Farming

Farming is one of the skills in Runescape: Dragonwilds and allows players to grow various plants. The skill was released as part of the 0.10 Fellhollow update.

To level up this skill, players must weed, sow, fertilize, water, cure, and harvest crops.

To begin, players must complete Growing Pains by talking to the Wise Old Man in Bramblemead Valley. Once the quest is completed, players can create farming plots to get started with Farming.

Seeds can be collected from picking wild plants, looting chests and packs, or harvesting grown plants. Players can then equip seeds and, when used, will sow plants in farming plots or the ground. Planting trees requires tree farming unlocked at level 20.

Redberry bushes, dwellberry bushes, cadavaberry bushes, ash trees, oak trees, and willow trees can be harvested without having to replant seeds.

Image	Seed	Preferred plot	Source	Plant	Product
	Redberry seeds	Ash Farming Plot	Redberry Bush	Redberries (Farming)	Redberries
	Cabbage seeds	Ash Farming Plot	Cabbage (plant)	Cabbage (Farming)	Cabbage
	Potato seeds	Ash Farming Plot	Potato (plant)	Potato (Farming)	Potato
	Flax seeds	Ash Farming Plot	Flax (plant)	Flax (Farming)	Flax
	Wheat seeds	Ash Farming Plot	Goblin Pack	Wheat (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Wheat (Farming)Wheat (Farming)	Wheat
	Harralander seeds	Ash Farming Plot	Harralander (plant)	Harralander (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Harralander (Farming)Harralander (Farming)	Harralander
	Marrentil seeds	Ash Farming Plot	Marrentil (plant)	Marrentil (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Marrentil (Farming)Marrentil (Farming)	Marrentil
	Ash tree seed	Soil	Ash Tree	N/A	Ash Logs
	Dwellberry seeds	Oak Farming Plot	Dwellberry Bush	Dwellberries (Farming)	Dwellberries
	Onion seeds	Oak Farming Plot	Onion (plant)	Onion (Farming)	Onion
	Tomato seeds	Oak Farming Plot	Garou Pack	Tomato (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Tomato (Farming)Tomato (Farming)	Tomato
	Kwuarm seeds	Oak Farming Plot	Garou Pack	Kwuarm (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Kwuarm (Farming)Kwuarm (Farming)	Kwuarm
	Swamp weed seeds	Oak Farming Plot	Swamp Weed (plant)	Swamp Weed (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Swamp Weed (Farming)Swamp Weed (Farming)	Swamp Weed
	Snapdragon seeds	Oak Farming Plot	Snapdragon (plant)	Snapdragon (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Snapdragon (Farming)Snapdragon (Farming)	Snapdragon
	Toadflax seeds	Oak Farming Plot	Toadflax (plant)	Toadflax (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Toadflax (Farming)Toadflax (Farming)	Toadflax
	Oak tree seed	Soil	Oak Tree	N/A	Oak Logs
	Cadavaberry seeds	Willow Farming Plot	Cadavaberry Bush	Cadavaberry Bush (Farming)	Cadavaberries
	Pumpkin seeds	Willow Farming Plot	Pumpkin (plant)	Pumpkin (Farming)	Pumpkin
	Watermelon seeds	Willow Farming Plot	Zombie Pack Skeleton Pack	Watermelon (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Watermelon (Farming)Watermelon (Farming)	Watermelon
	Corpse cotton seeds	Willow Farming Plot	Corpse Cotton Plant	Corpse Cotton Plant (Farming)	Corpse Cotton
	Irit seeds	Willow Farming Plot	Thorny Irit Root	Irit (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Irit (Farming)Irit (Farming)	Irit
	Willow tree seed	Soil	Willow Tree	N/A	Willow Logs
	Maple tree seed	Soil	Maple Tree	N/A	Maple Logs
	Desert weed seeds	Yew Farming Plot	Desert Weed (plant)	Desert Weed (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Desert Weed (Farming)Desert Weed (Farming)	Desert Weed
	Bunny cactus seed	Yew Farming Plot	Bunny Cactus	Bunny Cactus (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Bunny Cactus (Farming)Bunny Cactus (Farming)	Cactus Steak
	Pipe cactus seed	Yew Farming Plot	Fibrous Pipe Cactus (plant)	Fibrous Pipe Cactus (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Fibrous Pipe Cactus (Farming)Fibrous Pipe Cactus (Farming)	Fibrous Pipe Cactus
	Barrel cactus seed	Yew Farming Plot	Barrel Cactus	Barrel Cactus (Farming).png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Barrel Cactus (Farming)Barrel Cactus (Farming)	Cactus Water
	Yew tree seed	Soil	Yew Tree	N/A	Yew Logs
	Magic tree seed	Soil	Magic Tree.png: Dragonwilds Inventory image of Magic TreeMagic Tree	N/A	Magic Logs

Through completing quests and levelling Farming, players unlock crafting recipes for tools that help while Farming.

Image	Item	Use	Crafting Station
	Wooden spade	Clears farming plots of dead plants or weeds.	Crafting table
	Bronze spade		Blacksmith's bench
	Steel spade		Blacksmith's bench
	Undead spade		Blacksmith's bench
	Adamant spade		Blacksmith's bench
	Rune spade		Blacksmith's bench
	Wooden watering can	Holds Dirty or clean water. Waters farming plots. Not watering has a base 0.8x disease chance. Dirty water offers 0.3x disease chance and 1.15x yield increase. Clean water offers 0.2x disease chance and 1.15x yield increase.	Crafting table
	Bronze watering can		Blacksmith's bench
	Steel watering can		Blacksmith's bench
	Adamant watering can		Blacksmith's bench
	Rune watering can		Blacksmith's bench
	Compost bucket	Holds compost or super compost. Fertilizes farming plots.	Crafting table
	Compost	Offers 0.5x disease chance and 1.5x yield increase.	Compost bin
	Super compost	Offers 0.25x disease chance and 1.75x yield increase.	Super compost bin
	Plant cure	Cures disease from plants in farming plots.	Cooking range
	Iron secateurs	Boosts yield when equipped while harvesting from farming plots.	Blacksmith's bench

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Through levelling Farming, players unlock building recipes for various constructs that assist with Farming.

Most seeds need to be used on a farming plot to grow, with tree seeds being the only exception, and can be grown on the ground. The plots' descriptions state that crops from the region associated with the plot "grow better," and although it is clear that higher tier crops in lower tier plots have a significantly higher disease rate, it is unknown what the rate is. Yew farming plots are the only type that can be built in Umbral Sands.

Image	Plot	Building Requirements	Region	Preferred seeds
	Ash farming plot	8 Ash Logs	Brynmoor	Cabbages, flax, harralander, marentill, potato, redberry, wheat
	Oak farming plot	8 Oak Logs	Ghornfell	Dwellberry, kwuarm, onion, snapdragon, swamp weed, toadflax, tomato
	Willow farming plot	8 Willow Logs	Fellhollow	Cadavaberry, corpse cotton, irit, pumpkin, watermelon, avantoe
	Yew farming plot	8 Yew Logs	Umbral Sands	Desert weed, barrel cactus, pipe cactus, bunny cactus

Some constructs allow players to passively generate clean water to help water-growing plants.

Image	Construct	Building Requirements	Function	Capacity
	Rain catcher	6 Ash Logs 4 Stone	Passively collects clean water during rainy weather.	300
	Well	32 Stone 6 Ash Logs 1 Vault Core	Passively collects clean water each day.	700

Some constructs allow players to store water to be dispensed later. Players can use watering cans to transfer Dirty or clean water to and from the barrels.

Image	Construct	Building Requirements	Function	Capacity
	Water barrel	8 Ash Logs	Stores Dirty or clean water for future use.	500
	Large water barrel	10 Oak Logs	Stores dirty or clean water for future use.	1000

Some constructs allow players to convert organic materials into compost or super compost, which can be used on plots to help prevent disease and increase yield.

Image	Construct	Building Requirements	Function	Capacity
	Compost bin	8 Ash Logs 4 Stone	Convert organic materials into compost.	1000
	Super compost bin	8 Willow Logs 4 Sandstone	Convert organic materials into super compost.	1000

Image	Construct	Building Requirements	Function
	Scarecrow	8 Oak Logs 1 Watermelon 3 Padded Cloth 10 Wheat	Protects crops from "feathered annoyances."

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Seeds take 2 in-game days to grow (progressing at the beginning of each day) and have several growth stages with distinct visual graphics. While growing, plants can become diseased. Diseased crops cannot be harvested, and if left untreated, will die the following day. Planting seeds in a plot for their region, watering, and composting them will significantly lower (but not remove) the chance of disease. Healthy and harvestable crops no longer have a chance to become diseased, and can be left when no longer farming.

Each plant has a base DiseaseChance:

• 0.3: Potato, tomato, and pumpkin
• 0.4: Cabbage, flax, harralander, marrentil, dwellberry, onion, kwuarm, swamp weed, snapdragon, toadflax, watermelon, and avantoe
• 0.5: Redberry and irit
• 0.6: Wheat and cadavaberry
• 0.75: Corpse cotton, desert weed, bunny cactus, barrel cactus, and fibrous pipe cactus

Or in other words, a potato has a base 30% chance of becoming diseased each growth cycle.

When farming plots are first placed, they have a layer of weeds. As long as nothing is planted in the plot, layers of weeds will continue to build up once each day, up to 3 layers per plot. These will need to be removed with a shovel before anything can be planted. Each layer will provide a base 3 XP and 3 weeds. Higher power level shovels can do so in fewer actions.

Players must equip seeds to then use them, which will seed farming plots or the ground, depending on the seed used. This provides a base 5 XP per seed planted, regardless of type or plot.

Farming plots can be watered once per day, which will significantly lower the chance of disease and slightly increase yield. Players can use watering cans on natural water sources (e.g., ponds and rivers) to fill the can with dirty water or collect clean water from rain catchers or wells and then use the can directly on the plots. Alternatively, players can cast Humidify with their watering can in their inventory, which will use whichever water is inside to water the plots in a straight line in front of the player. Note, however, that the items with the same name gathered by hand and then cooked at a campfire or grill cannot be used to fill a watering can.

Crops have their own individual chance of disease, which are further modified by whether they are watered and with what type:

• No water - Unwatered crops have a further 0.8x chance of disease
• Dirty water - Offers a lower 0.3x chance of disease and 1.15x yield
• Clean water - Offers an even lower 0.2x chance of disease and 1.15x yield

Watering a plot with a plant that was just seeded, is harvestable, diseased, or dead will provide a small base 2 XP, however watering growing plants in an ash farming plot provides base 15 XP, an oak farming plot provides base 30 XP, a willow farming plot provides base 45 XP, and a yew farming plot provides base 60 XP.

Rain will automatically water plots with clean water, which can save time, however it will not provide XP or cure disease.

Fertilising plots helps prevent disease and increase yield. A plot only needs to be fertilized once during its cycle until it is fully harvested and cleared. Players can convert organic materials into compost at a compost bin or super compost at a super compost bin, and then collect and spread the fertiliser with a compost bucket on plots.

As there are not currently any higher power level compost buckets, it is recommended to craft and carry several at once to minimise how frequently you need to return to the compost bins while composting farming plots. Compost provides a base 10 XP per plot, while super compost provides a base 50 XP.

• Compost - Offers 0.5x disease chance and 1.5x yield increase.
• Super compost - Offers 0.25x disease chance and 1.75x yield increase.

Diseased plants will change graphically with a brownish-yellow haze, and read "Diseased" when hovering over the plot. Players must cure the plant to prevent it from dying if left diseased for too long. There are three ways of cleansing diseased plants:

• Plant cure
• Humidify with the Cleansing Rain passive unlocked after level 50
• Farming cape's special effect acts as an infinite source of plant cures

If the plant is cleansed, it will return to its current growth stage. This means that if a plant is diseased in its final growth stage but the player cures it the same day, the player can harvest it without waiting another day. Curing a plant provides a base 3 XP.

The XP values of the above actions are listed with the folowing boosts:

Action	0% XP BOOST	15% XP BOOST[1]	30% XP BOOST[2]	45% XP BOOST[3]
Clearing[4]	0	0	0	0
Watering non-growing plant[5]	2	3	3	4
Curing[6]	3	3	4	4
Weeding[7]	3	4	4	5
Planting[8]	5	6	7	8
Composting[9]	10	12	14	16
Watering growing ash plot[10]	15	18	20	23
Watering growing oak plot[11]	30	35	40	46
Watering growing willow plot[12]	45	52	60	68
Super composting[13]	50	58	67	76
Watering growing yew plot[14]	60	70	80	91

The yield when harvesting can be modeled as so:

Yield = ceil( ceil( ceil(BaseYield * SecateursYieldMultiplier) * CompostYieldMultiplier) * WaterYieldMultiplier)}}

• BaseYield = 3 for flax, corpse cotton, desert weed, bunny cactus, barrel cactus, and fibrous pipe cactus, and 5 for every other seed.
• SecateursYieldMultiplier = 1.25. The iron secateurs do not work with Uproot.
• CompostYieldMultiplier = 1.5 with compost, and 1.75 with super compost.
• WaterYieldMultiplier = 1.15 with clean water or dirty water.

With maximal buffs, players can expect to receive 9 flax, corpse cotton, desert weed, bunny cactus, fibrous pipe cactus, barrel cactus or 15 of every other plant per harvest. Subsequent harvests of berry bushes will provide less.

The Uproot spell (and its upgraded version Harvester) can be used to harvest crops in a (larger) radius, but it does not work with the iron secateurs, and so may result in a lower yield.

The Harvest XP is modified by the yield as well as other factors, and can be modeled as so:

HarvestXP = ceil((BaseHarvestXP * (1 + Yield * HarvestXpFactor) * GlobalXPModifier) * GlobalReduction)

• BaseHarvestXP = 8
• HarvestXPFactor = 1 for tier 1 (Brynmoor), 2 for tier 2 (Ghornfell), and 3 for tier 3 (Fellhollow and Umbral Sands).
• GlobalXPModifier = 1 for 0% XP Boosts, 1.1 * 1.05 for 15% XP Boosts, 1.1 * 1.05 * 1.15 for 30% XP Boosts, and 1.1 * 1.05 * 1.3 for 45% XP Boosts (Note that these values are multiplicative in formula, but written additively for legibility).
• GlobalReduction = 1 is the default, 0.05 for subsequent berry-bush harvests.

The Harvest XP is then listed below assuming maximum yield with iron secateurs, super compost, and clean water, and with the following XP Boosts:

Harvest XP	0% XP BOOST	15% XP BOOST[15]	30% XP BOOST[16]	45% XP BOOST[17]
Flax	80	93	104	121
Redberries[18]	128 (6)	148 (7)	167 (8)	193 (9)
Cabbage	128	148	167	193
Potato	128	148	167	193
Wheat	128	148	167	193
Harralander	188	218	245	283
Marrentil	188	218	245	283
Kwuarm	188	218	245	283
Corpse cotton	224	259	292	337
Desert weed	224	259	292	337
Bunny cactus	224	259	292	337
Barrel cactus	224	259	292	337
Fibrous pipe cactus	224	259	292	337
Dwellberries[18]	248 (11)	287 (13)	323 (15)	373 (17)
Onion	248	287	323	373
Tomato	248	287	323	373
Swamp weed	308	356	401	463
Toadflax	308	356	401	463
Snapdragon	308	356	401	463
Cadavaberries[18]	368 (16)	426 (19)	479 (22)	553 (25)
Watermelon	368	426	479	553
Pumpkin	368	426	479	553
Irit	368	426	479	553

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Players can equip a trinket, eat a food, and consume a potion to gain perks that will boost their Farming experience gain.

Only one of each category can provide a benefit.

Trinket	Description
Inspiring Ring of Farming	Increases the player's experience gain in Farming by 5%

Food	Duration	Perk	Description
Sweet Veg Ball	300s	Knowledgable Nourishment	Increases the player's experience gain in all skills by 10%
Wild Pie	600s
Forager's Sandwich	600s
Meat Twist Sandwich	600s
Glazed Pumpkin Sandwich	600s

Potion	Duration	Perk	Description
Weak Focused Farming Potion	300s	Focused Farming	Grants a 15% XP BOOST for the FARMING Skill
Lesser Focused Farming Potion	600s
Focused Farming Potion	300s	Focused Farming II	Grants a 30% XP BOOST for the FARMING Skill
Super Focused Farming Potion	600s

Item	Description
Farming Cape	This cape acts as an infinite source of plant cure potions.

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See experience for a table of the experience required to reach each level.

Levelling up Farming grants access to both passive benefits as well as unlocking spells and other abilities.

Level	Ability	Type	Description
All	Seed Gathering	Passive	Increases the chance to gather seeds from all plants by 0.3% per level, up to 29.4% at level 99.
3	Plant Cure	Recipe	Unlocks the ability to create plant cures at the cooking range! Use plant cures to heal your plants from disease.
6	Rain Catcher	Recipe	Collects and filters rain water into usable clean water over time.
10	Compost Bin Compost Bucket	Recipe	Unlocks the compost bin and compost bucket recipes. These allow for creating and using Normal compost to boost the yield and disease resistance of your plants.
15	Uproot	Spell	Channelling the power of the earth, summon a spectral surge that gently coaxes ripe plants from the soil. Within a small radius, all fully grown crops and wild plants are instantly harvested and drawn towards you.
20	Tree Farming	Passive	You are skilled enough at farming to now grow trees! Trees can be planted directly into the ground and seeds can be found while chopping down trees and from birds nests.
24	Water Barrel	Recipe	Unlocks the water barrel, which stores Clean or dirty water collected from watering cans for later use.
28	Humidify	Spell	Conjure water magic to create a rain cloud that travels forward, instantly watering any farming plot that it passes over with clean water.
32	Well	Recipe	Unlocks the ability to build a well! A well provides a limited amount of clean water per day. Wells refill in the morning.
36	Harvester	Passive	With greater mastery over the land, the caster's reach extends even further. Harvester expands Uproot's range to a wider radius.
39	Speedy Farmer	Passive	You've become more adept at watering and composting your plants. You can now do so with less penalty to your movement speed!
42	Iron Secateurs	Recipe	A pair of gardening Secateurs that boost your harvesting yield while equipped.
46	Large Water Barrel	Recipe	Unlocks the large water barrel, which stores even more Clean or dirty water collected from watering cans for later use.
50	Cleansing Rain	Passive	Upgrades the Humidify spell, causing the conjured rain cloud to cure any diseased plants it passes over while watering them.
55	Scarecrow	Recipe	Unlocks the scarecrow for protecting your farm from feathered annoyances.
60	Super Compost Bin	Recipe	Unlocks the super compost bin which produces super compost, for an even better yield boost and disease resistance of your plants.
74	Rapid Growth	Spell	Advances plant growth by one stage. Cannot be reapplied until the plant grows further.
80	Mucksplosion	Spell	Not for the squeamish gardener! This spell harnesses Earth magic to summon a bubbling compost volcano, showering your beloved plots with rich, nourishing fertilizer.
90	Overgrowth Aura	Passive	Increases the range of the Rapid Growth spell.
99	Farming Skillcape	Recipe	A true showcase of skill mastery. Unlocks the ability to craft and wear the Farming skillcape.

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  Concept art of tiered spades
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  In-development look at farming decorations