Master Farmer

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Master Farmer
Release date	6 June 2005 (Update)
Race	Human
Members	Yes
Quest NPC	No
Location(s)	Catherby, Draynor Village, Taverley, North of East Ardougne and south of Varrock
Sells items	No
Gender	Male
Actions	• Pickpocket • Examine
Examine	A master at farming.
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Advanced data
NPC ID	2234, 2235, 15853
Links	MRND
Infobox • (multi) • Talk page

A Master Farmer is a farmer who cannot be attacked and can only be acted on by pickpocketing. It takes level 38 Thieving to pickpocket them. If the theft is successful, then the player will receive 43 Thieving experience and a random seed or seeds, excluding tree and fruit tree seeds. If the theft attempt fails, then the player is stunned for three seconds and takes damage depending on current life points, from 30 up to 250 life points.

After a theft attempt from a Master Farmer, the player will be unable to buy seeds from Olivia, a seed seller who is in Draynor Village market, for the next fifteen minutes. One way to overcome this is to have a vial of stench (a), a reward from A Guild of Our Own, one of the Thieving Guild capers.

A player with level 39 Thieving can gain around 20,000 experience an hour, while a player with 99 Thieving and a thieving outfit (excluding full master camouflage outfit as this does not allow pick-pocketing with a full inventory when the double pickpocket effect triggers) can gain in excess of 150,000 experience an hour. Lower level players or non-combat accounts looking for easy seeds can safely pickpocket these at a higher Thieving level.

To minimise junk seeds one can fill their inventory with the desired seeds as, providing the master camouflage outfit outfit is not worn, you can continue pick-pocketing with a full inventory. Master Farmers are a good source for Allotment, Flower, and Hop seeds. The seedicide item effect will work to automatically destroy any pickpocketed seeds specified, although no experience is given for this effect.

Thieving level	38	Thieving XP	43 XP	Stun time / damage	4.8s / 30 lp
Double loot	48 38	Triple loot	58 48	Quadruple loot	68 58
Loot
Main article: § Seed drops

Locations

Master farmers can be found:

• In Catherby.
• In the market at Draynor Village.
• In the sheep pen south of Varrock.
• West of Ardougne Lodestone, near the wheat fields.
• North of the Lumbridge Market.
• In the Lumbridge Market.

Notable Master Farmers

• Martin the Master Gardener - Found in Draynor. He wears the Farming skillcape, and can be pickpocketed. He requires a right-click to pickpocket, so it is advised to pick the other Master Farmer near him, however Martin can be trapped in the pig pen so is optional if you don't want to follow the Master Farmers around. He is also the starting point of the quest A Fairy Tale I - Growing Pains.
• The Master Farmer in Draynor Village can be easily trapped behind Diango's Toy Store with fences.
• The Master Farmer in Catherby can be trapped at the top of the stairs entering the docks.

Seed drops

Allotments

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Potato seed		1–4	Common	417-1,668	4-16
	Onion seed		1–3	Common	428-1,284	6-18
	Cabbage seed (m)		1–3	Common	383-1,149	15-45
	Tomato seed (m)		1–2	Common	430-860	2-4
	Sweetcorn seed (m)		1–2	Common	477-954	4-8
	Strawberry seed (m)		1	Uncommon	680	10
	Watermelon seed (m)		1	Rare	1,249	33

Hops

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Barley seed		1–4	Common	312-1,248	22-88
	Hammerstone seed		1–3	Common	289-867	31-93
	Asgarnian seed (m)		1–2	Common	317-634	36-72
	Jute seed (m)		1–3	Common	304-912	51-153
	Yanillian seed (m)		1–2	Uncommon	318-636	126-252
	Krandorian seed (m)		1	Uncommon	277	4
	Wildblood seed (m)		1	Rare	339	8

Bushes

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Redberry seed (m)		1	Uncommon	268	2
	Cadavaberry seed (m)		1	Very rare	310	5
	Dwellberry seed (m)		1	Very rare	301	15
	Jangerberry seed (m)		1	Common	334	36
	Whiteberry seed (m)		1	Uncommon	412	79
	Poison ivy seed (m)		1	Uncommon	412	99

Flowers

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Marigold seed		1	Common	717	50
	Rosemary seed (m)		1	Common	479	58
	Nasturtium seed (m)		1	Common	572	6
	Woad seed (m)		1	Uncommon	925	6
	Limpwurt seed (m)		1	Uncommon	4,613	7

Herbs

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Guam seed (m)		1	Uncommon	336	2
	Marrentill seed (m)		1	Common	476	3
	Tarromin seed (m)		1	Common	396	4
	Harralander seed (m)		1	Common	385	7
	Ranarr seed (m)		1	Rare	1,516	11
	Toadflax seed (m)		1	Rare	1,098	20
	Irit seed (m)		1	Rare	714	38
	Avantoe seed (m)		1	Very rare	540	38
	Kwuarm seed (m)		1	Very rare	14,090	38
	Snapdragon seed (m)		1	Very rare	581	38
	Cadantine seed (m)		1	Very rare	1,691	38
	Lantadyme seed (m)		1	Very rare	378	38
	Dwarf weed seed (m)		1	Very rare	9,676	38
	Torstol seed (m)		1	Very rare	573	38
	Fellstalk seed (m)		1	Very rare	815	38

Special

	Item		Quantity	Rarity	GE price	High Alch
	Bittercap mushroom spore (m)		1	Rare	1,167	51
	Belladonna seed (m)		1	Rare	1,005	106
	Morchella mushroom spore (m)		1	Very rare	319	51
	Cactus seed (m)		1	Very rare	690	59

Update history

The update history project is a work-in-progress – not all updates to this topic may be covered below. See here for how to help out!

• patch 27 August 2019 (Update):
  • The Master farmer will now play a stunning animation when being caught pick pocketing.

• update 6 June 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Master Farmers speak with a Cockney accent.