Introduction

Herblore is a members only skill. To start the Herblore skill you need to have completed the short Druidic Ritual quest which starts in the Druids' circle above Taverly. This skill is dedicated to making different types of Potions (also known as Pots) for different uses throughout the game. Herblore involves mixing a herb and a secondary ingredient into a vial of water to make a potion. Certain potions have certain effects when drunk.

The higher your Herblore level the better potions you can make. Keep reading for details of how to make all the potions and what their effects are. A useful tip to note is that you can purchase "Greenman's Ale" from the Yanille pub (Dragon Inn) to temporarily increase your herblore level by one. It also can be purchased from Jossik the Lighthouse Keeper if you've completed the Horror from the Deep quest. Finally, it can be brewed (see Cooking Guide) using 4 Harralander as the main ingredient.

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Vials

The first thing every herbalist needs is a vial to mix and hold the potion. A vial is just like a bottle. You can get them either by crafting them (see the Crafting Guide), or by buying them from other players or from shops. The Herblore shops in Taverly and Entrana stock them, as well as the General Stores in Ardougne, Mort'ton, and Shilo Village. Then you will need to fill the vial with water by 'using' it with a fountain or sink. Look for a water source (the icon for this on maps is a water drop) close to a bank as this will offer the best speed. Water elementals drop water-filled vials 100% of the time, and therefore may be another good way to get vials for herblore.

Empty Vial

Vial of water

If you have a potion you don't want to keep, you can right-click it and choose the option to "Empty" the potion. This allows you to keep and re-use the vial.

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Herbs

The first ingredient of a potion is the herb. Herbs are obtained as drops by killing monsters. Some monsters drop better than others. Search our bestiary for 'herb' for more information on those monsters and their locations. Herbs can also be grown using the Farming skill. Additionally, herbs can be gathered by your workers in the Manage Thy Kingdom mini game or by gathering them yourself in the Sorceress's Garden mini game.

When you obtain an herb, either one you've grown, or as a drop, it will be grimy. You must clean it by clicking on it while it is in your inventory. Certain herbs need certain levels to clean before you can 'use' them with a vial of water to make a half-complete potion.

If you really want your herbs cleaned but are not a high enough level, Zahur in Nardah will clean them for you at a cost of 200gp each. You do not get any of the experience associated with cleaning herbs if you let her do this for you. The following table shows the levels needed to clean all the herbs:

Cleaning Herbs
Pic	Herb name	Level to clean	Exp gained
	Guam Leaf	3	2.5
	Marrentill	5	3.75
	Tarromin	11	5
	Harralander	20	6
	Ranarr Weed	25	8
	Toadflax	30	8
	Irit Leaf	40	9
	Avantoe	48	10
	Kwuarm	54	11.25
	Snapdragon	59	11.8
	Cadantine	65	12.5
	Lantadyme	67	13
	Dwarf Weed	70	13.75
	Torstol	75	15

Cleaning Jungle Potion quest herbs (Ardrigal, Rogue's purse, Sito foil, Snake weed, and Volencia moss) requires level 3 Herblore and earns 2.5 xp each after completing the quest.

Before Farming, Toadflax and Snapdragon were only obtainable by paying Agility tickets for them at Brimhaven's Agility Arena.

Torstol was formerly only obtained by unlocking the Sinister chest in Yanille's Agility Dungeon. To do this you need the Sinister Key which is a semi-rare drop from Salarin the Twisted. He is right at the end of the Agility Dungeon and can only be killed by Strike spells which hit unusually hard against him. You will need 67 agility to access the area he is located in, or you can buy the key. The chest is in a part of the dungeon that requires 49 agility to access. In the chest, you will find the following 9 herbs: 2 Harralanders, 3 Ranarr weeds, 1 Irit leaf, 1 Avantoe, 1 Kwuarm, and 1 Torstol.

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Secondary Ingredients

The second item you add to your half-complete potion is the secondary ingredient. When some ingredients are preceeded with the prefix 'Ground', this means they must be ground with a Pestle and mortar which can be bought at the Herblore shops in Taverly and Entrana, and at a few other general stores. Where to obtain the secondary ingredients and their details are all explained in the table:

Secondary Ingredients
Pic	Ingredient name	Where to find
	Ashes	Make a fire and leave it to die out. You will get some ashes.
	Blamish Snail Slime	Received from the owner of the Port Sarim fishing shop during the Heroes quest. After the quest, crush a Blamish Snail into a sample bottle. Sample bottles are purchased in Canifis.
	Cactus spine	Grown using Farming skill.
	Chocolate Dust	Grind chocolate using a Pestle and mortar. You can get chocolate from food stores (Port Sarim, Yanille, Grand Tree), Chef's guild, Lost City, or Nardah.
	Coconut	Used in empty vial as base for extra-strong or superstrong antipoison or weapon poison. Use a hammer on it to crack it, then use on empty Vial. Grown using Farming skill. Coconut milk is untradeable.
	Crushed bird's nest	Get it by grinding a bird's nest with a pestle and mortar. The nests are not tradeable, but ground nests are! You can get a bird's nest from a woodcutting random event, hunting the giant mole and trading the skin and claws to Wyson the gardener or from the Managing the Kingdom mini game.
	Eye of Newt	Herblore shops in Taverly or Entrana, or in the Magic Emporium in Port Sarim.
	Garlic	Respawns in homes in Seers Village and Ardougne, the cupboard in the second floor of the house in which you start the Vampire Slayer quest, or can be purchased or stolen from Vegetable Stalls in Miscellania.
	Goat's horn	In many locations within the Kharidian Desert, such as: near the entrance to the Kalphite lair, southwest and northwest of Nardah, north of Pollnivneach, and west of the agility pyramid.
	Gorak claw powder	After starting Fairy Tale II quest, use fairy rings to visit Gorak lair at coordinates D-I-R. Kill a Gorak and crush Gorak claws with Pestle and mortar. Warning: Goraks are known to hit hard and the one you are fighting can change constantly.
	Ground Blue Dragon Scale	In the middle of the Blue Dragons chamber in the Taverly Members dungeon.
	Ground Unicorn Horn	Kill unicorns and grind their horns. Good spot is in the east of level 22 wilderness.
	Jangerberries	On the Ogre Island just west of Yanille. You will need a rope to swing across (level 10 Agility) unless you use the Telekinetic Grab spell. Can also be grown using Farming skill.
	Kebbit Teeth Dust	In the Hunter skill, catch a sabre-toothed kebbit and crush its teeth with Pestle and mortar.
	Limpwurt Root	Drop from Hill Giants, Hobgoblins and Druids. Can also be grown using Farming skill.
	Magic tree roots	Chop down a Magic tree that you grew using Farming skill. Use a spade to quickly dig up the roots.
	Mort Myre Fungi	Must have completed the Nature Spirit quest to get this ingredient from Mort Myre Swamp. Use the Silver Sickle(b) obtained in that quest to Cast-bloom while standing near rotting logs.
	Nail beast nails	Kill a nail beast during the Temple Trekking mini game.
	Nightshade	Grown from Belladonna seed using Farming skill. Not tradeable. Also obtainable in Gu'Tanoth (see Watchtower quest; requires re-obtainable Skavid map and light source such as Lit candle.)
	Poison ivy berries	Grown using Farming skill.
	Potato Cactus	These spawn in the Kalphite Dungeon in the desert. Be careful!
	Red Spiders' Eggs	Red Spider Nests; at Karamja dungeon, Edgeville dungeon, Varrock Sewers and also by the road to the elven lands (south of the gate shortcut).
	Silver Dust	Put a Silver Bar through the Bone Grinder a floor above the Ectofuntus outside Port Phasmatys.
	Snape Grass	At Hobgoblins west of the Crafting Guild, and numerous spawns on Waterbirth Island north of Rellekka.
	Star flower	After starting Fairy Tale II quest, use fairy rings to visit Star flower plane at coordinates C-K-P.
	Swamp tar	Spawns throughout the Lumbridge Swamp, mostly around the water altar and the entrance to the Lumbridge Caves. It also spawns in Mort Myre Swamp, and it's a 100% drop from Cave slime.
	Toad's legs	At the north end of the Gnome Stronghold (and Lumbridge Swamp, and in Taverly near the lake) there are spawns of toads. Pick up a toad and remove its' legs to get this ingredient.
	White Berries	Red Dragon Isle around level 40 wilderness, and in Tirannwn near Lletya. Also dropped by the men and women of Canifis (in both normal and wolf form). Can also be grown using Farming skill.
	Wine of Zamorak	At the Chaos Temple northwest of Goblin village. Use the Telekinetic Grab spell, otherwise every monk in the room will attack you.
	Yew roots	Chop down a Yew tree that you grew using Farming skill. Use a spade to quickly dig up the roots.

Unicorn horn, red spiders eggs and eye of newt can also be obtained from the Tower of Life, see the Tips section below.

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Potions

Once you have your secondary ingredient, use it with your half-complete potion to complete the potion. Now it is ready for use! Most potions come with 3 doses. The three types of Weapon Poison (normal, +, and ++) come with only 1.

Free players can make a 4 dose regular strength potion by paying the Apothecary in Varrock 5gp to mix a Limpwurt root and a Red spiders' eggs. This is the only potion free players can make or use. The table below shows the levels needed to make each potion, what is needed to make it and its' effects.

Note that extra-strong and super-strong antipoisons and weapon poisons are made with a Coconut milk base (not a Vial of water). Coconut milk can be obtained by smashing a Coconut with a Hammer, then pouring the milk into a vial.

Table of Potions
Level needed	Potion	Herb required	Secondary Ingredient	Exp gained	Effect
3	Attack Potion(3)	Guam Leaf	Eye of Newt	25	+12.5% Attack
5	Antipoison(3)	Marrentill	Ground Unicorn Horn	37.5	Removes poison
8	Relicym's Balm(3)	Rogues Purse	Snake Weed	40	Heals disease; can only be made after Zogre Flesh Eater quest.
12	Strength Potion(3)	Tarromin	Limpwurt Root	50	+12.5% Strength
15	Serum 207(3)	Tarromin	Ash	50	Allows the people of Mort'ton talk to you. (Only if begun Shades of Mort'ton quest.)
18	Guthix Rest Tea(3)	2 Guam Leaves	Marrentill Harralander	59	Reduces some poison effects, restores some run energy, and if you are at full health, temporarily raises your hit points to your maximum +5. Made by heating bowl of water on range or fire, then using it on an empty cup. (Requires related segment of One Small Favour quest.)
19	Guam Tar(15)*	Guam Leaf	15 Swamp Tar	30	Use as bait or ammo for Swamp Lizards (see Hunter skill).
22	Stat Restore Potion(3)	Harralander	Red Spiders' Eggs	62.5	Restores all combat stats (att, str, def, magic, range) to maximum level (or nearly); does not affect hit points, prayer or other stats.
22	Guthix Balance(3)	Stat Restore Potion(3)	Garlic Silver Dust	50	When a Vampyre is held by a Retainer, using this on them will either kill them, cure them, or make them very angry.
25	Blamish Oil	Harralander	Blamish Snail Slime	80	Used to make Oily Fishing Rods.
26	Energy Potion(3)	Harralander	Chocolate Dust	67.5	Restores 10% Energy.
30	Defence Potion(3)	Ranarr Weed	White Berries	75	+12.5% Defence
31	Marrentill Tar(15)*	Marrentill	15 Swamp Tar	42.5	Use as bait or ammo for Orange Salamanders (see Hunter skill).
34	Agility Potion(3)	Toadflax	Toad's legs	80	+3 Agility
36	Combat Potion(3)	Harralander	Ground Goat horn	84	+3 to +12 Strength and Attack, depending on level
38	Prayer Potion(3)	Ranarr Weed	Snape Grass	87.5	Restores 33% of your overall prayer level per dose
39	Tarromin Tar(15)*	Tarromin	15 Swamp Tar	55	Use as bait or ammo for Red Salamanders (see Hunter skill).
44	Harralander Tar(15)*	Harralander	15 Swamp Tar	72.5	Use as bait or ammo for Black Salamanders (see Hunter skill).
45	Super Attack(3)	Irit Leaf	Eye of Newt	100	+20% Attack
48	Superantipoison(3)	Irit Leaf	Ground Unicorn Horn	107.5	Removes, and gives temporary immunity against, poison.
50	Fishing Potion(3)	Avantoe	Snape Grass	112.5	+3 Fishing
52	Super Energy(3)	Avantoe	Mort Myre Fungi	117.5	Restores 20% Energy.
53	Hunter Potion(3)	Avantoe	Kebbit Teeth Dust	120	+3 Hunter
55	Super Strength(3)	Kwuarm	Limpwurt Root	125	+20% Strength
57	Magic Essence Potion(3)	Star flower	Gorak claw powder	130	+3 Magic
60	Weapon Poison	Kwuarm	Ground Blue Dragon Scale	137.5	Poisons all Ranged ammo, daggers or spears.
63	Super Stat Restore(3)	Snapdragon	Red Spiders' Eggs	143	Restores all stats to maximum level (except HP) as well as some prayer.
65	Sanfew Serum(3)	Super Stat Restore	Ground Unicorn Horn Snake Weed Nail beast nails	160	Combines the features of super stat restore, antipoison and Relicym's Balm all in one potion. Restores all stats to max level as well as some prayer, cures both disease *and* poison, and can be used as a weapon while fighting Nail beasts.
66	Super Defence(3)	Cadantine	White Berries	150	+20% Defence
68	Antidote+(4) (Extra Strong Antipoison)	Toad flax	Yew roots	155	Made with Coconut milk - Extra strong antipoison, cures poisoning and gives longer temporary immunity
69	Antifire Potion(3)	Lantadyme	Ground Blue Dragon Scale	157.5	Full protection from Dragons' fire breath with anti-dragon shield.
72	Ranging Potion(3)	Dwarf Weed	Wine of Zamorak	162.5	+(10%+3) ranged
73	Weapon poison(+)	Cactus Spine	Red Spiders' Eggs	165	Made with Coconut milk - Extra strong weapon poison
76	Magic Potion(3)	Lantadyme	Potato Cactus	175	+4 Magic
78	Zamorak Brew(3)	Torstol	Jangerberries	175	-10% Hits -10% Defence +15% Strength +20% Attack
79	Antidote++(4) (Super Strong Antipoison)	Irit leaf	Magic roots	177.5	Made with Coconut milk - Super strong antipoison, cures poison and gives longest temporary immunity
81	Saradomin brew(3)	Toadflax	Crushed bird's nest	180	- (10%+2) Attack,strength - (10%+2) Magic,range + (20%+2) Defence + (15%+2) Hits
82	Weapon poison(++)	Nightshade	Poison ivy berries	190	Made with Coconut milk - Super strong weapon poison

* You must have a Pestle and mortar in your inventory when making herb tar, but do not need any vials. In addition, when making the tars, there is a 'make x' option, so you can make many of them with a few clicks.

Note: The percentage increases in your combat stats by the related potion are only temporary, and the percentage figures are only approximations.

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Fishy Mixed Potions

If you have been trained in the ways of fishing by barbarians, you can add fish eggs to your two dose potions for a small hp boost. This is a good way to get a little more experience from those low level potions that just sit in your bank.

Potions that require caviar will heal 6 hp per dose while potions that require roe will heal 3 hp even if you use caviar.

Roe

Caviar

Table of Potions
Level needed	Potion	Eggs required	Exp gained
4	Attack Mix(2)	Roe or Caviar	8
6	Antipoison Mix(2)	Roe or Caviar	12
9	Relicym's mix(2)	Roe or Caviar	14
14	Strength Mix(2)	Roe or Caviar	17
24	Restore mix(2)	Roe or Caviar	21
29	Energy Mix(2)	Caviar	23
33	Defence Mix(2)	Caviar	25
37	Agility mix(2)	Caviar	27
40	Combat Mix(2)	Caviar	28
42	Prayer Mix(2)	Caviar	29
47	Superattack Mix(2)	Caviar	33
51	Anti-p supermix(2)	Caviar	35
53	Fishing Mix(2)	Caviar	38
56	Sup. energy mix(2)	Caviar	39
58	Hunting Mix(2)	Caviar	40
59	Sup. str. mix(2)	Caviar	59
61	Magic ess. mix(2)	Caviar	43
67	Sup. restore mix(2)	Caviar	48
71	Sup. def. mix(2)	Caviar	50
74	Antidote+ mix(2)	Caviar	52
75	Antifire Mix(2)	Caviar	53
80	Ranging Mix(2)	Caviar	54
83	Magic Mix(2)	Caviar	57
85	Zamorak Mix(2)	Caviar	58

Note: If you only have four dose potions, you can use an empty vial on the potion to divide it into 2 dose.

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Other Experience

Some herblore experience can be gained by using antipoison on the green Broodoo Victims in the Tai Bwo Wannai mini game.

Making imp repellent for the Impetuous Impulses mini game earns 5 xp herblore for one step. First cook 8 anchovies and grind them with a pestle and mortar to make anchovy paste. Then use the paste with a sieve (obtained from the Rimmington Chemist, or from Elena if you've begun Mourning's Ends part 1 quest) while carrying an empty vial. This makes a vial of anchovy oil. Finally, for the herblore xp, add one posy of flowers to the anchovy oil to make imp repellent. (Farmed narcissus, marigolds, or rosemary will also work.) If you wish to go further, imp repellent can be used on the Chemist's lamp oil still to make refined repellent - use one butterfly jar on the still to make it an impling jar.

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Herb droppers

Some herbalists prefer to purchase their herbs from other people, while others prefer to battle monsters that drop them. This section of the guide mentions some of the better monsters to fight for herbs. Additionally, you can search our bestiary for a full list of monsters that drop herbs. Simply type in "herb" and click the Search button. The list below explains a few of the best options.

• Men (level 2) and Women (level 2)
  Easiest NPCs to kill, they drop herbs fairly often.
• Al-Kharid warriors (level 9)
  Best for lower level players starting out on herblore. Al Kharid warriors drop a lot of herbs, are easy to kill, are close to bank - and kebabs can be bought to restore lost hit points.
• Thugs (level 10)
  Low combat level and drop lots of herbs along with lots of runes and level 1 clues. Can be found in Edgeville Dungeon or just North East of Edgeville in the wilderness.
• Skeletons (levels 18-45)
  Each type of skeleton drops approximately the same amount of herbs. Varrock sewer or Edgeville dungeon are both good and fairly close to a bank. Other locations can be found by searching our bestiary.
• Chaos Druids (level 13)
  Found in the Members dungeon, Agility Dungeon in Yanille, Blood Rune Tower in Ardougne as well as Edgeville dungeon. Easy and fun to battle, they drop vials as well.
• Chaos Druid Warriors (level 37)
  Located in the Agility Dungeon in Yanille, these drop a lot of herbs as well as useful secondary ingredients.
• Slayer monsters
  Cave crawlers are wonderful: quick and easy to kill, and they drop a mix of vials of water, herbs and secondary ingredients. Banshees are also good, but check out our Slayer guide for more info on these monsters.

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Poison

You can get poisoned from poisonous monsters, from traps when thieving chests, or from other people with poisoned weapons. Drink antipoison potion, superantipoison, or extra or super-strong anti-poison (antidote) to be cured. You are also cured of poison after a while as it wears off, or instantly when you die and respawn in Lumbridge.

Weapon poison potion has only 1 dose instead of the usual 3, and can be used on the items in the table below.

One Weapon Poison Dose
Number	Item(s)
5	arrows, crossbow bolts, darts, throwing knives or javelins
1	dagger or spear (including Keris dagger from the Contact quest)

These items will stay poisoned permanently. Poisoned weapons and ammunition have green tips and have a (p) (or p+, or p++) after their name.

Dragon Dagger (p)

You can also clean the poison off your weapon(s) should you wish to do so. Use some Karamjan Rum on a piece of Silk to make a Cleaning cloth. Then you can use this to clean off your poison. Cleaning cloths can also be purchased from Tamayu after the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest for 60 gp.

Special karambwan poison (kp) is available to those who have completed the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio quest. This is made by cooking a Raw karambwan for a short time, then grinding it with a Pestle and mortar to make Karambwan paste (poison). This can only be used to poison spears. Karambwan poison does 5 damage instead of the usual 4 from regular poison. Kp weapons are untradeable - the poison must be removed using the above Cleaning cloth before the item can be traded.

Extra-strong and super-strong weapon poisons inflict far more damage and their effects last for longer. The "super strength" weapon poison(++) hits 6, while "extra strength" weapon poison(+) hits for 4, and faster than other poisons. Superantipoison, Antidote(+) and Antidote(++) antipoison potions give much longer periods of immunity.

The Prayer book from the Great Brain Robbery quest can be used to cure poison. Wear a holy symbol and click "recite-prayer" on the bo