This is the Ironman/ Hardcore Ironman Farming Guide, the guide for regular players is found Here.

Farming is a skill in which players can plant seeds to grow and harvest herbs. The herbs can be used to but are mostly used to train Herblore.

How do I get to the farming spot?

There are two spots where you can train farming in Grinderscape and each have their own benefits. The one in Catherby can be collected from very quickly, allowing for fast experience gains. While the patch in the Donator Zone offers double the experience but picking the herbs is slower but does it automatically.

Catherby Patch (Non-Donator)

You can use the city teleports to go to Catherby, and run north of the town to the patch.

As mentioned before, it is much faster to pick herbs from this patch. However, you do get less experience per seed.

Donator Zone Patch

You can get to this patch by using the "Donator Zone" teleport which is found in the Donator section of the Quest Tab. When you arrive from your teleport, simply run east and you will see a farming patch.

Where to Acquire Farming Supplies

In order to train Farming you need 4 different items, these are:

A Seed Dibber
A Rake
A Watering Can
The Type of Seeds you are planting

You can buy all of these supplies from Wydin, who is located in the buildings right beside each of the Farming patches.

As seeds can be very expensive, it would be beneficial for Hardcore Ironmen to thieve seeds from the seed stalls in Draynor

The Farming Store

Seed Picture	Seed Name	Coins you need to buy
	Guam seed	4.000 gp
	Marrentill seed	4.800 gp
	Tarromin seed	5.760 gp
	Harralander seed	6.880 gp
	Ranarr seed	8.240 gp
	Toadflax seed	9.920 gp
	Irit seed	12.000 gp
	Avantoe seed	14.400 gp
	Kwuarm seed	16.800 gp
	Snapdragon seed	20.000 gp
	Cadantine seed	24.800 gp
	Lantadyme seed	29.600 gp
	Dwarf Weed seed	12.000 gp
	Torstol seed	44.000 gp

Training Farming

Farming is a very simple process, all you need to do is:

Clear the patch using the rake. For the patch in the Donator Zone you can simply left click the patch to rake it.

Use the seed of your choice on the patch.

Use the watering can on the patch.

Then start picking the herbs. Picking the herbs is automatic in the Donator Zone patch.

You will get between 3-9 herbs per seed:

Simply repeat this process changing your seed as you reach the levels required and get you will have 99 Farming in no time.

Farming Experience Table

Catherby Patch

Raking gives 1,666 (714 for Hardcore Ironmen) Farming experience. While using a watering can on the patch doesn't give any experience.

Seed Name	Level	Planting XP	Picking XP	Hc Planting XP	Hc Picking XP
Guam	1	366	130	157	55
Marrentill	14	466	150	200	64
Tarromin	19	533	180	288	77
Harralander	26	733	240	314	102
Ranarr	32	900	310	385	132
Toadflax	38	1,133	390	485	167
Irit	44	1,433	490	614	210
Avantoe	50	1,833	620	785	265
Kwuarm	56	2,300	780	985	334
Snapdragon	62	2,933	990	1,257	424
Cadantine	67	3,566	1,200	1,528	514
Lantadyme	73	4,500	1,520	1,928	651
Dwarf weed	79	5,700	1,920	2,442	822
Torstol	85	6,666	2,250	2,857	964

Donor Zone Patch

As mentioned before, the Patch in the Donor Zone gives roughly double the experience, however it is a slower process to farm here.

Raking gives 1,666 (714 for Hardcore Ironmen) Farming experience. While using a watering can on the patch doesn't give any experience.

Seed Name	Level	Planting XP	Picking XP	Hc Planting XP	Hc Picking XP
Guam	1	733	260	314	111
Marrentill	14	933	300	400	128
Tarromin	19	1,066	360	457	154
Harralander	26	1,466	480	628	205
Ranarr	32	1,800	620	771	265
Toadflax	38	2,266	780	971	334
Irit	44	2,866	980	1,228	420
Avantoe	50	3,666	1,240	1,571	531
Kwuarm	56	4,600	1,560	1,971	668
Snapdragon	62	5,866	1,980	2,514	848
Cadantine	67	7,133	2,400	3,057	1,028
Lantadyme	73	9,000	3,040	3,857	1,302
Dwarf weed	79	11,400	3,840	4,885	1,645
Torstol	85	13,333	4,500	5,714	1,928

Useful Items and Boosts

Picture	Item/Boost	Effect	How to Obtain
	Knowledge Effect	All experience gained will be increased by: 75% for 10 minutes for normal donators 100% for 20 minutes for super donators 110% for 40 minutes for extreme donators	Go to the Donator Zone, in the building to the west of the bank and click on the Defence Totem (Knowledge effect).
N/A	Bonus Experience	All experience gained will be multiplied by 3 until the bonus experience runs out.	Logging in every day grants 200k Bonus Exp. Every 10th vote streak rewards you with 500k Bonus Exp.
N/A	Monthly Bonus	All experience gained is multiplied by 1.25	Play during the 1st to the 5th of every month.

The Skill Cape

If you reach level 99 in Farming, you can talk to the Wise Old Man at home to obtain the Skill cape. He is located at home, in the building north of the bank.

The 99 cape costs 120K Gp and comes with a matching hood. Both the Farming cape and hood give +9 bonus to all defense stats.

For HCIM, this cape will cost only 300 gp.

If you reach 200m experience in the Farming skill you will also unlock the ability to buy the Master Farming Cape. It is exactly the same as the normal Skill cape. However, you can adjust the trim colour to whatever you like. This cape costs 2.5m Gp.