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:

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. 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 10% to harvest quantity.

Allotments

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

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

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

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