| Elstan | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Released | 11 July 2005 (Update) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Members | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Race | Human | ||||||||||||||||||
| Quest | Garden of Tranquillity | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | South of Falador | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shop | Farming supplies | ||||||||||||||||||
| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||||||
| Options | Talk-to, Pay (north-west), Pay (south-east), Trade | ||||||||||||||||||
| Examine | Perhaps this gardener might look after your crops for you. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Advanced data | |||||||||||||||||||
| NPC ID | 2663 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Link | MOID | ||||||||||||||||||
Elstan is the gardener of the farming patch outside Falador. He can be paid to look after the player's crops planted in the two allotment patches. Elstan is an important character in the Garden of Tranquillity quest and can answer questions in the Fairytale I - Growing Pains quest, for he is a Group of Advanced Gardeners member.
Shop
Elstan also sells basic farming tools via the Farming Supplies shop, which can be accessed by talking to him and asking Can you sell me something?, or by the right-click Trade option.
| Item | Price sold at | GE price |
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 | Plant cure |  40 |  188 |
 | Compost |  20 | 11 |
 | Rake | 6 | 161 |
 | Empty plant pot |  1 | 8 |
 | Watering can | 8 | 181 |
 | Gardening trowel | 12 | 118 |
 | Seed dibber | 6 | 110 |
Dialogue
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Changes
| Date | Changes |
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| 16 April 2025 (Update) |
The 3-tile diameter wander range for Elstan has been reverted. |
| 9 April 2025 (Update) |
The wander range for Elstan has been reduced to a 3-tile diameter. |
| 25 September 2024 (Update) |
Elstan now has a standard trade interface for purchasing farming supplies, instead of a dialogue menu, alongside all farmers who protect a player's crops. |
| 22 November 2018 (Update) |
Gardeners at farming patches now sell plant pots. |
| 23 April 2015 (Update) |
Allotment farmers should once again be able to sell you farming supplies if you've completed Garden of Tranquillity. |
Trivia
- He seems to have a crush on Lyra. Ironically, Lyra reveals to the player that she seduces young men in order to provide the Vampyres with blood tithes.
- It is revealed he is friends with Rind the gardener in Keldagrim and attended the Annual Asgarnia Gardening Conference together with him.
- According to Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, "latens" (anagram of Elstan) means "to grow late" or "to cause to grow late."