Hops
This is a page for the ingredient used in making ales. For the drunk involved in the quest Biohazard quest, see Hops (NPC).
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 or toolbelt. Hops need to be watered during its growing cycle. Harvesting yields between 3 and 35 hops and is done with a spade in the player's inventory or toolbelt. 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.
Hops patch locations
| Type | Location | Gardener | Closest teleport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hop | North of Lumbridge farm | Vasquen | Canoe; Combat Bracelet to Champions Guild; Lumbridge Teleport; Lumbridge Lodestone Teleport |
| Hop | North of McGrubor's Wood | Rhonen | Fairy ring code A-L-S; Camelot Teleport; Combat bracelet to Ranging Guild; Seers' Village Lodestone Teleport |
| Hop | Yanille | Selena | Watchtower Teleport; Fairy ring code C-I-Q, Yanille tablet (after Love Story quest); Yanille Lodestone Teleport |
| Hop | Entrana | Francis | Amulet of glory to Draynor; Balloon transport system Note: Explorer's Ring cannot be brought onto Entrana. |
Hop seeds
Each patch requires four seeds of the same type to begin growing with the exception of Jute seeds which requires only three.
| Level | Seed | Payment | Growth time* | Plant XP | Harvest | GE Seeds Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Barley seed |
3 buckets of compost | 4x10 mins | 8.5 | 9.5 | 1 | Requires 4 seeds. Cooking it on a range turns it into Barley malt for brewing. |
| 4 |  Hammerstone seed |
1 marigold | 4x10 mins | 9 | 10 | 2 | Requires 4 seeds. Hammerstone hops are used for brewing Dwarven stout. |
| 8 |  Asgarnian seed |
1 sack of onions | 5x10 mins | 10.5 | 12 | 2 | Requires 4 seeds. Asgarnian hops are used for brewing Asgarnian Ale |
| 13 |  Jute seed |
6 barley malt | 5x10 mins | 13 | 14.5 | 3 | Requires 3 seeds, can be woven into sacks on a loom. |
| 16 |  Yanillian seed |
1 basket of tomatoes | 55 mins | 14.5 | 16 | 29 | Requires 4 seeds. Yanillian hops are used for brewing Wizard's mind bomb. |
| 21 |  Krandorian seed |
3 sacks of cabbage | 65 mins | 17.5 | 19.5 | 2 | Requires 4 seeds. Krandorian hops are used for brewing Dragon bitter. |
| 28 |  Wildblood seed |
1 Nasturtium | 75 mins | 23 | 26 | 2 | 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.