Herblore training

This guide will show you ways to train Herblore from 1 to 99. This guide is for members as it is a member-only skill. Also, it is worth noting that the cost is determined from the amount of money lost after selling back to potions.

Level 1 to 3
Do The Druidic Ritual quest, which must be finished to be able to train herblore. The experience torward herblore given as one of the rewards from the quest will get you to a Herblore level of 3.

Level 3 to 26
Make attack potions: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Guam
 * Eye of newt

These give 25 experience each. It will take 346 Attack potions to get level 26.

Assuming you buy the all of the items on the Grand Exchange, clean herbs are used, and all potions sold at the end, you will spend:



Level 26 to 38
Make energy potions: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Harralander
 * Chocolate dust

These give 67.5 experience each. It will take 322 Energy potions to get level 38.

Assuming you buy all of the items on the Grand Exchange and clean herbs are used, you will spend:



Level 38 to 52
Make prayer potions: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Ranarr
 * Snape grass

These give 87.5 experience each. It will take 1,066 Prayer potions to get level 52.

Assuming you buy all of the items on the Grand Exchange and clean herbs are used, you will spend:


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 * Note: The number of potions you need may vary depending on whether you clean the herb or buy it clean.


 * If you sell all of the prayer potions you will make roughly 10,873,200

Level 52 to 63
Make super energy potions*: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Avantoe
 * Mort myre fungus

These give 117.5 experience each. It will take 2,085 Super energy potions to get level 63.

Assuming you buy all of the items on the Grand Exchange and clean herbs are used, you will spend:




 * Since the run energy update super energy potions have crashed, but are still good exp. Just keep in mind you probably won't be able to sell them back. If that is the case you would lose:



Level 63 to 69
Make super restores: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Snapdragon
 * Red spiders' eggs

These give 142.5 experience each. It will take 2,102 Super restores to get level 69.

Assuming you buy all of the items on the Grand Exchange and clean herbs are used, you will spend:



Level 69 to 72
Make antifire potions: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Lantadyme
 * Dragon scale dust

These give 157.5 experience each. It will take 1,468 Antifire potions to get level 72.

Assuming you buy all of the items on the Grand Exchange and clean herbs are used, you will spend:



Level 72 to 78
Make ranging potions: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Dwarf weed
 * Wine of zamorak

These give 162.5 experience each. It will take 4,492 Ranging potions to get level 78.

Assuming you buy all of the items on the Grand Exchange and clean herbs are used, you will spend:



Level 78 to 81
Make zamorak brews: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Torstol
 * Jangerberries

These give 175 experience each. It will take 3,321 Zamorak brews to get level 81.

Assuming you buy all of the items on the Grand Exchange and clean herbs are used, you will spend:



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Level 81 to 99
Make saradomin brews: Items needed: Clean the herb if it's grimy, use the herb on the vial of water, and then add the secondary.
 * Vial of water
 * Toadflax
 * Crushed nest

These give 180 experience each. It will take 62,421 Saradomin brews to get level 99.

Assuming you buy all of the items on the Grand Exchange and clean herbs are used, you will spend:






 * If you sell all 62421, you will get 173 343 117 coins

Potion Selector
This table recommends potions to create by herblore level. To be included in this table, a potion must not be too expensive (&lt; 16 gold per XP if possible), its secondary ingredient must be readily available on the Grand Exchange, and the potion must have medium or high demand (see Calculators/Potions).

This table deliberately does not include columns for:
 * making profit by buying all items on the Grand Exchange - there is only one profitable potion, the summoning potion, and its ingredients are too difficult to purchase
 * earning herblore XP at any cost - simply pick the highest-level herb


 * {|class="wikitable sortable"


 * rowspan="3"|Herblore Level
 * Buying all ingredients on Grand Exchange
 * align="center" colspan="6"|Growing your own herbs
 * align="center" rowspan="2"|Goal: Herblore XP
 * align="center" colspan="3"|Goal: Herblore XP
 * align="center" colspan="3"|Goal: Profit
 * Farming Level
 * Herb
 * Potion
 * Farming Level
 * Herb
 * Potion
 * Herblore.gif 5-11
 * Antipoison_3.pngoison
 * Farming.gif 14
 * [[File:Clean_marrentill.png]]Marrentill
 * [[File:Antipoison_3.png]]Antipoison
 * colspan="3"|No profitable herbs
 * Herblore.gif 12-25
 * [[File:Strength_potion.PNG]]Strength potion
 * Farming.gif 19
 * [[File:Clean_tarromin.png]]Tarromin
 * [[File:Strength_potion.PNG]]Strength potion
 * rowspan="4"|Farming.gif 19
 * rowspan="4"|[[File:Clean_tarromin.png]]Tarromin
 * rowspan="4"|[[File:Strength_potion.PNG]]Strength potion
 * Herblore.gif 26-33
 * [[File:Energy_potion.PNG]]Energy potion
 * Farming.gif 26
 * [[File:Clean_harralander.png]]Harralander
 * [[File:Energy_potion.PNG]]Energy potion
 * Herblore.gif 34-35
 * [[File:Energy_potion.PNG]]Energy potion
 * Farming.gif 38
 * [[File:Clean_toadflax.png]]Toadflax
 * [[File:Agility_pot.PNG]]Agility potion
 * Herblore.gif 36-37
 * [[File:Combat_potion.gif]]Combat potion
 * Farming.gif 26
 * [[File:Clean_harralander.png]]Harralander
 * [[File:Combat_potion.gif]]Combat potion
 * Herblore.gif 38-44
 * [[File:Prayer_potion.PNG]]Prayer potion+
 * Farming.gif 32
 * [[File:Clean_ranarr.png]]Ranarr
 * [[File:Prayer_potion.PNG]]Prayer potion
 * rowspan="3"|Farming.gif 32
 * rowspan="3"|[[File:Clean_ranarr.png]]Ranarr
 * rowspan="3"|[[File:Prayer_potion.PNG]]Prayer potion
 * Herblore.gif 45-47
 * [[File:Super_attack_potion.PNG]]Super attack
 * Farming.gif 44
 * [[File:Clean_irit.png]]Irit
 * [[File:Super_attack_potion.PNG]]Super attack
 * Herblore.gif 48-54
 * [[File:Super_antipoison-potion.PNG]]Super anti-poison potion
 * Farming.gif 44
 * [[File:Clean_irit.png]]Irit
 * [[File:Super_antipoison-potion.PNG]]Super anti-poison potion
 * Herblore.gif 55-57
 * [[File:Super_strength_potion.PNG]]Super strength potion
 * Farming.gif 56
 * [[File:Clean_kwuarm.png]]Kwuarm
 * [[File:Super_strength_potion.PNG]]Super strength potion
 * Farming.gif 56
 * [[File:Clean_kwuarm.png]]Kwuarm
 * [[File:Super_strength_potion.PNG]]Super strength potion
 * }
 * [[File:Super_antipoison-potion.PNG]]Super anti-poison potion
 * Herblore.gif 55-57
 * [[File:Super_strength_potion.PNG]]Super strength potion
 * Farming.gif 56
 * [[File:Clean_kwuarm.png]]Kwuarm
 * [[File:Super_strength_potion.PNG]]Super strength potion
 * Farming.gif 56
 * [[File:Clean_kwuarm.png]]Kwuarm
 * [[File:Super_strength_potion.PNG]]Super strength potion
 * }
 * }

+ Notice that summoning potion is not included in this list due to the difficulty in obtaining the materials on the Grand Exchange.

Training tips

 * Its possible to train Herblore with Slayer for many the creatures you slay may drop many different herbs each time you kill something. But might take a long time to get the herbs you require.
 * Herblore can be a very expensive skill since the ingredients usually cost more than the finished product. However, collecting the secondary ingredient yourself, or farming the herbs can greatly reduce the cost.
 * An option for 78-81 is to continue with ranging potions.
 * Vials are an important part of Herblore training. The General store in East Ardougne sells vials of water for 10 coins each. They can also be made using the Crafting skill and then filling it with water from a fountain, however this will take much longer.
 * A virtually free, but very slow and therefore generally not recommended method to train Herblore is by making Magic essence potions. The ingredients are untradeable and relatively slow to obtain. Fairytale II - Cure a Queen is required, as is 57 Herblore. You gain 130 xp per potion.
 * Training Herblore this way will cost a total of assuming all ingredients are purchased from the Grand Exchange.
 * It is suggested to do Jungle Potion as soon as herblore is accessed. That way, you can jump from level 3 to level 9.
 * Another way is to buy (unf) potions on the Grand Exchange
 * A simple but time stealing way to train herblore is to buy grimy herbs on the Grand Exchange, clean the herbs and sell the clean herbs back on the Grand Exchange. Advantages: Sometimes great profits and if you do well, no money is lost. Disadvantages: Very, very, very slow!