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QUOTE (Jagex- [url="http://news.runescape.com/newsitem.ws?id=1096")
http://news.runescape.com/newsitem.ws?id=1096[/url] -]Vinesweeper:

Winkin the gnome has taken his crops to market, so Farmer Blinkin has been left in charge. Simple instructions have been left: harvest the Farming patches while Winkin is away. Unfortunately, a family of hungry rabbits have moved into the neighbourhood and they are eating the seeds before Winkin can say,"Get off my land"!

As if this wasn't nuisance enough, the hired farmhands have had one too many blurberry specials and forgotten where they planted their seeds. It has all become a bit too much for poor Blinkin, so he has opened the farm's doors to any adventurer who is willing to help.

It's not all bad news, however. Everyone knows that gnomes are magical creatures and industrious, to say the least; so, the farmyard has been imbued with magic that will let you know when you are close to a seed. So grab a spade, start digging and improve your Farming levels while helping out poor Blinkin!

Oh, and be sure to pay a visit to Mrs Winkin's Farming Emporium. Here you can trade in your hard-earned points for prizes, like seeds and chunks of Farming XP!

Summary

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Where to start Vinesweeper Speak to one of the Farming patch leprechauns across RuneScape. Requirements to play Vinesweeper

A Farming Level of 10 is required to visit Winkin's Farm

Access to:

A brand new Farming minigame
The ability to win Farming XP and high-level seeds

New Farming Amulets:

The magical amulet of nature has been revised by the clever druids of Taverley to provide budding farmers with even more assistance! Not only will it retain it's previous functions - updating it's owner on the state of their Farming patch - it will also offer you two welcome additions and the ability to talk!

You will now be able to contact a farmer that is near your patch, and you can use the amulet to teleport to your diseased plant. These changes will certainly allow you to manage your patches much more effectively.

But that's not all! The druids have been able to put some of the original amulet's magic into a new amulet of Farming, which can be bought from Farming stores throughout Runescape. These lesser amulets have only a limited number of uses and will only work with vegetable or flower patches. These will inform your of the state of your chosen Farming patch, much as the amulet of nature did previously.


Discuss!
pattercake22
anyone have any idea of the xp rewards?
KrYpTo
Its just minesweeper tongue.gif
FoSho
Farming .... *shivers*

I don't and have never liked anything that involved Farming because of the extremely slow rate that you gain Farming xp. Plus I see it as a useless skill and refuse to think this is a useful update. And I doubt that Jagex made the mini game give reasonable xp rewards.
pattercake22
oooh! mine sweeper perfect!

i love that game lol biggrin.gif
KrYpTo
QUOTE (FoSho @ Feb 20 2008, 01:19 AM) *
Farming .... *shivers*

I don't and have never liked anything that involved Farming because of the extremely slow rate that you gain Farming xp. Plus I see it as a useless skill and refuse to think this is a useful update. And I doubt that Jagex made the mini game give reasonable xp rewards.


You're right about the XP thing. 407 points for 61xp sad.gif
pattercake22
407 points = 61 xp =o thats awful

how long it take to get that many points?
Leet Craft
QUOTE (pattercake22 @ Feb 20 2008, 04:23 AM) *
407 points = 61 xp =o thats awful

how long it take to get that many points?

Haha can't they just make it where 1 point = 1exp and you get bonous for turning in more at a time? 61exp....I'll go plant a tree...
KrYpTo
You get points quite fast. I have 4700 now and it took like 25 - 30 mins. Goes fast though.
pattercake22
QUOTE (KrYpTo @ Feb 20 2008, 04:55 PM) *
You get points quite fast. I have 4700 now and it took like 25 - 30 mins. Goes fast though.


ah kool so the xp shouldnt be really bad tongue.gif
KrYpTo
This game is actually really fun. Much better than Minesweeper tongue.gif.

To make a bit of cash and farming levels for varrock diary i am growing ranarrs from buying the seeds and then doing this game in between them growing, then i could swap it for XP or more ranarr seeds. Good money too.
pattercake22
i find it really boring compared to minesweeper -.-

if it was like on a simple grid like minesweeper be more fun aswell as if the hole didnt come back like in minesweeper, so you got a completion bonus if you got all of them
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