Time-Gates

This article is designed to list time-gates that you may encounter during certain tasks, so that you can prepare them in advance whenever possible, rather than needing to skip and return later. Some of these tasks (such as herblore stockpiling tasks) can be worked on actively without skipping, so they are included only for the purposes of helping prepare in advance.

Time-gates are divided into task tiers and include:

• A description of the time-gate
• The tasks which depend on those time-gates
• The prerequisite skills or tasks needed before you can start working on the time-gate
  • (Prerequisites refer to hard limitations before the time-gate can be started; there may be further requirements to complete the time-gated activity. Normal limitations related to skilling, questing, and other unlocks also apply to time-gate prerequisites, so do not train any skills, complete any quests, or otherwise unlock anything unless allowed by an active task)
• Roughly how long the time-gate will take assuming you haven't started when the task rolls around

If you encounter a time-gate which is not included on this page, please add it for the benefit of future taskmen.

Beginner Tier

Description	Related Tasks	Prerequisites	Time to complete if not started
Brew 5 glasses of Cider	L9KL	14 Cooking	Long (several days)
Raise a cat to adulthood	LBNL	Gertrude's Cat	Medium (several hours)
Grow a limpwurt root	LJDL	26 Farming	Short (~20 minutes)

Easy Tier

Description	Related Tasks	Prerequisites	Time to complete if not started
Grow a willow tree and prune it for willow branches	LZD4, PMQD, 1573	30 Farming and a Willow Seed	Medium (~4 hours)
Grow watermelons in the Ardougne allotment patch	LZD4	47 Farming	Short-Medium (~80 minutes)
Plant bittercap mushrooms near Canifis	PX94	53 Farming and a bittercap mushroom spore	Medium (~4 hours)
Place rosemary in beehives for Dense honeycomb	8G7Q	17 Farming	Short to Long (1 to 27 hours)
Collect an adult or elder Rabbit	8G7Q	17 Farming, 20 Construction	Short (~1 hour)

Medium Tier

Description	Related Tasks	Prerequisites	Time to complete if not started
Plant poison ivy in the Varrock bush patch	PKDJ	70 Farming	Medium (~3 hours)
Plant a yew tree or magic tree in the Falador tree patch	1M7V	60 Farming (75 for magic trees)	Medium-Long (~7-8 hours)
Plant a fruit tree in the Brimhaven fruit tree patch	P9MV	27 Farming	Medium-Long (~16 hours)
Plant bloodweed in the Wilderness herb patch	PN4E, PJB4	57 Farming	Short-Medium (~80 minutes)
Plant a limpwurt root in the Western Ruins Wilderness farming patch	PJB4	26 Farming and Summer's End	Short (~20 minutes)
Breed and harvest a vanilla cow, chocolate cow, and strawberry cow (alternatively, a harlequin cow)	P4J6, N9X7	49 Farming (D8XE helps a lot)	Very Long (potentially weeks or months)
Gather ~100 snapdragon	1VND	62 Farming and snapdragon seeds	Medium-Long (~4-6 hours if farming)
Gather ~200 lantadyme	L239, 1E9Y	73 Farming and lantadyme seeds	Medium-Long (~4-6 hours per task if farming)
Gather 10 bittercap mushrooms for repairing fairy rings	17YN, 3GB9	53 Farming and bittercap mushroom spores	Medium (~4 hours)

Hard Tier

Description	Related Tasks	Prerequisites	Time to complete if not started
Plant a papaya tree or coconut tree in the Tree Gnome Village fruit tree patch	1B7X	57 Farming	Long (~16 hours)
Locate Rasial's tomb	QXXV	86 Archaeology and Tomes of the Warlock	Short (~30 minutes)

Master Tier

Description	Related Tasks	Prerequisites	Time to complete if not started
Plant Spirit trees at Etceteria, Brimhaven, Port Sarim and Manor Farm	ZEJ7	114 Farming	Very Long (~3 days per tree)