Herblore is a buyable skill in Old School Runescape that can be trained to level 99 rapidly if you’re willing to invest a significant amount of gold. This guide provides both the quickest methods for those with ample funds and more economical options for those on a budget, including some ways to make money while training.

To begin OSRS Herblore training, you must complete the Druidic Ritual quest, which will bring you to level 3 Herblore upon completion.

EXP Boosting Items

Botanical Pie

Botanical pie can boost your Herblore level by 4, making it useful for meeting quest requirements and accessing higher experience rates in training.

Amulet of Chemistry

Wearing an Amulet of Chemistry gives a 5% chance to create an extra dose when making potions (which normally come in sets of three). This can save you money when crafting expensive potions. The amulet has 5 charges and degrades after these are used up. Always check if the cost of the amulet outweighs the savings from the extra doses.

Fast Herblore Training

For the fastest Herblore experience, buy unfinished potions from the Grand Exchange and combine them with other ingredients. Although there are faster methods, such as crafting anti-venoms and Saradomin brews, these are extremely expensive.

Economical Alternative: Attack Potions

If you're on a tight budget, making attack potions from level 3 to 99 will cost about 24M gold and take approximately 215 hours at an experience rate of 60K per hour.

Moneymaking Methods in Herblore

Cleaning Herbs

Cleaning herbs can be profitable, but it's very click-intensive and offers low experience rates.

Making Unfinished Potions

Although making unfinished potions doesn’t provide Herblore experience, it’s profitable due to high demand. Players training Herblore often buy these directly from the Grand Exchange.

Divine Potions

After completing the Song of the Elves quest, you can make divine potions by adding crystal dust to standard potions. This process offers minimal experience but can be very profitable. For example, making divine super combat potions can net a profit of 5K each. Note that crystal dust is untradeable and obtained by using a pestle and mortar on crystal shards from activities in Prifddinas.

Herblore Experience from Quests

Many quests in OSRS offer Herblore experience as rewards, which can provide a helpful boost in your training.

Herblore Tips & Tricks

Use a Herblore Calculator

Since Herblore is a buyable skill and the in-game economy fluctuates, it’s crucial to use a Herblore calculator alongside this guide to ensure you’re getting the best value for your investment. This approach helps you avoid overspending and may occasionally reveal profitable training methods.

Efficient Banking

Set your bank quantity (X) value to 14 to efficiently withdraw equal parts of unfinished potions and ingredients, splitting your inventory 50/50. Use separate bank tabs and fillers to streamline long skilling sessions.

We hope this Herblore Guide OSRS has been helpful. If you enjoyed it, check out our other skilling guides available for every skill in OSRS!