Vial of water

A Vial of water is used in the Herblore skill. 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.

Obtaining a vial of water
Players can obtain a vial of water in several ways:
 * By trading with another player
 * By buying them on the Grand Exchange
 * By using an empty vial on a water source other than a well
 * By receiving a monster drop (Water Elementals have vials of water as a 100% drop.)
 * 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)
 * Aemad's Adventuring Supplies in East Ardougne
 * Obli's General Store in Shilo Village (Shilo Village quest required)
 * Jossik in the Lighthouse (Horror from the Deep quest required)

Tactics for refilling
For nonmembers, 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 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 have steadied between 30-50gp each.