Vial of water

A Vial of water is used in the Herblore skill. It can be made by using a vial on a water source, such as a fountain or buying it from a store, a player or the Grand Exchange. Certain combinations of ingredients can be mixed in a vial of water to create potions using the Herblore skill. Adding a clean herb to a vial of water creates an unfinished potion.

Levels 1 to 49

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Levels 50 and above

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Obtaining a vial of water
Players can obtain a vial of water in several ways:
 * By trading with another player
 * Members can use the Lunar spell, Humidify, to make all the vials in your inventory to be filled with water
 * By buying them on the Grand Exchange
 * By using an empty vial on a water source other than a well.

Players with the ability to access all the shops that supply vial of water packs can obtain 4600 vials of water through visiting every shop, for a modest cost of 46K. This method requires very little effort. The individual vials sell for 20 - 25gp each on the Grand Exchange, resulting in a profit in the range of 46 - 69k per run.
 * By receiving one as a monster drop (Water Elementals have vials of water as a 100% drop.)
 * 30 vials of water is a possible reward from a Herblore crate (small) from Squeal of Fortune.
 * By buying them from a shop (often in vial of water packs)
 * Sigmund the Merchant's shop in Rellekka (easy Fremennik Tasks and Fremennik Trials quest required) - 6 vial of water packs.
 * Aemad's Adventuring Supplies in East Ardougne - 6 vial of water packs.
 * Obli's General Store in Shilo Village (Shilo Village quest required) - 20 vial of water packs.
 * Jossik in the Lighthouse (Horror from the Deep quest required) - 20 vial of water packs.
 * Poletax in Taverley (Poletax's Herblore Shop) - 40 vial of water packs.

Tactics for refilling
The GE update on 9 August 2011 provided an exceptionally short run from one of the bankers to the fountain in the middle.

For non-members, an old style hand pump just north of the west bank in Falador provides only a short running distance. Members may find that both the geyser in Neitiznot and the sink in the cellar of Lumbridge Castle are great places to refill vials with water due to close proximity to a bank and one-click banking chests.

Price history
The price of this item has varied due to countless shop updates over the years. Vials of water hovered between 150 and 200 coins prior to the introduction of the Grand Exchange. When shops were updated to have unlimited stock, the price of vials of water plunged and then steadied at about 70 coins each. Then, due to the personalized shops update, the price of this item increased past 240 coins because of the limited number of items in each shop. Vials of water received a price cap of 103 coins on 13 October shortly after the update, along with eyes of newt, lowering it by over half the price. Vials of water were virtually out of stock on the Grand Exchange due to the sudden price change. In order to compensate for the shortage, the vials of water stock increased in Shilo Village from 200 to 1000 on 20 October. On 9 November 2009, vials and vials of water started to be sold in Item packs in many stores, allowing players to buy large amounts at once. The ease of obtaining vials of water caused the price to crash again to around 11 coins. For several months, vials of water steadied between 30-50gp each. They now stay below 25gp most of the time.

Trivia

 * For a while players would buy and fill an empty Vial with water at fountains, then sell it as a relatively easy way to make money without a required level.

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