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 Inn to temporarily increase your herblore level by one.

Vials

First off you need a vial to make your potion in. A vial is just like a bottle. You can get them by either crafting them, or you can buy them from other players or from the Herblore shop in Taverly. The General Stores in Ardougne, Entrana and Shilo also stock a good amount of vials. 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.

The first ingredient of a potion is the herb. Herbs are obtained from drops by killing monsters. The best monsters to kill are shown below, although a lot of other monsters also drop herbs at a lower rate. Search our monsters database here for more information.

Monsters to kill for Herbs
Picture	Name & Locations
	Chaos Druids (level 13) Wilderness half of Edgeville Dungeon Members Dungeon NW Ardougne Tower Agility Dungeon
	Chaos Druid Warriors (level 37) Agility Dungeon
	Skeletons (level 45) Crandor Island Dungeon Temple of Ikov Wilderness half of Edgeville Dungeon Agility Dungeon

When you get a herb as a drop it will be called an 'unidentified herb'. You must first identify it by clicking on it while it is in your inventory. Certain herbs need certain levels to identify before you can 'use' them with a potion to make a half-complete potion. The table shows the levels needed to identify all the herbs:

Identifying Herbs
Picture	Herb name	Level to identify	Exp gained
	Guam Leaf	3	2.5
	Marrentill	5	3.75
	Tarromin	10	5
	Harralander	20	6
	Ranarr Weed	25	8
	Irit Leaf	40	9
	Avantoe	48	10
	Kwuarm	54	11.25
	Cadantine	65	12.5
	Lantadyme	67	13
	Dwarf Weed	70	13.75
	Torstol	76	15

Torstol can only be opened by unlocking the Sinister chest in the Agility Dungeon. To do this you will need the Sinister Key which is a semi-rare drop from Salarin the twisted. He is a monster right at the end of the Agility Dungeon who can only be killed my 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.

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 the must be ground with a Pestle & Mortar which can be brought at the Herblore shop in Taverly. Where to obtain them and their details are all explained in the table:

Secondary Ingredients
Picture	Ingredient name	Where to find
	Eye of Newt	Herblore shop in Taverly or in the Magic Emporium in Port Sarim.
	Ground Unicorn Horn	Kill unicorns and crush their horns. Good spot is in the East of level 22 wilderness.
	Limpwurt Root	Drop from Giants and Hobgoblins.
	Red Spider's Egg	Red Spider Nests; at Karamja dungeon, Edgeville wilderness dungeon and Varrock Sewers,
	White Berries	At the Red Dragon Isle around level 40 wilderness.
	Snape Grass	At Hobgoblins west of the Crafting Guild.
	Ground Blue Dragon Scale	In the middle of the Blue Dragons chamber in the Members dungeon.
	Wine of Zamarok	At the Chaos Temple above Goblin village. Use the Telekinetic Grab spell because the evil monks will not let you pick it up.
	Jangerberries	On the Ogre Island just east of Yanille. You will need a rope to swing across (lvl 30 agility) unless you use the Telekinetic Grab spell.

Potions

Once you have your secondary ingredient - use it with your half-complete potion to complete the potion, now its ready for use. All potions come with 3 doses except the Weapon Poison which comes 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 spider's egg. 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 it's effects.

• A useful tip is that when you have some potions with one or two doses left, you can use them with each other to fill one and empty the other. This way, you have a full potion (can go upto 4 doses) that you can use as well as an empty vial that you can recycle.

Table of Potions
Level needed	Potion	Herb required	Secondary Ingredient	Exp gained	Effect
3	Attack Potion	Guam Leaf	Eye of Newt	25	+15% Attack
5	Anti-Poison Potion	Marrentill	Ground Unicorn Horn	37.5	Removes poison
12	Strength Potion	Tarromin	Limpwurt Root	50	+15% Strength
22	Stats Restore Potion	Harralander	Red Spider's Egg	62.5	Restores all stats to maximum level except hits & prayer.
30	Defence Potion	Ranarr Weed	White Berries	75	+15% Defence
38	Restore Prayer Potion	Ranarr Weed	Snape Grass	87.5	+21 Prayer
45	Super Attack Potion	Irit Leaf	Eye of Newt	100	+20% Attack
48	Super Anti Poison Potion	Irit Leaf	Ground Unicorn Horn	107.5	Removes, and gives temporary immunity against, poison.
50	Fishing Potion	Avantoe	Snape Grass	112.5	+3 fishing
55	Super Strength Potion	Kwuarm	Limpwurt Root	125	+20% Strength
60	Weapon Poison Potion	Kwuarm	Ground Blue Dragon Scale	137.5	Poisons all ranged ammo & daggers and spears.
66	Super Defence Potion	Cadantine	White Berries	150	+20% Defence
69	Anti-Fire Breath Potion	Lantadyme	Ground Blue Dragon Scale	157.5	Full protection from Dragons' fire breath with anti-dragon shield.
72	Ranging Potion	Dwarf Weed	Wine of Zamarok	162.5	+15% ranged
78	Zamarok Potion	Torstol	Jangerberries	175	-10% Hits -10% Defence +15% Strength +20% Attack

Note: The percentage increases in your combat stats by their aprropriate potion is only temporary and the percentage figures are only approximations.

Poison

You can get poisoned from poisonous monsters or from other people with poisoned weapons; so drinking the anti-poison potion or the super anti-poison potion is where these come useful. You are also cured of poison after a while as it wears off, or instantly when you die and respawn in Lumbridge.
Using the weapon poison potion - you can poison 10 arrows or throwing knives knives or throwing axes or javelins or darts. You can also poison 1 spear or dagger which will stay poisoned thereafter. Poisoned weapons will have green tips and have a (p) after their name. You only get 1 dose with the Weapon Poison instead of the usual 3.

Dragon Dagger (p)

Trading

Herblorists make their living be selling their valuable 'Pots' to hungry blood thirsty PKers or duellers. These fighters will drink potions which increase their combat stats and use thier effects to get the upperhand against their opponent so they are always on the look out for buying pots. They usually buy Super attack, Super strength and Super defence potions which is often shortened to a 'Super Set'. Rangers will also purchase ranged pots. Dragon and Demon slayers will buy prayer and anti-firebreath pots off you so they can keep on paralyzing (from melee) the Dragon or Demon while they slay it.

Money can be made by selling to Herblorists. If they have the cash, they will be willing to pay for vials, water filled vials, unidentified and identified herbs. Secondary ingredients are also purchased. This is all done in their effort to save time doing these tedious tasks temselves and getting more exp faster.