Fairytale I - Growing Pains/Quick guide
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| Start point |  Speak to Martin the Master Gardener by the pig pen in Draynor Village. <maplink group="pins" align="center" text="<b>Show on map</b>" plane="0" y="3260" x="3077" zoom="2" mapID="-1">
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| Official difficulty | Intermediate |
| Official length | Medium |
| Description | Recently, farmers around RuneScape have been noticing some trouble with their farming patches. They just don't seem to have the same yields as before. What could be the source of this malady? |
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| Enemies to defeat | Tanglefoot (level 111) |
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| League notes | Unlocking |
Walkthrough
Starting out
Items needed: None.
- Talk to Martin the Master Gardener in Draynor Village. (
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- Note: Do not pickpocket Martin or you won't be able to continue for 10 minutes of in-game time.
- Talk to 5 Group of Advanced Gardeners members. They are any of the gardeners found near farming patches that tend to your crops. Any of them will work except for Ayesha in Al Kharid, and ones found on Great Kourend. Note: The following is a suggested path you can take to speak to farmers quickly:
- Run north-west and talk to Elstan Allotment/Flower/Herb patch. ( )
- If you do not have secateurs or a spade, buy them from the farm shop.
- Run south and talk to Frizzy Skernip. ( )
- GE Spirit Tree teleport to Gnome Stronghold, run east and talk to Bolongo. ( )
- Run south-west and talk to Prissy Scilla at the tree patch. ( )
- Teleport to Falador, run east to the park and talk to Heskel at the tree patch. (Ring of Wealth's Falador teleport option takes you there directly). ( )
- Run north-west and talk to Elstan Allotment/Flower/Herb patch. (
- Return to the Draynor Village market and talk to Martin. ( )
Trouble in Zanaris
Items needed: dramen staff or Lunar staff, and one free inventory space.
- Travel to Zanaris (with your dramen staff or Lunar staff equipped, enter the small shack south of Lumbridge Castle in Lumbridge Swamp). (If you need to collect the spade, enter the shack without the staff equipped first and collect it).
- Run to the throne room and Talk to the Fairy Godfather. ( )
- Run north of the bank and talk to Fairy Nuff to get the symptoms list.
- Speak to Zandar Horfyre on the top floor of the Dark Wizards' Tower just north of the Makeover mage.
Getting the Magic Secateurs
Items needed: 3 assigned items (see link), secateurs, Ghostspeak amulet, Draynor skull (or spade to dig one)
Items recommended: Salve graveyard teleport, a filled druid pouch (so items that may be rotten by ghasts are protected)
Items recommended: Salve graveyard teleport, a filled druid pouch (so items that may be rotten by ghasts are protected)
- Speak to Malignius Mortifer, the necromancer north-west of Port Sarim's rune shop to give him the Draynor skull and receive the list of three required items. ( )
- If you do not have secateurs or a spade, buy them from the farm shop to the north-east.
- If you do not have the Draynor skull, travel to Draynor Manor and use a spade on the grave north of the building, but within the fence to receive the Draynor skull.
- Collect the 3 randomly-picked items. Check the quest journal to see your list of items to collect.
Note: Take a filled druid pouch with you if you have to collect any items that may be rotten by ghasts or they may turn them into rotten food.
- Travel to the Nature Grotto in Mort Myre Swamp (use Shades of Mort'ton minigame teleport, go west, then follow the winding path north over the bridge), equip your Ghostspeak amulet and talk to the Nature Spirit inside to receive the Magic secateurs.
Battle the Tanglefoot
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- Travel to Zanaris with your Magic secateurs and prepare for the Tanglefoot fight.
- Run south of the wheat fields to the Cosmic Altar and squeeze-through the gap in the western wall.
- Equip your Magic secateurs, run to the end of the tunnel and defeat Tanglefoot. (Turn on Protect from Melee if you have the level for it. You can also lure the Tanglefoot around the mushrooms to the east to be able to flinch it.)
- Pick up the Queen's secateurs.
- Talk to the Fairy Godfather.
- Congratulations, quest complete!
Rewards
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Quest points - Magic secateurs (increases crop harvests by 10% when Farming)
3,500 Farming experience
2,000 Attack experience
1,000 Magic experience
Unlocks:
- Tanglefoot accessible in the Nightmare Zone.
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