Flax
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| Members only? | Yes |
|---|---|
| Quest item? | No |
| Tradeable? | Yes |
| Equipable? | No |
| Stacks? | No |
| High Alchemy | 3 coins |
| Low Alchemy | 2 coins |
| Destroy | Drop |
| Store price | 3 coins |
| Exchange price | 90 coins update |
| GE Database | Look up price |
| Examine | A plant cultivated for fibres (ground); I should use this with a spinning wheel (item). |
| Weight | 0,5 kg |
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Flax is a plant that members with level 10 Crafting can use on a spinning wheel to create a bow string, granting 15 Crafting experience. It is possible to pick multiple flax from one plant, about 1-28.
Flax can be found in various places in members-only areas. Flax plants can be found:
- In Taverley flower patches, they are hard to see, but there are at least 2 plants in every patch.
- In the Tree Gnome Stronghold (there is a bank in the middle of several flax plants).
- South of Seers' Village, there are a lot of plants in a reasonably small area.
- Just south of the bank in Lletya (closest to a bank, but difficult to get to)
- South of Relleka, near the Fenris wolves
- On Lunar Isle
It is quite a useful item because once it is spun into a bow string, it can be used to string bows using Fletching, and bow strings sell for a fair bit. However, It is not very easy to sell flax for quick money, so players are advised to turn them into bow strings first to gain more money.
Flax used to be a common target for macroing programs, where they collected flax in Seers' Village and then spun them into bow strings in Lumbridge castle, due to the profit margin for bow strings and that flax could easily be collected in bulk. This is now significantly reduced due to Jagex's fight against unbalanced trade and real-world trading.
The macroing programs that picked flax became a target for luring that Jagex actually supported. Players would dress in clothing such as green dragonhide, and stand near macros. With a little coordination, a player could get the macro program to think that the player was a flax plant. Once the bot was following the player, it could be lured into a group of aggressive monsters. However, due to an update by Jagex, it is almost impossible to find a bot picking flax.
One player has reported a glitch where he kept getting flax with repetitive clicking even when the plant disappeared, also this has yet to be confirmed and is likely just a rumor.
[edit] Strategies
- Arguably, the best place to pick flax would be in Lletya, because the flax field is very close to the bank, about 10 spaces away. The only downside is that the player has to begin Mourning's Ends Part I first to enter Lletya.
- After this, the flax in Tree Gnome Stronghold is the best option, as it is accessible to all members, and is very close to the bank that is West of the Agility course.
- Although farther from the bank, the field south-east of Seers' Village is another option, accessible to all members as well and quite close to the banks in Seers' Village and Catherby. This field used to be a hot-spot for macroers; however, this is no longer an issue due to the updates that removed unbalanced trade.
- Your RuneScape character picks flax faster than the picking animation; if you'd fancy, you can click faster than the animation, and get flax twice as fast as the animation plays.
- If the player plans on turning it into something, such as bowstring, there is a spinning wheel near the Seers' Village flax field that is fairly close to a bank.
- Flax can also be obtained though Kingdom Management. The quest Throne of Miscellania is needed, however.
- The best place to spin flax into bowstrings is at Neitiznot. The wheel is one click away from the bank and the door is always open. The bank is also a one-click bank.
- The flax plants in the Taverley flower patches are located at the south end of the flower patch with the fountain and in the flower patch just south of the fountain patch. The Falador bank is fairly close.
- If the player completes the Seers' Village Diary, they can receive 30, 60 or 120 free flax daily from Geoffrey upon completion of the corresponding sets of tasks and talks to him wearing the Seers' Headband. Wearing the fully upgraded headband allows for faster flax spinning at the Seers' Village spinning wheel, making it faster overall than Neitiznot.
