Calculator:Player-owned farm food costs

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It does not take user inputs, but it does use changing prices from the Grand Exchange Market Watch. If prices appear to be outdated, purge the page by clicking here.

This page will help you find what animals eat on the player-owned farm and the most cost-effective way to feed them with tradeable sources of food.

Best foods[edit source]

The following table lists the best option for feeding an animal. Chinchompas can eat any food from this list.

Note that there may be cheaper alternatives which were excluded due to a low volume or being untradable. Click here for all choices.

Mush	Cheapest source	Price per
Fruit	Banana	399
Vegetables	Potato cactus	843
Seeds	Cabbage seed	317
Flowers	Woad leaf	23^[1]
Mushrooms	Enriched fungal spore	652^[2]
Meat	Raw bird meat	1,027^[3]^[4]
Fish	Raw tuna	411
Insect	Flies	580

^ Woad leaves can be bought for 25 gp each from Wyson the gardener and can constitute a cheaper alternative.
^ All mushrooms from The Arc can also be used.
^ Bacon can also be used.
^ Raw bird meat pack, Raw rabbit pack, and Raw beef pack can be a cheaper alternative from the store in Oo'glog.

Animals[edit source]

All animals eat 1 food per hour.^[1]

Animal	Pen size	Level required	Food eaten	Time to Elder (Minutes)	# Food to Elder	Best Food Choice	Cost to Elder	Cost per Day
Rabbit	Small	17	Vegetables, Fruits, Seeds, Flowers	60	1	Woad leaf	23	552
Chicken	Small	28	Vegetables, Fruits, Seeds	250	4.17	Cabbage seed	1,320.83	7,608
Frog	Small	42	Insects	720	12	Flies	6,960	13,920
Chinchompa	Small	54	Variety	2,520	42	Woad leaf	966	552
Salamander	Small	102	Seeds, Flowers, Insects	4,800	80	Woad leaf	1,840	552
Sheep	Medium	35	Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers	120	2	Woad leaf	46	552
Spider	Medium	64	Seeds, Meat	1,512	25.2	Cabbage seed	7,988.4	7,608
Jadinko	Medium	74	Seeds	4,080	68	Cabbage seed	21,556	7,608
Zygomite	Medium	81	Mushrooms	5,040	84	Mort myre fungus	86,436	24,696
Varanusaur	Medium	97	Meat	6,600	110	Raw bird meat	112,970	24,648
Cow	Large	49	Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers	360	6	Woad leaf	138	552
Yak	Large	71	Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers	4,032	67.2	Woad leaf	1,545.6	552
Dragon	Large	92	Meat, Fish	10,080	168	Raw tuna	69,048	9,864
Dinosaur	Large	98-118	Meat	10,506 - 15,906	175.1 - 265.1	Raw bird meat	179,827.7 to 272,257.7	24,648

Full list[edit source]

Fruit[edit source]

Item	Price	Buy limit
Watermelon	488	10,000
Strawberry	677	10,000
Redberries	786	1,000
Cadava berries	2,416	100
Dwellberries	4,545	1,000
Jangerberries	1,118	10,000
White berries	5,837	10,000
Cooking apple	517	1,000
Banana	399	1,000
Orange	862	1,000
Pineapple	552	1,000
Papaya fruit	4,435	5,000
Coconut	7,957	5,000
Calquat fruit	503	100

Vegetables[edit source]

Item	Price	Buy limit
Raw potato	1,179	1,000
Onion	1,040	1,000
Cabbage	981	1,000
Tomato	1,113	10,000
Sweetcorn	1,140	10,000
Evil turnip	3,304	5,000
2/3 evil turnip	146	100
1/3 evil turnip	41	100
Potato cactus	843	10,000

Seeds[edit source]

Item	Price	Buy limit
Potato seed	296	500
Onion seed	329	500
Cabbage seed	317	500
Tomato seed	268	500
Sweetcorn seed	243	500
Strawberry seed	319	500
Watermelon seed	913	500
Snape grass seed	1,859	100
Sunchoke seed	373	1,000
Fly trap seed	401	1,000
Marigold seed	415	1,000
Rosemary seed	368	1,000
Nasturtium seed	382	1,000
Woad seed	594	1,000
Limpwurt seed	295	100
Butterfly flower seed	9,705	100
Barley seed	176	100
Hammerstone seed	174	100
Asgarnian seed	188	100
Jute seed	170	100
Yanillian seed	186	100
Krandorian seed	172	100
Wildblood seed	195	100
Reed seed	182	100
Grapevine seed	1,896	100
Guam seed	1,151	1,000
Marrentill seed	2,112	1,000
Tarromin seed	2,809	1,000
Harralander seed	8,242	1,000
Gout tuber	4,906,921	100
Ranarr seed	13,638	1,000
Spirit weed seed	628	1,000
Toadflax seed	1,441	1,000
Irit seed	2,634	1,000
Wergali seed	23,896	1,000
Avantoe seed	4,159	1,000
Kwuarm seed	1,062	1,000
Bloodweed seed	73,383	1,000
Snapdragon seed	3,643	1,000
Cadantine seed	1,707	1,000
Lantadyme seed	847	1,000
Dwarf weed seed	5,761	1,000
Torstol seed	11,071	1,000
Fellstalk seed	22,490	1,000
Redberry seed	156	100
Cadavaberry seed	184	100
Dwellberry seed	175	100
Jangerberry seed	183	100
Whiteberry seed	273	100
Poison ivy seed	303	100
Barberry seed	357	1,000
Acorn	842	100
Willow seed	209	100
Maple seed	1,574	100
Yew seed	3,213	100
Magic seed	35,273	100
Elder seed	104,451	100
Apple tree seed	455	100
Banana tree seed	419	100
Orange tree seed	324	100
Curry tree seed	288	100
Pineapple seed	369	100
Papaya tree seed	254	100
Palm tree seed	2,736	100
Calquat tree seed	203	100
Evil turnip seed	330	100
Cave nightshade seed	1,284	100
Harmony moss seed	431	50
Bittercap mushroom spore	1,349	100
Morchella mushroom spore	192	100
Red blossom seed	637	1,000
Green blossom seed	918	1,000
Blue blossom seed	1,427	1,000
Cactus seed	692	100
Prickly pear seed	405	1,000
Potato cactus seed	1,203	100

Flowers[edit source]

Item	Price	Buy limit
Marigolds	9,706	5,000
Snape grass	450	10,000
Rosemary	9,038	1,000
Nasturtiums	4,578	1,000
Woad leaf	23	100
Flax	98	25,000
Barley	1,502	1,000
Hammerstone hops	1,632	1,000
Asgarnian hops	1,467	1,000
Yanillian hops	1,533	1,000
Krandorian hops	4,892	1,000
Wildblood hops	427	1,000
Curry leaf	3,918	5,000

Mushrooms[edit source]

Item	Price	Buy limit
Bittercap mushroom	12,641	10,000
Morchella mushroom	9,480	10,000
Mort myre fungus	1,029	10,000
Gorajian mushroom	1,499	10,000
Sliced mushrooms	3,242	1,000
Timber fungus	1,393	10,000
Calcified fungus	3,850	10,000
Fungal spore	714	10,000
Fungal algae	814	10,000
Enriched timber fungus	809	5,000
Enriched calcified fungus	866	5,000
Enriched fungal spore	652	5,000
Enriched fungal algae	770	5,000
Tombshroom	1,970	10,000

^ https://runescape.wiki/w/Update:Player_Owned_Farm_-_Changes_Blog

Meat[edit source]

Item	Price	Buy limit
Raw chicken	1,439	1,000
Raw rat meat	1,366	1,000
Raw wolf meat	2,301	1,000
Raw ugthanki meat	5,056	1,000
Raw bear meat	2,978	1,000
Raw beef	1,060	1,000
Raw bird meat	1,027	10,000
Raw oomlie	1,994	1,000
Raw chompy	8,089	10,000
Raw rabbit	1,043	5,000
Raw pawya meat	1,818	5,000
Raw yak meat	2,746	1,000

Fish[edit source]

Item	Price	Buy limit
Raw anchovies	774	20,000
Raw bass	2,534	20,000
Raw cave eel	2,506	1,000
Raw cod	1,226	20,000
Raw crayfish	641	10,000
Raw great white shark	1,056	20,000
Raw herring	635	20,000
Raw lobster	475	20,000
Raw mackerel	573	20,000
Raw manta ray	1,256	20,000
Raw monkfish	1,901	20,000
Raw pike	675	20,000
Raw salmon	501	20,000
Raw sardine	369	20,000
Raw sea turtle	997	20,000
Raw shark	999	20,000
Raw shrimps	526	20,000
Raw swordfish	436	20,000
Raw trout	514	20,000
Raw tuna	411	20,000
Raw sailfish	5,361	20,000
Raw green blubber jellyfish	916	20,000
Raw blue blubber jellyfish	5,875	20,000
Raw desert sole	416	20,000
Raw catfish	384	20,000
Raw beltfish	742	20,000
Leaping trout	408	5,000
Leaping salmon	421	5,000
Leaping sturgeon	387	5,000