Calculator:Herblore/Efficient Profit

This calculator shows profit/losses from training the herblore skill efficiently. This calculator assumes that you are making potions from grimy herbs, using a portable well, have the scroll of cleansing, and are decanting into flasks. These numbers are estimates based on the likelihood of the effects of the Scroll of cleansing and Portable well.

Reasoning:

Portable well: The portable well boosts Herblore experience by 10% and give a 5% chance of making an extra potion. This 5% is applied when making unfinished potions and again when finishing potions with secondary ingredients. Portable wells are frequently hosted at the Combat academy, which you can use at no cost to you, though it is nice to help out the community by deploying some portable wells that you have purchased.

Scroll of cleansing: The scroll of cleansing can be purchased from Marmaros Thokson in Daemonheim for 20,000 Dungeoneering tokens. The scroll gives a 12.5% chance that a potion will be created twice as fast as usual. The scroll also gives a 10% chance of salvaging an herb added to a vial of water and salvaging a secondary ingredient when added to an unfinished potion.

Decanting to flasks: Decanting to flasks does not always increase profit. To see if decanting is profitable, check the Calculator:Herblore/Flask decanting page. However, decanting to flasks can be done for free, in bulk (noted items), and almost instantly with the help of Teplin Macagan after completion of As a First Resort. Because this can be done so quickly, can be immensely profitable, and if profit is your motive, I highly suggest only making potions which are profitable to decant.

Process:

The following is the process to replicate (as close as possible) the optimal calculations shown in the below table. Buying 1,000 herbs was used as a way to calculate more accurate averages for the sake of representation. With smaller sample sizes, results will vary more widely, but over time will average out to the calculations shown in the below table.

1. Buy 1,000 grimy variants of the herb for your selected potion. Herbs can be slower to purchase at GE market prices, but the more profitable potions can still turn a significant profit even while buying herbs at higher than market price.

2. Clean your grimy herbs. This is done fastest by setting a Bank preset for quick withdrawing.

3. Find a world where a Portable well is being hosted. This information can be found by searching for 'portable locations' in the Runescape forums.

4. Add your herbs to vials of water using the portable well. By adding 1,000 herbs to vials of water, you will yield (on average) 1050 unfinished potions due to the effect of the portable well. Due to the effect of the scroll of cleansing, you will have saved (on average) 100 herbs. By adding those 100 herbs to vials of water, you will yield (on average) 105 unfinished potions and saved (on average) 10 herbs. By adding those 10 herbs to vials of water, you will yield (on average) 10 unfinished potions and saved (on average) 1 herb. This herb (on average) will make 1 unfinished potion and will not be saved. This process will yield in total, and of course on average, 1,166 unfinished potions and use 1,111 vials of water.

5. Due to the 10% chance to save secondary ingredients, your 1,166 unfinished potions will require (on average) 1,060 secondary ingredients. (1,060 * 1.1 = 1,166) Buy a little more than this amount (to avoid having to go back to the Grand exchange) and add them to your unfinished potions at the portable well. The 5% chance to make an extra potion will be applied again over this process at the portable well. This will yield (on average) 1,224 finished 3-dose potions.

6. Buy 612 Potion flasks at the Grand exchange. Bring your noted potion flasks and noted 3-dose potions to Teplin Macagan and have him decant your potions into your flasks. Sell these flasks at the grand exchange. It may take some ime for your flasks to sell at market prices, but again the more profitable potions may still turn a significant profit even selling at a little lower than market price.

	Potion	Level Req.	XP	Cost of 1K Grimy Herbs & 1111 Vials	Cost of 1060 Secondary Ingredients	Cost of 612 Potion Flasks	Total Cost	Price of 612 Full Flasks	Profit/Loss Per Potion
	Attack potion	1	25	815,656	10,600	4,014,720	4,840,976
	Ranging potion	3	30	815,656	636,000	4,014,720	5,466,376
	Magic potion	5	35	211,656	1,064,240	4,014,720	5,290,616
	Strength potion	7	4	211,656	5,501,400	4,014,720	9,727,776	4,884,372	−3,957.03
	Defence potion	9	45	2,413,656	960,360	4,014,720	7,388,736	6,446,196	−770.05
	Antipoison	13	50	2,413,656	1,780,800	4,014,720	8,209,176	5,570,424	−2,155.84
	Guthix rest	18	59.5	847,656	2,445,420	4,014,720	7,307,796	13,438,296	5,008.58
	Restore potion	22	62.5	847,656	1,489,300	4,014,720	6,351,676	4,573,476	−1,452.78
	Energy potion	26	67.5	847,656	519,400	4,014,720	5,381,776	5,492,088	90.12
	Agility potion	34	80	11,356,656	630,700	4,014,720	16,002,076	6,179,976	−8,024.59
	Combat potion	36	84	847,656	3,074,000	4,014,720	7,936,376	6,679,980	−1,026.47
	Payer potion	38	87.5	1,966,656	142,040	4,014,720	6,123,416	6,843,384	588.21
	Summoning potion	40	92	16,681,656	7,476,180	4,014,720	28,172,556	26,918,208	−1,024.79
	Divination potion	43	97.5	16,681,656	5,927,520	4,014,720	26,623,896	2,965,140	−19,329.05
	Super attack	45	100	5,114,656	10,600	4,014,720	9,139,976	9,283,428	117.2
	Super antipoison	48	106.3	5,114,656	1,780,800	4,014,720	10,910,176	13,720,428	2,295.96
	Fishing potion	50	112.5	1,149,656	142,040	4,014,720	5,306,416	4,328,064	−799.31
	Super energy	52	117.5	1,149,656	3,638,980	4,014,720	8,803,356	7,983,540	−669.78
	Hunter potion	53	120	1,149,656	13,227,740	4,014,720	18,392,116	26,488,584	6,614.76
	Runecrafting potion	54	122.5	2,807,656	129,320	4,014,720	6,951,696	2,069,172	−3,988.99
	Super strength	55	125	11,888,656	5,501,400	4,014,720	21,404,776	20,283,516	−916.06
	Fletching potion	58	132	2,807,656	699,600	4,014,720	7,521,976	4,138,956	−2,763.91
	Weapon poison	60	137.5	11,888,656	662,500	4,014,720	16,565,876	3,652,416	−10,550.21
	Super restore	63	142.5	1,895,656	1,489,300	4,014,720	7,399,676	7,101,648	−243.49
	Super defence	66	150	4,428,656	4,260,140	4,014,720	12,703,516	12,528,864	−142.69
	Antipoison+	68	155	11,356,656	1,061,060	4,014,720	16,432,436	15,683,112	−612.19
	Antifire	69	157.5	7,657,656	662,500	4,014,720	12,334,876	12,980,520	527.49
	Super ranging potion	72	162.5	8,582,656	16,324,000	4,014,720	28,921,376	28,319,076	−492.08
	Super magic potion	76	172.5	7,657,656	5,563,940	4,014,720	17,236,316	15,701,472	−1,253.96
	Invention potion	77	175	1,895,656	58,300	4,014,720	5,968,676	2,790,720	−2,596.37
	Zamorak brew	78	175	5,495,656	917,960	4,014,720	10,428,336	5,683,644	−3,876.38
	Antipoison++	79	177.5	5,114,656	4,242,120	4,014,720	13,371,496	11,164,716	−1,802.92
	Saradomin brew	81	180	11,356,656	7,242,980	4,014,720	22,614,356	23,435,316	670.72
	Aggression potion	82	185	16,689,656	58,816,220	4,014,720	79,520,596	82,541,052	2,467.69
	Prayer renewal	94	190	6,966,656	5,345,580	4,014,720	16,326,956	11,044,152	−4,316.02