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Herblore

Introduction

Herblore is an interesting skill, allowing you to make your own potions, poisons and drinks by combining the correct ingredients together. Each potion has a different effect when you drink it, such as raising a skill or curing poison. Some poisons allow you to poison a weapon. Herblore is a members-only skill, and you need to complete the Druidic Ritual quest before you can begin making potions and cleaning herbs.

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The Basics of Herblore

- Making Potions

- Combining & Emptying potions

- Greenman's Ale

Cleaning Herbs

Secondary Ingredients

- Grinding Ingredients

Making the Potions

- Quest Potions and Herbs

- Guthix Rest

The Basics of Herblore

All potions are made with a specific herb, and another ingredient which is added to your unfinished potion. These ingredients can be obtained by killing monsters, but many of the secondary ingredients can also be found on the ground, items such as spider eggs and white berries which can be obtained in the deep Wilderness or at red spiders.

Nearly all creatures/humans in RuneScape drop herbs, but some creatures are better than others to kill if you are trying to get herbs. The best way to get herb drops is to kill Skeletons and Druids. You will need to clean the herb before you can use it in you potion, more about this later.

Making potions
To make a potion you need a water-filled vial. If your vial is empty you can fill it by using it on a sink or a fountain. Then, use your identified herb with your water-filled vials to get an Unfinished Potion. Then, use your secondary ingredient with your unfinished potion to complete it.

Vials can either be made in Crafting, bought in herblore shops, and you can even buy water-filled vials in Ardougne, Entrana and Shilo General Store.

Empty vial

Vial of water

Combining & Emptying potions

Most of the potions you will make has 3 doses, which means that you can drink/use it 3 times before the vials is empty, with exception to Weapon Poison which only has 1 dose (One dose is enough to poison a dagger or 15 arrows.) You can also use two potions of 3 doses together, and you will get one with 4 doses and one with 2 doses. Remember that the potion need to be of the same type, else it won't work. You can also choose the option “Empty Potion” to get an Unfilled Vial which you can use to make an other potion.

Greenman's Ale

This drink works like Wizard Mind Bomb and the Dwarven Stout, but it will give you a quick level to Herblore (1+, temporarily). This drink can be very useful if you are one level away from making a potion or if you are doing a quest and you are one Herblore level less the quest require. You can buy it from the bar in Yanille west of the Wizard’s guild for 10 gp. Greenman’s Ale is also used for the Bar Crawl which allows you to enter The Barbarian Outpost.

Cleaning Herbs

Before you add the Herb to the water filled vial you have to clean it. You can clean a herb by clicking on a grimy herb if you have a high enough level to do so. When you are a low level herblorist you may not be able to clean many herbs, but when you get better you will be able to clean more. Remember, you will need to be level 3 to clean the first herb!

Below there is a table with information on required levels to clean, and earned XP.

Picture	Herb Name	Needed Level	Earned XP
	Guam	3	2.5
	Rogue's Purse	3	2.5
	Marrentill	5	3.8
	Tarromin	11	5
	Harralander	20	6.3
	Ranarr	25	7.5
	Toadflax	30	8
	Spirit weed	35	7.8
	Irit	40	8.8
	Avantoe	48	10
	Kwuarm	54	11.3
	Snapdragon	59	11.8
	Cadantine	65	12.5
	Lantadyme	67	13.1
	Dwarf Weed	70	13.8
	Torstol	75	15

Secondary Ingredients

As stated in the Basics of Herblore section of this guide, there is also a second ingredient in a potion, in addition to herbs. These ingredients are very different, and below, we have gathered information about the different ingredients.

Picture	Name	Where to get	Used in
	Eye of Newt	Tavelry Herblore Shop or Magic Emporium in Port Sarim, dropped by Zombies	Attack and Super Attack Potion
	Unicorn horn dust	Ground Unicorn Horns (dropped by Unicorns) with Pestle and Mortar, dropped by Chaos Druid Warriors	Antipoison, Super Antipotion
	Snake Weed	Marshy Swamp Vies (North of Cairn Isle), Southern Karamja.	Relicym's Balm
	Limpwurt Root	Common Hobgoblin and Hill Giant Drop.	Strength and Super Strength Potion
	Red spider's Egg	Edgeville Wilderness Dungeon, 6 north of entrance; Varrock Sewers, 2 near Moss Giants; Karamja Dungeon, 1 near Deadly Red Spiders; Arandar Pass, 3 near deadly Red Spiders	Restore and Super Restore Potion
	Ashes	Fire Remains, dropped by imps	Serum 207
	Chocolate Dust	Cooking store in the Grand Tree; obtained by grinding chocolate bar; Cooking Guild; Port Sarim Food Store	Energy Potion
	Goat horn dust	Obtained by crushing desert goats' horns, dropped by Goats	Combat Potion
	White Berries	Wilderness level 36-42 on Red Dragon Isle; dropped by citizens in Canifis (in wolf form too)	Defence and Super Defence Potion
	Toads Legs	Norhteast of Gnomeball field in Tree Gnome Stronghold; pick up toads South of Tavelry or Lumbridge Swamp and remove their legs.	Agility Potion
	Cockatrice egg	Dropped by cockatrices in the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon.	Summoning potion
	Snape Grass	Hobgoblins west of the Crafting Guild (3); uncommon drop by Chaos Druids and Chaos Druid Warriors.	Prayer Potion, Fishing Potion
	Mort Myre Fungi	Nature Spirit Quest and Silver Sickle required. Cast bloom spell near rotten logs in Mort Myre Swamp.	Super Energy Potion
	Dragon Scale Dust	Near Blue Dragons in Tavelry Dungeon (dust key required)	Weapon and Anti-fire Breath Potion
	Yew Roots	Chop down a Yew and use a spade on the tree stump to dig up the roots.	Extra-Strong Antipoison Potion
	Wine of Zamorak	Chaos Temple north of Goblin Village, use Telekinetic Grab, else the monks will not let you pick it up.	Ranging Potion
	Potato Cactus	Kalphite dungeon, in the Kalphite Queen's chamber (5)	Magic Potion
	Jangerberries	West of Yanille, on a small island. Either use Telekinetic grab or use a rope to swing across the river (level 30 agility required)	Zamorak Potion
	Magic Tree Roots	Chop down a Magic Tree and use a spade on the tree stump to dig up the roots.	Super-Strong Antipoison Potion
	Poison Ivy Berries	Can be farmed with the Farming Skill	Super-Strong Weapon Poison Potion
	Coconut Milk	Smash a coconut with a hammer, and pour the milk into an empty vial. Used instead of water-filled vial.	Super-Strong and Extra-Strong Poisons
	Cactus Spine	Not second ingredient, nor herb. Can only be farmed.	Extra-Strong Weapon Poison Potion
	Crushed Bird's Nest	Use a Pestle and Mortar with a Bird's Nest, which can be obtained randomly while cutting wood.	Saradomin's Brew
	Nightshade	Not second ingredient, nor herb. Can only be farmed.	Super-Strong Weapon Poison Potion

Grinding Ingredients

Some of the potions require you to grind up the secondary ingredient before you can add it to the Unfinished Potion. The item you need to do this is a Pestle and Mortar, use the item you wish to grind with the Pestle and Mortar, and it will be ground. The Pestle and Mortar is one item and can be bought in the Taverley Herblore shop.

Normal item	Ground Item
Unicorn horn	Unicorn horn dust
Chocolate bar	Chocolate dust
Desert goat horn	Goat horn dust
Blue dragon scale	Dragon scale dust

Making the Potions

Now that you have the identified herb and your second ingredient, you may want to mix and make these potions?
As stated in the Basics of Herblore section of this guide, you will need to have one water-filled vial per potions you make.

In the Extra-Strong and Super-Strong potions, you will need a Vial of Coconut Milk instead of a Vial of Water.
To make this, smash a coconut with a hammer, and pour the milk into a vial.

Below, we have made a table with information about required ingredients: both herb and second ingredient, needed level and earned XP.

Picture	Name	Needed level	Earned XP	Primary ingredient	Secondary ingredient	Potion Effect
	Attack Potion	3	25	Guam Leaf	Eye of Newt	Temporarily +12.5% Attack level
	Anti-poison Potion	5	37.5	Marrentill	Ground Unicorn Horn	Cures poison if poisoned
	Relicym's Balm	8	40	Rogue's Purse	Snakeweed	Cures Disease
	Strength Potion	12	50	Tarromin	Limpwurt Root	Temporarily +12.5% Strength level
	Serum 207	15	50	Tarromin	Ash	Heals afllicted in Mort'ton
	Stats restore potion	22	62.5	Harralander	Red Spiders' Eggs	Restore all stats to maximum level except life points&prayer
	Energy Potion	26	67.5	Harralander	Chocolate Dust	Restores 10% energy
	Defence Potion	30	75	Ranarr Weed	White Berries	Temporarily +12.5% Defence level
	Agility Potion	34	80	Toadflax	Toads Legs	Temporarily +3 levels to Agility
	Combat Potion	36	84	Harralander	Ground goat's horn	Combined attack/strength potion
	Prayer Potion	38	87.5	Ranarr Weed	Snape Grass	Restores 1/3 of overall prayer level (if drained)
	Summoning potion	40	92	Spirit weed	Cockatrice egg	Restores 7-31 Summoning points
	Super Attack Potion	45	100	Irit Leaf	Eye of Newt	Temporarily +20% Attack level
	Super antipoison	48	107.5	Irit Leaf	Unicorn Horn Dust	Cures poison and gives temporarily protection to further poison
	Fishing Potion	50	112.5	Avantoe	Snape Grass	Temporarily +3 levels to Fishing
	Super Energy Potion	52	117.5	Avantoe	Mort Myre Fungi	Restores 20% energy
	Super Strength Potion	55	125	Kwuarm	Limpwurt Root	Temporarily +20% Strength level
	Weapon Poison Potion	60	137.5	Kwuarm	Ground Blue Dragon Scale	Poisons 5 ranged ammos, 1 dagger or 1 spear
	Super Restore Potion	63	142.5	Snapdragon	Red Spiders' Eggs	Restores non-combat stats as well as combat ones. It can be used as a better version of a prayer potion as it restores 38.33% of your prayer points.
	Super Defence Potion	66	150	Cadantine	White Berries	Temporarily +20% Defence level
	Antidote+ (Extra-strong antipoison)	68	155	Toadflax	Yew Roots + Coconut Milk*	Cures poisoning, and gives longer immunity than Super Antipotion.
	Antifire Potion	69	157.5	Lantadyme	Ground Blue Dragon Scale	Temporary resistance to Dragon's Firebreath (full if wearing antidragon shield)
	Ranging Potion	72	162.5	Dwarf Weed	Wine of Zamorak	Temporarily +15% Ranging level
	Weapon poison(+) (Extra-strong)	73	165	Cactus Spine	Red Spider's Egg + Coconut Milk*	This poison is stronger than normal poison
	Magic Potion	76	172.5	Lantadyme	Potato Cactus	Temporarily +4 magic levels
	Zamorak brew	78	175	Torstol	Jangerberries	Life points & Defence lowered by 10%, +10% strength, +20% attack
	Antidote++ (Super-strong antipoison)	79	177.5	Irit Leaf	Magic Tree Roots + Coconut Milk*	Cures poison and gives long immunity
	Saradomin's Brew	81	180	Toadflax	Crushed Bird's Nest	-(10%+2) Attack, strength, magic, range; +(20%+2) defence; +(15%+20) life points
	Weapon poison(++) (Super-strong)	82	190	Nightshade	Poison-Ivy Berries + Coconut Milk*	Strongest Weapon Poison

Quest potions and herbs

There are some herbs potions that are only used in quests. Below we have gathered information about different quest potions.

Picture	Name	Needed level	Earned XP	Used Herb	Secondary Ingredient	Info
	Relicym's Balm	8	40	Rogues Purse	Snake Weed	Used in the Zogre Flesh Eaters quest, cures disease.
	Serum 207	15	50	Tarromin	Ashes	Used in Shades of Mort'ton quest, heals afflicted in Mort'ton
	Blamish Oil	25	80	Harralander	Blamish Snail Slime	Heroes' Quest. Use on Fishing Rod to make Oily Rod, used to fish Lava Eeels
	Troll Potion	31	77.5	Ranarr Weed	Troll Thistle	Eadgar's Ruse quest.
	Bravery	45	0	Ardrigal	Snake Weed	Enables the player to explore a cave in Legends' Quest.

Below, there is a table with information about herbs that are used in the Jungle Potion quest (sorted alphabetically).

Picture	Name	Needed level	Earned XP
	Ardrigal	3	2.5
	Rogue's Purse	3	2.5
	Sito Foil	3	2.5
	Snake Weed	3	2.5
	Volencia Moss	3	2.5

Guthix Rest

The Guthix's Rest is like a tea, but is made with herblore ingredients and gives herblore experience. It cures poisoning, restores run energy and boost life points by 50 if you have full health.

How to make it:
1. Get a bowl, fill it with water and heat it.
2. Pour the water into a Tea Cup.
3. Add 1 Harralander, 2 Guam Leaves and 1 Marrentill.

Image	Name	Needed level	Earned XP
	Guthix Rest	18	59.5

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