Harvesting

Harvesting is a custom skill released in the Cabbage version of the game. These items are not available on authentic Runescape Classic. This page has the info on the skill content, info about training methods is found at Harvesting training

About Harvesting

On the skill

The harvesting skill is used to get produce which may consist of vegetables, fruits, berries and herbs. Fruits and vegetables can be eaten to heal some health or sold to players. Berries and herbs are particularly useful for questing and training the herblaw skill. To harvest, you need to determine which kind of spot you want to get produce from – to get fruits you can get them by hand though you will find it better to use a fruit picker. Berry bushes and allotments you may also pick up by hand but learn that using hand shovel is best on those spots. To harvest from herb and grass spots, you require herb clippers. All these tools can be purchased from Gardener s living on the distinct Kingdom Castles.

Getting started

Pick up tools from one of the gardeners, and make your way to the allotments near Draynor Village or northern Ardougne.

To harvest from a spot left click on the spot you wish to harvest. If the spot still has produce there is a chance you will extract it, provided your harvesting is high enough to harvest that particular produce. The produce is quite hard to get out of the spots so it might take you a few attempts to be successful.

Note that sometimes for fruit trees, bushes and allotments there's a chance they become 'weak' needing either soil or water. You will 'sense' something is off, and (given you have some in your inventory) will automatically apply either a bucket of soil on them, or water them using a watering can. Failure to do so, will make 'skip' a produce cycle, where doing what's needed gives a 3 minute immunity state.

As your Harvesting level goes up, you'll find you get higher success rates when trying to pick produce.

Training guide

Guide for harvesting training

Herb clipping

Herb clipping is a bit of the 'odd one off'. A herb spot may supply you with any herb, except Torstol, provided you have the level to harvest it. Herbs that spawn in the spot depend on the rarity they are normally received as drop – so you may find it a bit challenging to get the higher level herbs! These can only spawn in holy grounds near the White Druids.

Fatigue

Harvesting is a fatigue skill which means as you harvest your character will slowly tire and eventually need to find a bed to rest on. This only applies to worlds having fatigue enabled. For more information on fatigue please see the fatigue guide.

Game content

NPCs

You'll now find 'gardeners'- in the kingdoms castles: Varrock, Lumbridge, Camelot, Ardougne You'll also find some in Yanille's garden, and Hemenster.

Tools

There's a few new tools:

• Fruit Picker – Allows the player to harvest (better) fruit trees, palms and plants
• Hand shovel – Allows the player to harvest (better) bushes and allotments
• Herb clippers – A must tool to be able to “clip” from the ground grass and herbs
• Watering can – allows the player to make a harvesting spot be “stronger” and has a small chance for the player to not deplete it. When you feel the spot is weak you will water it and it will remain watered for 3 minutes while you remain on the node. One watering can holds 4 uses

Beyond the tools, there's also 'soil'. It allows the player to make a harvesting spot be “stronger”, and adds a small chance for the player to get an additional produce. When you feel the spot is weak you will water it and it will remain watered for 3 minutes while you remain on the node. A player may use a bucket of soil mound to get more soil. You'll find one of these 'soil mounds', for example,in Catherby near the flax fields.

Empty buckets can be bought in various general stores, water-filled buckets can be found in slightly larger amounts at Shantay Pass. Using clay on these to empty them can help you gather empty buckets faster.

Produce spots

Below are lists of producespots. Please note that any experience numbers given are for a 1X experience-rate. Default cabbage-players will get 5x these numbers.

Also, numbers are per harvest. While the object you're harvesting from doesn't deplete, you'll keep picking. The respawn time only applies upon deletion, not in between individual harvests.

Fruit trees

• Around Falador are apple trees (by the northern city gates)
• On Karamja are banana palms
• Around Brimhaven can be found papaya and coconut palms, as well as pineapple plants (look around the pirate bar voor papaya/coconut, two pineapple plants north of the building with Grip for heroes quest)
• Close by the Chaos Druid (north of ardougne) tower can be found some citrus fruit trees (grapefruit, orange)
• On the grand tree there can be seen several citrus fruit trees

Tree type	Level	Experience	Respawn time
Lemon Tree	15	10 xp	30 sec
Lime Tree	21	14 xp	40 sec
Apple Tree	27	18 xp	60 sec
Banana Palm	33	22 xp	70 sec
Orange Tree	39	28 xp	100 sec
Grapefruit Tree	46	36 xp	110 sec
Pineapple Palm	51	44 xp	140 sec
Papaya Palm	57	54 xp	160 sec
Coconut Palm	68	84 xp	180 sec

Allotments

Allotments can be found north of ardougne (between Ardougne and Hemenster), and between Draynor and Lumbridge (just west of the mill). Keep in mind that the 'old' farm style items, where items just spawn on the ground (onions, cabbages, ..) do NOT count towards harvesting.

From the list below, the red cabbages are unique to Lumbridge, and the white pumpkins are unique to Hemenster. Corn is found in both spots, but in far greater amounts in Lumbridge (12 vs 2)

Allotment type	Level	Experience	Respawn time
Potato	1	18 xp	15 sec
Onion	5	22 xp	20 sec
Cabbage	7	24 xp	25 sec
Garlic	9	26 xp	30 sec
Tomato	12	28 xp	40 sec
Corn	20	38 xp	50 sec
Red Cabbage	30	52 xp	60 sec
White Pumpkin	47	74 xp	90 sec

Bushes

• Near the Ogre lands are a few Jangerberry bushes
• Near the sinister chest is a Whiteberry bush guarded by the skeletons. The other is guarded by Salarin the twisted
• McGrubbors holds the unique Dwellberry bushes
• Redberry and Cadavaberry bushes are around Varrock southern part

Bush type	Level	Experience	Respawn time
Redberry	10	10 xp	20 sec
Cadavaberry	22	14 xp	35 sec
Dwellberry	36	24 xp	50 sec
Jangerberry	48	38 xp	80 sec
Whiteberry	59	58 xp	110 sec

Herbs, snape grass and limpwurt root

Herbs have no set respawn times. Respawn varies from 1 to 4 minutes. Currently there is TWO spots for herbs, close to each other. You'll find them near Sanfew in Taverly.

Herb type	Level	Experience
Guam	9	12.5 xp
Marrentil	14	15 xp
Tarromin	19	18 xp
Harralander	26	24 xp
Rannar Weed	32	30.5 xp
Irit Leaf	44	48.5 xp
Avantoe	50	61.5 xp
Kwuarm	56	78 xp
Cadantine	67	120 xp
Dwarf Weed	79	192 xp

There is two snape grass spots north between Taverly and Heroes guild. The hobgoblins in the Witchhaven (Ardougne) dungeon guard a snape grass they grew!

Grass type	Level	Experience
Snape Grass	61	82 xp

There are three limpwurt root patches in taverly (two by the druids, one by the altar) and one in the witchhaven dungeons with the hobgoblins

Root type	Level	Experience
Limpwurt root	42	36 xp

Confirmed planned additions for 'part 2'

• Compost bins.
• Dragon fruit
• Sugar cane
• Grapes / God grapes
• Some new products that will use high end produce