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Fairytale I - Growing Pains

IntermediateMembersMedium

OSRS TCG Fairytale I - Growing Pains — Old School RuneScape quest card mapping

Start: talk to Martin the Master Gardener.

Recently, farmers around Gielinor have been noticing some trouble with their farming patches. They just don't seem to have the same yields as before. What could be the source of this malady?

Fairytale I - Growing Pains is a members Old School RuneScape quest rated Intermediate. The OSRS TCG Fairytale I - Growing Pains card list covers 3 of the items and monsters involved, including Tanglefoot, Secateurs and Spade. This page pairs the quest with those cards and with the open player trades for them; the OSRS Wiki remains the authority on requirements and the walkthrough itself.

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Required items & monsters

Items you need to bring and the monsters you'll fight, paired with their OSRS TCG cards. See the wiki for the full requirement list.

Secateurs

Secateurs

Resource

Good for pruning away diseased leaves.

5 gpCommon

Spade

Spade

Resource

A slightly muddy spade.

3 gpCommon

Monsters you'll fight

Tanglefoot

Tanglefoot

Monster • General

A walking thorn bush!

Lvl 111Rare

Also required (not collectible cards): Ghostspeak amulet, Dramen staff, Draynor skull.

Walkthrough overview

A brief summary of the quest, noting where each card is used. The OSRS Wiki has the full, authoritative walkthrough.

  1. 1

    Talk to Martin the Master Gardener in Draynor Market, then speak to any five members of the Group of Advanced Gardeners around Gielinor about their crop troubles.

  2. 2

    With a Dramen staff equipped, enter Zanaris and speak to the Fairy Godfather, then to Fairy Nuff in the north-west, who gives you a symptoms list to take to Zandar Horfyre.

  3. 3

    Take the list to Zandar in the Dark Wizards' Tower west of Falador, then see Malignius Mortifer at the crossroads south of Falador, who wants a skull from the grave behind Draynor Manor. Dig it up with a spade.

    • Spade
  4. 4

    Return the skull to Malignius. Check your quest log for the three randomised items needed, gather them, then take your secateurs and ghostspeak amulet to the Nature Spirit in Mort Myre Swamp to bless the secateurs.

    • Secateurs
  5. 5

    Return to Zanaris with the magic secateurs, go to the Cosmic Altar ruins in the south-west, and pass through the tunnel of baby tanglefootii to the Tanglefoot.

    • Secateurs
  6. 6

    Kill the level 111 Tanglefoot with the magic secateurs to finish the quest.

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OSRS TCG Fairytale I - Growing Pains — frequently asked

Which OSRS TCG cards are linked to Fairytale I - Growing Pains?
3 catalogue cards map to Fairytale I - Growing Pains: Secateurs, Spade and Tanglefoot. They are the quest's items and the monsters you fight that exist as cards in the Old School RuneScape TCG. The mapping is maintained by OSRS Card Exchange; whether something is a card, and its rarity, come from the OSRS TCG catalogue.
Is Fairytale I - Growing Pains members only?
Yes, Fairytale I - Growing Pains is a members quest. It is rated Intermediate.
What is the rarest card from Fairytale I - Growing Pains?
Tanglefoot at Rare, which packs land on about 16% of the time. Rarity comes from the card's OSRS TCG score, not from the quest.
How do I get the OSRS TCG Fairytale I - Growing Pains cards?
Pull them from packs in the OSRS TCG RuneLite plugin, or trade for them. Open exchanges for this quest's cards are listed further down this page, and the trade itself happens in the plugin's own Trade window in game.
Does this page tell me how to complete Fairytale I - Growing Pains?
It gives a brief walkthrough overview and maps the quest to its OSRS TCG cards — the items and monsters involved, and who is trading them. For the complete requirements, detailed steps and rewards, the OSRS Wiki link on this page is the authority.

Related cards

Cards that come up around Fairytale I - Growing Pains but that you don't actually need for it — NPCs mentioned in passing, scenery, or items suggested only for convenience.