Editing Gathering (section)

== Getting started ==
To get started, purchase some gathering tools from any Gardener found around Runescape (see below). Once you have your tools you can start to gather your desired produce. If you're just starting out, you can find a patch of farmland near the crossroads North of Draynor that contains potatoes, garlic, onions and tomatoes. Simply right click > '''Harvest {X}''' or click on the gather spot to begin. 

Gathering a desired produce at lower levels may result in higher failure rates to gather but as you progress the chance to gather an item gets higher and higher. After a while the spot will become damaged and you will be unable to gather again until it has grown back. This is usually shown as 'damaged ground' for allotments, or exhausted/depleted for bushes, fruit trees or sugar cane.

=== Tools ===
Most - but not all - gathering spots require some sort of tool to help gather the produce. For gathering spots that don't require a specific item to gather it, using that item will greatly increase the chances of gathering the desired produce.

==== Required for gathering the item ====
* Herb clippers - Used for gathering herbs at herb spots, limpwurt roots, seaweed and snape grass. 

==== Not required for gathering the item, but makes it easier to gather ====
* Hand trowel - Used for bushes and allotments. 
* Fruit picker - Used for gathering fruit trees.

=== Gardeners ===
Gardeners can be found wandering in various locations around Runescape, including;

* Varrock castle courtyard
* Lumbridge castle courtyard
* Camelot castle courtyard
* Ardounge castle courtyard
* Hemenster
* Yanille gardens

=== Soil ===
Gathering nodes like fruit trees, bushes, and allotments can occasionally become weakened. If you have a bucket of soil or a watering can, the correct item is applied automatically; otherwise, the node skips a production cycle.

Soil boosts a node’s strength, giving a small chance to earn extra produce. Once reinforced, the spot stays “soiled” for up to three minutes as long as you continue gathering.

Empty buckets can be filled by using them on soil mounds. Two mounds are located near the flax fields in Catherby, one is found in the Ardougne allotment and one is found in the Champions Guild south of Varrock.