 This is the ironman / hardcore ironman Herblore guide, the guide for regular players can be found here.

Herblore

Herblore is an artisan skill where players can make their own potions with herbs and other ingredients.

Herbloring shop

Herbloring shop

The Herbloring Shop can be accessed by trading Lady Keli in Neitiznot or in the Donator zone. Lady Keli is located at the following three spots: North of the donator zone bank. North east of the Neitiznot bank. North west of the Ardougne marketplace.

Making Potions

Making potions is the fastest way to train herblore. Potions are made in two steps:

Depending on the type of potions, herbs can be used on a vial of water to make an unfinished potion.
Use the second ingredient on the unfinished potion to make a potion (3).

Below you will find a table of potions and which ingredients are used to make them.

Required level		First ingredient	Second ingredient	Ironman XP	Hardcore ironman XP
3	Attack Potion	Guam	Eye of newt	333	200
5	Antipoison	Marrentill	Unicorn horn dust*	500	300
12	Strength Potion	Tarromin	Limpwurt root	666	400
22	Restore Potion	Harralander	Red spiders' eggs	833	500
26	Energy Potion	Harralander	Chocolate dust*	900	540
30	Defence Potion	Ranarr	White berries	1000	600
38	Prayer Potion	Ranarr	Snape grass	1166	700
45	Super Attack	Irit	Eye of newt	1333	800
48	Super Antipoison	Irit	Unicorn horn dust*	1417	850
52	Super Energy	Avantoe	Mort myre fungi	1566	940
55	Super Strength	Kwuarm	Limpwurt root	1666	1000
63	Super Restore	Snapdragon	Red spiders' eggs	1900	1140
66	Super Defence	Cadantine	White berries	2000	1200
68	Antidote+	Coconut Milk + Toadflax**	Yew Roots	2066	1240
69	Antifire	Lantadyme	Blue dragon scale dust*	2100	1260
72	Ranging Potion	Dwarf Weed	Wine of zamorak	2166	1300
76	Magic Potion	Lantadyme	Potato cactus	2166	1300
79	Antidote++	Coconut Milk + Irit**	Magic roots	2366	1420
81	Saradomin Brew	Toadflax	Crushed bird nest*	2400	1440
87	Anti-venom	Antidote++ (3)	15 Zulrah's scales	1600	960
92	Super Antifire	Antifire Potion	Phoenix feather	1733	1040
94	Super Prayer	Prayer Potion	Bonemeal	3600	2160
94	Antivenom+	Antivenom	Antidote++	1666	1000
96	Extreme Attack	Super Attack	Avantoe	2933	1760
96	Extreme Strength	Super Strength	Dwarf Weed	3066	1840
96	Extreme Defence	Super Defence	Lantadyme	3200	1920
96	Extreme Magic	Magic Potion	Ground mud runes*	3333	2000
96	Extreme Range	Range Potion	Grenwall spikes	3466	2080
96	Overload	One of each extreme potion (3)	-	13333	8000
* = these items (unicorn horn, blue dragon scale, bird's nest, chocolate bar and mud rune) need to be crushed to dust with a pestle and mortar.
** = these potions do not require a vial of water, but require coconut milk instead; use the herb on the coconut milk to create an unfinished potion.

Cleaning Herbs

Another way to train herblore is by cleaning herbs. However this method gives far less experience than making potions. Find the experience table below.

Name	Level to clean	Ironman XP	Hardcore ironman XP
Guam	1	33	20
Marrentill	5	50	30
Tarromin	11	77	40
Harralander	20	84	50
Ranarr	25	100	60
Toadflax	30	106	64
Irit	40	117	70
Avantoe	48	133	80
Kwuarm	54	150	90
Snapdragon	59	157	94
Cadantine	65	166	100
Lantadyme	67	175	105
Dwarf Weed	70	184	110
Torstol	75	200	120

Useful items and boosts

Image	Item / boost	Effect	How to Obtain
	Knowledge Effect	All experience gained will be increased by: 75% for 10 minutes for normal donators 100% for 20 minutes for super donators 110% for 40 minutes for extreme donators	Go to the Donator Zone, in the building to the west of the bank and click on the Defence Totem (Knowledge effect).
	Witchdoctor Set	Grants 10% bonus Herblore experience when the full set is worn.	Buying from Skilling Shop for 15k Skilling Points.
	Bonus Experience	All experience gained will be multiplied by 3 until the bonus experience runs out.	Logging in every day grants 200k Bonus Exp. Every 10th vote streak rewards you with 500k Bonus Exp. Purchase 1m Bonus Exp for 5k premium points.
N/A	Monthly Bonus	All experience gained is multiplied by 1.25	Play during the 1st to the 5th of every month.

The Skill Cape

If you reach level 99 in Herblore, you can talk to the Wise Old Man at home to obtain the Skill cape. He is located at home, in the building north of the bank.

The 99 cape costs 90K Gp and comes with a matching hood. Both the Herblore cape and hood give +9 bonus to all defense stats.

For HCIM, this cape will cost only 300 gp.

If you reach 200m experience in the Herblore skill you will also unlock the ability to buy the Master Herblore Cape. It is exactly the same as the normal Skill cape. However, you can adjust the trim colour to whatever you like. This cape costs 15m Gp.