Hops can be used to make different types of beers and ales with the Cooking skill. Hop seeds are planted in a hops patch by using 4 hop seeds (only 3 Jute seeds) on the patch with a seed dibber in the player's inventory. Hops need to be watered during its growing cycle. Harvesting yields between 3 and 35 (48 with Ultracompost) hops and is done with a spade in the player's inventory. After a hops patch has been harvested, it will become cleared which will require the patch to be re-planted. Hops on average give less experience in planting and harvesting than allotments; however, they are not nearly as susceptible to disease as allotments. Hops patch do not a have a compost bin nearby but do have a Tool leprechaun.
Patch locations[]
| Type | Location | Gardener | Closest teleport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hop | North of Lumbridge farm | Vasquen | Canoe; Combat bracelet to Champions' Guild; Lumbridge Teleport, Chronicle |
| Hop | North of McGrubor's Wood | Rhonen | Fairy ring code ALS; Camelot Teleport; Combat bracelet to Ranging Guild |
| Hop | Yanille | Selena | Watchtower Teleport; Fairy ring code CIQ, Yanille tablet, Nightmare Zone minigame teleport |
| Hop | Entrana | Francis | Amulet of glory to Draynor; Balloon transport system |
Hop seeds[]
Each patch requires 4 seeds of the same type to begin growing, with the exception of Jute seeds which requires only 3.
| Level | Seed | Payment | Growth time* | Plant XP | Harvest | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Barley seed |
3 buckets of compost | 4x10 mins | 8.5 | 9.5 | Requires 4 seeds. Cooking it on a range turns it into Barley malt for brewing. |
| 4 |  Hammerstone seed |
1 marigold | 4x10 mins | 9 | 10 | Requires 4 seeds. Hammerstone hops are used for brewing Dwarven stout. |
| 8 |  Asgarnian seed |
1 sack of onions | 5x10 mins | 10.5 | 12 | Requires 4 seeds. Asgarnian hops are used for brewing Asgarnian ale. |
| 13 |  Jute seed |
6 barley malt | 5x10 mins | 13 | 14.5 | Requires 3 seeds. Jute fibres can be woven into sacks or drift nets on a loom or as payment for protecting sweetcorn (10 needed). |
| 16 |  Yanillian seed |
1 basket of tomatoes | 6x10 min | 14.5 | 16 | Requires 4 seeds. Yanillian hops are used for brewing Wizard's mind bomb and protecting Mahogany trees. |
| 21 |  Krandorian seed |
3 sacks of cabbage | 7x10 min | 17.5 | 19.5 | Requires 4 seeds. Krandorian hops are used for brewing Dragon bitter. |
| 28 |  Wildblood seed |
1 Nasturtium | 8x10 min | 23 | 26 | Requires 4 seeds. Wildblood hops are used for brewing Slayer's respite. |
- 4x10 means that every 10 minutes interval the crop grows a little and can be watered again. This happens 4 times until it is fully grown. It can then be reaped.