Potions

This page serves as a guide to proper use of Potions and Herblore, specifically as it applies to role-playing on World 42. Any valuable contributors are welcome to add, especially as new content is released in-game. This guide does not apply to Poisons.

What are Potions?
Potion's are mixture's usually created using water, a herb and a secondary ingredient. There are many types of potion's and they can have 1 (or more) of many effect's. The art of mixing potion's is known as Herblore (or Herblaw) and is mainly practiced by the druid's in Taverly.

Methods of using Potions
Potion's can have many different effect's ranging from curing disease, to increased skills or in ritual's. Possible method's of potion's are:

Combat
One set of potion's specifically effect's a person's ability in combat. These potion's come in a variety of effect's and intensity's for any combat encounter. Effect's of potion's include; increased strength, pain numbing, increase speed, increased accuracy, increased mental control and many others. Basic combat potion's are relatively easy to make or buy, the attack potion being one of the first that druids learn to make. However some advanced potion's such as the Extreme Attack Potion recquire great skill to make and the 'Overload' potion is known for being one of the hardest of to make, as well as one of the most expensive.

Skill Improvement
Certain potion's can be used to increase a person's ability at certain skill's. Crafting, Hunter, Fletching, and Fishing are amongst some of the many varieties of these potion's. This could be useful for a job a certain person wishes to perform to a higher standard than normal. Some potion's are only temporarily but some can improve a person's ability permanently (Such as the potion from Witches Potion).

Curing Illness
Used a lot by Doctor's and Nurses, these potion's are specifically targetted to making ill people feel better. This ranges from curing disease, removing poison, curing insanity and in some rarer cases, curing Vampyrism. The anti poison potion is a must for any warrior who must face against a venemous monster or a poisoned weapon. Relicym's Balm is also useful for those travelling through disease filled lands. Various other potion's have been used to cure ill effects such as magically induced coma's (Magic Essence Potion) and ancient curses (Serum 208).

Changing Appearance
Potion's are also used in the cosmetic industry, mostly in the form of dyes. Dye's are generally used to change the colour of fabric, metal and even wigs. More advanced potion's can even change a person's proportion's, the Shrinking Potion (From Grim Tales) can shrink a fully grown man to the size of a mouse (albeit at severely decreased Strength and Weight). There are also potion's that can be used to disguise a person as another species, such as a Goblin, but these often come with limiting factor's such as only working in darkness, and are often made with rare ingredients.

Tar and Explosive's
Tar's are mixture's of herb's and swamp tar that can be used to make a sticky flammable substance that can be fired from the mouth of certain species of lizard's, the effect can be devestating and sometimes even disastrous if handled incorrectly. The proportion of tar to herb must be right or it could lead to explosive consequences. Explosive's can also be made using herblore, such as the fishing explosive's used by Slayers and Extreme Fisherman.

Other Uses
Some potion's can protect from magical effect's such as Dragon fire. Stink bomb's are smelly mixes that can be used to distract or annoy others. Certain oil's can be made that can be used to Heat proof a substant or to give it less friction.

Negative effect's
Potion's can contain some negative effect's, most are safe to drink in safe amount's, although certain potion's such as the Overload potion or the Saradomin Brew can weaken an opponent in certain way's, but the possitive effect's often outweigh the negative one's. Overdosing on a potion on the otherhand can make all potion's dangerous, addiction's can occur alongside other dangerous effect's, for example a continuous overdosing of Strength Potion could eventually lead to muscle failure. Mixing potion's then drinking the result could also lead to dangerous outcomes.

Some potion's also recquire a degree of luck to their use, one example being the Guthix Balance potion. Used on a incapacitated Juvinate the potion can either cure the Vampyrism, destroy the creature or make it aggresive.

List of Potion's
This list is continuously being updated as new information and potion's are released. Any information to add about any potion is welcomed. If you notice any missinformation please feel free to fix it.

Attack Potion's
Need's info.

The basic potion is made from Guam and Newt eye's. Irit can be subsituted to make a stronger potion. Avantoe can then be added to make the effect even stronger.

Strength Potion's
Improve's a user's Strength.

The basic potion is made from Tarromin and Limpwurt, more skilled potion maker's can substitute Red Spider's egg's for Tarromin. Kwuarm can be substituted to make a stronger potion. Dwarf weed can then be added to make the effect even stronger.

Defence Potion's
Need's Info.

The basic potion is made from Marrentill and Bear fur. Cadantine and White berrie's can make a stronger potion, Lantadyme can then be added to improve the effect's.

Ranging Potion's
Improve's a user's sight and also their ability to perceive where a thrown/fired object will land. The user will become more accurate with ranged weapon's as a result.

The basic potion is made from Guam and Redberries. Dwarf Weed and Zamorakian Wine can make a stronger potion, Grenwall spikes can then be added to improve it further.

Magic Potion's
Improve's a person's mental ability, allowing them to cast spell's more easily and improve the effects/damage of spell's.

The basic potion is made from Tarromin and a magical bead. A stronger potion can be made from Lantadym and Potato Cactus, Ground Mud runes can be added to improve the effect's further.

Summoning Potion's
Need's Info.

Made from Spirit Weed and a Cockatrice egg.

Adrenaline Potion
Cause's a person to become more aggresive.

Made from an energy potion and Papya.

Prayer Potion's
Need's Info.

The basic potion is made from Ranarr and Snape Grass, Bonemeal can be added to improve the effect's further. A stronger potion can be made from Fellstalk and Morchella Mushroom.

Overload's
Improve's a person's abilitie's in combat, including strength, endurance, ranged ability and magic ability. Essentially, it combines the effect of the Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranging and Magic potion's. The effect's are so extreme that it causes great pain to a user who drink's it.

Made from a really strong Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged and Magic potion plus Torstol.

Antipoison's
Cure's poison's, stronger antipoison's might recquire coconut milk instead of water.

Basic poison's can be cured from a potion made from Marrentill and Ground Unicorn Horn. A stronger potion can be made from Toadflax, Coconut Milk and the roots of a Yew Tree. An even stronger potion can be made with Coconut milk, Irit and the roots of a magic tree.

Relicym's Balm
Cure's some diseases's if drunk within a hour of coming into contact of the infection. It also prevent's many disease's from affecting the person to begin with.

Made from Rogues purse and Snake Weed.

Restore Potion's
Cure's most negative effect's from potion's such as weakened strength. Does not heal damage.

The basic potion is made from Harralander and Red Spider's eggs. Snapdragon can be subsituted to improve the effect's.

Energy Potion's
Restore's a person's stamina.

The basic potion is made from Harralander and Choclate. An improved potion can be made from Avantor and Mort Myre Fungus.

Sanfew Serum
Created by Sanfew of Taverly, the potion combine's the effect's of restore potion's and antipoison potion's.

Made from Snake Weed, Ground Unicorn Horn and Nail Beast Nails.

Guthix Rest
Cure's poison and restore's Stamina.

Made from Harralander and Marrentill. Guthixian Wine can be added to improve the effect's.

Zamorak Brew
Improve's a person's strength and combat abilites at the cost of weakened endurance, can cause pain when drunk.

Made from Torstol and Jangerberries. Zamorakian Wine can be added to improve the effect's.

Saradomin Brew
Boost's endurance and heal's damage at the cost of weakened strength and other combat abilities.

Made from Toadflax and crushed bird's nest. Saradomist Wine can be added to improve the effect's.

Agility Potion's
Improve's stamina and Speed.

Made from Toadflax and Toad leg's.

Crafting Potion's
Improve's a person's crafting ability.

Made from Wergali and Frog Spawn.

Fishing Potion's
Improve's a person's ability to catch fish.

Made from Avantoe and Snape Grass.

Hunter Potion's
Improve's a person's ability to catch small furry critters.

Made from Avantoe and Crushed Kebbit Teeth.

Fletching Potion's
Improve's a person's ability to make ranged weapon's.

Made from Wergali and feathers of a Wimpy bird.

Antifire
Protect's from most of the effect's of dragonfire and lessen's the damage caused by fire and fire magic.

Made from Lantadyme and ground Dragon Scale. A phoenix feather can be added to improve the effect's.

Guthix Balance
If drunk by a Vampure Juvenile and Juvinate, can either cure their vampyrism, destroy the creature or make it more aggresive, but no longer immune to non silver weaponry. Causes damage to Vyrewatch, but does not affect stronger Vampyre's such as Vyrelord's/ladies.

The recipe is unlikely to be known by a normal potion maker. The recipe was discovered by Ivandis Seergaze and the recipe was only written down on a scrap of paper found by the adventurer. It is made from a restore potion, Garlic and Silver dust.

Shrink-Me-Quick Potion
Makes you tiny.

Made from Tarromin and shrunk ogleroot. Ironically you need to use the potion on a Ogleroot to get the shrunk ogleroot in the first place.

Goblin Potion
Gives a person the appearance of a goblin, only works whilst not in sunlight.

The potion is made from Toadflax and Pharmakos Berries. The berries are rare, so it is unlikely a shop would sell them.

Advice when creating new potion's
No advice has been given so far, if you have some word's of wisdom, feel free to write them down.

Commonly Made Mistakes

 * Not all potions will have the same effect on every person, certain characteristic's could affect the outcome, such as Species, Age, illness or maybe even Gender.

Trivia

 * The term Herblore originates from the first age, as it is when human's first learnt to use it. Paradoxically, it was first named by the adventurer who had travelled back in time, met its creator and suggested the name to her.