Herblore/Training

This article is about training the Herblore skill. For the skill itself, see Herblore.

Training

Because the main source of herbs is Farming, the herbs are usually the main bottleneck on how quickly you can train Herblore. Therefore, it is suggested to maximize the XP per herb rather than to simply craft the potion that grants most XP.

When deciding which herbs to plant, aim to plant the highest level herb you can use in a potion that only requires one of that herb. For instance, although Lemontyle Herb can be used starting from Level 40 to make Fishermans Potion for 36 XP, the Seeing Gold Potion is better until Level 45 because it uses one herb instead of two and thus will give more XP per herb.

Another trick you can use is to plant only as many herbs of each type as you will need. For example, once you have enough Garum Herbs to reach Level 15, you can swap to Sourweed Herbs.

Note that these guidelines should be followed only if your goal is to gain Herblore XP as quickly as possible. Otherwise it is better to craft the potions you plan to use in order to build Mastery XP towards unlocking their higher tiers.

However, if you have a big stock of herbs prepared, the table below shows recommendations of Skill Potions with high XP yield per craft that don't have inconvenient secondary material costs. Combat Potions generally have higher resource costs and see less actual use, even if they make more XP/craft.

Level	Potion
1-20	Bird Nest Potion
20-32	Controlled Heat Potion
32-40	Generous Cook Potion
40-42	Fishermans Potion
42-49	Skilled Fletching Potion
49-53	Crafting Potion
53-62	Perfect Swing Potion
62-71	Performance Enhancing Potion
71-74	Herblore Potion
74-99	Generous Harvest Potion

Boosters

XP

Source	Type	XP Boost	Other Modifiers
Cape of Completion	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +10 Flat HP Regen +100% to effective Mastery Pool progress Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +35% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Firemaking Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	+100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking
Maximum Skillcape	Item (Cape)	+5% Global Skill XP	Bypass Slayer Area item requirements -20% Agility Obstacle Build Costs -50% Prayer Point Cost for Prayers -0.5s Thieving Interval -0.5s Crafting Interval -15% Woodcutting Interval -15% Cooking Interval -50% Coal Costs for Smithing x2 Items received from Fishing x2 Items received from Fletching x2 Items received from Herblore +50% Ammo Preservation +1 to base drop quantity of Stardust and Golden Stardust from Astrology +1 Coal Ore per Ore Mined. (Item doubling does not apply) +2% Global Perfect Cook chance. +100% chance to successfully Cook an item. +5% Damage To Slayer Tasks +25% Farming Yield +100% chance to receive coal when burning logs in Firemaking +10% GP From Agility +100% GP From Thieving +10 Flat HP Regen Rune providing items provide 2x as many runes +35% Chance to Preserve Resources in Runecrafting +20% Chance to Preserve Resources in Summoning +25% Flat Slayer Area Effect Negation +10% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges +10 Base Quantity for Summoning Tablet Creation +150 Stealth while Thieving
Ancient Ring of Skills	Item (Ring)	+8% Herblore Skill XP	+8% Alt. Magic Skill XP +8% Woodcutting Skill XP +8% Fishing Skill XP +8% Firemaking Skill XP +8% Cooking Skill XP +8% Mining Skill XP +8% Smithing Skill XP +8% Farming Skill XP +8% Thieving Skill XP +8% Fletching Skill XP +8% Crafting Skill XP +8% Runecrafting Skill XP +8% Agility Skill XP +8% Summoning Skill XP +8% Astrology Skill XP
Book of Scholars	Item (Shield, Passive)	+3% Global Skill XP	-15% GP from all sources (Except Item Selling)
Pit Jump	Agility Obstacle 3	+1% Global Skill XP	-4% Agility Skill XP
Mud Crawl	Agility Obstacle 4	+2% Herblore Skill XP	-10% Farming Yield +2% Herblore Mastery XP +3% Chance to Preserve Resources in Herblore
Tree Climb	Agility Obstacle 5	+3% Global Skill XP	-10% Ammo Preservation -10% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills -10% Rune Preservation +2% Global Mastery XP
A Lovely Jog	Agility Obstacle 8	+5% Global Skill XP	-6% Global Mastery XP
Qimican	Constellation	+1-15% Herblore Skill XP	-1-15% Summoning Interval -1-15% Herblore Interval +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Summoning +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Herblore +1-15% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +1-15% Summoning Mastery XP +1-15% Herblore Mastery XP +1-15% Summoning Skill XP +1-15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges
Pyro	Pet	+1% Global Skill XP

Action Time

Source	Type	Action Interval	Other Modifiers
Qimican	Constellation	-1-15% Herblore Interval	-1-15% Summoning Interval +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Summoning +1-15% Chance to Double Items in Herblore +1-15% Chance To Preserve Potion Charge +1-15% Summoning Mastery XP +1-15% Herblore Mastery XP +1-15% Summoning Skill XP +1-15% Herblore Skill XP +1-15% Chance to preserve Summoning Charges
Expanded Knowledge	Upgrade	-15% Herblore Interval	-15% Runecrafting Interval