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

Herblore involves cleaning herbs which can be used to make potions using a secondary ingredient. These potions have a variety of effects. However, most of them are designed to be used in combat.

Starting Off

To start off you will need grimy herbs, they can be bought from the Herbloring Shop. However for Hardcore Ironmen these can be obtained from Farming them yourself would be a much cheaper method.

Herbloring Shop

The Herbloring Shop can be accessed by trading Lady Keli She can be found in three locations in Etherum, these are:

In the building north-east of the bank on Neitznot (South).
North-west of the Ardougne Marketplace.
Directly outside the bank in the Donator Zone.

Cleaning Herbs

Cleaning herbs is by far the fastest method to 99. All you have to do to clean a herb is click on it. The table below shows all herbs and the required levels to clean it.

Name	Level to Clean	Ironman XP	Hardcore Ironman Xp
Guam	1	20	12
Marrentill	5	31	19
Tarromin	11	41	25
Harralander	20	52	31
Ranarr	25	62	37
Toadflax	30	466	280
Irit	40	73	44
Avantoe	48	250	150
Kwuarm	54	282	169
Snapdragon	59	786	472
Cadantine	65	312	187
Lantadyme	67	982	589
Dwarf Weed	70	575	345
Torstol	75	750	450

Note: When you reach level 99, xp will get reduced by half.

Making Potions

Making potions is also quite simple. All you need to do to make a potion is:

1) Use a clean herb with a Vial of Water (to make an unfinished potion).

2) Use a certain ingredient(s) with the unfinished potion.

Below you will see a table of potions, and which ingredients is used to make them.

Name	Herb used	Ingredient used	Level Required	Ironman XP	Hardcore Ironman Xp
Attack Potion	Guam	Eye of Newt	3	41	25
Strength Potion	Tarromin	Limpwurt Root	3	83	50
Defense Potion	Ranarr	White Berries	30	125	75
Super Attack	Irit	Eye of Newt	45	166	100
Super Strength	Kwuarm	Limpwurt Root	55	208	125
Super Defense	Cadantine	White Berries	66	250	150
Ranging Potion	Dwarf Weed	Wine of Zamorak	72	270	162
Magic Potion	Lantadyme	Potato Cactus	76	266	180
Extreme Attack	Avantoe	Super Attack	88	366	220
Extreme Strength	Dwarf Weed	Super Strength	89	383	230
Extreme Defense	Lantadyme	Super Defense	90	400	240
Extreme Magic	Ground Mud Runes	Magic Potion	91	416	250
Extreme Range	Grenwall Spike	Range Potion	92	433	260
Overload	None	One of each extreme	96	3.333	2.000
Antifire	Lantadyme	Blue Dragon Scale Dust	85	261	157
Super Antifire	Lantadyme	Antifire (3) + Phoenix Feather	85	350	211
Prayer Potion	Ranarr	Snape Grass	38	145	87
Super Energy	Avantoe	Mort Myre Fungi	52	195	117
Super Restore	Snapdragon	Red Spiders' Eggs	63	216	142
Super Prayer	None	Prayer Potion + Bonemeal	94	450	271
Antipoison	Marrentill	Unicorn Horn Dust	5	61	41
Super Antipoison	Irit	Unicorn Horn Dust	48	176	106
Saradomin Brew	Toadflax	Crushed bird nest	81	300	180

Note: When you reach level 99, xp will get reduced by half.

Note: Some ingredients may need to be ground first. In order to do so, use a "Pestle and Mortar" with items such as: Unicorn Horn, Chocolate Bar, Blue Dragon Scale, Bird Nest and Mud Rune.

Useful Items and Boosts

Picture	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).
	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.
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.