Analysis, Discussion and Tips for Success

General Discussion

Barbarian Herblore allows players to add roe or caviar -- obtained from Barbarian heavy rod fishing -- to 24 different regular potions to make Barbarian mixes. These special potions behave the same way as the potions they started out with, but also heal either 30 or 60 LP per dose. The five lowest-level potions can be made with roe, and heal 30 LP per dose; the remainder require caviar and heal 60 LP per dose. (You can use caviar on the lower-level ones, but they still heal the same, and since roe is much cheaper that's a waste.) You also get Herblore XP for making the potions.

Unfortunately, there are several drawbacks to making Barbarian mixes. First, you must make them with 2-dose potions, which requires splitting 4-dose potions, a process that takes time. Second, you cannot combine the mixes together again, so 2 doses per vial is the limit. And finally, the market for most of these mixes is poor, so in most cases you lose money on them (but not all).

Energy mixes are made from regular energy potions. They are the lowest-level Barbarian mix that must be made with caviar rather than roe. Like regular energy potions, energy mixes have little market, due largely to poor demand and invalid Grand Exchange pricing. I recommend keeping them for your own use -- they can be handy for activities that involve a lot of running and also occasional damage, such as some types of Runecrafting. I have set their value to be equal to that of regular energy potions plus 100 gp, since that more accurately reflects their value.

Location and Access

You can make potions at any bank, but a one-click bank like Castle Wars is preferred.

Required and Recommended Equipment

No equipment is needed.

Required and Recommended Supplies

No supplies are required, aside from the input ingredients.

Familiar Suggestions

Summon a foraging familiar to earn extra money for you while you work -- I prefer the magpie, given the high value of rings and gems today. There isn't a really worthwhile forager below Summoning level 47, so I wouldn't bother with a familiar at lower levels.

Technique and Tips

I assume you are starting with 4-dose potions. If you are starting with 3-dose pots, first convert them to 4-dose with the help of Bob Barter at the Grand Exchange, then use the 4-dose potions he gives you and the empty vials to split the 4-dose pots into 2-dose versions. Of course if you are lucky, you may be able to buy 2-dose versions, but don't count on it.

Set your Withdraw-X to 13, and take out 13 potions, then 13 empty vials. Now click one potion and one vial in your bank to take out a 14th of each. Move the mouse down to the last vial in your inventory, click it, then click the potion next to it. Repeat 13 times to split the potions (there is no "Make-X" for this activity). Work quickly but be careful not to drink the potion by mistake. Repeat several times until you have all the 2-dose potions you need.

Now withdraw 13 of the 2-dose potions and 13 caviar, then one more of each as before. Click the caviar at the bottom right, then the potion next to it, and repeat 13 times. Bank the mixes and repeat.