Money making guide/Farming herbs

Farming Herbs

Profit per instance
177,611 per instance, after tax
Activity time
6 minutes
Minimum recurrence time
90 minutes
Effective profit
1,776,110 per hour, after tax
Skill requirements	Quest requirements
56 (9 minimum, 32+ highly recommended, 65+ if using the Farming Guild herb patch) 73 (optional - for improved access to the Trollheim herb patch)	Ghosts Ahoy My Arm's Big Adventure Fairytale I - Growing Pains Making Friends with My Arm for the Weiss herb patch (optional) Children of the Sun for the Civitas illa Fortis herb patch (optional) Dream Mentor (optional)
Item requirements	Other requirements
Farming equipment: Kwuarm seeds Magic secateurs (highly recommended) Farming cape (optional) Bottomless compost bucket (highly recommended) Amulet of Nature (optional) Runes for teleportation and spells (optional) An Elemental staff to reduce teleportation and spell costs (optional) Transportation recommendations: Player-owned house for access to all teleports Ardougne cloak 2/3/4 or Skills necklace for the Ardougne herb patch Catherby herb patch - Catherby teleport or Camelot Teleport Explorer's ring 2/3/4 or amulet of glory for the Falador herb patch Farming cape or Skills necklace for the Farming guild herb patch Harmony island teleport for the Harmony island herb patch Xeric's talisman or Hosidius teleport for the Hosidius herb patch Ectophial or Fairy ring ALQ for the Port Phasmatys herb patch Stony basalt or Trollheim teleport for the Trollheim herb patch Quetzal whistle or Civitas illa fortis teleport for the Varlamore herb patch Icy basalt for Weiss herb patch	Tool leprechaun with a seed dibber, a spade, a rake, and some Ultracompost Medium Lumbridge & Draynor Diary (or higher) for Explorer's ring 2 teleport to cabbage patch adjacent to the Falador farm herb patch (optional) Medium Ardougne Diary (or higher) for Ardougne cloak 2 teleport to Ardougne herb patch (optional) Hard Fremennik Diary for the enhanced Stony basalt teleport (optional) Elite Morytania Diary if using the Harmony Island herb patch (optional)
Experience gained	Location
7,914	Ardougne, Catherby, Falador, Farming Guild, Harmony Island, Hosidius, Port Phasmatys, Trollheim, Varlamore and Weiss herb patches
Inputs (18,365)	Outputs (195,976, after tax)
10 × Kwuarm seed (15,890)5 × Ultracompost (2,475)	88 × Grimy kwuarm (195,976)

This guide assumes 8.8 herbs from each patch, thus 88 herbs per run. Your profit per run may vary depending on a multitude of factors, exact rates for your specific conditions can be calculated using the following calculator: Calculator:Farming/Herbs.

Farming herbs can be a very profitable way to spend a few minutes at a time, with Grimy kwuarm currently being the most profitable. Magic secateurs help increase profits slightly due to the 10% boost to crop yield. Generally, good harvests yield 6-15 herbs per patch, but the norm is six to ten, so players can expect an average of 8.8 herbs per patch.

Players can further increase their profits:

• If they use a Bottomless compost bucket to halve the amount of Ultracompost used and make inventory management easier. This is generally preferable to the use of Fertile Soil as it is lower cost and minimises use of inventory space.
• If they use Resurrect crops to revive dead crops. Note that this is only recommended for high value seeds as the high cost of casting the spell can result in reduced profit for low value seeds.
• If they plant Anima plants ( 76 , boostable). Iasor, Kronos, and Attas decrease the rate of disease, decrease the amount of time it takes for crops to grow, and increase the yield of crops, respectively.
• If they own a Farming cape, due to the 5% boost to crop yield.
• If they attune an Amulet of Nature to one of their herb patches, and keep it with them while doing other tasks around the game, so that they can check frequently whether their crops are fully grown.
• If they use the Geomancy spell that can monitor the health of their patches and tell them when their patches are fully grown.

Players should have 10 Kwuarm seeds and their selected means of teleportation. The player can start their herb run at any herb patch and withdraw any additional supplies needed from the tool leprechaun. Pick any Grimy kwuarms that have survived (or clear dead herbs), plant a new Kwuarm seed and use Ultracompost on the patch. The player can then move onto the next patch in any order. An example of a herb run is provided below.

• Use the Catherby teleport and run north to the patch.
• Use the Ardougne cloak 2/3/4 teleport to get to the patch instantly.
• Empty the Ectophial and run west of the undead farm to the Port Phasmatys patch.
• Use a Stony basalt to be teleported next to the shortcut leading to the Trollheim patch (requires completion of Making Friends with My Arm.)
• Use the Explorer's ring 2/3/4 teleport and run north to the Falador patch.
• Teleport to Xeric's Glade using the Xeric's Talisman and run south to the Hosidius patch.
• Use an Icy basalt teleport to get to the Weiss patch instantly.
• Use the Farming Guild teleport on the Skills necklace to get to the patch instantly.
• Teleport to the Hunter Guild via a Quetzal whistle and run north to the Varlamore patch.
• If you have the Morytania Elite Diary, cast Harmony island teleport and run south to the patch.

The below table details all farmable herbs, their profitability, and the expected experience gained per run based on an average of 88 herbs per run. Players wishing to level farming may want to consider farming herbs with a slightly lower Profit Per Instance but significantly higher Average Farming Experience Per Instance.

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Farming Herbs Profitability

Farming Level	Input Seed	Output Herb	Input Cost	Output Value (includes G.E. tax)	Profit (per instance)	Effective Profit (per hour)	Average Farming Experience (per instance)
9	Guam seed	Grimy guam leaf	2,615	25,432	22,817	228,170	1,570
14	Marrentill seed	Grimy marrentill	2,675	21,032	18,357	183,570	1,815
19	Tarromin seed	Grimy tarromin	2,575	17,160	14,585	145,850	2,104
26	Harralander seed	Grimy harralander	2,715	27,984	25,269	252,690	2,687
32	Ranarr seed	Grimy ranarr weed	327,415	498,256	170,841	1,708,410	3,309
38	Toadflax seed	Grimy toadflax	13,045	181,720	168,675	1,686,750	4,088
44	Irit seed	Grimy irit leaf	3,155	114,488	111,333	1,113,330	5,058
50	Avantoe seed	Grimy avantoe	4,965	154,352	149,387	1,493,870	6,317
56	Kwuarm seed	Grimy kwuarm	18,365	195,976	177,611	1,776,110	7,914
62	Snapdragon seed	Grimy snapdragon	465,445	630,432	164,987	1,649,870	9,903
65	Huasca seed	Grimy huasca	412,655	571,296	158,641	1,586,410	10,905
67	Cadantine seed	Grimy cadantine	27,915	185,416	157,501	1,575,010	11,985
73	Lantadyme seed	Grimy lantadyme	4,125	99,088	94,963	949,630	15,037
79	Dwarf weed seed	Grimy dwarf weed	7,675	108,944	101,269	1,012,690	18,961
85	Torstol seed	Grimy torstol	144,015	291,456	152,391	1,523,910	22,111