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Cotton (Farming)

Stage 1Stage 2Stage 3Stage 4Stage 5Grown
Cotton
Released19 November 2025 (Update)
MembersYes
QuestNo
LocationHops patches
League regionMisthalinAsgarniaKandarinVarlamore
OptionsInspect, Guide
ExamineCotton seeds have been sown in this farming patch.
Advanced data
Object ID58862
LinkMOID

Watered, stage 1Watered, stage 2Watered, stage 3Watered, stage 4Watered, stage 5
Cotton
Released19 November 2025 (Update)
MembersYes
QuestNo
League regionMisthalinAsgarniaKandarinVarlamore
OptionsInspect, Guide
ExamineCotton seeds have been sown in this farming patch.
Advanced data
Object ID58868
LinkMOID

Diseased, stage 2Diseased, stage 3Diseased, stage 4Diseased, stage 5
Diseased Cotton
Released19 November 2025 (Update)
MembersYes
QuestNo
League regionMisthalinAsgarniaKandarinVarlamore
OptionsCure, Inspect, Guide
ExamineThese Cotton plants are diseased.
Advanced data
Object ID58873
LinkMOID

Dead, stage 2Dead, stage 3Dead, stage 4Dead, stage 5
Dead Cotton
Released19 November 2025 (Update)
MembersYes
QuestNo
League regionMisthalinAsgarniaKandarinVarlamore
OptionsClear, Inspect, Guide
ExamineThese Cotton plants have died from disease.
Advanced data
Object ID58877
LinkMOID

Cotton is a plant that can be grown with level 71 Farming by planting a cotton seed in a hops patch. Cotton plants yield cotton bolls when harvested. These cotton bolls can be spun into cotton yarn, which is used to make haemostatic dressing and bolts of cotton. A nearby gardener will watch over growing a cotton plant for 6 hemp.

Farming info

Cotton
Level required Farming 71
Patch Hops
Seeds per 3
Payment 6 hemp
Growth time 100 min (5x20 min)
Yield 3+ (varies)
Regrow No
Navigation
Seed Cotton seed
Plant Cotton
Crop Cotton boll
Experience
Planting XP 72 xp
Checking XP No
Harvesting XP 82 xp
Item Quantity Rarity Price High Alch
Cotton boll.png: Cotton (Farming) drops Cotton boll with rarity Always in quantity 1Cotton boll1Always2,83160

Average harvest yield

Each time a cotton boll is picked from a fully grown plant, one of its harvest lives risks being expended in the process. The chance to successfully harvest a cotton boll without losing a harvest life scales with the player's Farming level and ranges from around 49% at level 71 up to a 56% chance at level 99.[1] These chances can be increased further by bringing along a pair of magic secateurs, in addition to having an attas plant growing in one's anima patch.

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Please input the data and submit the form.
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Growth stages

StageImageDiseasedDead
1N/AN/A
2
3
4
5
6N/AN/A

References

  1. ^ Jagex. Mod Ash on Discord. 20 March 2026. Archived from the original on 20 March 2026. Mod Ash: "Flax: 55% - 76%
    Hemp: 47% - 70%
    Cotton: 32% - 56%"
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