In order to draw the root locus, you need to convert the open-loop system into the closed-loop system. You can do this $$ \begin{align} T(s) &= \frac{ \frac{1}{(s+3)(s+4)} }{ 1+ \frac{1}{(s+3)(s+4)} \frac{K}{s(s+1)} } \\ &= \frac{s^2+s}{s^4+8s^3+19s^2+12s+K} \end{align} $$ Now the gain K appears in the characteristic equation of the closed-loop \$T(s)\$ (i.e the denominator). You can easily vary K from 0 to infinity to compute the poles of the characteristic equation of the closed-loop \$T(s)\$ using any software (e.g. Matlab). If the gain K is zero, we have these poles 0,-1,-3,-4. Use this Matlab script to compute the poles at different gains K=0; % vary it from 0 to big number poles = roots([1 8 19 12 K]) You just need tabular data to plot the root locus. You may use Matlab as well. GH=zpk([],[0 -1 -3 -4],1); sys=tf(GH); rlocus(GH) [![enter image description here][1]][1] Let's go back to ` roots([1 8 19 12 K])` if K is 178, we have these poles -4.8276 + 2.3442i -4.8276 - 2.3442i 0.8276 + 2.3442i 0.8276 - 2.3442i We can see same result in the root locus obtained by Matlab at this gain, [![enter image description here][2]][2] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/aZJxo.png [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/fuqQi.png