A Scarecrow can be made by members with level 23 Farming. Each scarecrow made grants 25 XP. The scarecrow is placed in the flower patch as protection for sweetcorn planted in the nearby allotments. The scarecrow is used to complete one of the medium Falador Tasks.

Construction

• Empty sack
• Hay bale or haystack
• Bronze spear
• Watermelon

It is constructed by using an empty sack on a hay bale or a haystack to make a hay sack. A bronze spear is then used on the hay sack, and finally the spear with a watermelon.

With the scarecrow in the inventory, it is used on the flower patch to place it. Note that weeds will grow up around the scarecrow, which does not affect the scarecrow's ability to protect sweetcorn from disease. To remove, a spade is used on the flower patch, which returns the scarecrow to the inventory. This cannot currently be done with the toolbelt. If you have a non-toolbelt rake, you are able to rake away the weeds without removing the scarecrow itself.

Trivia

• Attempting to use a non-bronze spear on the sack gives the message, "Waste this spear on a scarecrow? I think not - maybe I should find a bronze spear instead."
• If you check the protection costs in the farming guide it says "Unsurprisingly, scarecrows don't need protection."