Farming contracts

Farming contracts
Released	10 January 2019 (Update)
Type	Minigame
Members	Yes
Location	Farming Guild
League region	Kourend✓
Participants	1
Skills	Farming
Reward currency	None
Tutorial	No
Music	None

Farming contracts are given by Guildmaster Jane, who instructs the player to grow a specific crop within the Farming Guild. Completing a contract awards players with a seed pack, which can be opened for some amount of seeds. Boosts may be used to accept a contract you are below the required level for. All entries on the table for which the player meets the requirements are given equal weighting when Jane decides what contract to give out.^[1] The same crop will not be assigned back-to-back.

Completion

For types of crops with health checking, the contract is completed when the player checks the health. For other types, the contract is completed after the patch is fully harvested. Should the player get a contract for a crop where they have already checked the health, they will need to plant a new seed and wait for it to grow. If the player is assigned a crop that has already been planted but not checked or harvested (including partially-harvested crops of the second type), it will still count as a contract completion.

Cancelling

Players can cancel a contract by asking Guildmaster Jane, "Do you have anything easier?" at which point she will switch the contract to one of a lower level. Easy contracts cannot be cancelled. Players can also view how many contracts they have completed by speaking to Guildmaster Jane.

Strategy

If you grow certain time-consuming crops beforehand and do not check health/harvest them, you can get credit for a contract completion immediately after completing a previous one; sometimes you can repeat this for multiple contracts in succession.

For example, if you complete a snapdragon contract and then immediately get a redwood contract, instead of having to wait a few days for the redwood to grow or skip the contract and thus a poorer seed pack, you can instantly complete it by just checking the redwood's health and then move on to the next contract. Simply ensuring all of your patches are pre-grown and replacing them as you complete contracts will greatly improve the amount of contracts you can do in a given amount of time.

More information on pre-planting strategies can be found here.

Rewards

Contract difficulty vs. seed pack tiers

The table below shows the proportion of seed pack tiers to contract difficulty. For example, there are 31 unique easy contracts; 11 of those will reward a tier 1 seed pack, 12 will reward a tier 2 seed pack, and 8 will reward a tier 3 seed pack. A full breakdown of each contract can be seen in the next section.

Tier	1	2	3	4	5	Totals
Easy	11	12	8	N/A	N/A	31
Medium	N/A	4	10	8	N/A	22
Hard	N/A	N/A	3	8	7	18
Totals	11	16	21	16	7	71

By contract tasks

These tables show the tier of seed packs awarded for completion of each type of contract. For the possible contents of the seed packs and the estimated reward values, see the Seed packs page.

Easy contract tasks (45 Farming)

Task Unlock Level	Seed	Protection	Growth time^{[n 1]}	Patch Type	Tier
Task Unlock Level	Seed	Protection	Growth time^{[n 1]}	Patch Type	Tier	45	Potatoes	Marigolds White lily Compost x2	40 mins (4×10 mins)	Allotment	1
45	Marigold	N/A	20 mins (4×5 mins)	Flower	1
45	Onions	Marigolds White lily Potatoes(10) ×1	40 mins (4×10 mins)	Allotment	1
45	Cabbages	Rosemary White lily Onions(10) ×1	40 mins (4×10 mins)	Allotment	1
45	Redberries	Cabbages(10) ×4	1 hr 40 mins (5×20 mins)	Bush	2
45	Rosemary	N/A	20 mins (4×5 mins)	Flower	1
45	Tomatoes	Marigolds White lily Cabbages(10) ×2	40 mins (4×10 mins)	Allotment	1
45	Sweetcorn	Scarecrow White lily Jute fibre x10	60 mins (6×10 mins)	Allotment	1
45	Cadavaberries	Tomatoes(5) x3	2 hrs (6×20 mins)	Bush	2
45	Nasturtium	N/A	20 mins (4×5 mins)	Flower	1
45	Woad	N/A	20 mins (4×5 mins)	Flower	1
45	Limpwurt	N/A	20 mins (4×5 mins)	Flower	1
45	Strawberries	White lily Apples(5) x1	60 mins (6×10 mins)	Allotment	1
45	Dwellberries	Strawberries(5) x3	2 hrs 20 mins (7×20 mins)	Bush	2
48	Jangerberries	Watermelon x6	2 hrs 40 mins (8×20 mins)	Bush	2
55	Cactus	Cadava berries ×6	9 hrs 20 mins (7×80 mins)	Cactus	3
65	Guam	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	2
65	Marrentill	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	2
65	Oak tree	Tomatoes(5) x1	3 hrs 20 mins (5×40 mins)	Tree	3
65	Tarromin	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	2
65	Harralander	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	2
65	Willow tree	Apples(5) x1	4 hrs 40 mins (7×40 mins)	Tree	3
65	Ranarr	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	2
65	Toadflax	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	2
65	Irit	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	2
65	Maple tree	Oranges(5) x1	5 hrs 20 mins (8×40 mins)	Tree	3
65	Avantoe	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	2
85	Apple tree	Sweetcorn ×9	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	3
85	Banana tree	Apples(5) x4	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	3
85	Orange tree	Strawberries(5) x3	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	3
85	Curry tree	Bananas(5) x5	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	3

^ N×X mins means the crop will grow a little for each X minutes. This happens N times until it is fully grown.

Medium contract tasks (65 Farming)

Task Unlock Level	Seed	Protection	Growth time^{[n 1]}	Patch Type	Tier
Task Unlock Level	Seed	Protection	Growth time^{[n 1]}	Patch Type	Tier	65	Strawberries	White lily Apples(5)	60 mins (6×10 mins)	Allotment	2
65	Irit	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	3
65	Maple tree	Oranges(5)	5 hrs 20 mins (8×40 mins)	Tree	4
65	Watermelons	Curry leaf ×10 Nasturtiums White lily	1 hr 20 mins (8×10 mins)	Allotment	3
65	Jangerberries	Watermelon ×6	2 hrs 40 mins (8×20 mins)	Bush	3
65	Avantoe	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	3
65	Cactus	Cadava berries ×6	9 hrs 20 mins (7×80 mins)	Cactus	4
65	Kwuarm	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	3
65	White lily	N/A	20 mins (4×5 mins)	Flower	2
65	Whiteberries	Mushroom ×8	2 hrs 40 mins (8×20 mins)	Bush	3
65	Yew tree	Cactus spine ×10	6 hrs 40 mins (10×40 mins)	Tree	4
65	Snape grass	Jangerberries ×5 White lily	1 hr 10 mins (7×10 mins)	Allotment	2
65	Snapdragon	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	3
65	Potato cactus	Snape grass ×8	1 hr 10 mins (7×10 mins)	Cactus	2
67	Cadantine	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	3
70	Poison ivy	Immune to disease	2 hrs 40 mins (8×20 mins)	Bush	3
73	Lantadyme	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	3
75	Magic tree	Coconut ×25	8 hrs (12×40 mins)	Tree	4
85	Curry tree	Bananas(5) x5	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	4
85	Pineapple plant	Watermelon ×10	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	4
85	Papaya tree	Pineapple x10	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	4
85	Palm tree	Papaya fruit ×15	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	4

^ N×X mins means the crop will grow a little for each X minutes. This happens N times until it is fully grown.

Hard contract tasks (85 Farming)

Task Unlock Level	Seed	Protection	Growth time^{[n 1]}	Patch Type	Tier
Task Unlock Level	Seed	Protection	Growth time^{[n 1]}	Patch Type	Tier	85	Maple tree	Oranges(5)	5 hrs 20 mins (8×40 mins)	Tree	5
85	Watermelons	Curry leaf ×10 Nasturtiums White lily	1 hr 20 mins (8×10 mins)	Allotment	4
85	White lily	N/A	20 mins (4×5 mins)	Flower	3
85	Whiteberries	Mushroom ×8	2 hrs 40 mins (8×20 mins)	Bush	4
85	Yew tree	Cactus spine ×10	6 hrs 40 mins (10×40 mins)	Tree	5
85	Snape grass	Jangerberries x5 White lily	1 hr 10 mins (7×10 mins)	Allotment	3
85	Snapdragon	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	4
85	Potato cactus	Snape grass x8	1 hr 10 mins (7×10 mins)	Cactus	3
85	Cadantine	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	4
85	Palm tree	Papaya fruit ×15	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	5
85	Poison ivy	Immune to disease	2 hrs 40 mins (8×20 mins)	Bush	4
85	Lantadyme	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	4
85	Magic tree	Coconut ×25	8 hrs (12×40 mins)	Tree	5
85	Dwarf weed	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	4
85	Dragonfruit tree	Coconut ×15	16 hrs (6×160 mins)	Fruit Tree	5
85	Celastrus tree	Potato cactus ×8	13 hrs 20 mins (5×160 mins)	Special	5
85	Torstol	N/A	1 hr 20 mins (4×20 mins)	Herb	4
90	Redwood tree	Dragonfruit ×6	4 days 10 hrs 40 mins (10×640 mins)	Redwood	5

^ N×X mins means the crop will grow a little for each X minutes. This happens N times until it is fully grown.

Changes

Date	Changes
16 April 2025 (Update)	Players can no longer receive a farming contract through the "take another contract" option if they do not meet the level requirement for the tier of contract.
26 March 2025 (Update \| poll)	Guildmaster Jane now provides a dialogue option to select the same tier of farming contract after completing the previous contract.
22 January 2025 (Update)	Guildmaster Jane now speaks fewer lines of dialogue when she rewards the player for completing a contract and offers them another one.

References

^ Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 February 2021. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Mod Ash: "It's using equal weighting out of all the entries in the list for which you have the requirement. Can you confirm your Farming level isn't drained at the time when you're requesting one, though? That could affect it."

[growth-2] N×X mins means the crop will grow a little for each X minutes. This happens N times until it is fully grown.

[growth-3] N×X mins means the crop will grow a little for each X minutes. This happens N times until it is fully grown.

[growth-4] N×X mins means the crop will grow a little for each X minutes. This happens N times until it is fully grown.

[1] Jagex. Mod Ash's Twitter account. 6 February 2021. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Mod Ash: "It's using equal weighting out of all the entries in the list for which you have the requirement. Can you confirm your Farming level isn't drained at the time when you're requesting one, though? That could affect it."

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