Melvor Allotments

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level	Seeds		Produce		DLC
1		Potato Seeds		Potatoes
5		Onion Seeds		Onions
7		Cabbage Seeds		Cabbage
12		Tomato Seeds		Tomatoes
20		Sweetcorn Seeds		Sweetcorn
20		Ancient Wildberry Seeds		Ancient Wildberry
31		Strawberry Seeds		Strawberries
40		Cherry Seeds		Cherry
47		Watermelon Seeds		Watermelons
50		Ancient Corn Seeds		Ancient Corn
61		Snape Grass Seeds		Snape Grass
69		Carrot Seeds		Carrot
69		Ancient Carrot Seeds		Ancient Carrot
100		Pumpkin Seeds		Pumpkin
105		Chilli Seeds		Chilli
115		Mushroom Spores		Mushrooms
118		Starfruit Seeds		Starfruit

Abyssal Allotments

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1	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Potato Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Potato	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
10	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pumpkin Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Pumpkin	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
20	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gloompepper Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gloompepper	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
30	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Shadenut Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Shadenut	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
40	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Withermelon Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Withermelon	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
50	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Whisperradish Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Whisperradish	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
55	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Eldraberry Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Eldraberry	Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Herbs

Main article: Seeds#Herbs

Needed for making potions in

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Herblore

.

Melvor Herbs

Error creating thumbnail: File missing Level	Seeds		Produce		DLC
5		Garum Seeds		Garum Herb
15		Sourweed Seeds		Sourweed Herb
25		Mantalyme Seeds		Mantalyme Herb
35		Lemontyle Seeds		Lemontyle Herb
50		Oxilyme Seeds		Oxilyme Herb
60		Poraxx Seeds		Poraxx Herb
70		Pigtayle Seeds		Pigtayle Herb
80		Barrentoe Seeds		Barrentoe Herb
102		Snowcress Seeds		Snowcress Herb
106		Bitterlyme Seeds		Bitterlyme Herb
112		Moonwort Seeds		Moonwort Herb
118		Wurmtayle Seeds		Wurmtayle Herb

Abyssal Herbs

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2	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gloomsprout Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gloomsprout Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
8	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nightgleam Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nightgleam Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
15	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Blightblossom Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Blightblossom Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
22	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Shadefrond Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Shadefrond Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
29	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Fearmallow Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Fearmallow Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
36	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Witherlyme Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Witherlyme Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
43	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Whispertallow Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Whispertallow Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
50	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Echosnap Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Echosnap Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
53	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Eldraroot Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Eldraroot Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
56	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Voidbloom Seeds	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Voidbloom Herb	Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Trees

Main article: Seeds#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.

Melvor Trees

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15		Oak Tree Seeds		Oak Logs
30		Willow Tree Seeds		Willow Logs
45		Maple Tree Seeds		Maple Logs
60		Yew Tree Seeds		Yew Logs
70		Apple Tree Seeds		Apple
75		Magic Tree Seeds		Magic Logs
100		Banana Tree Seeds		Bananas
105		Grove Tree Seeds		Grove Logs
110		Elderwood Tree Seeds		Elderwood Logs
120		Carrion Tree Seeds		Carrion Logs

Abyssal Trees

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5	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssia Tree Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssia Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
15	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Brumia Tree Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Brumia Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
25	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gloomia Tree Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gloomia Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
35	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Withia Tree Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Withia Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
45	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nethia Tree Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Nethia Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
55	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Eldria Tree Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Eldria Logs	Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Special

Main article: Seeds#Special

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7	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Vein Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Vein Pod	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
17	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Twisted Vein Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Twisted Vein Pod	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
20	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Blighted Roots Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Blighted Roots	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
27	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gloom Vein Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Gloom Vein Pod	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
32	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Essence Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Abyssal Essence	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
37	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Shadow Vein Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Shadow Vein Pod	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
47	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Obsidian Vein Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Obsidian Vein Pod	Error creating thumbnail: File missing
57	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Voidfire Vein Seed	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	Voidfire Vein Pod	Error creating thumbnail: File missing

Potions

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

The Gloomgrowth Potion increases yield while also increasing Farming Interval.

Gloomgrowth Potion
Potion	Tier	Charges	Effect
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing	I	1	+20% base primary resource quantity gained in Farming for Abyssal Realm only and +50% Farming Interval
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing	II	2	+25% base primary resource quantity gained in Farming for Abyssal Realm only and +50% Farming Interval
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing	III	3	+30% base primary resource quantity gained in Farming for Abyssal Realm only and +50% Farming Interval
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Error creating thumbnail: File missing	IV	4	+40% base primary resource quantity gained in Farming for Abyssal Realm only and +50% Farming Interval

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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