Gathering

Gathering is a custom skill found in the Revival Runescape Classic server. It is similar to the Farming skill found in Oldschool Runescape and Runescape 3, however instead of growing your own herbs, trees and general produce you instead gather it from various locations using a variety of tools.

Overview

Gathering allows a player to obtain certain items such as unidentified herbs, fruits, berries, vegetables and sugar cane that can be used in a variety of ways to further a players progression. Mostly, this skill is used in tandem with Herblaw to gather all of the herbs and secondaries needed to create potions, however it can also be used to obtain items for cooking and quests.

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.

Produce locations

Below is a list of all of the produce spots found in Runescape for different produce types. Please note, the time between respawn is when the spot has been completely depleted.

Fruit trees

Fruit Plant	Level	exp	Respawn time	Location(s)
Lemon Tree	15	50	30s	North Ardougne riverbank, Tree Gnome Stronghold (near cave)
Lime Tree	21	70	40s	Same as above
Apple Tree	27	90	60s	N/S of Falador gates
Banana Palm	33	110	70s	Karamja
Grape Vine††	36	200	45s	Edgeville Monastery, Scorpius’ grave
Orange Tree	39	140	100s	Chaos Druid Tower (north of Ardougne), Tree Gnome Stronghold
Grapefruit Tree	46	180	110s	Chaos Druid Tower (north of Ardougne)
Pineapple Palm	51	220	140s	Brimhaven (near Hero’s Quest area)
Papaya Palm	57	270	160s	Brimhaven (near pirate bar) and Varrock castle courtyard
Coconut Palm	68	420	180s	Brimhaven (near pirate bar) and Varrock castle courtyard
Dragonfruit Tree	81	700	300s	Bedabin Camp

Blessed/cursed grapes

†† At level 85 Gathering, grapes can be converted into Blessed Grapes or Cursed Grapes, which are then used to create Wine of Saradomin (blessed) or Wine of Zamorak (cursed).

How to bless grapes (Wine of Saradomin)

• Wear full Monk’s robes
• Stand inside the Edgeville Monastery building with the altar
• Use a strung, blessed Symbol of Saradomin on the grapes

How to curse grapes (Wine of Zamorak)

• Wear full Zamorak robes
• Stand at the Edgeville Monastery altar
• Use a strung, unholy symbol on the grapes

Additional note

• Each grape converted (blessed or cursed) drains 1 Prayer level.

Allotments

Allotment locations can be found...

• In the farm North of Ardougne
• In and around Lumbridge, and near Draynor village

Allotment	Level	XP	Respawn	Ard Nodes	Lum Nodes	HP Healed
Potato	1	90	15s	3	5	-
Onion	5	110	20s	3	5	-
Cabbage	7	120	25s	-	5	1
Garlic	9	130	30s	4	5	-
Tomato	12	140	40s	2	4	2
Corn	20	190	50s	2	9	6
Red Cabbage	30	260	60s	-	4	1
White Pumpkin	47	370	90s	3	-	10
Sugar Cane†	50	225	160s	-	-	-

† Six Sugar Cane plants can be found in the Karamja banana plantation. When used on any sliced or diced fruit, they produce stackable Sweetened Fruit, which heals 1–2 Hitpoints each.

It is worth nothing that the original in-game allotment locations that existed in the original version of Runescape Classic DO NOT count as gathering locations.

Bushes

Bush Type	Location	Level	XP	Respawn
Redberry	South Varrock	10	50	20s
Cadavaberry	South Varrock	22	70	35s
Dwellberry	McGrubor's Wood	36	120	50s
Jangerberry	Feldip Hills, Grew’s Island, death rune area	48	190	80s
Whiteberry	Yanille Agility Dungeon	59	290	110s

• Redberry and Cadavaberry bushes can be found in the southern area of Varrock.
• Dwellberry bushes grow within McGrubor's Wood.
• Jangerberry bushes are scattered throughout Feldip Hills:
  • One on Grew’s Island (requires rope to reach)
  • One north of the death-rune spawn
  • One north of the carcass in the southwesternmost corner
• Whiteberry bushes are located iin various places
  • One near the sinister chest, guarded by skeletons
  • One guarded by Salarin the Twisted
  • One in the Champions guild
  • Two in the Varrock castle courtyard

Herbs, snape grass, limpwurt root and seaweed

These produce types can be found in various locations around Runescape and are mostly used in the Herblaw and crafting skill.

Herbs

Herbs have no set respawn time, and can respawn anywhere between 60 - 240 seconds. There are no specific herb patches, but each herb patch can give any herb up to Dwarf Weed based on your gathering level. The higher the herb, the less likely it is to receive it from gathering.

Herb spot locations

• Three in Taverly
• Two on the west side of Varrock castle
• 4(?) in the new dungeon connecting Karamja and Port Sarim dungeons

Herb	Level	XP
Guam	9	62.5
Marrentill	14	75
Tarromin	19	90
Harralander	26	120
Rannar Weed	32	152.5
Irit Leaf	44	242.5
Avantoe	50	307.5
Kwuarm	56	390
Cadantine	67	600
Dwarf Weed	79	960

Snape grass

Snape grass can be found in Taverly near the druids altar, the west side of Varrock castle grounds and just south of the Champions Guild south of Varrock. Herb clippers are required to gather them.

Grass Type	Level	XP
Snape Grass	61	410

Seaweed

Seaweed is a useful item for creating vials through the crafting skill. Seaweed spots can be found on Entrana near where the ship docks, and near the entrance to the lost city dungeon. Herb clippers are required to gather them.

Weed Type	Level	XP
Seaweed	23	105

Crown of foliage

The Crown of foliage is an enchanted Dragonstone crown that can aid with gathering herbs from herb patches. It gives a chance to gather triple the number of herbs you would normally gather, and has 2,000 charges. There are tiers of herbs that deplete the charges, but in general it is a very useful item when you are looking to bulk gather herbs. When coupled with the Gathering cape you can purchase at level 99 for 99,000gp, that can further multiply the number of herbs you receive up to 9.

Limpwurt root

Limpwurt roots can only be found in Taverly, where there are three spots found near the Druids that inhabit the area. Herb clippers are required to gather them.

Root Type	Level	XP
Limpwurt Root	42	180