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Herb runs: farming torstols

Recurring Moderate Members Ironman-friendly Buy-limit capped Timer-limited

580KGP/hr (buy-limit capped from 1.04M)
1.26MCapital to start (~1 hour of inputs)
232K/dayTimer-limited: 4 runs × 6 min/day

Plant torstol seeds with ultracompost in every herb patch and harvest with magic secateurs about 80 minutes later. High-value herb with high-value seeds, so margins swing with the market; the herbs sell easily.

Requirements

  • Skills: 85 Farming
  • Items: Magic secateurs
  • Note: Assumes 9 herb patches with teleports to each. Use disease-free patches (Trollheim, Weiss, Hosidius) first as seeds are pricey.

How to do it

Method rates and requirements here are independently authored. For the step-by-step guide, see the OSRS Wiki page (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0).

The math (per hour)

ItemQty/hrUnitTotal1h volume
Grimy torstol7203,200+2,304,00013,430
limit 11,000/4h
Torstol seed9013,499−1,214,9103,348
limit 200/4h
Ultracompost90500−45,00020,629
limit 2,000/4h
Revenue2,304,000
Costs−1,259,910
Profit / hour1.04M

Sell prices are after 2% GE tax (capped at 5M, items under 50 gp exempt). Inputs use the instant-buy price, outputs the instant-sell price — the conservative assumption. Buy-limit cap: 56% (binding: Torstol seed).

Prices updated 21s ago. Figures are estimates: buy at instant-buy price, sell at instant-sell price after 2% GE tax.

Something wrong?

Rates, requirements or items off? Email us and we'll fix the data. Current figure: 90 actions/hr.