Horacio

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This article is about the gardener in East Ardougne. For other uses, see Horatio (disambiguation).

Horacio
Release date	30 April 2002 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	Tribal Totem Back to my Roots
Location(s)	East Ardougne
Sells items	No
Gender	Male
Examine	Could do with losing a few pounds.
Advanced data
NPC ID	845
Object ID	none
Links	MRND
Infobox • Talk page

Horacio Dobson is the gardener to Lord Kurt Handelmort. He tends to the grounds of his house in East Ardougne. He will give the player a jade vine seed for free if one isn't owned.

He starts the Back to my Roots quest, and plays a minor role in the Tribal Totem quest.

Horacio will also watch over your Jade Vine for a fee of 10 Wildblood hops. If you try to pay him again, he will say "I'm already watching over your vine! You have ears like corn!".

Shop

Horacio also sells basic farming tools, which can be accessed by talking to him and asking Can you sell me something? It is not an actual shop and it has no set stock; each item has to be bought individually through the dialogue.

Image	Item	Price
	Plant cure	25
	Compost	35
	Rake	15
	Watering can	25
	Gardening trowel	15
	Seed dibber	15

Gallery

Horacio is bound by the Jade Vine.

Update history

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• ninja 10 September 2018 (Update):
  • Jade vine seed is now retrievable from Horacio with a right-click option.

• patch 8 April 2009 (Update):
  • Horacio can now look after your Farming patch, and after the completion of Back to my Roots there is a right-click option to pay as well.

Trivia

• Horacio's examine text is a pun on most Skeleton's examine text: Could do with gaining a few pounds, i.e., being a jest on Horacio appearing rotund.

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