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