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Skills · Old School RuneScape

Farming

Farming is trained on Old School RuneScape. Compost from seed. Tree and herb runs while you walk. The live wiki keeps the rate.

Farming in Old School RuneScape

Words on this page

Run: visit every patch, plant, and leave. Compost: the bucket that stops disease. Tithe Farm: one field you stay in for levels, not coins.

Unlock

You can plant a seed today. Compost stops disease. The Farming Guild wants 45. Diaries add patches.

The route

  • Early

    Method
    Do the farming quests, then plant hops with ultracompost.
    Place
    Stand at a patch.
    Click
    Click the compost, then the seed.
    Leave
    Leave any patch that has no compost.
  • Mid

    Method
    Run herbs, and fruit trees when you can afford the saplings.
    Place
    Stand at each patch in the same order every time.
    Click
    Click, note the disease, move to the next patch.
    Leave
    Leave allotments if you do not need the food.
  • Late

    Method
    Run trees, fruit trees, hardwoods, and herbs on a timer.
    Place
    Stand at the first patch and follow the lap.
    Click
    Click, teleport, click.
    Leave
    Leave Tithe Farm for the days you want to sit in one place.

Inventory

Wear the farming outfit if you have it. Bring magic secateurs and a bottomless compost bucket. Bring only what this method uses. Leave the spare gear in the bank.

Money fork

Herb runs and tree runs can pay. Tithe Farm is levels, not coins. Check seed prices on the wiki.

Iron fork

If you cannot buy the supplies, gather them yourself. Stay on the earlier step until you have them.

Kit

Wear the farming outfit if you have it. Bring magic secateurs and a bottomless compost bucket.

Mistakes

Do not farm with no compost. Do not buy a 99 of dragonfruit seeds with no patch order.

Stop

Stop when you have the level you came for. A quest, a prayer, or a weapon. Level 99 is a cape. You do not need it to use the skill.

Official notes

XP rates move. Use the live wiki for the number. This page is the route.