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
Link							MOID

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

They are most commonly used for increased harvest yield when farming (see below for more information).

It is the only weapon in game that is capable of damaging Tanglefoot. Despite having a higher slash stat, the magic secateurs are considered a stab weapon.

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.

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

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

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
• Coral nurseries^[1]
• Yield from Herbiboars^[a]

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

• Seaweed^[2][3]
• Crystal trees^[4][3]
• Cacti^[3]
• Belladonna^[3]
• Any crops with a set yield:
  • Mushrooms
  • Flowers, other than limpwurts
  • Tree roots
  • Fruit and Calquat trees
• Hespori loot

• 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 consumes the magic secateurs 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.
• Players who play with a limited account build such as some Defence Pure builds, or accounts that do not increase 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.
• 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.

• The crop yield bonus of magic secateurs works even if the quest Fairytale I - Growing Pains is not completed.^[5]
• When Fairytale I - Growing Pains was first added to the game, the magic secateurs would one-hit players or other NPCs other than the Tanglefoot due to a programming oversight. It was fixed very shortly after release.^[6]

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Equipment	Rake Gardening trowel Seed dibber Spade Watering can Gricoller's can
Compost	Compost Supercompost Ultracompost Bottomless compost bucket
Storage	Empty sack Cabbage Onion Potato Hay Basket Apple Banana Orange Strawberry Tomato Seed box
Disease cure	Plant cure Secateurs Magic secateurs
Others	Empty plant pot Filled plant pot Scarecrow
Related	Tool Leprechaun Compost Bin Port Phasmatys Big Compost Bin Seed vault

Fairytale I - Growing Pains
NPCs	Martin Zandar Horfyre Malignius Mortifer Filliman Tarlock Tanglefoot Baby tanglefoot Fairies Fairy Queen Fairy Nuff Fairy Godfather Fat Rocco Slim Louie
Items	Symptoms list Draynor skull Magic secateurs Queen's secateurs
Locations	Zanaris Shady grove Dark Wizards' Tower
Related	Quick guide Transcript