Crop running

Crop running, sometimes referred to as farm running, is the act of going through rounds of farming patches in order to level up Farming efficiently (see Farming training). Crop running can be combined with other activities while en route to alleviate monotony, such as doing bits of quests that are in the area of the farm patches being run. Some players like to focus on specific crop types for their runs while others will mix and match the patch types farmed. Regardless, crop running is the most effective way to gain experience in farming as opposed to sitting relatively idle at a farm patch to watch crops grow.

Two pieces of jewellery can be helpful while crop running, namely the amulet of farming and amulet of nature as these will allow an aspiring farmer to keep tabs on two patches. Additionally, effective and efficient farming also requires the ability to use almost every teleportation method available in RuneScape. Most crops runs can be done by the traditional method of walking. Lunar Magic is helpful for its Fishing Guild and Catherby teleports as well as its cure plant and fertile soil spells, all of which are available at 87 Magic after completion of the Lunar Diplomacy quest.

It is recommended to pre-load your tool belt with farming tools before starting to level. A seed dibber, spade, rake, and secateurs can be stored on the tool belt.

Recommended quests, activities, tasks and other useful items

 * Tree Gnome Village - Access to spirit trees for transportation.
 * Greenfingers aura - for extra herbs (stacks with juju farming potions) and disease protection
 * Herblore Habitat - for making juju farming potions for extra herbs
 * The Grand Tree - Access to the spirit tree in the Tree Gnome Stronghold (if you have completed the Tree Gnome Village quest) and access to the Gnome glider transportation system.
 * Fairytale III: Battle at Orks Rift - Access to Fairy ring network without staff
 * My Arm's Big Adventure - Access to disease-free herb patch near Trollheim.
 * Enlightened Journey - Access to Balloon transport system.
 * Lunar Diplomacy - Access to the Lunar Spells, which have teleports to Catherby and the Fishing Guild (close to two allotment patches), and a supercompost spell.
 * In addition, Dream Mentor gives access to Spellbook Swap, allowing easy transport to the Trollheim herb patch while on the Lunar spellbook.
 * Complete beginner, easy and medium Lumbridge and Draynor Tasks - Rewarded with the explorer's ring which allows to recharge energy 3 times a day and quicker and free access to farming patches south of Falador.
 * Complete easy and medium Falador Tasks - Falador shield 2 provides 10% extra experience when harvesting farming patches south of Falador.
 * Complete easy Ardougne Tasks - Ardougne cloak 1 gives free teleports to the bush patch by the Ardougne Monastery
 * Complete easy & medium Ardougne Tasks - Ardougne cloak 2 gives one free teleport per day to the Ardougne allotment patch. (Completing the Elite tasks will give infinite teleports to the Ardougne allotment patch.)
 * Completed Love Story for chipped teleport tablets

Recommended magical items

 * Amulet of glory with charges
 * Skills necklace with charges
 * Explorer's ring 3
 * Ectophial
 * Ring of duelling
 * Combat bracelet with charges

Vegetable run
Even though vegetables are the first seeds that can be planted, vegetable runs are not practical for low-level players. Vegetable runs are intended for players with the ability to move across RuneScape rapidly (teleporting, fairy rings, etc.). Each run can be performed approx every 40 minutes.
 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory
Required: It's good to have enough seeds for two plantings in all of the patches you plan to visit; that way, as you do the loop, harvesting your crop, you can plant the next crop at the same time, and then once all crops have been harvested, visit the Grand Exchange to sell your crop and purchase another set of seeds. Using any fruits or vegetables on a tool leprechaun turns the crops into notes.
 * 6 allotment seeds, 1 flower seed, and 1 herb seed for each patch you plan to visit

Optional:
 * 1 amulet of farming (for first patch in run)
 * 3-5 baskets or sacks (see seeds)
 * Payment for gardener, which can be noted (if not protected with a flower, see seeds)
 * Runes for Camelot Teleport, Ardougne Teleport, and Falador Teleport
 * Explorer's ring 3 or amulet of glory instead of Falador teleport runes
 * Ectophial (for training levels 31-99)
 * Skills necklace, which will teleport you to the Fishing Guild, which is closer to the Ardougne patch than the Ardougne teleport, though you could simply use the Lodestone Network.
 * Falador shield 2 or Falador shield 3 (increases farming experience by 10% when using the patches north of Port Sarim)

Vegetable run sequence (teleporting)
Requirements:
 * Ectophial
 * 51 or 45  and a skills necklace or Ardougne cloak 2 or better
 * One of the following: Explorer's ring 3 (recommended) or amulet of glory

Start off with the items in your inventory for the first stop.
 * Teleport to Falador with the Explorer's ring and run north to the allotment patch
 * Alternatively you can teleport to Draynor with an Amulet of Glory and run northwest (not recommended as the explorer's ring gives unlimited teleports and brings you closer).
 * Also, if you're in a clan you could use your clan vexillum to teleport to clan camp, then run east to the allotment patch.
 * Farm the allotment patch and use the amulet of farming on it
 * Use the harvested items on the tool leprechaun to exchange them for bank notes (repeat this at each farming patch).
 * Use the Ectophial to teleport to Port Phasmatys.
 * Farm the allotment patch that is west of Port Phasmatys.
 * Teleport to Ardougne (or to the Fishing Guild using the skills necklace or to the patch itself using the Ardougne cloak's Ardougne farm teleport)
 * Farm the allotment patch that is in Hemenster.
 * Teleport to Catherby and run west to the allotment patch that is north of Catherby.
 * Farm the allotment patch that is north of Catherby.
 * Run south to the bank at Catherby and deposit all of your harvest.

Vegetable run sequence (Fairy Rings)
Requirements: Start off with the items in your inventory for the first stop.
 * Started A Fairy Tale Part II
 * 21 (optional)
 * Skills necklace (optional)
 * Ectophial (optional)
 * Use Explorer's ring 3's cabbage-port to teleport to the cabbage patch and run north to the allotment patch.
 * Farm the allotment patch and use the amulet of farming on it.
 * Keep this compost bin busy at all times - get enough buckets that you can empty it as soon as it becomes full, and fill it with cabbages from the field when it's empty.
 * If you have planted trees in Falador and Lumbridge, check on them now.
 * Run south to the fairy ring behind the wizard's tower, use it, from the fairy kingdom use the fairy ring again to the Legends' Guild (code )
 * Run west to the allotment patch north of East Ardougne and farm it.
 * An alternative route to this patch is to use a skills necklace to teleport to the Fishing Guild, then run east. This is shorter then running to the wizard's tower if you do not intend to check tree patches.
 * Run northeast to the allotment patch that is north of Catherby and farm it.
 * Run north-west to the hops patch that is north-west of Seers' Village and farm it.
 * Run northeast to the fairy ring by Sinclair Mansion, then head to Morytania (code ). Have enough run energy available that you can run north past the level 61 vampyres and level 52 leeches.
 * If you choose to omit the hops patch, an ectophial is a faster way to reach the Morytania patches than running to a fairy ring.
 * If you have agility level 21, you can use the fairy ring to get to Edgeville (code ) and then use the underwall tunnel to access the Grand Exchange. If you have planted a tree in Varrock, check on it now.
 * Cabbage-port back to the cabbage patch and repeat as needed.

Farm the vegetables

 * Remove watering can, and 2 buckets of compost (or supercompost) from the tool leprechaun.
 * Harvest the crop.
 * If your inventory becomes full from the harvest, use the harvest on the tool leprechaun and he will note the harvested items in your inventory.
 * Treat soil with compost (supercompost for sweetcorn and above).
 * Plant seeds and water them.
 * Return Farming tools to the tool leprechaun.
 * Pay the gardener (if not protected with a flower or scarecrow).
 * Bind an amulet of farming to the first patch in run.

Hop run
Hops patches are not nearly as convenient to reach using standard teleportation sites, and have only one patch versus allotment sites which have 2 allotment, 1 flower, 1 herb patch, and a compost bin. Only barley and Jute fibres are used as payments to gardeners to watch over other crops.
 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory

 * 4 Hop seeds (only 3 jute seeds are needed) for each plot
 * Payment for gardener (see seeds)
 * Yanille tablet
 * Amulet of glory if not going to Yanille
 * Combat bracelet

Hops run sequence

 * Start off with the items in your inventory for all four patches (it is now possible to complete all four without banking, by getting the leprechaun to convert harvested items into notes).
 * Teleport to Seers' Village or Camelot (with Seers' headband 3) and run to patch north of McGrubor's Wood.
 * Farm the hops patch north of McGrubor's Wood.
 * Combat bracelet option to the Champions' Guild will place you closer.
 * Farm the hops patch south of Varrock.
 * Teleport to Yanille lodestone and run east to hops patch.
 * Farm the hops patch along the northern wall of the town.
 * To get to the patch on Entrana, either teleport to Draynor by using the amulet of glory or use Explorer's ring 3 to cabbage port to cabbage patch south of Falador and run to Draynor. Deposit items that are not able to go to Entrana then run to Port Sarim and ask monks to take you to Entrana.
 * Alternatively, use Ring of duelling to teleport to Castle Wars, bank all items that are not able to go to Entrana, withdraw 1 set of normal logs and use the Balloon Transport System to travel to Entrana. The balloon pad is next to the hops patch.
 * Farm the hops patch in Entrana.
 * Bank your harvest.

Farm the hops

 * Remove watering can, and a bucket of compost (or supercompost) from the Tool Leprechaun.
 * Harvest the crop.
 * Treat soil with compost (supercompost for yanillian seeds and above).
 * Plant seeds and water them.
 * Return Farming tools to the tool leprechaun.
 * Pay the gardener.

Herb run
Herb runs are the same as Allotment runs (they can be done at the same time) apart from a Herb patch without an allotment patch in Trollheim. An average herb run can take less than five minutes if moving quickly and can therefore be a good money maker for the time it takes, assuming the player is planting more profitable crops, such as avantoe, dwarf weed or lantadyme. Remember that tools, compost, supercompost, and empty buckets can be stored with the leprechauns. Also remember that leprechauns can exchange your crops for notes to save space on crop runs.
 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations
 * Calculator:Farming/Herb profits

Inventory

 * 6 Herb seeds
 * 4 seeds for the flower patches
 * Juju farming potion
 * Runes or tabs for Trollheim and Camelot teleport (if teleporting, see below for cheaper travel alternatives)
 * Ardougne cloak 1
 * Ectophial, Explorer ring 3 or 4, skills necklace (jewellery can be worn to save space)
 * Falador shield 2 or higher, for the 10% experience boost at the Falador allotment

Herb run sequence

 * The patches can be done in any order, though it is a good idea to end up in Catherby or Prifddinas as they have the closest banks:
 * Teleport to Trollheim (the quest My Arm's Big Adventure needed) and use the agility shortcuts to the west. Continue through an area filled with aggressive trolls and into the stronghold. Run south through the stronghold, to a door, and then north to a ladder. Climb it to get to the patch. A less click-heavy alternative to this route is to use a slayer ring or the fairy ring code to the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon entrance - head north and then east to the secret door (see image). Climbing boots are required to climb over the rocks. Enter the door, go to the other end of the troll jail, go up the stairs, go up the next stairs, and then proceed to patch - this route takes 10–15 seconds longer but no runes are needed.
 * Empty the Ectophial to Port Phasmatys and run west.
 * Use the cabbage port option on your Explorer's ring to teleport to the patch south of Falador.
 * Teleport to Ardougne and run north-east, or use the fishing guild teleport on a skills necklace and run east to reach the patch north-east of Ardougne. If the monastery teleport from the cloak is used, the bush outside of there can be picked to add to farming xp on each run. If the Ardougne lodestone has been activated, teleport there, and run north and around the fence. Optionally you can go straight east, and climb over both the stiles, and through the gate, then a bit north, but the aforementioned method is a bit faster. With the new update this is faster than the Ardougne teleport.
 * Teleport to Prifddinas and run east across the walkway and then north, as you reach the bridge, to reach the herb patch. If this is the final step then walk a short distance west of the patch and use the bank chest.
 * Teleport to Camelot and run east until you reach the patch north of Catherby. A slightly longer (14 seconds), but cheaper alternative is to run to Catherby from the Ardougne allotment. Remember to check the fruit tree in Catherby for more farming xp. If the Catherby lodestone has been activated you can teleport there, and the patches will be just a few steps to the north-west.

Farming the herbs

 * Have your seeds and compost ready.
 * Have juju farming potions ready (for the extra herbs) and drink a dose before you pick.
 * Make sure you have your magic secateurs, a recent update means they don't need to be equipped.
 * Activate the greenfingers aura for the extra herbs.
 * Harvest the crop.
 * Treat soil with supercompost, Lunar Spell Fertile Soil, or compost (supercompost has a better crop yield, and the crop does not die as often).
 * Plant your herb seed.
 * Clean herbs or not, depending on your goals, just remember when you get them noted, it's better if they are all the same.
 * Use a herb on the tool leprechaun to get them noted.
 * Change out empty bucket for more supercompost (or compost) from the leprechaun.
 * Head to next patch, or...
 * Return Farming tools to the tool leprechaun (only do this on the last patch).

Tree run
Tree runs are performed to check on the health of the tree. All the sites can be run to instead of teleporting. It is impractical to run to the patch in the Tree Gnome Stronghold. For a faster run, ensure that saplings have been prepared in advance.
 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory

 * Payment to the gardener (see seeds)
 * Sapling
 * Amulet of nature (for first tree in run)

Example tree run sequence
Assumes the Tree Gnome Village quest was completed. If Taverley lodestone is unlocked, use it. Otherwise use a Ring of duelling and a Log to teleport to Castle Wars and ride the balloon to Taverley or use the Lodestone Network.
 * Start off at the bank in the Grand Exchange and withdraw items for the first stop.
 * Farm the tree at the Varrock Castle Courtyard tree patch and use the amulet of nature on the patch.
 * Deposit the harvest at the bank in the Grand Exchange and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport at the north-east corner of the Grand Exchange to the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
 * Farm the tree at the Tree Gnome Stronghold patch.
 * Deposit items at the Tree Gnome Stronghold bank and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Teleport to Falador.
 * Farm the tree at the Falador Park patch.
 * Deposit the harvest at the east Falador bank and withdraw item for next stop.
 * Teleport to Taverley.
 * Farm the Taverley tree patch.
 * Teleport to Lumbridge.
 * Deposit the harvest at the Lumbridge Castle bank.
 * Farm the tree patch northeast of Lumbridge Castle.
 * Teleport to Prifddinas (requires Plague's End quest), run south-east to the Trahaearn Clan.
 * Deposit, harvest and farm tree next to Seren stones/bank chest.

Farm the tree

 * Check the health of the tree.
 * Chop down a tree with a hatchet (tool belt works).
 * Remove stump.
 * Plant sapling.
 * Pay the gardener.
 * Bind amulet of nature to first tree in run.

Willow branch run
Willow branches cannot be harvested immediately after a willow tree has its health checked on. This run is used to harvest the willow branches and is performed in the same manner as a tree run. Best if performed 30 minutes after the willow tree's health has been checked on to yield 6 willow branches. This run yields very little Farming experience.
 * Farming/Patch locations

Willow tree run sequence

 * Similar to a normal tree run. Less banking is required though.

Example willow branch run sequence
Assumes completion of the Tree Gnome Village quest. If Taverley lodestone is unlocked, use it. Otherwise use a ring of duelling and normal logs to teleport to Castle Wars and ride the balloon to Taverley.
 * Start off at the bank in the Grand Exchange and withdraw (magic) secateurs.
 * Farm the tree at the Varrock Castle Courtyard tree patch and use the amulet of nature on the patch.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport at the north-east corner of the Grand Exchange to the Tree Gnome Village. Use the spirit tree there and teleport to the Tree Gnome Stronghold.
 * Farm the tree at the Tree Gnome Stronghold patch.
 * Deposit the harvest at the Tree Gnome Stronghold bank and withdraw methods to teleport to both Falador and Taverley if needed.
 * Teleport to Falador.
 * Farm the tree at the Falador patch.
 * Teleport to Taverley.
 * Farm the Taverley tree patch.
 * Teleport to Lumbridge.
 * Farm the tree patch north of Lumbridge Castle.

Farm the willow branches

 * Requires the player to use the (magic) secateurs on the tree to obtain 1 willow branch. Typically, this is done 6 times per stop.

Fruit tree run
Fruit tree patches should be easily accessible to most players except for the one in Lletya (see Farming/Patch locations). Fruit trees take approx 15 hours to grow (includes time when not logged in). For all practical purposes, a fruit tree run is done once per day so you do not need to use an amulet of nature. For a faster run, ensure that saplings have been prepared in advance.
 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory

 * Payment to the gardener (see seeds)
 * Sapling

Example fruit tree run sequence

 * Start off at the bank in the Grand Exchange and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport at the north-east corner of the Grand Exchange to then Tree Gnome Stronghold.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the Tree Gnome Stronghold patch.
 * Deposit items at the Tree Gnome Stronghold bank and withdraw items for the next 2 stops. Withdraw method to travel to Brimhaven or home teleport to Karamja.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport to take you back to the Tree Gnome Village. Talk to Elkoy to quickly take you through the maze.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the patch west of the Tree Gnome Village maze.
 * Teleport to Ardougne. Deposit at the south Ardougne bank the harvest and withdraw items for the next 2 stops plus 30 coins for the boat ride to Brimhaven. Withdraw method to teleport to Catherby (if needed).
 * Talk to Captain Barnaby at the Ardougne docks and take boat to Brimhaven.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the patch north of Brimhaven.
 * Teleport to Catherby, or use the Charter Ship from Brimhaven docks for 480 gold.
 * Farm the fruit tree at the patch east of Catherby.
 * Deposit items at the Catherby bank and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Teleport to Lletya.
 * Farm the fruit tree patch in Lletya.

An alternative fruit tree run that assumes you have a spirit tree planted north of Brimhaven (takes 5–10 minutes). This one is used for only harvesting your trees rather than planting them:
 * Start off at the bank in the Grand Exchange and withdraw 1 law rune, 5 air runes (or an air staff), and a crystal teleport seed.
 * Use the spirit tree teleport at the north-east corner of the Grand Exchange to Brimhaven.
 * Farm the fruit tree to the west of the spirit tree.
 * Use the spirit tree to teleport to Tree Gnome Stronghold.
 * Farm the fruit patch just to the east of the spirit tree.
 * Use the spirit tree to teleport to the Tree Gnome Village.
 * Talk to Elkoy to quickly take you through the maze and then farm the fruit tree to the south-west.
 * Use the crystal teleport seed to teleport to Lletya (don't forget to have Eluned recharge it if you have no charges left).
 * Farm the fruit tree to the south-east.
 * Teleport to Camelot and travel south-east to Catherby.
 * Deposit your items in the Catherby bank.
 * Farm the fruit tree by the agility shortcut to Taverley.
 * As a bonus, do any other farming in the Catherby farming patch while you are there.

Farm the fruit tree

 * Check the health of the tree.
 * Harvest the fruit (picked by hand).
 * Remove fruit tree.
 * Remove stump.
 * Plant sapling.
 * Pay the gardener.

Bush run
Bush runs are efficiently performed by using fairy rings. They require the player to have started Fairytale II - Cure a Queen, but do not require completion – this means you do not need 49 Farming or 57 Herblore.
 * Seed Table
 * Farming/Patch locations



Inventory

 * Payments to the gardener for each seed (see seeds)
 * 5 bush seeds
 * Combat bracelet
 * Teleport to house (or a Rimmington tablet)
 * Varrock teleport
 * Ardougne cloak
 * Spirit tree on Etceteria or a charged ring of wealth


 * Start out at Prifddinas farming patch
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * Rub your combat bracelet and teleport to the Champions' Guild
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * Teleport to house and exit the portal (assuming your house is in Rimmington). You can use a skills necklace to teleport to the Crafting Guild, or a Rimmington tablet.
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * Use the Ardougne cloak 1 to teleport to Ardougne Monastery and run to the bush patch.
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * Teleport to Varrock and run to the spirit tree in the north-east of the grand exchange. You can also use a Ring of Weath to teleport to Miscellania and run from there.
 * Teleport to Etceteria using the spirit tree.
 * Farm the bush patch.

Inventory

 * Payments to the gardener for each seed (see seeds)
 * 4 bush seeds
 * Ardougne, Falador, Varrock teleports
 * Dramen or Lunar Staff
 * Amulet of glory


 * Teleport to Varrock and run south to the Champions' Guild.
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * Teleport to Falador and run south to Rimmington.
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * Teleport to Ardougne and run to south to bush patch.
 * Farm the bush patch.
 * Rub your glory amulet and teleport to Edgeville.
 * Run to the fairy ring, and dial C-I-P.
 * Run east to Etceteria.
 * Farm the bush patch.

Farm the bush patch

 * Check the health of the bush (if applicable).
 * Harvest the crop.
 * Clear the plot.
 * Plant the bush seed.
 * Pay the gardener.

Supercompost run
Supercompost runs are performed in the same manner as vegetable runs. Once supercompost runs are started, the buckets of supercompost can either be stored with the tool leprechaun for use when farming or sold on the Grand Exchange. Supercompost runs are not intended to train the Farming skill.
 * Farming/Patch locations

Inventory

 * Amulet of glory with charges
 * 15 supercompost ingredients
 * Runes for Camelot Teleport, Ardougne Teleport, and Falador Teleport
 * Explorer's ring 3 instead of Falador teleport runes
 * Ectophial (for training levels 31-99)
 * Empty buckets
 * 100 empty buckets can be purchased in Port Phasmatys at the General Store for 2 coins each (wear Ghostspeak amulet), or get 84 free buckets of sand (which need to be emptied) daily from Bert in Yanille

Supercompost run sequence

 * Start off with inventory full of buckets instead of the ingredients for the supercompost.
 * Teleport to Camelot and run east to the allotment patch just north of Catherby. Deposit the buckets with the tool leprechaun.
 * Run south to the bank in Catherby and withdraw items into inventory.
 * Run back and farm the supercompost.
 * Teleport to Ardougne and run to the northern bank in East Ardougne and deposit the supercompost and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Farm the supercompost at the allotment patch that is in Hemenster.
 * Run back to the northern bank in East Ardougne' deposit the supercompost and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Teleport to Falador and run south to the allotment patch.
 * Use explorer's ring 3 cabbage-port to teleport to the cabbage patch and run north to this allotment patch.
 * Farm the supercompost.
 * Falador can be the last stop in the run for levels 1-30.
 * Use the Ectophial to teleport to Port Phasmatys, deposit the supercompost and withdraw items for the next stop.
 * Farm the supercompost at the allotment patch that is west of Port Phasmatys.
 * Run back to the bank in Port Phasmatys and deposit the supercompost.

Taking the supercompost

 * Take empty buckets from the tool leprechaun until your inventory is full.
 * Use an empty bucket on compost bin to fill buckets with supercompost.
 * To completely empty the compost bin, two trips to the tool leprechaun will be needed.
 * Deposit buckets of supercompost with the tool leprechaun and enough empty buckets to empty the compost bin.
 * Once again use an empty bucket on compost bin to fill buckets with supercompost.
 * Fill the compost bin with supercompost ingredients.
 * Either deposit buckets of supercompost with the tool leprechaun or withdraw them to sell on the Grand Exchange.