Description: Trolls love goutweed. They love it so much that they've picked it all, and now they can't get any more. However, in his smelly kitchen in the Troll Stronghold, Burntmeat the cook has heard a rumour that goutweed is growing once again, for anyone who's got the skill to farm it. Can you teach his young assistant - a simple troll known as My Arm - to grow the precious goutweed? Will you overcome My Arm's stubbornness and ignorance to earn yourself Burntmeat's reward? Dare you accompany My Arm on this uniquely trollish expedition?

More importantly, can you survive an attack from a seriously large mountain-dwelling bird?

Difficulty: Intermediate

Length: Medium

Requirements:
Level 10 Woodcutting,
Level 29 Farming,
Must have completed Eadgar's Ruse, The Feud, and the Jungle Potion quests,
You must have done some work on the Tai Bwo Wannai Cleanup minigame,
Must not be afraid of large, aggressive trolls,
Must be able to defeat a powerful, level 172 Giant Roc,
Level 61 Magic would be an advantage, and
It might be useful to have completed the Enakhra's Lament quest.

Items Needed: Teleport runes to Trollheim, Gout tuber (optional), 7 Super compost, 3 Buckets and Camulet or Red hot sauce, Machete, Rake, Spade, Seed dibber, Plant cure, and a good Weapon, Armor, and good food. A Prayer potion is recommended. A Game necklace and Ring of dueling are also recommended for teleporting. If you do not already have 60% favor in Tai Bwo Wannai, antipoison is recommended.

Note: There is a Tool Leprechaun located at the top of Trollheim. If he stores farming tools for you, you will not have to bring any with you.

Quest Points Reward: 1

Reward: 10k Herblore XP, 5k Farming XP, usage of My Arm's farming patch in which you can plant any type of seed, plus your herbs won't get diseased.

Start Point: The kitchen, deep in the Troll Stronghold.

To Start: Speak to Burntmeat.

1. Teleport to Trollheim then head west to the Troll Stronghold.
   
   
   
   
2. Enter, then head south to a stone staircase. Go downstairs and then talk to Burntmeat.
   
   
   
   
3. Burntmeat will tell you that he has found out that Goutweed can be grown by farming. Agree to help Burntmeat and you will see a funny cutscene of him cooking an adventurer. When it's finished Burntmeat will tell you to talk to My Arm, his assistant.
   
   
4. Talk to My Arm to the east, near the goat cage. He will tell you that you need to go to Death Plateau and search the big Cooking Pot there, but first you need to talk to Burntmeat again. Please note: If you have brought a Gout tuber here, you can skip the next step by giving it to My Arm.
   
   
   
   
5. Next you need to go to Death Plateau. A cut scene will commence where My Arm shows you where to go through the mountain. It is suggested that you teleport to Burthorpe and walk to Death Plateau (Use protect from ranged when you run past the Thrower Trolls). In the center you will find a Cooking pot with a bucket respawn a bit south of it. Pick up a bucket and then search the Cooking pot. You will get a Goutweedy lump and Ash or Dung may attack you. If you forgot to bring a games necklace, you still need to take the route below the Thrower Trolls. You will not be able to put on your Climbing boots to decend the last rockslide to get down to the trolls at the top of Death Plateau.
   
   
   
   
6. Go back to the Troll Stronghold and show the Goutweedy lump to My Arm. He will eat it and then have you follow him to the roof of Troll Stronghold. Once up there, head north and talk to My Arm again and he will give you a farming manual.
   
   
   
   
7. Read the book and then talk to My Arm. You will now need 3 buckets of camel dung and 7 buckets of supercompost. If you don't have the supercompost already, make some now by putting 15 pineapples into a compost bin or go buy them from other players.
   
   
8. For the camel dung, go to Al Kharid and talk to one of the Camels (Ali next to the bank, or Elly near Ali Morrisane) while wearing your Camulet (from Enakhra's Lament). The camel will then tell you to close your eyes. The dung will be lying on the ground nearby. Fill 3 buckets with it and then go back to My Arm on top of the Troll Stronghold. Note: If you don't have a Camulet, you can get the dung from Pollnivneach.
   
   
   
   
9. Use the 3 Camel dung and the 7 Super compost on the Farming patch near My Arm. Talk to him again and he will say that you should come with him to Tai Bwo Wannai Village. A cutscene ensue in which Barnaby will take you and My Arm from Ardougne to Brimhaven. When you arrive, My Arm will tell you to meet him in Tai Bwo Wannai Village.
   
   
   
   
   
   
10. Head south towards Tai Bwo Wannai Village. My Arm will be east of the General Store a bit north of the village. Talk to him and he will tell you to talk to Murcaily near the Mahogany and Teak trees in Tai Bwo Wannai Village.
    
    
    
    
11. Murcaily will tell that a normal Gout tuber won't grow that high in the mountains, only a special sort will be able to grow there, the hardy gout tubers. He won't give you one unless you have a favour level of 60% or higher. (To get favour, hack the Light, Medium, and Dense Jungle with a machete and/or fix the Village fence. Antipoison is recommended.)
    
    
12. When you have 60%, talk to Murcaily again. He will give you one hardy gout tuber. A very funny cutscene will then ensue in which My Arm makes a "Rumble in da Jungle". Murcaily tells you that he will give you more hardy gout tubers if you take him away. You will then travel back to Ardougne.
    
    
13. My Arm will then tell you that there is a big bird around the Stronghold that will attack you while the Goutweed tubers are growing, and that you should get prepared for a fight. Go get out a good weapon, armour and good food. A prayer potion or two is recommended. Unless you have gardening tools stored with the Tool leprechaun, bring a Spade, Rake, Seed dibber, and a Plant cure (or buy it for 52 coins from the Tool leprechaun). Once ready, head back to the roof of the Troll Stronghold
    
    
14. Use the rake on My Arm and he will start raking the patch (The rake might break, if it does then pick up the head and use it with the other end then give it back to My Arm). When he is finished, give him the tubers and a seed dibber and he will plant them.
    
    
15. Another funny cutscene will then play involving a Drunken Dwarf. Afterwards, the patch will become diseased, so give My Arm a plant cure. To see a video containing clips from this point to the ending of the quest, click here.
    
    
    
    
16. Shortly after, a level 75 Baby Roc will appear. He isn't very hard, fight him without using much food, and when he is almost dead, prepare for the next fight.
    
    
    
    
17. After you kill Baby Roc, Mama Roc will appear and attack you. She is level 172 and uses all 3 attack styles: Magic, Ranged, and Melee. Be aware that the Mama Roc can destroy your cannon!
    
    Her Ranged attack is by far the strongest, in which she will launch rocks at you and deal lots of damage.
    
    Her Magic attack stuns you for a small period of time, so it is recommended that you eat your food during this time, although the Magic attack doesn't deal a lot of damage.
    
    Her Melee attack is the weakest and she will hardly use it.
    
    It is recommended that you use Protect from Range.
    
    
    
    
18. When you have killed the Giant Roc, the Goutweed will be fully grown. Use a spade on My Arm and he will start harvesting it (you will get Farming XP for this, and My Arm will level up his Farming level as well).
    
    
    
    
19. Now go back to Burntmeat and claim your reward, and guess what, you will get an inventory full of Burnt Meat!
    
    
20. Go to My Arm again to claim a better reward.
    
    Congratulations! Quest Complete!