Sorceress's Garden

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Sorceress's Garden
Released		12 February 2007 (Update)
Type		Minigame
Members		Yes
Location		Al Kharid
Participants		1
Skills		Farming, Thieving
Reward currency		No
Tutorial		No
Music		Garden of Winter, Garden of Spring, Garden of Summer, Garden of Autumn
Location

Location on World Map
Al Kharid
↑
Shantay Pass	←	Sorceress's Garden
↓
Kharidian Desert

Map of the Garden

The Sorceress's Garden is a Thieving/Farming minigame located in Al-Kharid which may be accessed after the completion of Prince Ali Rescue. In it, players attempt to sneak past guards in order to steal sq'irk fruit to make sq'irkjuice, or herbs from the garden.

Sq'irkjuice can be exchanged with Osman or Selim for Thieving experience or be used to temporarily increase your Thieving level and restore run energy.

Introduction

The central garden.

If you talk to Osman after completing the Prince Ali Rescue quest (or Selim after completing Beneath Cursed Sands), you will find out that he wants to get sq'irkjuice, but the sorceress with whom he normally deals now refuses to give it to him. To this end, he will enlist you to steal sq'irk fruit from her garden. You can get to the garden from the apprentice who works in the house near the Shantay Pass.

Step-by-step:

• Talk to Osman (completing Prince Ali Rescue is required) or Selim (after completion of Beneath Cursed Sands) and ask him if there is something you can do. ( 1•1•2)…

  1
  1	Where do I get sq'irks?
  2	Thanks for the information.

• Go to the house north-east of the Shantay Pass and talk to the apprentice. ( 2•2•2•3•1)…

  2	Surely there must be upsides to the task?
  2	Oh you can talk to me. I can see you're having a bad day.
  2	A sympathetic ear can do wonders.
  3	You mentioned something about the garden.
  1	Wow, cast the spell of me. It will be good Magic training for you.

The Gardens

The garden is divided into five areas. You appear in the central garden with a fountain and Del-Monty the cat. Drinking from the fountain will teleport you back to the Sorceress's house. Del-Monty will tell you about the garden and the minigame if you speak to him while wearing a catspeak amulet or have completed Dragon Slayer II to the point of being enchanted (after which the player can speak to cats without the amulet).

Surrounding the central garden are four seasonal gardens, each of which has a Sq'irk tree:

• The Winter garden has a tree with withered fruits.
• The Spring garden has a tree with nearly-ripe fruits.
• The Autumn garden has a tree with over-ripe fruits.
• The Summer garden has a tree with perfectly ripe fruits.

You can only enter a seasonal garden if your current Thieving level matches or exceeds the garden's required level. Fruits gained from a garden can be crushed into an empty beer glass using a pestle and mortar to make sq'irkjuice. Beer glasses needed for this minigame can be obtained for free by searching the shelves in the Sorceress's house.

Level	Season	Sq'irk Fruit	Sq'irk Juice	# of Sq'irks	Thieving Boost	Run Energy Recovery	Experience From Osman	Experience Per Fruit
N/A	Winter			5	0	5%	350	70
25	Spring			4	1	10%	1,350	337.5
45	Autumn			3	2	15%	2,350	783.3
65	Summer			2	3	20%	3,000	1,500

You can only pick one fruit per trip, or if you pick herbs instead, you will always get two clean herbs at once before you are teleported out of the garden. The types of herbs will vary, but picking them will always yield 50 Farming experience, or 25 experience per herb, regardless of which garden is chosen. You may enter the seasonal gardens again for more resources. Crushing sq'irks always gives 5 Cooking experience, regardless of the season.

To leave the garden, simply drink from the fountain located in the central garden. Alternatively, use an amulet of glory or ring of dueling to teleport to Al Kharid, which gets you close to Osman to hand him the sq'irkjuice.

Garden Walkthrough

Getting through a garden is much easier with Energy toggled on. Low weight and a decent Agility level helps significantly extend the length of time you can run. Wear weight-reducing gear and use stamina or super energy potions if possible. Main articles linked below include strategies and recommended inventory setup.

Winter

Main article: Sorceress's Garden/Winter

Spring

Main article: Sorceress's Garden/Spring

Autumn

Main article: Sorceress's Garden/Autumn

Summer

Main article: Sorceress's Garden/Summer

Tips

• Beer glasses can be made using the Crafting skill or obtained by searching the shelves in the house that the apprentice and Aadeela the Sorceress are in.
• It is possible to get into the gardens by using Thieving boosts, such as those from the juices themselves.
• The elementals can only 'see' and teleport the player when there are two or fewer squares between them and the player.

Herb Drop Table

The following drop rates are provided by Jagex, unless otherwise specified.

Winter

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Guam leaf	1	16/54	70	1
	Marrentill	1	14/54	72	3
	Tarromin	1	13/54	220	6
	Harralander	1	11/54	514	12

Spring

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Guam leaf	1	16/75	70	1
	Marrentill	1	14/75	72	3
	Tarromin	1	13/75	220	6
	Harralander	1	12/75	514	12
	Irit leaf	1	11/75	1,544	24
	Avantoe	1	9/75	4,117	28

Autumn

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Guam leaf	1	16/99	70	1
	Marrentill	1	14/99	72	3
	Tarromin	1	13/99	220	6
	Harralander	1	12/99	514	12
	Irit leaf	1	11/99	1,544	24
	Avantoe	1	10/99	4,117	28
	Ranarr weed	1	9/99	6,682	15
	Kwuarm	1	8/99	3,654	32
	Cadantine	1	6/99	3,777	39

Summer

	Item	Quantity	Rarity	Price	High Alch
	Guam leaf	1	16/111	70	1
	Marrentill	1	14/111	72	3
	Tarromin	1	13/111	220	6
	Harralander	1	12/111	514	12
	Irit leaf	1	11/111	1,544	24
	Avantoe	1	10/111	4,117	28
	Ranarr weed	1	9/111	6,682	15
	Kwuarm	1	8/111	3,654	32
	Cadantine	1	7/111	3,777	39
	Lantadyme	1	6/111	1,620	40
	Dwarf weed	1	5/111	2,266	42

Trivia

• According to former Jagex developer Mod James, Sorceress's Garden was originally planned as part of a subquest of Recipe For Disaster, but was repurposed due to being finished after said quest.