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Why steal a couple of gp from a random person when you can steal from a magic garden instead? Training Thieving inOld School RuneScapeis normally completed by stealing from stalls or pickpocketing NPCs. However, you can also steal the fruit from the Sorceress’s Garden and give it to Osman in Al Kharid.
The Sorceress’s Garden hosts four different mazes you may traverse for the opportunity to gain a decent amount Thieving experience and a random assortment of herbs. Without entering combat or taking damage, this minigame allows low-level players to stock up on Herblore supplies without needing to train their combat stats.
Sorceress’s Garden Overview
You can reach the Sorceress’s Garden by talking to theApprenticein the small house in the southeast portion of Al Kharid. She willteleport you to the garden, where you will find four different sections to choose from.
Each of the four sections represents the seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, and Autumn. They also have their Thieving level requirement to access.
Summer
65 Thieving
The goal for each portion of the Sorceress’s Garden is the same:traverse the mazewithout being spotted by the Elementals that patrol the space andsteal from the tree in the center. Optionally, if you do not care for theThieving experience, you may go to the herb patch andtake two random herbs instead.
The path for each maze never changes, soit is safe to memorize the optimal routefor each maze and where the spirits will look. Each time you steal a fruit/(two) herbs, you will be teleported back to the start, where you may begin another run of the garden.
There aretwo “Sq’irkin’” Worlds (Worlds 523 and 524)that you can use to complete the minigame with other people. Since the Elementals can only teleport one player at a time, a mass group of people can effectively run through a maze simultaneously, with the majority getting through without having to hide.
These worlds candrastically improve experience ratesand should be utilized if possible. If not, you will need to complete the routes independently, ensuring you are stepping in the right direction.
Sorceress’s Garden Gear Setup
Since you will be running a lotthrough the Sorceress’s Garden, you should wear thebest weight-reducing gearyou have. TheGraceful outfitis your best option due to its run regeneration properties.
In your inventory, you will need aPestle and Mortar, along withBeer Glasses,to convert the fruit you collect into their associated Sq’irkjuice (more on them in the “Rewards” section). Bringing at least one or twoStamina Potionsis highly recommended, as they restore a portion of your run energy while reducing your energy drain rate for two minutes.
Winter Garden Strategy
The Winter Garden is considered the easiest of the four. You will need to avoid only four elementals to make it through.
Spring Garden Strategy
A bit trickier than the Winter Garden, the Spring Garden has multiple corners you can wedge yourself in to hide. While there are technically two routes to get to the tree, the one described here is far easier.
Autumn Garden Strategy
The trickiest of the four gardens, the Autumn garden has a lot of tight corners that demand you to know exactly what you are doing to reach it.
Summer Garden Strategy
The Summer Garden is the highest level garden available, rewarding you with the most Thieving experience. While you can travel through here one step at a time to play it safe, a “one-click” method allows you to traverse the garden in a single click to earn an even better Thieving experience per hour.
Summer Garden One-Click Method
Before you can complete the Summer Garden in a single click, you mustensure that each Elemental is in the proper position. Specifically, ensure the two Elementals circled above touch and simultaneously turn the nearby walls.
If they don’t,you may purposely get caughtby one of them, delaying their positioning by a tick to get them into position.
Once they are in sync andstart to hit the walls simultaneouslyevery minute, wait until the Elemental closest to the entrance travels all the way south, then head north one to two tiles beforeclicking on the tree. The other Elementals may catch you a few times, but this is necessary to get the others into position.
If done correctly,you will run past(and sometimes through) the Elementals and reach the treein a single click. Quickly go back to the starting position and wait to run again (both Elementals turn at the same time, the closest Elemental travels south, then north two tiles before you click on the tree again).
Thieving Experience & Rewards From Sorceress’s Garden
After collecting two of the same fruit, they can be crushed with a Pestle and Mortar into a beer glass to turn into Sq’irkjuice. While Sq’irkjuice can be drunk to gain Thieving and Agility boosting properties, they can be turned into Osman (in front of Al Kharid Castle) for a high amount of Thieving experience.
Summer Sq’irkjuice
135,000 Thieving (One-Click) / 170,000 Thieving (Mass World) Exp/hr
If you are collecting herbs, nearly every herb up to Ranarrs can be collected from the herb patches in the gardens. Since it is a random herb,it is only recommended for Ironmanattempting to gather herbs to train Herblore or if you are attempting to make a little bit of money.
