• 1.0 - Introduction
• 2.0 - Basics of Herblore
  • 2.1 - The Process
  • 2.2 - Coconut Milk
• 3.0 - Herb Varieties
• 4.0 - Secondary Ingredients
• 5.0 - Potions
  • 5.1 - Barbarian Potions
  • 5.2 - Other Herblore Items
• 6.0 - Walkthrough
  • 6.1 - Herblore Cost Analysis
  • 6.2 - Training
• 7.0 - Miscellaneous
• 8.0 - Frequently Asked Questions
• 9.0 - Related Guides and Tips

Herblore is known around RuneScape as being a skill that requires a large amount of money. If you plan to buy all your supplies from other players, the Grand Exchange, and shops around Runescape, you will look to spend millions in order to achieve level 99; however, if you plan to create and collect all your own supplies around Runescape, you may find yourself profiting.

Some people choose to buy unfinished potions, meaning you only need to obtain the secondary ingredient, and get the bulk of the experience—however, the prices and amounts of unfinished potions will vary.

The following information will inform you on how to obtain the primary and secondary items required in order to successfully train Herblore.

Throughout your travels around RuneScape, you may come across grimy herbs when killing monsters. Without the correct Herblore level, you will not be able to clean the herbs to use them. However, should you have the required level, you will be able to clean it. To clean an herb, simply left-click it and it will quickly change to a clean herb, such as a Grimy toadflax to a Clean toadflax, respectively.

There are many "secondary ingredients" that can be found throughout RuneScape; for a complete list of them, please visit section 4.0.

While Herblore is generally an expensive skill to raise, it is possible to raise your levels through Farming. The only cost of which is buying the seeds; alternatively, stealing them from Master farmer is free. When herbs are picked, they are grimy. You can find more information regarding the farming of herbs in the herb section of our Farming guide.

Vials are pretty easy to obtain. You can buy them from other players, the Grand Exchange, or Shilo Village. Shilo Village is the best location for purchasing some Vials of water, as the bank and store are close. If you haven't done the Shilo Village quest, then Ardougne is the next best place to obtain your vials.

If you want to buy your Vials in bulk and fill them yourself, you can by running back and forth to a water source. One of the best places is in the Lumbridge basement, if you've started Recipe for Disaster, running from the chest to the sink. Another way to fill your Vials would be with Lunar magics (for more information, see the Magic guide). This is an easy way of gaining Magic experience without needing to run anywhere. It's also a fast way to fill Vials, as casting Humidfy will fill all of the empty Vials in your inventory.

Creating a potion is really quite simple. All that is required is a Vial of water, a primary ingredient, and a secondary ingredient. Once you have all the correct ingredients needed in which to make your desired potion, you simply need to follow a simple method to complete your potion.

Vial of water		Primary ingredient		Unf. potion		Secondary ingredient		Completed potion
	+		=		+		=

Coconut milk is used to make stronger doses of Antipoison and Weapon posion. In order to obtain Coconut milk, use a hammer on a Coconut. This will give you a split open Coconut—simply use it on a Vial to obtain.

The table below shows the potions that require Coconut milk:

Name	Picture	Level	Herb	Second ingredient	XP	Effect
Antipoison+		68	Toadflax	Yew roots	155	Cures poison and gives longer immunity
Weapon poison+		73	Cactus Spine	Red spider's eggs	165	Higher poison damage and effect lasts longer
Antipoison++		79	Irit Leaf	Magic tree roots	177	Cures poison and gives the longest immunity
Weapon poison++		82	Nightshade	Poison ivy berries	190	Very high poison damage and effect lasts the longest

Name	Picture	Level to Clean	Experience gained	Name	Picture	Level to Clean	Experience gained
Clean guam		3	2.5	Clean avantoe		48	10
Clean marrentill		5	3.8	Clean kwuarm		54	11.3
Clean tarromin		11	5	Star flower		-	-
Clean harralander		20	6.3	Clean snapdragon		59	11.8
Clean ranarr		25	7.5	Clean cadantine		65	12.5
Clean toadflax		30	8	Clean lantadyme		67	13.1
Clean spirit weed		35	7.8	Clean dwarf weed		70	13.8
Clean irit		40	8.8	Clean torstol		75	15
Clean wergali		41	9.5

For every primary ingredient—typically an herb—there is a secondary ingredient required in order to make a potion. The table below outlines which secondary ingredient belongs to which potion, and the best locations where you may find them.

Name	Picture	Location(s)	Name	Picture	Location(s)
Eye of newt		Taverley, Herblore store Port Sarim, Betty's shop	Unicorn horn dust		Black unicorn / Unicorn
Limpwurt root		Hobgoblin / Hill giant / Chaos druid	Red spiders' eggs		Varrock Sewers Karamja Volcano
Chocolate dust		Hudo's store, Heckel Funch's store Culinaromancer's Chest	White berries		Farming - White berry bush
Toad's legs		North-west Tree Gnome Stronghold Taverley, south-eastern lake	Goat horn dust		Goat
Snape grass		South-west of Falador Waterbirth Island Chaos druid / Hobgoblin / Chaos druid warrior	Frog spawn		Fished in Lumbridge Caves
Mort myre fungus		Mort Myre Swamp - after Nature Spirit quest	Kebbit teeth dust		Hunter - Sabre-tooth kebbit
Yew roots		Farming - Yew tree	Gorak claws		Gorak
Wimpy feather		Hunter - Wimpy bird	Dragon scale dust		Taverley Dungeon
Nail beast nails		Nail beast	Wine of zamorak		Chaos Temple
Potato cactus		Kalphite Hive	Jangerberries		West of Yanille on a small island Farming - Jangerberry bush
Magic roots		Farming - Magic tree	Crushed nest		Woodcutting
Poison ivy berries		Farming - Poison ivy bush	Cockatrice egg+		Cockatrice Spirit cobra special ability scroll
Phoenix feather		Desert phoenix, north-west of Uzer	Papaya fruit		Farming - Papaya tree
Ground mud runes		Mud rune with Pestle and mortar	Bonemeal		Skeletal wyvern
Cave nightshade		Farming	Grenwall spikes		Hunter - Grenwall

⁺ This includes the other variations of a Cockatrice egg.

The table below shows how to make each potion, the level required, experience gained, as well as the effect of the potion. Remember that when potions are made, they are in 3-doses. Using two potions together will combine their doses; a 3-dose potion and a 2-dose will give you one 4-dose and one 1-dose potion; a 3-dose and a 1-dose will make a 4-dose; two 2-doses will make a 4-dose, and so on. If all your potion goes into one vial, you will be left with the potion and the remaining vial. The Herblore level to make the potion is not required to combine them.

Name	Picture	Level	Primary ingredient	Second ingredient	XP	Effect
Attack potion		3	Guam leaf	Eye of newt	25	+ 10–15% to Attack level
Antipoison		5	Marrentill	Unicorn horn dust	37.5	Cures poison
Relicym's balm		8	Rogue's purse	Snakeweed	40	Cures disease
Strength potion		12	Tarromin	Limpwurt root	50	+ 10–15% to Strength level
Serum 207		15	Tarromin	Ashes	50	Heals the afflicted in Mort'ton
Restore potion		22	Harralander	Red spiders' eggs	62.5	Restores lowered combat stats (excluding Constitution and Prayer)
Guthix balance		22	Harralander	Garlic, Red spiders' eggs, Silver dust	62.5	Heals, kills, or enrages the vampires in Burgh de Rott
Energy potion		26	Harralander	Chocolate dust	67.5	Restores 20% energy
Defence potion		30	Clean ranarr	Whiteberries	75	+ 10–15% to Defence level
Super fishing explosive		31	Clean guam	Rubium	55	Lures Mogres and deals 150 damage to them
Agility potion		34	Toadflax	Toad's legs	80	+3 Agility levels
Combat potion		36	Harralander	Goat horn dust	84	+ 3–12 Strength and Attack levels
Prayer potion		38	Ranarr weed	Snape grass	87.5	Restores 1/3 of overall Prayer level
Summoning potion		40	Spirit weed	Cockatrice egg (or other variations)	92.0	Restores 1/3 of overall Summoning level
Crafting potion		42	Wergali	Frog spawn	95	+3 Crafting levels
Super attack		45	Irit leaf	Eye of newt	100	+ 20% to Attack level
Super antipoison		48	Irit leaf	Unicorn horn dust	106.3	Cures poison and gives temporary resistance to poison
Fishing potion		50	Avantoe	Snape grass	112.5	+ 3 Fishing levels
Super energy		52	Avantoe	Mort myre fungus	117.5	Restores 40% energy
Hunter potion		53	Avantoe	Kebbit teeth dust	120	+ 3 Hunter levels
Super strength		55	Kwuarm	Limpwurt root	125	+ 20% to Strength level
Magic essence		57	Star flower	Gorak claw powder	130	+ 3 Magic levels
Fletching potion		58	Wergali	Wimpy feather	132	+3 Fletching levels
Weapon poison		60	Kwuarm	Dragon scale dust	137.5	Poisons five arrows, 1 dagger, or 1 spear
Super restore		63	Snapdragon	Red spiders' eggs	142.5	Restores all lowered stats by ~33.8% (excluding Constitution)
Sanfew serum		65	Super restore	Unicorn horn dust, Snake weed, Nail beast nails	160	Combines effects of Super restore potion, Antipoison, and cures disease
Super defence		66	Cadantine	Whiteberries	150	+ 20% to Defence level
Antifire		69	Lantadyme	Dragon scale dust	157.5	Temporary resistance to fire breath
Ranging potion		72	Dwarf weed	Wine of zamorak	162.5	+ 15% to Ranged level
Magic potion		76	Lantadyme	Potato cactus	172.5	+ 5 Magic levels
Zamorak brew		78	Torstol	Jangerberries	175	Lowers life points and Defence by 10%, while increasing Strength, Attack, and Prayer by 15–20%
Saradomin brew		81	Toadflax	Crushed nest	180	Lowers Attack, Strength, Magic, and Ranged by 10%, while increasing Defence and life points by 15–20%
+Recover special		84	Super energy	Papaya fruit	200	Recovers 25% of special attack
+Super antifire		85	Antifire	Phoenix feather	210	Provides complete protection from dragon fire (removing the need to wield an anti-dragonfire shield)
+Extreme attack		88	Super attack potion	Clean avantoe	220	+ 5–26 Attack levels
+Extreme strength		89	Super strength potion	Clean dwarf weed	230	+ 5–26 Strength levels
+Extreme defence		90	Super defence potion	Clean lantadyme	240	+ 5–26 Defence levels
+Extreme magic		91	Magic potion	Ground mud runes	250	+7 Magic levels
+Extreme ranging		92	Ranging potion	5 Grenwall spikes	260	4–23 Ranged levels
+Super prayer		94	Prayer potion	Wyvern bonemeal	270	+ 7–41 Prayer points
+Overload		96	Extreme attack Extreme strength Extreme defence Extreme ranging Extreme magic	Torstol	1,000	All the effects of Extreme attack, Extreme strength, Extreme defence, Extreme ranging, and Extreme magic combined These stats will remain at the maximum boost for 5 minutes before fading Will deal 100 damage in 5 intervals–restored after the boosts wear off

⁺ - These potions can not be traded, nor can you be assisted in making them.

The barbarians up at the Barbarian Outpost have developed a means by which they are able to enhance the effects of regular potions. The enhanced potions,better known by the name mix, restore 30–60 life points per dose. To be able to make these potions, you must speak to Otto Godblessed, who will first instruct you in the art of fishing with a Heavy rod.

The ingredients required to make mixes are the same as normal, except once you have made a normal potion, you need to add Roe or Caviar to it. Roe and Caviar can only be added to 2-dose potions. The effects given by these mixes is exactly the same as other potions, except it also gives the life points boost.

Name	Picture	Level	XP	Name	Picture	Level	XP
Attack mix		4	8	Fishing mix		53	38
Antipoison mix		6	12	Sup. energy mix		56	39
Relicym's mix		9	14	Hunter mix		58	40
Strength mix		14	17	Sup. str. mix		59	42
Restore mix		24	21	Magic ess. mix		61	43
Energy mix		29	23	Sup. restore mix		67	48
Defence mix		33	25	Sup. def. mix		71	50
Agility mix		37	27	Antidote+ mix		74	52
Combat mix		40	28	Antifire mix		75	53
Prayer mix		42	29	Ranging mix		80	54
Superattack mix		47	33	Magic mix		83	57
Anti-p supermix		51	35	Zamorak mix		85	58

There are many other items one can make with their Herblore skills.

Name	Picture	Level	Primary ingredient	Second ingredient	XP	Effect
Guthix rest		18	2 Clean guam	Marrentill and Harralander	59	Cures poison, increases max life points by 50 if already at max
Guam tar		19	Clean guam	15 Swamp tar	30	Ammo for Swamp lizard
Marrentill tar		31	Clean Marrentill	15 Swamp tar	42.5	Ammo for Orange salamander
Tarromin tar		39	Clean tarromin	15 Swamp tar	55	Ammo for Red salamander
Harralander tar		44	Clean harralander	15 Swamp tar	72.5	Ammo for Black salamander

The following table contains a list of the common potions that Players use to train with, along with a cost/XP value. This will help players in determining the cheapest potion to make at given levels. Additionally, this includes the money you will receive back by selling the potion. Please bear in mind that you may not always be able to sell potions back at a certain price.

Name	Picture	Level	Herb Price	Seconds Price	Potion	XP	Efficiency (Cost/XP)
Attack potion		3	592	8	206	25
Antipoison		5	29	2,043	83	37.5
Strength potion		12	291	1,135	641	50
Serum 207		15	291	0	0	50
Restore potion		22	708	740	16	62.5
Energy potion		26	708	0	0	67.5
Defence potion		30	2,485	919	365	75
Agility potion		34	0	0	0	80
Combat potion		36	708	0	0	84
Prayer potion		38	2,485	387	1,423	87.5
Summoning potion		40	0	0	0	92
Crafting potion		42	0	0	1,453	95
Super attack		45	1,772	8	349	100
Super antipoison		48	1,772	1,995	87	106.3
Fishing potion		50	4,100	387	56	112.5
Super energy		52	4,100	699	0	117.5
Hunter potion		53	4,100	0	98	120
Super strength		55	2,629	1,135	1,010	125
Fletching potion		58	0	0	0	132
Weapon poison		60	2,629	734	87	137.5
Super restore		63	3,530	740	0	142.5
Super defence		66	2,710	919	111	150
Antifire		69	0	734	0	157.5
Ranging potion		72	0	2,237	6,513	162.5
Magic potion		76	0	0	0	172.5
Zamorak brew		78	0	1,217	1,622	175
Saradomin brew		81	0	0	0	180
Recover special		84	0	0	0	200
Super antifire		85	0	0	0	210
Extreme attack		88	349	4,100	0	220
Extreme strength		89	1,010	0	0	230
Extreme defence		90	111	0	0	240
Extreme magic		91	0	0	0	250
Extreme ranging		92	6,513	6,395	0	260
Super prayer		94	1,423	0	0	270
+Overload		96		0	0	1,000

⁺ - Note that the numbers for the Overload potion includes the cost of all of the ingredients required to make the Extreme potions needed to make the Overload. The XP gained for Overloads is the sum of the XP gained from the five Extreme potions and the Overload potion itself.

When it comes to Herblore, there is no one way to train it. Some ways are quick and easy, but costly. Others are timely, but are cheaper. Especially at higher levels, your options become greater and you will need to decide how you will train Herblore. Cost per experience is shown in the table in section 6.1. You will see how much you will have to spend per experience point for every potion, taking into account how much money you get back by selling the potion, therefore allowing you to find a more efficient method.

These strategies may be subject to change based off of fluctuating prices. Also, selling a potion back may be a difficult task, possibly affecting the overall efficiency.

To even begin training Herblore, you must complete the Druidic Ritual quest. This quest will give you 250 experience in Herblore, putting you at level 3. At level 3 Herblore, your choice is limited to Attack potions, which require a Clean guam, an Eye of newt, and a Vial of water. Please bear in mind that unless specified, you will need a Vial of water for all further potions. Attack potions are very cheap compared to other potions, so it is recommended to continue making them if you are on a strict budget.

You will need to make eight Attack potions in order to reach level 5 Herblore. Clean guam are easily obtainable from monster drops, while Eye of newt may be purchased from Betty in Port Sarim, as well as Jatix in Taverley. A great method to obtain Clean guam, among other items, is to fight Chaos druids in the Taverley Dungeon.

You may begin making Antipoisons should you wish to.

From this point on, you will want to keep the majority of herbs that you collect from drops and/or herb patches. Later on, at higher levels, you will need these to save money. Any secondary ingredients for later levels should be saved, as an abundance of secondaries and herbs will give you some free experience later. Slayer tasks, in general, can often provide you with higher level herbs, so be sure to hold onto them.

You may wish to tackle some quests that give Herblore experience: Jungle Potion, Recruitment Drive, Dig Site, The, Zogre Flesh Eaters, and Shades of Mort'ton.

Strength potions are obtainable at level 15, so you may switch over to them at your discretion. They are not too much more expensive than Antipoison, and you will receive more experience. Attack potions still remain the best price option, price wise, and they will continue to be so throughout your Herblore experience. Should you choose to make Strength potions, you will need a Clean tarromin and Limpwurt root.

Restore potions are an more option when you reach level 22, having cheap ingredients—Clean harralander and Red spiders' eggs. You may choose to make these until level 26, or continue with another cheaper alternative.

At level 26, Energy potions are recommended. The ingredients are very low cost—amongst the lowest there are—and should not be tedious to sell. You will need Clean harralander and Chocolate dust in order to make them. Aside from quests, these should be your main source of experience for Herblore. These are around the same price as Strength potions, and you get more experience from them.

Further along at level 36, you will be able to make Combat potions—these require Clean harralander and Goat horn dust. They also have a low cost rate, but are still more expensive than Energy potions. However, they grant more experience and will save you some time levelling. It is up to you on which route you will take to get your level up.

There are another set of quests that you will be able to complete now, such as: One Small Favour, Eadgar's Ruse, or Heroes' Quest.

You will be able to make Prayer potions at level 38, but it is recommended that you do not. If you are going for the experience versus money, you may purchase or collect your own Snape grass. Otherwise, it is not worth it to use Prayer potions to train, except if you have an abundance of them from drops.

When you reach level 42, you can make Crafting potions. They are very cheap, but the downfall is that you will have to manually collect Frog spawn, the secondary item. If you are extremely patient and do not mind having to spend extra time, then feel free. Otherwise, you may begin to make Super attack. They are not as cheap as other methods, but they have a higher selling rate and have a very cheap secondary ingredient.

If you have not already, now would be a good time to finish up some of the quests that give Herblore experience, as these will greatly assist you in getting to the level requirement for the Legends' Quest.

From here on out, there are many different directions on training Herblore. At level 52, you will be able to make Super energy. These have a moderate price compared to other potions and will be quicker than past potions. A common route for potion making while in training to 99 is Serum 207. However, they are steadily increasing in price due to demand, and are not the best option right now. They are untradeable, and have cheaper, more experience-giving alternatives.

It is suggested to farm your own herbs and collect the second ingredients while your herbs are growing. This makes Herblore and Farming a profitable skill. Every herb seed you plant, will guarantee a profit, as you can get 4 to 18 herbs from one patch. Toadflax seed are a good thing to plant, due to the fact that they are a moderately expensive herb for the price of the seed. However, it is up to you to decide what you wish to plant.

Confined to a small room, Salarin the Twisted is an evil druid who is located in the Yanille Agility Dungeon. One will need level 67 Agility to gain access to his hideout. Salarin is immune to all forms of attack—melee, Ranged, Magic—except strike spells. Salarin is found amongst Chaos druids, who are also good for collecting herbs while waiting for him to spawn. Every now and then, Salarin will drop a Sinister key, which opens the chest in the room just past the entrance with the balancing ledge. Whenever you open the chest, you will receive: 1 Torstol, 2 Harralander, 3 Ranarr, 1 Kwuarm, 1 Irit, and 1 Avantoe. Although this may seem like a good method, it can be a very slow process and may not prove worth the time.

After obtaining the Scroll of Cleansing as a Dungeoneering reward there will be a 1 in 8 chance that you will make potions twice as fast, and a 1 in 10 chance that you will save the secondary ingredient of a mixed potion so if you are a fan of Dungeoneering this is a good way to save on time and costs.

Herblore gloves, when worn, increase the drop rate of the specific herb your glove represents by 50% when fighting a monster that drops multiple types of herbs. These gloves can be obtained as a reward from Fist of Guthix and will crumble to dust after 100 such drops.

Picture	Name	Requirements
	Irit gloves	50 Herblore
	Avantoe gloves	60 Herblore
	Kwuarm gloves	70 Herblore
	Cadantine gloves	80 Herblore

• Profitable Herblore Experience Up To 1M/Hr by OmgitsAga

• Gp/exp Efficiency Spreadsheets by Thunder
• Reference Spreadsheets by Grimy Bunyip