Quick Facts
| Detail | Info |
| Location | Hosidius, Great Kourend |
| Type | Farming-based minigame |
| Farming Level Required | 34 minimum |
| Other Requirement | 100% Hosidius Favour |
| NPC in Charge | Farmer Gricoller |
| Seeds Available | Golovanova (34), Bologano (54), Logavano (74) |
| Max XP/Hr | ~108,000–125,000 (Logavano, advanced method) |
| Points Cap | 16,000 points |
| Total Points for All Rewards | 1,150 points |
| Safe Minigame? | Yes — you won’t lose items on death |
| Best Strategy for Beginners | 20×5 Method |
| Best Strategy for Experts | 25×4 Method |
What Even Is the Tithe Farm?
Okay, picture this. You’ve been an OSRS player for some time. You love the idea of levelling Farming, but let’s be honest — normal farming is just… waiting. You plant something, log off, come back two hours later, and pick it up. Exciting? Not exactly.
The Tithe Farm flips that entirely.
It’s a minigame in the Hosidius region of Great Kourend where the crops grow right in front of you, in real time, while you’re standing there. You plant seeds, water them, watch them grow, harvest them, and shove the fruit into a sack. Over and over. It’s fast, satisfying, and honestly a bit addictive once you get into the rhythm.
You earn two things for your efforts — Farming XP and points. The points you spend in a shop run by a farmer named Gricoller on some seriously useful stuff. More on that later.
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Before You Set Foot Inside — The Requirements
You can’t just waltz in. There are two gates you need to pass first.
Gate One: Your Farming Level. You need at least level 34 Farming just to pick up the starter seeds. You won’t be turned away by a quest or a locked door — Farmer Gricoller himself will stop you at the entrance if you’re not ready.
Gate Two: Hosidius Favour. You need the full 100% favour with the Hosidius House. No shortcuts here. The easiest way to build it is by making sulphurous fertilizer — combine saltpetre with compost at the giant compost bins near Hosidius. You also get a decent chunk of early Farming XP doing this, which is a nice bonus.
Once both gates are cleared, you’re good to go.
What to Pack in Your Inventory
Walking in unprepared will ruin your run. Trust me on this one.
Here’s what you need:
- A spade — for harvesting the plants
- A seed dibber — for planting seeds (or complete the Barbarian Training farming unlock to plant bare-handed)
- 6–8 filled watering cans — you’ll need them constantly
- Stamina potions — you’re going to run a LOT
- Graceful outfit — saves run energy, makes the whole thing smoother
- Seeds — grab up to 10,000 from the table near Gricoller before you enter
One huge tip: take more seeds than you think you’ll need. Always. Having extra seeds means small mistakes don’t ruin your run.
If you’ve already unlocked Gricoller’s Can from the reward shop, bring that instead of watering cans. It holds 1,000 water charges. You’ll basically never run out mid-run. That single item changes everything.
The Humidify spell rapidly replenishes your watering cans if you have 68 Magic and have access to the Lunar spellbook. No need to run to water barrels. It is genuinely a massive time-saver.
How to Get There
Getting to Tithe Farm is easier than most people expect.
The Grouping Teleport, commonly known as the Minigame Teleport, is the fastest way. Just open your menu, pick Tithe Farm, and you’re dropped almost at the door. The catch is you need to have visited it at least once already before this option appears.
For your first visit, try these options:
- Xeric’s Talisman → teleport to Xeric’s Glade, then run south-east
- Skills Necklace → teleport to the Woodcutting Guild, then run east
- Player-Owned House in Hosidius → exit and head east
- Fairy Ring AKR → drops you near the Hosidius Vinery, run south
- Lovakengj Minecart → take it to Hosidius South
None of these are painful. Once you’ve been there once and unlocked the Grouping Teleport, you’ll never worry about traveling again.
The Three Seeds and What They Mean for Your XP
This is where things get interesting.
The farm uses three special types of seeds — and the one you plant directly determines how much XP you’re going to get per hour. They’re locked behind Farming level, so not everyone can use all three from the start.
Golovanova Seeds (Level 34) These are the starter seeds. They give about 14.5 XP per fruit harvested and deposited. You’re looking at roughly 26,000–28,000 XP per hour with these. Perfectly fine while you’re learning the mechanics, but you’ll want to move up eventually.
Bologano Seeds (Level 54) A significant step up. Around 33.5 XP per fruit. Expect about 60,000–65,000 XP per hour when you’re comfortable with your runs. Many mid-level players spend most of their Tithe Farm time here.
Logavano Seeds (Level 74) The gold standard. About 51 XP per fruit, and experienced players can hit 100,000–125,000 XP per hour with the advanced strategies. This is the level everyone is aiming for.
Getting to 74 Farming before grinding Tithe Farm seriously is the smartest plan. The XP jump between Logavano and everything below it is enormous.
How the Game Actually Works — The Basics
Here’s the core loop, explained simply.
Every seed you plant must be watered three times within three minutes. Miss a watering and the plant withers. A wilted plant gives you nothing — not XP, not fruit, not points. It’s just gone.
The trick is timing. Each watering window is roughly one minute apart. So you plant a seed, water it immediately, move on, come back in a minute to water it again, come back one more minute later for the final watering, and then harvest.
After harvesting, you carry your fruit to one of the deposit sacks scattered around the farm. Drop the fruit in and collect your XP and points.
The really juicy rewards happen at specific milestones. The first 74 fruits deposited give solid XP but zero points. From fruits 75 through 100, each one earns you 1 point AND double XP. On top of that, depositing your 75th fruit triggers a big one-time bonus chunk of XP. That’s the moment in every run that feels best.
For Logavano, that 75th-fruit bonus alone is 5,750 XP. In a single deposit.
XP Per Batch — The Numbers
For each complete batch of 100 fruits deposited:
- Golovanova: 9,660 XP
- Bologano: 22,540 XP
- Logavano: 37,030 XP
And if you’re wearing the full Farmer’s Outfit (more on that in a moment), those numbers tick up by 2.5% each.
The Two Main Strategies
You don’t just run around planting seeds wherever. Smart players use specific patterns to manage time efficiently. Two methods dominate the meta right now.
The 20×5 Strategy
This is the one to learn first. You work with 20 patches at a time, grouped in a specific layout. You plant all 20, then water them in sequence, repeat the watering twice more as each minute passes, harvest all 20, then move on. You repeat this five times per run to hit 100 fruits.
Why 20 and not more? Because you need enough time to water all your plants before they wither. With 20 patches, you have a comfortable window. You can make a few mistakes and still finish the run cleanly.
Point rate: around 80 points per hour. Time per round: about 21 minutes.
The 25×4 Strategy
This one is for when you’re more confident. You work 25 patches per cycle instead of 20, doing four cycles instead of five. More plants means slightly less walking overall, and each cycle completes faster.
Point rate: around 95–120 points per hour. Time per round: about 16–17 minutes.
The 25×4 is tighter. You have less room for error. Don’t jump to this until you’ve done the 20×5 comfortably for a few sessions.
The Reward Shop — What You’re Actually Playing For
Let’s talk about the real reason most people are here.
You spend your earned points at Farmer Gricoller’s reward shop. Here’s what’s waiting for you:
The Farmer’s Outfit — 400 points total This is a set of four pieces: hat (75 pts), jacket or shirt (150 pts, depends on your body type), boro trousers (100 pts), and boots (75 pts). Wearing all four gives a 2.5% boost to all Farming XP you earn — not just at Tithe Farm, but everywhere. Across a full grind to level 99, that outfit can save you around 326,000 XP worth of extra work. It’s the first thing most people go for.
Gricoller’s Can — 200 points A magical watering can that holds 1,000 charges. Fill it at any water source. You’ll basically never need to carry regular watering cans again after getting this. It frees up huge amounts of inventory space.
Seed Box — 250 points Stores up to six different seed types. Brilliant for farming runs and contracts when your inventory fills up fast.
Herb Sack — 250 points (requires 58 Herblore to use) Holds up to 30 of each type of grimy herb. Invaluable during Slayer tasks. Takes one inventory slot instead of thirty. Slayer players absolutely want this.
Auto-Weed — 50 points A permanent toggle you can switch on once you’ve bought it. When it’s on, weeds never grow back on your farming patches. It’s a tiny thing but incredibly satisfying.
Compost and Supercompost Available in bulk. Handy if you run herb or allotment patches regularly.
Bologa’s Blessings Used to convert grapes into Zamorak’s grapes at the Vinery. Niche, but some players need it.
To unlock every single reward in the shop, you need 1,150 points total. That works out to about 3,290 fruits worth of depositing, or roughly 33 full runs of 100 fruits each.
A Few Rules You Cannot Forget
Two rules will bite you hard if you ignore them.
Rule One: Do NOT leave through the door until you’re done. Your current run is entirely reset as soon as you leave through the exit. Your score goes back to zero. The seeds in your pocket vanish. The fruit you were carrying disappears. Any points and XP you already banked are safe — but everything in progress is gone. It hurts. Don’t do it by accident.
Rule Two: If you log out, your planted crops die. Your score is preserved when you log out, and you keep seeds and harvested fruit. But anything in the ground dies. So never log out with plants growing unless you’re okay losing those particular crops.
Tips That Will Actually Help You
These are the things that separate a smooth run from a frustrating one.
Cancel planting animations. After placing a seed, immediately left-click the patch to start watering. This cancels the long planting animation and shaves seconds off every single patch. Over a full run, that adds up.
Use ground markers. If you play on RuneLite, use the Ground Markers plugin to colour-code your 20 (or 25) patches. This makes it visually clear which patches are yours and removes all the guesswork during watering.
Never bring fewer seeds than you need. Grab the maximum — 10,000 — from the table every time. If a plant dies and you need to replant, you have a backup. Running out of seeds mid-run is genuinely painful.
Stamina potions are not optional for beginners. Your run energy matters more than you think. Graceful plus stamina potions keeps you moving at full speed for the entire run.
Practice with 8 patches first. Total beginners should start with just 8 plants per run. Get the watering rhythm in your head. Don’t rush to 20 until it feels natural.
Is Tithe Farm Worth It?
Here’s the honest answer.
For the Farmer’s Outfit alone, yes. The 2.5% XP boost applies to everything you do in Farming forever. If you plan to grind the skill at all — herb runs, tree runs, anything — that outfit pays for itself quickly.
The Gricoller’s Can is a close second. Once you have it, watering at Tithe Farm becomes much less stressful. And the Herb Sack is arguably the best value item in the whole shop if you do Slayer.
The XP rates are also genuinely competitive. At level 74 with Logavano seeds, 100,000 XP per hour puts Tithe Farm among the better active farming methods in the game. Normal patch runs give better XP technically, but they’re mostly passive. Tithe Farm is for when you want to sit down and actively grind.
For Ironmen especially, this place is incredibly important. Every item in the shop is free to acquire — no gold needed, no trading. Just time and effort.
Final Words
Tithe Farm has been part of OSRS for years, and it’s earned its reputation.
It’s one of those rare corners of the game where active effort actually pays off. You’re not watching a timer. You’re not waiting. You’re planting, running, watering, harvesting — and when that 75th fruit drops into the sack and the XP rolls in, you feel it.
The rewards are genuinely useful outside the minigame too. The outfit, the can, the sack — these aren’t cosmetic prizes. They’re tools that make the rest of your Farming life better.
If you haven’t touched it yet, start with 8 patches, get the rhythm, then grow from there. By the time you’re doing 25-patch runs with Logavano seeds, you’ll wonder why you ever found Farming boring.
FAQs
1. What level do I need to start Tithe Farm in OSRS?
You need level 34 Farming at minimum. This lets you pick up the Golovanova seeds from the table near Farmer Gricoller.
2. Do I need to do a quest first?
No quests are required. But you do need 100% Hosidius Favour before you can enter.
3. How do I get 100% Hosidius Favour fast?
The quickest method is making sulphurous fertiliser.At the Hosidius bins, you mix compost and saltpetre. It also gives you early Farming XP as a bonus.
4. What’s the best seed to use?
Logavano seeds, unlocked at level 74 Farming, give the best XP and are what most serious players use. If you’re below 74, use whatever your level allows.
5. What happens if I walk out the door mid-run?
Your progress resets entirely. Seeds and fruit in your inventory disappear. You keep any XP and points already earned, but your active run is wiped clean.
6. Can I die inside Tithe Farm and lose my items?
No. It’s a safe minigame. If you somehow die inside, your items stay with you.
7. What is the 20×5 strategy?
It’s a method where you use 20 specific farming patches per cycle, doing five cycles to reach 100 fruits per full run. It’s the most beginner-friendly and efficient method.
8. Is the Farmer’s Outfit worth getting?
Absolutely. The 2.5% XP boost applies to all Farming you do — not just inside the farm. Over a full grind to 99, it saves you a meaningful amount of effort.
9. How long does it take to get all the rewards?
With the 20×5 method at around 80 points per hour, expect roughly 13–14 hours of total playtime to unlock everything. The 25×4 method cuts that to around 10–12 hours.
10. Do I need Gricoller’s Can to play efficiently?
You don’t need it to start, but it makes runs significantly smoother. Bring 6–8 regular watering cans until you earn it.
11. What is the Humidify spell and should I use it?
Humidify is a Lunar Magic spell (requires 68 Magic) that instantly refills all your watering cans at once. It saves a lot of time compared to running to the water barrels. Highly recommended if you have the level.
12. Can I buy the Herb Sack cheaper from a Slayer Master instead?
Yes — Slayer Masters sell the Herb Sack for 750 Slayer reward points. Tithe Farm sells it for 250 points. Which is “cheaper” depends entirely on which currency you find easier to earn.
13. Is Tithe Farm good for Ironmen?
Very good. The rewards cost only Tithe Farm points — no gold, no trading, no Grand Exchange. It’s a self-contained grind that gives Ironmen access to tools they’d struggle to get otherwise.
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