RS3 Ironman Farming Training Guide

Herb runs fund Herblore. Player-owned farm is passive XP.

Farming goes to level 120. Every method below is self-sufficient: no Grand Exchange, only what you gather, craft or earn yourself.

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Training path

3 stages from level 1, each starting at the level you unlock it.

Levels 1–32
Quest XP (A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains, Garden of Tranquillity) + allotments
Levels 32–99
Herb runs every ~80 min (ranarr→toadflax→snapdragon) + tree runs
POF animals passively; Crwys VoS
Levels 99–120
Ranch Out of Time + elder tree runs

Getting the resources

Without the Grand Exchange, every input comes from your own account.

•Seeds: bird nests (Managing Miscellania, Evil/elder trees), Vinesweeper, mob drops, Big Game Hunter
•Compost/supercompost: bin your own produce or rotten food; use the player-owned farm for it
•Save ranarr/snapdragon/torstol seeds for herb runs — best Herblore returns

Quests that give Farming XP

19 quests have a set Farming XP reward (lamps and choice rewards not counted).

A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains
A Fairy Tale III - Battle at Ork's Rift
Back to My Roots
Bringing Home the Bacon
Dimension of Disaster: Curse of Arrav
Enlightened Journey
Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf
Garden of Tranquillity
Grim Tales
My Arm's Big Adventure
Perils of Ice Mountain
Rebuilding Edgeville
Recipe for Disaster: Freeing the Goblin Generals
Rum Deal
Spirit of Summer
The Branches of Darkmeyer
The Death of Chivalry
The Prisoner of Glouphrie
Tortle Combat

What Farming unlocks for an Ironman

Gear and quality-of-life items from our gear progression and utility lists that need a Farming level.

25
Scrolls (Life, Cleansing, Efficiency)
Quality of life
Scroll of life (chance to get seeds back when harvesting), Cleansing (10% chance to save a secondary and faster potion-making), Efficiency (2% chance to refund each bar when smithing).
80
Polypore staff
Gear
Magic weapon, tier 75. Source: Polypore Dungeon (polypore stick drop + spores; 80 Farming to make, 75 Magic to wield)

Voice of Seren

Farming is boosted in the Crwys district of Prifddinas. When the Voice of Seren is active there, Farming training in the district earns +20% XP, as does Woodcutting. See which districts are active now.

Key XP milestones

Total XP needed to reach each level, from the standard RuneScape XP formula.

Level	Total XP
50	101,333
70	737,627
92	6,517,253	About half the XP of 99
99	13,034,431
120	104,273,167	Max level

Common questions

How should an Ironman train Farming?

Herb runs fund Herblore. Player-owned farm is passive XP. The path in this guide: 1–32, Quest XP (A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains, Garden of Tranquillity) + allotments; 32–99, Herb runs every ~80 min (ranarr→toadflax→snapdragon) + tree runs; 99–120, Ranch Out of Time + elder tree runs.

Which quests give Farming XP?

19 quests give a set Farming XP reward, including A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains, A Fairy Tale III - Battle at Ork's Rift, Back to My Roots, Bringing Home the Bacon, Dimension of Disaster: Curse of Arrav, Enlightened Journey, Forgettable Tale of a Drunken Dwarf and Garden of Tranquillity and 11 more.

How much XP is level 99 Farming?

Level 99 Farming needs 13,034,431 XP. Farming goes to 120, which needs 104,273,167 XP.

More Ironman guides

Slayer training →Ironman Slayer path from 1 to 120.Runecrafting training →Ironman Runecrafting path from 1 to 110.All skill guides →Training paths for all 29 RS3 skills, built for Ironmen.Gear progression →Where each Ironman gear upgrade comes from and what it takes.

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