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).

Prayer mixes are made by adding caviar to regular prayer potions. These are one of the few Barbarian mix potions that are in demand, since the combination of healing and restoring prayer can be very useful. If you aren't using these for your own purposes, though, be sure to watch prices so you don't sell at the wrong time.

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.