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).

Super restore potions undo losts points in every skill except list points; make them into Barbarian mixes, though, and suddenly they restore LP as well! :) This makes these potions very valuable indeed. In fact, they'd be even more valuable, except that super restores are often used after Saradomin brews, and in that situation the healing of a mix potion usually goes to waste. The prices of super restore mixes on the Grand Exchange have been too low since the GE came out. I value these potions at the equivalent value of a super restore (2) plus 500 gp.

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.

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.