Garden of Tranquillity/Quick guide

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It contains a more detailed description of dialogue, cutscenes, and storyline.

Details

Start point	Talk to Queen Ellamaria in the garden of Varrock Palace. Show on map
Official difficulty	Intermediate
Official length	Long
Description	'Queen of Varrock seeks experienced gardener to help construct a garden of peace and serenity as surprise for husband. Only serious Farmers need apply. Peasants welcome (although not that welcome). Tools not supplied. Please note: under no circumstances are the contents of this message to be disclosed to Rollie – um, one means King Roald.'
Requirements	25 Farming ^{[not boostable]} ^{[required to start]} Completion of the following quests: Creature of Fenkenstrain Priest in Peril The Restless Ghost
Items required	Ring of charos All tool leprechaun tools A rake A seed dibber (or partial completion of the Farming portion of the Barbarian Training miniquest) A spade Secateurs (magic secateurs work) A watering can A gardening trowel 2 plant cures A marigold seed (2 recommended in case of failure) 3+ cabbage seeds (6 recommended to plant in both allotments to increase chance of survival) 3+ onion seeds (6 recommended to plant in both allotments to increase chance of survival) A hammer A rune/pure essence A pestle and mortar A filled plant pot 2 ultracompost/supercompost/compost (note: Bottomless compost bucket will not work for these two required composts. The quality of these 2 composts do not matter.)
Recommended	5 more ultracompost/supercompost/compost to increase the chances of your crops surviving (the quality of these composts does matter) An amulet of nature A fishing/fly fishing rod (at least in your bank; ultimately optional but highly recommended) Note: Oily rod does not work Teleport method to the following patch locations: Varrock Draynor Village (amulet of glory) Port Phasmatys farm (Ectophial, or Fenkenstrain's castle teleport and run east, or fairy ring code ALQ) Ardougne farm (Ardougne cloak 2+, Dramen/Lunar staff, or skills necklace) Catherby farm (Catherby Teleport or Camelot teleport) Burthorpe tavern (games necklace or Burthorpe Games Room minigame teleport) Edgeville Monastery (combat bracelet or amulet of glory) Lumbridge Falador Taverley
Enemies to defeat	None
Ironman concerns	() All seeds needed for the quest can be bought from Olivia in Draynor. Inventory space can be saved by creating the rune dust ahead of time: use the hammer on the rune/pure essence to create rune shards, then use the pestle and mortar on those to create rune dust. The hammer and pestle and mortar can then be safely discarded since they play no further role in the quest.
League notes	Unlocking Desert✓ will auto-complete the quest Unlocking Fremennik✓ will auto-complete the quest Unlocking Kandarin✓ will auto-complete the quest The quest is otherwise not completable.

Walkthrough

Starting out

Talk to Ellamaria at the garden east of the palace. ( 1)…
1 Yes.
Talk to the Wise Old Man in Draynor Village with the ring of charos. ( 1)…
1 Queen Ellamaria has sent me to seek your guidance.
Quiz answers:
- [C] Show them a range of colours…
- [A] Take his generous gift…
- [C] It's absolutely...
- [B] Put on the silly helmet and jump…
- [B] You of course…
- [B] Ask me nicely…
- [A] No, especially…

Gathering seeds

See to the survival of your crops as you see fit. It is strongly recommended to compost all patches as the gardeners will refuse to watch over them.
Always have on you: A rake, seed dibber, spade, secateurs, watering can, gardening trowel, and ring of charos(a).

Lyra west of Port Phasmatys

Items required: 3-6 onion seeds

Talk to Lyra west of Port Phasmatys. ( 1•2•2•2•2•2•2•2•1)

The closest fairy ring to Lyra is ALQ.

Grow onions (takes 40 minutes, planting in both patches reduce chance of failure).
Once grown, talk to Lyra for the orchid seeds.

Kragen north of Ardougne

Items required: 3-6 cabbage seeds

Talk to Kragen north of East Ardougne. ( 1•2•2•2•2•2•1)

The closest fairy ring to Kragen is BLR.

Grow cabbages (takes 40 minutes, planting in both patches reduce chance of failure).
Once grown, talk to Kragen for the snowdrop seeds.

Elstan south of Falador

Item required: a marigold seed

Talk to Elstan south of Falador. ( 1•2•3•2•2•1)

Grow marigolds in the patch (takes 20 minutes).
Once grown, give them to Elstan for the delphinium seeds.

Dantaera in Catherby

Item required: a filled plant pot (can be bought from Vanessa's Farming shop. nearby for 1 coin)

Talk to Dantaera in Catherby. ( 1•2•2•2)

Travel to Ice Mountain.
Use secateurs on the White Tree located on the northern part of the Ice Mountain to get the white tree shoot.
Put the cutting in your plant pot and water it.

Brother Althric at the Edgeville monastery

Item required: a fishing rod

Talk to Brother Althric at the Edgeville Monastery. ( 2)…
2 [Charm] These are the most beautiful rosebushes I've ever seen.
Run over to Edgeville and throw the ring of charos(a) down the well.
Take 4 seeds from the red, pink, and white roses.
Retrieve your ring with the fishing rod.

Bernald behind the Burthorpe pub

Items required: a rune/pure essence, a hammer/chisel, 2 plant cures, and a pestle and mortar.

Talk to Bernald in Burthorpe. ( 2•1)…
2 [Charm] But it is the only way that these vines will be cured.
1 I accept the deal.
Use 1 plant cure on the vines.
Talk to Bernald again.
Talk to Alain by the Taverley tree patch. ( 1•1)…
1 I need to ask you about strong plant cures.
1 Are you sure there's nothing you can suggest?
Use a hammer or chisel on the rune/pure essence to get rune shards.
Use a pestle and mortar on the rune shards to get rune dust.
Use the rune dust on the other plant cure to get the strong plant cure, then use it on the vines.
Talk to Bernald to get the vine seeds.

The statues

Talk to Ellamaria, ask about the statues to get a trolley. ( 1)…
1 How am I supposed to move statues all the way here?

Lumbridge Castle

Use the trolley on the statue of a king.
Push the trolley east over the bridge.
Place the statue on the eastern plinth in the garden.

Falador Square

Use the trolley on the Saradomin statue.
Push the trolley north through the gate.
Watch the cutscene.
Place the statue on the southern plinth in the garden.

Gardening

Items required: 2 buckets of compost or supercompost.

Return to Ellamaria's garden and fill the 2 plant pots with compost.
Plant everything. They take 10-15 minutes to grow and cannot die.
Talk to Ellamaria.
Talk to King Roald. ( 1•2•2)…
1 Would you like to follow me for a minute?
2 [Charm] Of course, your majesty - please forgive me.
2 [Charm] The Queen asked me to bring you.
(Make sure you have the Ring of charos (a) equipped when talking to King Roald or he will not follow you into the garden.)
Watch the cutscene.
Congratulations, quest complete!

Rewards

2 Quest points
5,000 Farming experience
An activated ring of charos - players can wear the activated ring to charm various NPCs to pay less for certain services, or get choices that are otherwise unavailable.
An apple tree seed
An acorn
5 guam seeds
4-dose compost potion, which can be used to turn compost into supercompost.
After the quest, the player can visit the garden and pick 4 fruits from the white tree. They regrow after some time, similar to other fruit bearing trees. Each fruit restores about 8% of energy.
Agility shortcut to the Varrock Palace garden via the southern trellis

Required for completing

Swan Song
Varrock Diary (Medium, pick a white tree fruit)
Defender of Varrock

Garden of Tranquillity

NPCs

Items

	Ring of charos(a) List Rune shards Rune dust Plant cure Trolley White tree fruit Compost potion
Seeds	Delphinium Pink orchid Pink rose Red rose Snowdrop Vine White rose White tree shoot White tree sapling Yellow orchid

Plants

1	Do you have any orchid seeds to spare?
2	[Charm] If you tell me your problems, I may be able to help you.
2	[Charm] Yes, I was wondering about that.
2	[Charm] Times must be very hard for you.
2	[Charm] Whatever you've done, I'm sure you had just cause.
2	[Charm] And what is the nature of this fee that you pay?
2	[Charm] If not yours, then whose blood are you offering?
2	[Charm] How can you deal with so much guilt?
1	That's a deal - I'll grow a patch of onions for you.

1	Do you have any snowdrop seeds to spare?
2	[Charm] You seem to be a little irritable, my friend.
2	[Charm] I don't like to see a fellow human being so upset.
2	[Charm] So what ails you, my friend?
2	[Charm] Well, is there anything I can do for you?
2	[Charm] So what can I do for you?
1	That's a deal - I'll let you know when your cabbages are ready.

1	Do you have any delphinium seeds to spare?
2	[Charm] That is why I have come to an expert for advice.
3	[Charm] Not just AN expert, Elstan - they say you are THE expert.
2	[Charm] Oh no, I love listening to gardening stories...
2	[Charm] Millions? Ah, just what I wanted to hear...
1	Okay, I'll grow you some marigolds.

1	Do you know how I could grow a White Tree?
2	[Charm] I think that there is something that you are not telling me.
2	[Charm] A secret is a dreadful burden to have to keep to yourself.
2	[Charm] Unless you allow me to do this she will die anyway.

2	[Charm] But it is the only way that these vines will be cured.
1	I accept the deal.

1	I need to ask you about strong plant cures.
1	Are you sure there's nothing you can suggest?

1	Would you like to follow me for a minute?
2	[Charm] Of course, your majesty - please forgive me.
2	[Charm] The Queen asked me to bring you.

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