Farming

The Farming Skill allows Players the ability to Grow and Harvest Crops, Herbs, Bushes, Fruit Trees, and Trees. In RSMC, Farming requires Players to Building specific Plots depending on the type followed by planting a Seed in order to start growing. Seeds can be obtained by Slaying Monsters, Shops, Player Trading, and in Bird Nests obtained through Woodcutting.

## **Starting the Farming Skills**

### **Plots**

In order to start growing Players must first build Plots suitable for each type of Seed. Plot sizes depend Seed type being planted. To view the Plot layouts required by Crops Seeds, Herbs Seeds, Bush Seeds, Fruit Trees Seeds, and Trees Seeds open the Skill Book (Default Key bind: "R"), click the Farming Skill, find the Plant in the Farming Index, hover over it with the Mouse Cursor, and then hold the "SHIFT" Key.

Some plots consist of Dirt with a solid blocks around the perimeter. In these cases, the perimeter can consist of Stone (not Cobblestone), or any full-sized block that requires the **Construction Skill** in order to place, such as Planks.

**Note:** The Dirt Blocks within the Plot MUST be Dirt Blocks (Grass Blocks can be turned into Dirt Blocks by Right clicking on them with a **Hoe Tool.**

## **Plot Categories and Layouts**

Can only be grown in tropical environments

### **Planting**

Once a Plot is constructed Players can now plant a Seed. There are two ways to sow a seed:

1. Use a **Hoe Tool** to ensure Blocks surrounding the empty center are Dirt Blocks, Drop the Seed Type associated with this Plot type in the center , and then place a Dirt Block or Compost Block in the Center.
2. Players can hold a seed in their Off-Hand (Default Key Bind: "F") followed by placing a Dirt Block or Compost Block in the center of the Plot.

### **Growth**

All Plants require Sunlight, Time, and Management in order to grow. Plant Growth Rate can be sped up using Plant Grow Potions.

Plant Health and Growth Status can be viewed by Right clicking .

Plants can DIE if not taken care off by becoming which HALTS their Growth. If Diseased Plants aren't attended to in a certain amount of time after becoming Diseased they DIE resulting in loss of Seeds, Compost, Potions if used, and no Farming EXP. Diseased Plants can be cured a by two ways.

1. Cure Disease Potion : A Potion obtained from training Herblore Skill, Shops, and Player Trading.
2. Cure Plant Spell: A Magic Spell from the "Lunar Spell Book" that when Casted will "Cure all nearby Plants"

### Harvesting

Once a plant has fully matured, it can be harvested. Plants are harvested in different ways depending on the category. Some plants must be removed to harvest them, while others allow the player to harvest the plant without needing to replant with a new seed.

 Herbs
 Bushes
 Fruit trees
 Wood trees

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Crops and herbs can be harvested significantly faster by using a hatchet.

## Plants

Each seed has a required farming level to plant and harvest. Note that bushes and fruit trees do not require a minimum farming level to harvest, and wood trees are harvested using the woodcutting skill.

Crops
 Flax
 Cabbage
 Tomato
 Sweetcorn
 Limpwurt
 Strawberry
 Snapegrass

Bushes
 Cadavaberry
 Dwellberry
 Jangerberry
 Whiteberry
 Poison Ivy
 Raspberry
 Blueberry
 Blackberry

Fruit Trees
 Banana
 Orange
 Cherry
 Curry
 Pineapple
 Papaya
 Palm

Wood Trees
 Oak
 Willow
 Maple
 Yew
 Magic
 Elder
 Shadowbark

## Hoes

Hoes can be used to aid in the process of building farming plots. Right clicking a grass block with a hoe removes the grass, turning the block into dirt. Right clicking a dirt block breaks the block instantly. Higher tier hoes retain the same functionality but with higher durability.

 Iron
 Steel
 White
 Black
 Mithril
 Adamant
 Rune
 Dragon | 60

1. ↑ The dragon hoe is currently the only hoe in the game that is unbreakable.

## Compost

Compost can be made by using plant matter on a compost bin. Compost can be used in place of dirt when planting a seed in the center of a plot to decrease or even eliminate the chance that a plant will become diseased during its growth cycle.

## Farming in a Player Owned House

Many players build farming plots in their POH (player owned house) due to the large amount of land available and ease of access. It is important to keep in mind that currently, plants only grow while the chunk they occupy is loaded, meaning that plants in player owned houses stop growing while the player is not in their POH.