“Growing things in a garden: herbs, food, and flowers.
Gardening is a trade skill that allows to grow plants: fruits, flowers, vegetables. The plants can be used in other trade skills and sometimes as quest objectives (ie. collect flowers).
Related Skills
Primary:
Secondary:
- Cooking for Food Buffs that require vegetables
- Nature Appreciation Grow your own Flowers
- Textile Creation Grow your own Cotton
Basic plants usually require a Bottle of Water to be grown, while higher level ones require a Bottle of Fertilizer.
Seeds can be bought from NPCs such as Therese, and often drops from creatures (for example Panthers in Eltibule).
To plant a seed simply right-click the seeds in your inventory. You must be in a gardening area.
Note that seeds are also prized as a gift for Hulon.
- Empty Bottles are returned to your inventory after utilizing a Fertilizer.
- Empty Bottles are returned to your inventory after utilizing a Bottle of Water.
- It is not necessary to buy a Bottle of Water from Therese after the initial investment. Full bottles cost 100 gold, but refilling bottles at the well in the middle of Serbule town is free.
- You can only plant 2 seeds of every Vegetable, 3 of any combination of Flowers, and 5 Cotton in total.
Gardening Locations
Locations that allow gardening can usually be distinguished by the row of vegetables and cabbage on the ground.
Vegetables
| Seeds | Level | Gardening XP | Grow Time | Location | Value | Profit | Needs Fertilizer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Potato Seedling | 0 | 30 | 50s | Can be purchased from Therese, Jesina, or Kelim. | 5 | -2 | No |
| Onion Seedling | 5 | 70 | 50s | Can be purchased from Therese, Jesina, or Kelim. | 6 | -4 | No |
| Cabbage Leafling | 10 | 100 | 55s | Can be purchased from Therese, Jesina, or Kelim. | 8 | 8 | Yes |
| Beet Seedling | 20 | 200 | 1m 5s | Can be purchased from Therese, Jesina, or Kelim. | 10 | 10 | Yes |
| Squash Seedling | 30 | 400 | 2m 50s | Can be purchased from Therese (with favor), Jesina, or Kelim. | 13 | 27 | Yes |
| Broccoli Seedling | 40 | 600 | 2m 55s | Can be purchased from Therese (with favor) or Kelim. | 15 | 30 | Yes |
| Carrot Seedling | 50 | 750 | 2m 55s | Can be purchased from Therese (with favor) or Kelim. | 18 | 22 | Yes |
| Green Pepper Seeds | 55 | ??? | ?? | Can be purchased from Kelim. (with favor) | 25 | 25 | ?? |
| Red Pepper Seeds | 60 | ??? | ?? | Can be purchased from Kelim. (with favor) | 30 | 30 | ?? |
Flowers
| Seeds | Level | Gardening XP (Base) | Grow Time | Location | Value | Profit | Needs Fertilizer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebell Seeds | 3 | 45 | 1m 10s | Found in Serbule and Eltibule, Myconian Cave drop. | 5 | 15 | Yes |
| Red Aster Seeds | 10 | 30 | 1m 30s | Found in Serbule and Eltibule. | 6 | 24 | Yes |
| Violet Seeds | 15 | 225 | 1m 50s | Found in Eltibule. | 7 | 33 | Yes |
| Dahlia Seeds | 20 | 300 | 2m 0s | Found in Eltibule. | 8 | 48 | Yes |
| Daisy Seeds | 25 | 325 | 2m 10s | Found in Eltibule and Sun Vale. | 9 | 51 | Yes |
| Pansy Seeds | 30 | 450 | 2m 20s | Found in Sun Vale. | 10 | 60 | Yes |
| Marigold Seeds | 35 | 525 | 2m 30s | Found in Sun Vale. | 11 | 69 | Yes |
| Poppy Seeds | 40 | 600 | 2m 40s | Found in Sun Vale. | 12 | 78 | Yes |
| Red Rose Seeds | 45 | 675 | 3m 40s | ?? | 13 | 87 | Yes |
| Elven Lily Seeds | 50 | 750 | 3m 0s | Random drop from level 40-60 enemies. | 14 | 96 | Yes |
| Winterhue Seeds | 55 | 825 | 3m 10s | Found in Kur Mountains. | 15 | 110 | Yes |
| Desert Rose Seeds | 60 | ??? | ?? | Found in Ilmari. | 16 | 134 | Yes |
Unique
| Seeds | Level | Gardening XP (Base) | Grow Time | Location | Value | Profit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:CottonIcon.jpg Cotton | 35 | 250 | 2m 30s | Found in Eltibule. | 3 | 3 | Yes |
Recipes
Gardening Complete Recipe List
Click "Expand" on the box below to view a complete list of Recipes for the Gardening skill.
| Lvl | Name | First-Time XP | XP | Ingredients | Results | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Basic Fertilizer (from Dirt) | 100 | 30 | |
|
Prepare basic fertilizer, suitable for fertilizing simple flowers and some vegetables. Creates three doses. | Item: Gardening: Basic Fertilizer Training: Julius Patton |
| 8 | Basic Fertilizer (from Bone) | 100 | 30 | |
|
An alternate way to create basic fertilizer that uses a whole bunch of bone meal as the key ingredient. Creates three doses. | Training: Julius Patton Training: Therese |
| 15 | Basic Fertilizer (from Ground Flower Seeds) | 115 | |
|
An alternate way to create basic fertilizer that uses ground seeds as the key ingredient. Creates three doses. | Training: Julius Patton Training: Kelim | |
| 35 | Sift Through Grass For Barley Seeds | 150 | 15 | |
|
Sift through a pile of grass, looking for plantable barley seeds. Yields between 0 and 3 seeds. | Training: Suspicious Cow |
| 40 | Basic Fertilizer (from Rotten Meat) | 400 | 100 | |
|
An alternate way to create basic fertilizer that uses rotten meat as the key ingredient. Creates three doses. | Training: Kelim |
Level Up Rewards
Gardening Level Up Rewards
| Level | Reward |
|---|---|
| 20 | +1 to Foraging |
| 25 | +1 to Rabbit |
| 30 | +1 to Cooking |
| 40 | +1 to Nature Appreciation |
| 45 | +1 to Pig |
| 48 (!) | +1 to Fairy Magic |
| 50 | +1 to Foraging |
| 51 | +1 to Cow |
| 53 | +1 to Rabbit |
| 55 | +1 to Nature Appreciation |
| 60 | +1 to Mycology |
| 70 | +1 to Cooking |
Notes
- Most seeds can be collected randomly by looting corpses.
- Having the Performance Appreciation buff active while gardening will increase the experience gained for each plant harvested.
- Playing an instrument or standing in the proximity of someone playing one while gardening will also randomly yield more harvest. You will be prompted when this effect takes place.
- The recipe for Bottle of Fertilizer can be bought from Therese. That recipe takes one Strange Dirt.
- After gaining favor with her to Friend, she will also sell a followup recipe how to make Fertilizer from Bone Meal. At Close Friends Therese will teach you a recipe how to make Bone Meal from Femurs.