Time-Gates

This article is designed to list time-gates that you may encounter during certain tasks, so that you can them in advance whenever possible, rather than needing to skip and return later.

Time-gates are divided into task tiers, including:

• 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-gate. 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 and PMQD (require Enlightened Journey), 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)

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	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)