Herblore
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Herblore can be quite an interesting skill, allowing you to brew your own potions and mixtures by combining the correct ingredients together. Each potion has a unique effect when you drink or use it, such as curing poison, raising your defense, or adding poison to a dagger. Of course, this is a Members-Only skill, and you need to complete the Druidic Ritual Quest before you can begin making potions.
Quick Links
The Basics
Identifying Herbs
Other Ingredients
Potions
Gathering Herbs
Herblore Help Guide
Herblore Calculator
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The Basics
All potions consist of a specific kind of Herb, and another ingredient which is added to your unfinished potion. These ingredients can be found throughout RuneScape, from looting fallen enemies or in the deep Wilderness, depending on the item. Take a look at the Ingredients Chart for a complete list.
Various foes such as Men, Druids and Skeletons carry herbs, and sometimes drop them upon death. Herbs will need to be identified before you can use them in your potions, so check the Herb Chart for more info.
Vials
These are what holds the potion, so that you can save it for later use. Vials can be crafted with glass, bought in the Taverley Herblore shop, or traded from other players. They are relatively inexpensive to buy and easy to craft, so you can stock up on them to make many potions.
Creating Potions
To make a potion, you should first fill your empty vial with water from a sink or fountain. Next, use the identified herb you need with the water-filled vial, which will make an Unfinished Potion. Now just add the required ingredient to the potion to finish it.
Some kinds of potions require you to ground up the ingredients before you put them into your Unfinished Potion. You will need to use a Pestle and Mortar with the object to ground the item up for use with your potion. A Pestle and Mortar can also be bought in the Taverley Herblore shop. Check the Potion Chart for more info about ingredients.
Combining & Emptying Potions
Most potions you make will have 3 doses, which means that you can drink it 3 times before it's completely used up, with exception to Weapon Poison, which only has 1 dose. You can combine your used potions together to make one up to 4-doses, as long as they're the same type of potion. You can also choose the "Empty Potion" option to completely empty the vial to make room for another potion.
Greenman's Ale
These drinks will give your Herblore a quick "level-up" when you drink them, which can be helpful if you're just a level away from Identifying an herb or mixing a potion. You can buy them from the bar in Yanille, just west of the Wizard's guild for 10gp.
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Identifying Herbs
Of course, before creating a potion you must identify your herbs before using them. To identify an herb, just right-click on it and choose the 'Identify' option. If you're a high enough level to identify it, the name will show up, and the leaf may change color. At first you may not be able to identify many, but as you get better at Herblore you will have the ability to identify many herbs!
Herb Chart
Herb Herblore Level Herblore Experience
Guam Leaf 3 2.5
Ardrigal 3 2.5
Sito Foil 3 2.5
Volencia Moss 3 2.5
Rogues Purse 3 2.5
Snake Weed 3 2.5
Marrentill 5 3.8
Tarromin 11 5
Harralander 20 6
Ranarr weed 25 7.5
Toadflax 30 8
Irit Leaf 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
Herb Notes
Jungle Potion Herbs - These are found on Karamja during the Jungle Potion Quest and include Ardrigal, Sito Foil, Volencia Moss, Rogues Purse and Snakeweed.
Agility Arena - Snapdragon and Toadflax can both be exchanged for tickets in the Agility Arena.
Zahur
If you need your herbs identified for you, head to the city of Nardah and speak with Zahur. He will identify all of your herbs for you!