Magic secateurs

Magic secateurs
Released							27 February 2006 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							Fairytale I - Growing Pains
League region							Asgarnia✓
Properties
Tradeable							No
Equipable							Yes
Stackable							No
Noteable							No
Options							Wield, Drop
Examine							The only way to kill a Tanglefoot.
Values
Value							1 coin
High alch							0 coins
Low alch							0 coins
Weight							0.453 kg
Advanced data
Item ID							7409

Magic secateurs are obtained during the quest Fairytale I - Growing Pains from Malignius Mortifer, south of Falador.

It is most commonly used for its increased yield when farming (see below for more information).

Despite having a higher slash stat, the magic secateurs are considered a stab weapon.

It is the only weapon in game that is capable of damaging Tanglefoot.

If players lose their magic secateurs before defeating Tanglefoot, they must reacquire them by taking the required items back to the Nature Spirit; otherwise, after defeating Tanglefoot, additional pairs may be purchased from Malignius Mortifer for 40,000 coins each. Tool Leprechauns located at each Farming patch can store magic secateurs in the normal secateurs slot.

Players can also use a pair of magic secateurs to create the Otherworldly theme in the theme space of a Superior garden in a Player-owned house. Doing so removes the magic secateurs from your inventory and a new pair will need to be acquired again.

Magic secateurs do not count as a weapon when travelling to Entrana, as there is a hops patch on the island.

Just like normal secateurs, magic secateurs can be used to cure the disease of trees by using the secateurs with the tree. Furthermore, they can be used to obtain willow branches from farmed willow trees. Up to 6 willow branches can be cut at a time, after which the branches regrow one at a time at regular intervals of approximately 5 minutes.

Players who play with a limited account build such as some Defence Pure builds, or accounts that do not level experience within Strength, Ranged, Attack or Magic can obtain the magic secateurs half way through the quest without fear of gaining any unnecessary combat experience. Skiller account builds cannot obtain the Magic Secateurs as prerequisite quests reward experience in a variety of combat skills.

To understand the overall effects of having the secateurs on saving harvest lives, see here

Combat stats

Attack bonuses
+7	+9	-5	+1	+0
Defence bonuses
+0	+1	+0	+1	+0
Other bonuses				Slot
+1	+0	+0%	+0	List

Combat style		Attack type	Weapon style	Attack speed	Range	Experience	Level boost
	Stab	Stab	Accurate	5 ticks (3.0s)	1 tile		+3 Attack
	Lunge	Stab	Aggressive				+3 Strength
	Slash	Slash	Aggressive				+3 Strength
	Block	Stab	Defensive				+3 Defence

Effects

When equipped or in the inventory, the magic secateurs increase the base chance of additional crop yield beyond the minimum number, by 10%, for the following sources:

• Herb patches
• Allotments
• Celastrus trees
• Grape vines
• Bushes
• Limpwurt plants
• Hop patches
• Yield from Herbiboars

However, the secateurs do not increase yield for the following sources:

• Seaweed
• Crystal trees
• Cacti
• Belladonna
• Any crops with a set yield:
  • Mushrooms
  • Flowers, other than limpwurts
  • Tree roots
  • Fruit and Calquat trees
• Hespori loot

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Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:15 February 2023| |0}} {{#explode:15 February 2023| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:15 February 2023| |2}}]] (update | poll)	Magic Secateurs' increased yield effect now works from the inventory without wielding. Magic Secateurs' increased yield effect now applies to bushes and Limpwurt flowers.
[[{{#explode:7 July 2021| |0}} {{#explode:7 July 2021| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 July 2021| |2}}]] (update)	The weapon's position on female players has been adjusted so that they appear to be equipped properly.
[[{{#explode:8 October 2015| |0}} {{#explode:8 October 2015| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:8 October 2015| |2}}]] (update)	Left-click pruning farming patches now checks for held magic secateurs.
[[{{#explode:4 September 2014| |0}} {{#explode:4 September 2014| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:4 September 2014| |2}}]] (update | poll)	It is now possible to get multiple magic secateurs. The "Destroy" option was replaced with a "Drop" option.
[[{{#explode:7 March 2006| |0}} {{#explode:7 March 2006| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:7 March 2006| |2}}]] (update)	Tool Leprechaun's storage has been updated to include magic secateurs. Magic secateurs can now be used to prune diseased trees.

Trivia

• The crop yield bonus of magic secateurs works even if the quest Fairytale I - Growing Pains is not completed.