Herblore

Contents

Introduction
- Cleaning
- Potions
- - Prayer Potion Restoration
- Grinding
- Secondary Ingredient Locations
Barbarian Potions
Making tar
Poisoning
Greenman's Ale
Quest Potions
Jungle Potion Herb Identification
Goutweed Collection

Introduction

Herblore is a members-only skills and can only be done on a member's server. To start training Herblore you will need to complete the Druidic Ritual Quest.

Herblore is the skill of cleaning herbs and making potions using herbs and second ingredient materials. You can get an herb three different ways:

Killing monsters and collecting herbs from the random drops. (You can check the Monster database to see if a specific monster drops Herbs.) Some monsters include: Men, Women, Thugs, Skeletons, Chaos druids, and slayer monsters.
Growing herbs with the farming skill. (See the Farming Skill Guide for more detailed information).
Trading Herbs from other players. (Note: prices may vary greatly.)
Cleaning

To clean a herb, you can click on an herb when it is in your inventory. If your herblore level is high enough, you will be able to clean it. If it is not high enough, you will not be able to identify it.

After they are cleaned, the herbs will look different. The following is a list of all herbs available. They are the primary ingredient for making potions. Some of these herbs will not be available until you finish the Jungle Potion Quest or A Fairy Tale Part II Quest.

Cleaned Herb Image Herblore Level Needed Exp Gained for Identifying
Clean guam 3 2.5
Clean marrentill 5 3.8
Clean tarromin 11 5
Clean harralander 20 6.3
Clean ranarr 25 7.5
Clean toadflax 30 8
Clean irit 40 8.8
Clean avantoe 48 10
Clean kwuarm 54 11.3
Starflower 57 (Pre-Identified) N/A
Clean snapdragon 59 11.8
Clean cadantine 65 12.5
Clean lantadyme 67 13.1
Clean dwarf weed 70 13.8
Clean torstol 75 15

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Making Potions

To make a potion you will need to get the following items: (Attack potion ingredients shown)

A Vial of water or Coconut milk, for some potions. To fill an empty vial with water, use it on a sink or water pump (you can not use a well to fill vials). To fill an emty vial with coconut milk, use a hammer on a coconut to break it open, then use the half coconut on the empty vial, to fill it with Coconut milk.

A cleaned herb.

The appropriate secondary ingredient.

Then in a couple of easy steps you will have created a potion.

Use the herb with the water-filled vial.
Use the secondary ingredient with the unfinished potion.
Of course, you must have the correct herblore level to make each potion. Use the chart below to determine if your herblore level is high enough to make a specific potion.

Potion Image
(Unfinished/Finished) Herb Used Ingredient Used Effect Required Herblore Level Experience Gained When Made
Attack
Guam Leaf
Eye of Newt Increases Attack by 15% Temporarily 3 25
Antipoison
Marrentill
Ground Unicorn Horn Relieves the effect of Poison 5 37.5
Strength
Tarromin
Limpwurt Root Increases Strength by 15% Temporarily 12 50
Guam tar
Guam Leaf
Swamp Tar Used as bait to Net Trap Swamp Salamanders. 19 30
Stat restore
Harralander
Red Spiders' Egg Restores stats that are lowered back to their original levels. Does not affect Prayer or Hits. 22 62.5
Energy
Harralander
Chocolate Dust Restores 10% of run energy per dose. 26 67.5
Defence
Ranarr Weed
White Berries Increases Defense by 15% Temporarily 30 75
Marrentill tar
Marrentil
Swamp Tar Used as bait to Net Trap Desert Salamanders. 31 42.5
Agility
Toadflax
Toad's Legs +3 Agility Temporarily 34 80
Combat
Harralander
Goat horn dust Increases Attack and Strength by 15% Temporarily 36 84
Prayer
Ranarr Weed
Snape Grass Restores Prayer by 7-31 Points (See Prayer Restore Table) 38 87.5
Tarromin tar
Tarromin
Swamp Tar Used as bait to Net Trap Red Salamanders 39 55
Harralander tar
Harralander
Swamp Tar Used as bait to Net Trap Black Salamanders 44 72.5
Super attack
Irit Leaf
Eye of Newt Increases Attack by 20% Temporarily 45 100
Superantipoison
Irit Leaf
Ground Unicorn Horn Cures poison and prevents being poisoned for a short time 48 106
Fishing
Avantoe
Snape Grass Increases fishing skill level by 3 Temporarily 50 112.5
Super energy
Avantoe
Mort Myre Fungi Restores 20% of run energy per dose 52 117.5
Hunter potion
Avantoe
Kebbit Teeth Dust +3 Hunting temporarily 53 120
Super strength
Kwuarm
Limpwurt Root Increases Strength by 20% Temporarily 55 125
Magic Essence**
Starflower
Gorak Claw Powder Temporarily adds +3 to Magic 57 130
Weapon Poison
Kwuarm
Ground Blue Dragon Scale Can poison Daggers, Arrows (5 at a time), or spears. 60 137.5
Super Restore
Snapdragon
Red Spiders' Egg Partially restores all stats except hitpoints. 63 142.5
Super Defence
Cadantine
White Berries Increases Defense by 20% Temporarily 66 150
Antidote +*
Toadflax
Yew Roots Cures poison and prevents poisoning for a medium length of time. 68 155
Antifire
Lantadyme
Ground Blue Dragon Scale Temporary Protection from the Fire Breath of a dragon 69 157.5
Ranging
Dwarf Weed
Wine of Zamorak Increases Ranged by 3 + 10% Temporarily 72 162.5
Weapon poison(+)*
Cactus Spine
Red Spider's Eggs Adds (+) poison to spears and daggers 73 165
Magic
Lantadyme
Potato Cactus +4 Magic Temporarily 76 172.5
Zamorak Brew
Torstol
Janger Berries Reduces hits, reduces defence, raises attack, raises strength. 78 175
Antidote++*
Irit Leaf
Magic Roots Cures poison and prevents poisoning for a long length of time. 79 177.5
Saradomin Brew
Toadflax
Crushed Nest HP raises by 15% (Even above max!), +25% Defense, -12.5% Attack, Strength, Ranged, and Magic 81 180
Weapon Poison(p++)*
Nightshade
Poisonivy Berries Adds superstrong weapon poison to spears and daggers. 82 190

*This potion uses Coconut Milk, instead of water. Coconut potions begin with four doses (if applicable). Use a hammer with the Coconut, then use it with an empty vial.
** This potion can only be made during and after completing A Fairy Tale Part II Quest.

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Prayer Potion Restoration

Prayer and super restore potions will heal a greater amount of prayer points depending on your prayer level. The table below shows how much a potion will restore at your prayer level. Please note that prayer and super restore potions cannot raise your prayer beyond its normal limit.

Prayer Level Prayer Potion Super Restore Potion
1-3 7 8
4-7 8 9
8-11 9 10
12-15 10 11
16-19 11 12
20-23 12 13
24-27 13 14
28-31 14 15
32-35 15 16
36-39 16 17
40-43 17 18
44-47 18 19
48-51 19 20
52-55 20 21
56-59 21 22
60-63 22 23
64-67 23 24
68-71 24 25
72-75 25 26
76-79 26 27
80-83 27 28
84-87 28 29
88-91 29 30
92-95 30 31
96-99 31 32

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Grinding

To grind items in Runescape, you will need to purchase a 'Pestle and Mortar' from the Herblore Shop in Taverly.

Once you grind items like the 'Unicorn Horn', you can add them as your second ingredient for certain potions. There are other items that need to be ground before use in potion making. Below is a table that lists those items.

Unground Item Ground Item

Unicorn horn
Unicorn horn dust

Chocolate bar
Chocolate dust

Gorak claws
Gorak claw powder

Blue dragon scale
Dragon scale dust

Bird nest
Crushed nest

Desert goat horn
Goat horn dust

Kebbit teeth
Kebbit teeth dust

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Secondary Ingredient Locations

Each herblore potion requires a Secondary Ingredient. For convenience, some ingredient locations are listed in the table below (more locations may be available).

Secondary Ingredient Name Picture Location
Eye of newt Purchase at all Herb Shops, such as in Taverly, and Port Sarim Rune Shop.
Unicorn horn Kill Unicorns or Black unicorns (Unicorn foals do not have horns) south of Edgeville, southeast of Rellekka, on Entrana, in the Wilderness, south of Seers' Village, and other locations
Limpwurt root Monster drop; kill Giants, Hobgoblins, or Cockatrices
Red spiders' egg Red spiders' egg spawns in Varrock Sewers, in the Karamja Volcano dungeon, in the Edgeville member's dungeon, and in northwestern Isafdar
Chocolate bar Chocolate Bar spawns in Cooking Guild and in Lost City; bar (10 gp) and dust (2 gp!) can be purchased from both grocers on the 2nd level of the Grand Tree
White berries Spawn in Wilderness and in Tirannwyn
Toad's legs Pick up Swamp toads in Taverly or in Lumbridge Swamps; click on them to remove the legs
Snape grass Spawn (3) on Hobgoblin island west of the Crafting Guild
Mort myre fungus Made using Silver sickle(b) in Mort Myre Swamp: refer to Nature Spirit quest
Gorak claws Obtained by killing Goraks after the Fairy Tale Part II quest is begun.
Yew roots Found when digging up player-grown Yew Trees.
Blue dragon scale Found near blue dragons in Taverly Dungeon (need Dusty key or 70 agility)
Wine of zamorak Telegrab or kill all monks to pick up from Chaos Temple east of Taverly, north of Doric
Cactus spine Picked from player-grown cacti.
Potato cactus Spawns in Kalphite dungeon in desert southwest of Shantay Pass (bring Rope to go down)
Jangerberries Spawns on Ogre Island west of Yanille (bring Rope to swing across)
Magic roots Found when digging up player-grown Magic Trees.
Bird nest Occasionally found when cutting down trees
Poisonivy berries Found on player-grown Poison Ivy bushes.
Nightshade Found in Skavvid caves from Watchtower quest (requires Skavid map) or player-grown.
Nail beast nails Found during the Temple Trekking/Burgh de Rott Mini-game, by kill Nail beasts.
Kebbit teeth Found by hunting Sabre-toothed kebbits.

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Barbarian Potions

In order to be able to make Barbarian mixes, you will need to talk to Otto Godblessed, located at Otto's Grotto (West of Baxtorian Falls). He will teach you basic Barbarian Skills needed to get the second ingredient for these mixes. You will also then be able to turn 4 dose potions into two 2-dose potion, by using any 4-dose potion on an empty vial.

To make the enhanced potions, you will need:

2-dose potion (or a 4-dose and an empty vial)
Roe (for Attack mix , Anti-poison mix, Relicym's Balm mix, and Strength mix) or Caviar (for all other mixes)
Add the Roe or Caviar to the 2-dose potion and you will get the new Barbarian mix. All the mixes heal 3-6 Hitpoints as well as giving extra effect(s), which is listed below:

Mix Image Herblore level required Herblore experience gained Effect
Note: All mixes heal 3-6 Hitpoints
Attack mix 4 8 +3-12 Attack
Antipoison mix 6 12 Cures poison status and gives poison immunity for a short time
Relicym's mix 9 14 Cures disease
Strength mix 14 17 +3-12 Strength
Restore mix 24 21 Restores 10-39 on Attack, Defence, Strength, Magic, and Range
Energy mix 29 23 Restores 10% energy
Defence mix 33 25 +3-12 Defence
Agility mix 37 27 +3 Agility
Combat mix 40 28 +3-12 Strength and Attack
Prayer mix 42 29 Restores 7-31 Prayer (Restores 7-33 Prayer, if Holy wrench is equipped)
Superattack mix 47 33 +5-19 Attack
Antip supermix 51 35 Cures poison status and gives poison immunity for a period of time
Fishing mix 53 38 +3 Fishing
Sup. energy mix 56 39 Restores 20% Energy
Hunting mix 58 40 +3 Hunter
Sup. str mix 59 42 +5-19 Strength
Magic ess mix 61 43 +3 Magic
Sup. restore mix 67 48 Restores 8-32 for all stats except Hitpoints
Sup. def mix 71 50 +5-19 Defence
Extra strong anti-poison mix 74 52 Cures poison and gives poison immunity for a longer period of time
Antifire mix 75 53 Temporary resistance to dragon fire attacks
Ranging mix 80 54 +4-13 Ranged
Magic mix 83 57 +4 Magic
Zamorak mix 85 58 +2-13 Strength, +2-21 Attack, +2-11 Defence, and +2-11 Hitpoints

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Making Tar

Tar is used as fuel for the salamanders that you catch with your Hunting skills. (See the Hunting Skillguide for more information about salamanders.)

To make the tar, you will need the herb for the type of tar that you want to make, 15 Swamp tar, and a Pestle and mortar. Use the herb with the Pestle and mortar to grind it up and mix it with the swamp tar. Making the tar will give you varying experience depending on what type you make, using the tar with the appropriate Salamander will give you Ranged experience.

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Poisoning

If you are a member of Runescape, you have the ability to poison arrows, daggers, darts, bolts, and spears. When you use the poisoned weapons in combat, it will poison the victim.

To poison a weapon, you must have the level-60-herblore potion 'Weapon Poison'.

If you have completed the Tai Bwo Wannai Trio Quest, you may also create poisonous Karambwan paste for use on spears. It inflicts more damage per hit than regular Weapon poison. Consult the quest guide for details.

Not only can you be poisoned by daggers, spears or arrows, but poisonous monsters, such as the 'Poison Spider', can also poison you.

If you get poisoned, the only way to cure yourself is by drinking an "Anti Poison"' or a "Super Anti Poison" potion.

If you die, you are free from poison when you are "reborn".

Poison will wear off after a certain amount of time.

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Greenman's Ale

Greenman's Ale, available singly from Yanille's pub (or from the Lighthouse Keeper's store after Horror from the Deep quest) for 10gp each, temporarily boosts herblore by 1 level for about 45 seconds.

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Quest Potions

Some potions can only be made during and after certain quests. (potions that cannot be made outside of quests, such as Eadgar's Ruse Troll potion and Legends Bravery potion, are not included here for brevity.) Consult the quest guides (links in table below) to find complete details for making these potions.

Quest Potion Image
Herb Used Ingredient Used Effect Required Herblore Level Experience Gained When Made
Zogre Flesh Eaters Relicym's Balm
Rogues purse
Snake weed Cures disease 8 40
Shades of Mort'ton Serum 207 and Serum 208
Tarromin
Ashes Cures Afflicted in Mort'ton 15 50

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Jungle Potion Quest Herb Identification

The Jungle Potion Quest requires Level 3 Herblore. A map showing herb locations is included in the quest guide.

Jungle Potion Herb Picture of Identified Herb Herblore Level Needed Exp
Gained
When
Identified
Ardrigal 3 2.5
Rogues purse 3 2.5
Sito Foil 3 2.5
Snake weed 3 2.5
Volencia Moss 3 2.5

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Goutweed Collection Mini Guide

Following the new Eadgar's Ruse Quest players can now collect the herb Goutweed from the troll storeroom and exchange it with the druid in Taverly for other herbs. The following guide will help to get them faster.

Recommended Items

Monk robes top and bottom
prayer amulet (either but Saradomin is best due to defense bonus)
Teleport runes for Falador and Trollheim

Kit list 1

6 energy potions
18 lobster
Kit List 2

6 energy potions
6 prayer potions
12 lobster
Kit List 3

6 prayer potions
18 lobster
You can also take around 5-6 Logs with you instead of Lobsters to exchange with Eadgar for goat stew (heals 20).

Strategy

When getting across the storeroom you will have to negotiate a number of Troll guards. If you get into their line of sight (around 8 squares ahead of them), they will throw a club at you, hitting random damage and tossing you out of the room.

Stop in alcoves to recharge energy and take stock of the situation.

Start running for the alcove when this troll heads down the first row of crates. This gives a free run 90% of the time. The final stage is just a matter of waiting for an opening and running to the Goutweed crates.

Once you get a herb you will be thrown out of the room. Once you have full inventory of herbs, teleport to Falador then head to the druid Sanfew to get your herbs. He will give you herbs at 1:1 and there are always a few higher-level herbs (over Irit).

NOTE- Teleport to Trollheim to get back. if you can't teleport, you will need to bring climbing boots to get over agility obstacles.