Scarecrow

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This article is about the item used in Farming. For other scarecrows, see Scarecrow (disambiguation).

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Scarecrow
Release																				11 July 2005 (Update)
Members																				Yes
Quest item																				No
Properties
Tradeable																				No
Equipable																				No
Stackable																				No
Disassembly																				Yes
Destroy																				Drop
Examine																				This should scare the birds.
Values
Value																				1 coin
High alch																				1 coin
Low alch																				1 coin
On death																				Reclaimable Value: 1 Reclaim: 100
Weight																				0.113 kg
Advanced data
Item ID																				6059
Links																				MRID • recipe

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A scarecrow can be made by members with level 23 Farming. Each scarecrow made grants 25 experience. The scarecrow is placed in the flower patch as protection for sweetcorn planted in the nearby allotments. The scarecrow is used to complete one of the medium Falador achievements. Up to 5 scarecrows can be stored in a tool leprechaun at once unlike the other supplies that allow you to store 255 of the items.

With the scarecrow in the inventory, use it on the flower patch to place it. Note that weeds will grow up around the scarecrow, which does not affect the scarecrow's ability to protect sweetcorn from disease. To remove, a spade is used on the flower patch, which returns the scarecrow to the inventory, alternatively use the 'Clear' option.

Using the 'Clear' option does not return the scarecrow to your inventory.

It is created by using an empty sack on a haystack (like the one in the ranging guild), or hay bale (like the ones in the barn to the west of Lumbridge Windmill), then using the hay sack on a bronze spear to make a hay sack (spear), and finally adding a watermelon.

Creation

Requirements
Members			Yes
Ticks			1 (0.6s)
Skill			Level	XP
Farming			23 ?	25
Material			Quantity	Cost
	Hay sack (spear)		1	N/A
	Watermelon		1	847
Total cost				847
Output			Quantity	Cost
	Scarecrow		1	N/A

Disassembly

Scarecrow
Disassembly category	Default disassembly items
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Simple parts	99/100
Rare materials
Variable components	1/100

Achievement

• Stoic Sweetcorn Guardian ( 10) – Place a scarecrow to protect your sweetcorn in the patch north of Port Sarim.

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included—see here for how to help out!

• patch 2 June 2009 (Update):
  • Hay bales near Draynor can now be used to make scarecrows.

• update 11 July 2005 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Attempting to use a non-bronze spear on the sack gives the message, "Waste this spear on a scarecrow? I think not - maybe I should find a bronze spear instead."
• Checking the protection cost in the farming guide used to say "Unsurprisingly, scarecrows don't need protection." It has since been changed to show what items are needed to create a scarecrow.