Early game
Your first herb runs
There are 10 herb patches. Start with Falador, Catherby, Ardougne, Port Phasmatys and Hosidius, then add more as you unlock them. Herbs take about 80 minutes to grow.
Wintertodt
The reward cart has a herb roll, and a higher Herblore level gives better herbs.
Needs: 50 Firemaking
Kingdom of Miscellania
With 10 workers on herbs, Royal Trouble done and 750,000 coins in the coffers, you get about 61 grimy herbs a day, from tarromin up to dwarf weed.
Needs: Throne of Miscellania · Royal Trouble
Mid game
Magic secateurs
Give 10% more yield on herb patches when worn or carried. Get them as early as you can.
Needs: Fairytale I - Growing Pains
Ultracompost
Cuts disease chance by 90% and lifts the minimum harvest to 6 herbs. Add volcanic ash to supercompost, or cast Fertile Soil with ash after reading the ash covered tome.
Disease-free patches
Troll Stronghold, Weiss, Hosidius (easy Kourend & Kebos diary) and Harmony Island (elite Morytania diary) never get diseased.
Needs: My Arm's Big Adventure · Making Friends with My Arm
Herbiboar
Track it across Fossil Island for 1 to 3 herbs per catch, plus 1 more with magic secateurs. Good Hunter XP too, but fewer herbs per hour than a herb run.
Needs: 80 Hunter · 31 Herblore · Bone Voyage
Late game
Yield bonuses
Kandarin diaries add up to 15% yield at Catherby. The hard Kourend & Kebos diary adds 5% at Hosidius and the Farming Guild, and a Farming cape adds 5% everywhere.
Attas plant
Hespori drops anima seeds. An attas plant gives a 5% better chance to save harvest lives on all herb patches.
Needs: 65 Farming
Best monster drops
The monsters that drop the most per kill, from the wiki's drop data. Plenty of these are bosses you'd kill anyway, so the supplies come on top of the gear.
Grimy ranarr weed
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vet'ionWilderness | 454 | 1/126 | 100 (noted) |
| Branda the Fire Queen | 350 | 2/55 | 6–8 (noted) |
| Calvar'ionWilderness | 264 | 1/128 | 60 (noted) |
| Kalphite Queen | 333 | 2/126 | 25 (noted) |
| CallistoWilderness | 470 | 1/126 | 45 (noted) |
| VenenatisWilderness | 464 | 1/126 | 45 (noted) |
| Commander Zilyana | 596 | 8/127 | 5 (noted) |
| Abhorrent spectre | 253 | 1/19.1 | 1–3 |
Grimy snapdragon
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skotizo | 321 | 7/100 | 20 (noted) |
| VenenatisWilderness | 464 | 1/126 | 100 (noted) |
| Kalphite Queen | 333 | 2/126 | 25 (noted) |
| CallistoWilderness | 470 | 1/126 | 45 (noted) |
| Vet'ionWilderness | 454 | 1/126 | 45 (noted) |
| SpindelWilderness | 302 | 1/128 | 40 (noted) |
| Alchemical Hydra | 426 | 1/80.8 | 10–15 (noted) |
| ScorpiaWilderness | 225 | 5/128 | 4–7 (noted) |
Grimy toadflax
| Source | Level | Rate | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phantom Muspah | 741 | 3/235 | 40 (noted) |
| CallistoWilderness | 470 | 1/126 | 100 (noted) |
| Kalphite Queen | 333 | 2/126 | 25 (noted) |
| Vet'ionWilderness | 454 | 1/126 | 45 (noted) |
| VenenatisWilderness | 464 | 1/126 | 45 (noted) |
| ArtioWilderness | 320 | 1/128 | 40 (noted) |
| Thermonuclear smoke devil | 301 | 2/107 | 15 (noted) |
| Tree spirit | — | 6/128 | 1 |
Drop data from the Old School RuneScape Wiki (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0), fetched 2026-10-01.
Questions
- How many herbs do you get per patch?
- With ultracompost, magic secateurs and a high Farming level, about 8.6 herbs on average.
- Which herbs should an Ironman plant?
- Ranarr for prayer potions, snapdragon for super restores and toadflax for Saradomin brews. Plant what your next potions need.
- Is herbiboar worth it for herbs?
- As a Hunter method with herbs on the side, yes. As a pure herb source, herb runs give far more for your time.
See where you stand
Look yourself up to see which of these you can do now, and exactly what's missing for the rest.