Herblaw

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Herblaw (known as Herblore in RuneScape 2) is a skill in RuneScape Classic that allows players to make potions. Potions have a variety of effects, including curing poison, temporarily raising or restoring certain skills, or poisoning weapons. Potion boosts will generally allow players to perform certain feats that would otherwise require a few levels higher to do so. However, some quests' skill requirements do not allow boosts to be used.

Getting started in Herblaw requires completion of the Druidic Ritual quest, which will raise the player's Herblaw level to 3 (the level required to make the first potion). It is usually impossible to start Herblaw without completing this quest.

Obtaining herbs

Herbs are a lot less common in Classic than they are in RuneScape 2. The best way to obtain herbs is from monster drops. Chaos druids, chaos druid warriors and men are great for obtaining herbs as they drop them frequently. Another option is to buy the herbs off of other players. Usually, larger amounts of herbs can be found for sale on the forums, but players will also sell them in banks (especially Draynor) on occasion. Players can trade both identified and unidentified herbs.

Identifying herbs

When herbs are first obtained as drops from monsters, they are unidentified. Unidentified herbs stack in your bank according to their type. In order to be able to use these herbs to make potions, a player must identify what the herb is by clicking on it in the inventory screen. Different herbs require different levels to identify.

Image	Herb	Herblaw level	Experience	Fatigue SU (%)
	Guam Leaf	3	2.5	40 (0.0533%)
	Marrentill	5	3.75	60 (0.08%)
	Tarromin	11	5	80 (0.1066%)
	Harralander	20	6.25	100 (0.1333%)
	Ranarr weed	25	7.5	120 (0.16%)
	Irit leaf	40	8.75	140 (0.1866%)
	Avantoe	48	10	160 (0.2133%)
	Kwuarm	54	11.25	180 (0.24%)
	Cadantine	65	12.5	200 (0.2667%)
	Dwarf weed	70	13.75	220 (0.2933%)
	Torstol	75	15	240 (0.32%)

Mixing potions

A player filling a vial with visible bubble.

Audio of a player making potions

Making a potion requires a vial filled with water, a herb, and a secondary ingredient. Vials can be made using the Crafting skill, or bought from the Taverley herb shop. Water can be added to an empty vial by using it on a sink, fountain, or other water sources. Vials already containing water are sold by Kortan in his East Ardougne general store, allowing players to save time. Secondary ingredients vary widely. Secondary ingredients may be found in shops, as a spawn, or obtained through monster drops. See below for level requirements.

Image	Name	Level	Herb	Secondary	Effect	Experience	Fatigue SU (%)
	Attack Potion	3	Guam leaf	Eye of newt	Boosts Attack by 10% + 3 levels	25	400 (0.533%)
	Cure poison	5	Marrentill	Ground unicorn horn	Cures poison and provides little immunity to it	37.5	600 (0.8%)
	Explosive compound	10	Nitroglycerin	Ammonium Nitrate, Ground charcoal, Arcenia root	Injures when dropped, explodes blockages in Digsite dungeon	18.75	300 (0.4%)
	Strength potion	12	Tarromin	Limpwurt root	Boosts Strength by 10 % + 3 levels	50	800 (1.066%)
	Ogre potion	14	Guam leaf	Jangerberries, Ground bat bones	Wizard in Watchtower will enchant it to Magic ogre potion	50	800 (1.066%)
	Stat restore potion	22	Harralander	Red spiders eggs	Restores drained combat stats	62.5	1000 (1.333%)
	Blamish oil*	25	Harralander	Blamish snail slime	Used on Fishing Rod to make Oily Fishing Rod	80*	1280 (1.706%)
	Defense Potion	30	Ranarr weed	White berries	Boosts Defense by 10 % + 3 levels	75	1200 (1.6%)
	Restore prayer potion	38	Ranarr weed	Snape grass	Restores Prayer level by (Level * 0.25 + 7)	87.5	1400 (1.866%)
	Super attack potion	45	Irit leaf	Eye of newt	Provides a greater boost to Attack (15% + 5 levels)	100	1600 (2.133%)
	Gujuo Potion*	45	Snake Weed	Ardrigal	Used to gain courage to climb down a rope in Legends caverns	0*	0 (0%)
	Poison Antidote	48	Irit leaf	Ground unicorn horn	Cures poison and provides immunity for some time	106.25	1700 (2.266%)
	Fishing potion	50	Avantoe	Snape grass	Boosts Fishing level by 3	112.5	1800 (2.4%)
	Super strength potion	55	Kwuarm	Limpwurt root	Provides a greater boost to Strength (15% + 5 levels)	125	2000 (2.667%)
	Weapon poison potion	60	Kwuarm	Ground blue dragon scale	Poisons throwing knives, throwing darts, arrows, a spear, or a dagger	137.5	2200 (2.933%)
	Super defense potion	66	Cadantine	White berries	Provides a greater boost to Defense (15% + 5 levels)	150	2400 (3.2%)
	Ranging potion	72	Dwarf weed	Wine of zamorak	Boosts Ranged by 10% + 4 levels	162.5	2600 (3.466%)
	Potion of Zamorak	78	Torstol	Jangerberries	Boosts Attack (+22.5%) and Strength (+15%), decreases Defense (-12.5%) and Hitpoints (-10%), and for a short while	175	2800 (3.733%)

* Some of the ingredients to make this potion cannot be acquired after the quest it is used in

Secondary ingredients

Each potion requires an additional ingredient after a herb is added in order to complete it. These ingredients are obtained in various ways throughout RuneScape Classic.

Image	Secondary Ingredient	Collection methods	Potions
	Eye of newt	Can be bought in Taverley herb store for 3 coins as well as from Betty in Port Sarim. Also dropped by zombies.	Attack potion, Super Attack Potion
	Ground unicorn horn	A Unicorn horn is obtained from killing unicorns and black unicorns, which is then ground with a pestle and mortar. Also, Chaos druid warriors drop already Ground Unicorn Horns on occasion.	Cure poison, Poison antidote
	Limpwurt root	Obtained from hobgoblin, chaos druid warrior and giant drops.	Strength potion, Super Strength Potion
	Red spiders eggs	There are 2 respawns in the Varrock Sewers. The Edgeville Dungeon has 4 respawns in low level Wilderness. One respawns inside Karamja Volcano.	Stat restoration Potion
	White berries	Obtained from respawn at Red dragon isle (in wilderness). These are also dropped by Chaos druid warriors.	Defense Potion, Super Defense Potion
	Snape grass	Respawns on peninsula west of Crafting Guild. Dropped by Chaos druids and Chaos druid warriors.	Restore prayer potion, Fishing Potion
	Ground blue dragon scale	The Blue Dragon Scale needed for grinding spawns in the Taverley dungeon Blue Dragon area.	Weapon poison potion
	Wine of Zamorak	Telekinetic grab from table at the Chaos Temple north of Goblin Village	Ranging Potion
	Jangerberries	Spawns on the Ogre island west of Yanille (rope required to access). Can be telegrabbed over the water.	Ogre potion, Potion of Zamorak
	Ground bat bones	Killing Giant bats in the Bat house or Taverley dungeon and grinding them with pestle and mortar.	Ogre potion
	Ground charcoal	Using pestle and mortar on Charcoal from Karamja General Stores.	Explosive compound
	Ammonium Nitrate	Archaeological expert identifies the Unidentified powder as ammonium nitrate from the Digsite chest. Chest key is required to open the chest.	Explosive compound
	Arcenia root	Digsite dungeon	Explosive compound
	Blamish snail slime	From Gerrant during Heroe's Quest	Blamish oil

Herblaw certificates

Some Herblaw supplies can be exchanged for certificates. Sidney Smith, in Yanille, will exchange the following certificates for Herblaw items (and vice versa):

	Super attack potion certificates
	Super defense potion certificates
	Super strength potion certificates
	Prayer potion certificates
	Limpwurt root certificates

Boosts

Item	Boost	Visibility
Greenmans ale	1 level	Visible

Quest rewards

The following quests offer Herblaw experience rewards:

• Druidic Ritual - 250 XP - Required to start using the herblaw skill, taught by Kaqemeex
• Jungle Potion - $XP=Level*125+400$
• Heroes Quest - $XP=(level*50)+75$
• The Dig Site - $XP=125*(Level+1)$

Trivia

• Greenman's ale can be drunk to boost herblaw level by 1
• In RuneScape 2, a herb's initial state is grimy, but the name of the herb is revealed when you put your cursor over it. These herbs are "cleaned" instead of being identified before being used in potions.
• The first user to gain 99 Herblaw was Halw Gnun.
• Potion making is depicted in the banner announcing the new skills advantage of members
• Herblaw was displayed as a skill teaser since the first weeks of RS Launch in 2001, but could not be trained until 27 February 2002.