Herb Run Overlay: Explorer's Ring & Watering Can Fix

Are you experiencing strange overlay issues during your herb runs in RuneScape? You're not alone! Many players have reported peculiar behavior with the item overlay, particularly concerning the Explorer's Ring and the seemingly persistent requirement for a watering can, even when it shouldn't be. Let's dive deep into these specific issues and explore potential solutions to make your herb runs smoother than ever. We'll be focusing on the nuances of how the Explorer's Ring interacts with the overlay and why that watering can icon might be popping up when you least expect it.

The Explorer's Ring Overlay Conundrum

One of the most talked-about problems revolves around the Explorer's Ring 3 and its effect on the item overlay during your farming endeavors. It seems that when you have the Explorer's Ring equipped, the overlay erroneously indicates that it's required for your herb run. This is quite the paradox, isn't it? You're wearing the very item that the game seems to be telling you you need! The odd part is that if you were to take the Explorer's Ring out of your inventory and stash it away, the overlay correctly shows no requirement. This inconsistency is understandably frustrating, as it can lead to unnecessary inventory management or confusion about what items are truly essential for a successful herb run. The intention of the overlay is to be a helpful guide, pointing out items you might have forgotten, but when it starts misinterpreting the items you're already actively using, its usefulness diminishes significantly. It's possible this is a bug in how the game's interface detects equipped items versus inventory items when it comes to the farming overlay system. A truly helpful overlay would recognize that an equipped item is, by definition, being used and therefore not something that needs to be added to your inventory. This could be a simple oversight in the code that checks for item presence and requirement status. The goal is always to streamline the process, and encountering such an overlay anomaly certainly doesn't contribute to that efficiency. We'll investigate further into why this might be happening and what, if anything, can be done from the player's end to mitigate this graphical quirk. The Explorer's Ring is often used for its teleportation features, which are undeniably useful for quick trips to the farming patches, so having it equipped should ideally be a seamless experience without visual bugs like this.

The Ever-Present Watering Can Icon

Another common point of confusion, especially for those engaged in more advanced farming strategies, is the persistent display of a watering can requirement in the overlay. This issue typically surfaces when you have the "allotments" option enabled for your herb runs and you've opted to use the bottomless compost feature. Logically, if you're using bottomless compost, you shouldn't need a regular watering can, as the compost does the job for you. Yet, the overlay insists otherwise, showing that a watering can is still needed. This is a clear indication that the overlay's logic isn't correctly accounting for the bottomless compost's functionality when certain settings are applied. The bottomless compost is specifically designed to eliminate the need for manual watering, making the act of carrying a watering can redundant. When the overlay fails to recognize this, it creates an unnecessary clutter on your screen and can mislead newer players into thinking they still need to bring a watering can, thus wasting precious inventory space. This is particularly impactful in games like RuneScape where inventory management is a critical aspect of efficient gameplay. Every slot counts, and being told to carry an item you don't need is counterproductive. It's possible that the overlay's condition for displaying the watering can requirement is tied to the general act of planting or tending to crops in allotments, and it doesn't have a specific override for when bottomless compost is actively being used. Developers often face challenges in creating systems that account for every possible combination of items and player choices. In this case, the interaction between the