Yew seed

Yew seed
Released							6 June 2005 (Update)
Members							Yes
Quest item							No
Properties
Tradeable							Yes
Equipable							No
Stackable							Yes
Noteable							No
Options							Drop
Examine							Plant this in a plantpot of soil to grow a sapling.
Values
Value							143 coins
High alch							85 coins
Low alch							57 coins
Weight							0 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange							19,319 coins (info)
Buy limit							200
Daily volume							37,793
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Advanced data
Item ID							5315
Link							MOID

Yew seeds are the second highest level tree seeds that can be grown in a standard tree patch, after magic seeds. Players must have level 60 Farming to plant it. Boosts are allowed. Boosts are not needed to prune the tree in case of disease.

A yew seed, when planted in a plant pot, allowed to sprout into a sapling and then planted in a tree patch, may grow into a yew tree. Planting the seed gives 81 experience and takes a maximum of 6.083 hours (365 minutes) to be fully grown. Checking the health gives 7069.9, for a total of 7150.9 experience per seed (unless the tree dies while growing). If this tree becomes diseased, using secateurs or magic secateurs on it to prune the diseased leaves will bring it back to a healthy state and will yield leaves.

They are obtained from a bird nest that has dropped from a tree, received from a bird house, by exchanging the drops from a Giant Mole under Falador Park, or as a drop from certain boss monsters. It is also possible to obtain this seed from a bird nest from the Managing Miscellania rewards at Miscellania (after Throne of Miscellania) and Etceteria (after Royal Trouble).

The farmer will tend a player's yew tree for 10 cactus spines (these can be noted). If the player wants to buy the spines from other players, they should be aware that the Grand Exchange price for 10 cactus spines is currently 14,660, while a yew tree seed currently costs 19,319. About 1/8 yew saplings will die. In a test of 257 yew trees with no farmer payments, only 36 have died. This gives a cost per surviving yew tree of 33,979 with protection and 22,465.99 without, with the latter method being about 1/8th slower.

A fully grown yew tree can be cut to yield yew logs and grant Woodcutting experience. After it is cut down, it will eventually regrow, or a spade may be used on the stump to produce yew roots and clear the patch for planting a new tree. The amount of roots given depends on the player's Farming level (boosts can be used):

• At level 60, a player obtains one yew root.
• At level 68, a player obtains two yew roots.
• At level 76, a player obtains three yew roots.
• At level 84, a player obtains four yew roots.

Harvesting two roots from a yew tree planted in the patch near Varrock Palace is a requirement for the hard Varrock Diary.

Yew tree
Level required				60
Patch				Tree
Seeds per				1
Payment				10 cactus spines
Growth time				365 minutes (5 + 9x40 min = 6.083 hours)
Regrow				Yes
Navigation
Seed				Yew seed
Seedling				Yew seedling
Sapling				Yew sapling
Plant				Yew tree
Crop				Yew logs, Yew roots
Experience
Planting XP				81 xp
Checking XP				7,069.9 xp
Harvesting XP				No

The drop rate from Revenants is increased when skulled. This does not apply to the skull given by a high-risk PvP world.

• One yew seed
• Two yew seeds
• Three yew seeds
• Four yew seeds
• Five yew seeds

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