Herblore

“Clean and name your herbs, then brew them into potions: keener attacks, tougher defence, steady prayer, cures for poison. A good stock of brews wins fights that steel alone cannot.”

Every skill uses the same XP table: 951,207,314 XP for level 99. Past 99 the XP keeps counting.

How it works

Pick a recipe. Every key press or click moves it along by one input; when it has the inputs it needs, the materials are used up and you get the product and the XP. The materials have to stay in your bank until then. Compare recipes by XP per input: that is your XP rate, however fast you go.

The Agility perk Careful Hands can save the materials of a finished recipe (up to 35% of the time).

Recipes

Level	Makes	Materials	Inputs	XP	XP / input
1	Attack Potion	GloamleafEmpty VialEye of Newt	3	94	31.3
1	Identify Herb (one of 15, see below)	Unidentified Herb	1	12 each	12–1201 more per input every 10 levels
5	Antipoison	MarrowmintEmpty VialUnicorn Horn Dust	3	141	47
5	Black Dragon Scale Dust	Black Dragon Scale	1	15	15
5	Blue Dragon Scale Dust	Blue Dragon Scale	1	15	15
5	Green Dragon Scale Dust	Green Dragon Scale	1	15	15
5	Red Dragon Scale Dust	Red Dragon Scale	1	15	15
5	Unicorn Horn Dust	Unicorn Horn	1	15	15
12	Strength Potion	TarrowrootEmpty VialGnarlwort Root	3	188	62.7
22	Compost Potion	HarrowvineEmpty VialOak Ash	3	234	78
22	Keen-Eye Potion	HarrowvineEmpty VialCrushed Bird's Nest	3	234	78
22	Crushed Bird's Nest	Empty Bird's Nest	1	25	25
25	Swamp Tar ×15	Gloamleaf	3	170	56.7
30	Sacred Oil	RavenweedEmpty Vial	1	40	40
30	Defence Potion	RavenweedEmpty VialWhite Berries	3	281	93.7
38	Prayer Potion	RavenweedEmpty VialFenreed	3	328	109.3
40	Ranged Potion	HarrowvineEmpty VialTainted Wine	3	375	125
40	Orange Tar ×15	Marrowmint	3	272	90.7
45	Super Attack Potion	EmberleafEmpty VialEye of Newt	3	375	125
48	Super Antipoison	EmberleafEmpty VialUnicorn Horn Dust	3	399	133
50	Angler's Potion	AverwortEmpty VialFish Roe	3	430	143.3
50	Crushed Gem ×3	Diamond	1	40	40
50	Crushed Gem ×2	Emerald	1	40	40
50	Crushed Gem	Jade	1	40	40
50	Crushed Gem ×3	Ruby	1	40	40
50	Crushed Gem ×2	Sapphire	1	40	40
50	Crushed Gem	Topaz	1	40	40
50	Crushed Gem	Uncut Gem	1	40	40
52	Scholar's Potion	AverwortEmpty VialCrushed Gem	3	450	150
52	Red Tar ×15	Tarrowroot	3	354	118
53	Tracker's Potion	AverwortEmpty VialBone Spike	3	455	151.7
55	Super Strength Potion	QuellrootEmpty VialGnarlwort Root	3	469	156.3
57	Magic Potion	LanternvineEmpty VialBarrel Cactus	3	488	162.7
58	Prayer Regeneration Potion	DuskvineEmpty VialBlackamber	3	525	175
63	Super Restore Potion	WyrmsnapEmpty VialRed Spiders' Eggs	3	534	178
64	Black Tar ×15	Harrowvine	3	435	145
66	Super Defence Potion	CadmireEmpty VialWhite Berries	3	562	187.3
69	Antifire Potion	LanternvineEmpty VialGreen Dragon Scale Dust	3	600	200
70	Super Angler's Potion	QuellrootEmpty VialCaviar	3	590	196.7
72	Super Ranged Potion	StoutweedEmpty VialTainted Wine	3	609	203
76	Super Magic Potion	LanternvineEmpty VialBarrel Cactus	3	647	215.7
76	Cobalt Tar ×15	Emberleaf	3	517	172.3
81	Sacred Brew	Mirewort ×2Empty VialCrushed Bird's Nest	3	675	225
84	Extended Antifire	Antifire PotionBlue Dragon Scale Dust ×2	3	690	230
90	Super Combat Potion	ThornstarSuper Attack PotionSuper Strength PotionSuper Defence Potion	4	1,969	492.3
92	Super Antifire	Antifire PotionRed Dragon Scale Dust ×2	3	900	300
98	Extended Super Antifire	Super AntifireBlack Dragon Scale Dust ×2	3	1,050	350

Identifying herbs

Herbs come unidentified. One input identifies a batch: 1 at a time below level 10, one more for every 10 levels, up to 10 at level 90. Each comes out as one of these:

Herb	Chance
Gloamleaf	34.1%
Marrowmint	24.36%
Tarrowroot	14.62%
Harrowvine	10.96%
Ravenweed	6.09%
Mirewort	4.26%
Emberleaf	2.68%
Averwort	1.34%
Quellroot	1/137
Wyrmsnap	1/274
Duskvine	1/411
Cadmire	1/912
Lanternvine	1/1,642
Stoutweed	1/2,053
Thornstar	1/3,284

Benches

A better bench multiplies all your Herblore XP. Bought once; the best one you own is used.

What each of the 26 potions does is on Potions. With the Apothecary Shelves built, each brew has a 10% chance to keep its secondary ingredient.

Fastest XP

The most XP per input at every level, worked out from the numbers above. XP per input only: it ignores what the materials cost and where they come from.

Levels	Best	XP per input
1–4	Attack Potion	31.3
5–11	Antipoison	47
12–21	Strength Potion	62.7
22–29	Compost Potion	78
30–37	Defence Potion	93.7
38–39	Prayer Potion	109.3
40–47	Ranged Potion	125
48–49	Super Antipoison	133
50–51	Angler's Potion	143.3
52	Scholar's Potion	150
53–54	Tracker's Potion	151.7
55–56	Super Strength Potion	156.3
57	Magic Potion	162.7
58–62	Prayer Regeneration Potion	175
63–65	Super Restore Potion	178
66–68	Super Defence Potion	187.3
69–71	Antifire Potion	200
72–75	Super Ranged Potion	203
76–80	Super Magic Potion	215.7
81–83	Sacred Brew	225
84–89	Extended Antifire	230
90–99	Super Combat Potion	492.3