Demonic Pacts League/Guide/Herblore

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Overview

All players begin the Demonic Pacts League with Druidic Ritual autocompleted and level 3 Herblore, allowing for immediate training of the skill.

Herbs can be acquired through Farming or monster drops. One herb patch is available in Varlamore, west of Civitas illa Fortis. A pestle and mortar can be bought from several general stores in Varlamore; there is also one dedicated herblore shop, Huito's Herbal Supplies in Cam Torum, which also sells vials of water and eyes of newt.

At level 60 Herblore, Mastering Mixology becomes available on Aldarin. As it does not require herblore secondaries, it may be more efficient XP per herb than sourcing secondaries for making potions.

If not taking Herblore-related relics, it may be beneficial to wait for increased XP modifiers at higher tiers before training Herblore extensively, for much faster XP.

Herblore is modified by the following relics:

Friendly Forager gives the player the forager's pouch, which acts as a silklined herb sack and automatically collects grimy herbs when collecting resources from Woodcutting, Fishing, Mining, and Hunter. These herbs are limited to your Herblore level + 25 levels. Additionally, all Herblore items are processed at once, herblore secondaries have a 90% chance to be saved (stacking additively with other items, such as the prescription goggles), and potions created will have 4 doses instead of 3. This removes the need for amulets of chemistry or the alchemist's amulet.

Butler's Bell allows the player to summon a demon butler who can perform various activities for them, including farming herbs (10 per minute) and converting herbs into unfinished potions (5 per minute), even when offline. Making unfinished potions will give 10 Herblore XP per resource processed.

Additionally, these relics can assist in acquiring herb seeds and growing herbs through Farming:

Nature's Accord makes it so farming patches and plants no longer have any level requirements to plant or harvest. Additionally, you receive 10x yield from patches, automatically noted with XP granted for all additional resources; your plants will never die; and you have a 20% chance to not use a seed or sapling when planting them.

Woodsman gives random herb seeds when Hunter traps are harvested.

Larcenist gives a 100% success rate on Thieving actions, automatically re-pickpockets, and increases the loot received by pickpocketing by 10x. This can be used to acquire large numbers of seeds from pickpocketing farmers and Master Farmers.

Transmute allows herb seeds to be converted into other "tiers", allowing for turning less-useful seeds into more-useful ones. Additionally, with Kebos and Kourend unlocked, you can receive essentially infinite herb seeds by transmuting tree seeds into Spirit seeds, trading them to Guildmaster Jane for tier 5 Seed packs, opening the seed packs for further tree seeds (and receiving herb seeds as a byproduct), and repeating.

Training

The most useful potions to create for training purposes are prayer potions, super attack potions, super strength potions, super defence potions, super restores, and Saradomin brews. Alternatively, players may train by creating herb tar, although it may be difficult to obtain enough swamp tar to sustain this method. At level 60, the Mastering Mixology minigame also becomes available.

Depending on region, players will find some ingredients more easier to obtain than others: the Wilderness provides large amounts of secondaries such as red spiders' eggs, limpwurt roots, and wines of Zamorak; Fremennik is good for snape grass and white berries, as well as the only source of Superior dragon bones other than the Transmute relic; the Desert is good for potato cacti, etc.

Zahur may be paid 200gp per item to clean herbs and, with completion of the Desert Hard Diary, create unfinished potions. She can also decant potions for free, providing missing vials for 2gp each.

If unlocked, potion storage can be used to decant more conveniently.

Obtaining herbs

Herbs are usually obtained from Farming or monster drops. For more details on acquiring seeds and improving Farming success rates, see the Farming guide.

With Asgarnia unlocked, players can purchase magic secateurs, which increase the number of herbs obtained when harvesting herbs.

If Kourend is unlocked, planting an Attas seed in the Farming Guild will increase the chance of saving a harvest life by 5%, therefore increasing herbs obtained from farming. These can be obtained from fighting Hespori.

Herb patches

All players have 1 herb patch in Varlamore, west of Civitas illa Fortis. Additional herb patches can be used in other regions:

Maximum: 7

Any combination of Asgarnia, Kandarin, Kourend, or Morytania.

Minimum: 1

Desert, Tirannwn, and Wilderness

The following table lists the number of herb patches available per region:

Region	Herb Patches	Notes
Varlamore✓	1	Ortus Farm patch is disease-free with 16,000 Glory.
Karamja✓	0
Asgarnia✓	2	Troll Stronghold patch is disease-free.
Fremennik✓	1	Weiss patch is disease-free. Automatically build upon unlocking region.
Kandarin✓	2	Catherby patch yields increased by 5, 10 or 15% with completion of the medium, hard or elite tiers of the Kandarin Diary respectively.
Kourend✓	2	Hosidius patch is disease-free with the easy Kourend & Kebos Diary. Farming Guild patch requires 65 Farming to access (boostable). Both patches receive a 5% increase in yield with the hard Kourend & Kebos Diary.
Desert✓	0
Morytania✓	2	Harmony Island patch requires completion of the elite Morytania Diary.
Tirannwn✓	0
Wilderness✓	0

Combat and other

The following table lists sources of herbs that are obtainable in high enough quantities to be valid training methods:

Region	Method	Notes
Varlamore✓	Alchemical Society chest	Can be opened with alchemist's signets obtained as drops from elder custodian stalkers to receive herblore secondaries, herb seeds, and grimy herbs.
Desert✓	Sorceress's Garden	Picking herbs instead of sq'irk fruit. Always yields two herbs. Drop rates depend on the chosen seasonal garden.
Kandarin✓	Sinister chest	Requires level 49 Agility. Provides guaranteed herbs.
Kandarin✓	Barbarian potions	Does not provide herbs, but does allow certain potions to be used as primary ingredients when mixed with caviar for small amounts of Herblore experience. Requires Otto Godblessed's Barbarian Training.
Morytania✓	Aberrant spectres	Requires level 60 Slayer. Common herb drops.
Tirannwn✓	Zulrah	Common high-level herb drops. Common anti-venom ingredient drops.
Wilderness✓	Venenatis	Common snapdragon and red spiders' eggs drops.
Kourend✓	Undead druids	Common herb drops.
	Sarachnis	Herb drops and using grubby keys on the chest for grimy herbs.
	Tithe Farm	Herb boxes and seed packs.
Asgarnia✓	Pest Control	Minigame modifiers and/or combat achievements rewards make Pest Control a viable way of obtaining herbs.
Asgarnia✓ Kandarin✓ Morytania✓ Wilderness✓	Chaos druids	Common herb drops.

Obtaining bulk secondary ingredients

The following table lists sources of secondary ingredients that are obtainable in high enough quantities to be valid training methods:

Region	Secondary	Method	Primary
Varlamore✓	Aldarium	Can be obtained from Mastering Mixology, or received from the Alchemical Society chest when opened with an alchemist's signet.	Harralander or huasca
	Amylase crystal	Can be obtained by spending termites at Worm Tongue's Wares.	Super energy
	Bird nest	Can be obtained by opening hunter loot sacks earned through completing Hunters' Rumours, and from Vale offerings obtained from Vale Totems	Saradomin brew
	Coconut	Grown in the fruit tree patch in Kastori at 68 Farming.	N/A
	Eye of newt	Can be purchased from Huito's Herbal Supplies.	Irit
	Limpwurt root	Can be obtained from Hueycoatl or grown in flower patches in Kastori and west of Civitas illa Fortis at 26 Farming.	Kwuarm
	Mort Myre fungus Wine of zamorak	Can be received from the Alchemical Society chest when opened with an alchemist's signet.
	Snape grass	Can be grown in the allotment patches west of Civitas illa Fortis at 61 Farming, or received from the Alchemical Society chest when opened with an alchemist's signet.	Ranarr weed
Karamja✓	Amylase crystal	Can be obtained by spending Brimhaven vouchers at the Brimhaven Agility Arena.	Super energy
Karamja✓	Coconut	Grown in the fruit tree patch in Brimhaven at 68 Farming.	N/A
Asgarnia✓	Amylase crystal	Can be obtained by spending marks of grace at the Rogues' Den.	Super energy
	Crushed nest	Can be obtained by killing the Giant Mole.	Toadflax
	Eye of newt	Can be purchased at Betty's Magic Emporium, Jatix's Herblore Shop, and Frincos' Fabulous Herb Store.	Irit
	Dragon scale dust	Can be collected from ground spawns in the Taverley Dungeon. Can be retrieved from scaly blue dragonhide.	Lantadyme
	Lava scale shard	Can be obtained by fishing infernal eels.	Antifire potion
	Limpwurt root	Can be grown in the flower patch south of Falador at 26 Farming.	Kwuarm
	Snape grass	Spawns on the Hobgoblin Peninsula. Can also be grown in the allotment patches south of Falador with 61 Farming.	Ranarr weed
	Wine of zamorak	Can be obtained by using telekinetic grab ¹ ¹ with level 33 Magic at the Chaos Temple. Also dropped by Cerberus in quantities of 15 at a time.	Dwarf weed
Fremennik✓	Snape grass	Waterbirth Island has 27 ground spawns.	Ranarr weed
	Jangerberries White berries	Can be grown in the bush patch on Etceteria starting with level 48 and level 59 Farming respectively.	Torstol Cadantine
	Superior dragon bones	Dropped by Vorkath.	Antifire potion
	Lava scale shard	Can be obtained by fishing infernal eels.	Antifire potion
Kandarin✓	Snape grass	Can be grown in allotment patches in Ardougne and Catherby with level 61 Farming.	Ranarr weed
	Eye of newt	Can be purchased at Grud's Herblore Stall.	Irit
	Jangerberries White berries	Can be grown in the bush patch by the Ardougne Monastery starting with level 48 and level 59 Farming respectively.	Torstol Cadantine
	Limpwurt root	Can be grown in flower patches in Ardougne and Catherby with level 26 Farming.	Kwuarm
	Unicorn horn dust	Can be obtained from unicows in Creature Creation.	Irit
	Red spiders' eggs	Can be obtained from spidines in Creature Creation.	Snapdragon
Kourend✓	Eye of newt	Can be purchased at Regath's Wares in Arceuus.	Irit
	Jangerberries White berries	Can be grown in the bush patch in the Farming Guild starting with level 48 and 59 Farming respectively.	Torstol Cadantine
	Limpwurt root	Can be grown in flower patches in Hosidius and the Farming Guild with level 26 Farming.	Kwuarm
	Potato cactus	Can be grown in the cactus patch in the Farming Guild with level 64 Farming.	Lantadyme
	Red spiders' eggs	Can be obtained from Sarachnis.	Snapdragon
	Snape grass	Can be grown in allotment patches in Hosidius and the Farming Guild with level 61 Farming. Also ground spawns in Hosidius.	Ranarr weed
	Wine of zamorak Wine of Zamorak	Can be made from Zamorak's grapes grown in the Vinery. Requires points from Tithe Farm to acquire Bologa's blessings and grape seeds.	Dwarf weed
Desert✓	Potato cactus	Can be obtained by killing the Kalphite Queen or ground spawns in the Kalphite Hive. Can also be grown in the cactus patch in Al Kharid with level 64 Farming.	Lantadyme
Desert✓	Wine of zamorak	Can be obtained by killing the Kalphite Queen.	Dwarf weed
Morytania✓	Limpwurt root	Can be grown in the flower patch near Port Phasmatys with level 26 Farming.	Kwuarm
	Mort myre fungus	Can be spawned in the Mort Myre Swamp by using a blessed silver sickle.	Avantoe
	Snape grass	Can be grown in the allotment patches near Port Phasmatys with level 61 Farming.	Ranarr weed
	Swamp tar	Commonly obtained from the Theatre of Blood in quantities of 500-600.	Harralander
	Wine of Zamorak	Commonly obtained from the Theatre of Blood in quantities of 50-60.	Dwarf weed
Tirannwn✓	Crystal shards	Can be obtained from many activities in Prifddinas, including Zalcano, the Gauntlet, the Prifddinas Agility Course, harvesting crystal trees, opening the Elven Crystal Chest, catching crystal implings, killing monsters in the Iorwerth Dungeon, chopping trees in Prifddinas, mining ores in Prifddinas, and pickpocketing elves.	Stat-boosting potions
	Eye of newt	Can be purchased at Prifddinas Herbal Supplies.	Irit
	Limpwurt root	Can be grown in the flower patch in Prifddinas with level 26 Farming.	Kwuarm
	Red Spiders' Eggs	Can be obtained east of Prifddinas in the Arandar area, there are 7 ground spawn locations.	Snapdragon
	Snape grass	Can be grown in the allotment patches in Prifddinas with level 61 Farming.	Ranarr weed
	Swamp tar	Commonly dropped by Zulrah in quantities of 1,000.	Harralander
	Zulrah's scales	Can be obtained from killing Zulrah or fishing sacred eels with level 87 Fishing.	Antidote++
Wilderness✓	Red spiders' eggs	Dropped by Venenatis and Spindel. Can also be obtained by looting the chest in the Rogues' castle.	Snapdragon
	Mort myre fungus	Dropped by Vet'ion and Calvar'ion.	Avantoe
	Limpwurt root	Dropped by Venenatis/Spindel, Vet'ion/Calvar'ion, and Callisto/Artio.	Kwuarm
	Unicorn horn dust	Dropped by Venenatis/Spindel.	Irit
	Wine of Zamorak	Can be obtained by using telekinetic grab ¹ ¹ with level 33 Magic at the Chaos Temple or Deep Wilderness Dungeon. Will be noted if the Wilderness Hard Diary is completed. Also dropped by Vet'ion and Calvar'ion.	Dwarf weed
	Lava scale shard	Ground from Lava scales dropped by Lava dragons	Antifire potion

Mastering Mixology

Mastering Mixology is a Herblore minigame found in Aldarin. The minigame requires 60 Herblore to begin, with all recipes available at 81 Herblore. The minigame can be a good method to use herbs for which herblore secondaries are difficult or impossible to obtain. Many useful rewards can be obtained from the minigame, such as the alchemist's amulet, prescription goggles, and aldarium, which is used to make goading potions and prayer regeneration potions.

Potions

Not all potions are easily creatable or obtainable with all region unlock combinations. In particular, the ranging potion and antifire potion have rigid region requirements due to the scarcity of their secondary ingredients.

Secondary ingredients locations

The following table lists sources for secondary ingredients in the starting area of Varlamore for this league, and common sources from other areas:

Secondary	Potions made	Level	Primary	How to obtain
Eye of newt	Attack potion	3	Guam potion (unf)	Purchasable from Huito's Herbal Supplies in Cam Torum.
Eye of newt	Super attack	45	Irit potion (unf)	Purchasable from Huito's Herbal Supplies in Cam Torum.
Unicorn horn dust	Antipoison	5	Marrentill potion (unf)	Obtained in Varlamore from unicorns located in northern Aldarin. Easily obtained from unicows and Venenatis drops. Ground from unicorn horns.
Unicorn horn dust	Superantipoison	48	Irit potion (unf)
Limpwurt root	Strength potion	12	Tarromin potion (unf)	Can be farmed from limpwurt seeds with level 26 Farming at flower patches in Kastori and east of Civitas illa Fortis, as well as in several other regions . Additionally, can be dropped by hill giants in the Avium Savannah.
Limpwurt root	Super strength	55	Kwuarm potion (unf)
Red spiders' eggs	Restore potion	22	Harralander potion (unf)	Once Karamja is unlocked, can be obtained from ground spawns in Crandor and Karamja Dungeon. Also spawns in the Forthos Dungeon (11). Obtained as a drop from spidines , Sarachnis , and Venenatis/Spindel drops.
	Super restore	63	Snapdragon potion (unf)
	Weapon poison+	73	Coconut milk ^[1] and cactus spine ^[2]
Chocolate dust	Energy potion	26	Harralander potion (unf)	Ground from chocolate bars, which can be purchased at Cobado's Groceries in Civitas illa Fortis. Spawns can also be found in Zanaris (1) and Kastori (3). Chocolate dust can be bought directly from Funch's Fine Groceries and Grand Tree Groceries in the Tree Gnome Stronghold .
White berries	Defence potion	30	Ranarr potion (unf)	Obtainable in Varlamore from cave crawler drops in the Ruins of Tapoyauik . Can be farmed at bush patches with level 59 Farming.
White berries	Super defence	66	Cadantine potion (unf)
Snape grass	Prayer potion	38	Ranarr potion (unf)	Can be farmed at the allotment patches west of Civitas illa Fortis at level 61 Farming, as well as in other regions . Also obtainable in Varlamore as a drop from cave crawlers in the Ruins of Tapoyauik or from eclectic implings (requiring 50 Hunter).
Snape grass	Fishing potion	50	Avantoe potion (unf)
Dragon scale dust	Weapon poison	60	Kwuarm potion (unf)	Obtainable from blue dragon scales in the Myths' Guild basement , Taverley Dungeon , or the Ruins of Tapoyauik . Also can be scraped from scaly blue dragonhides Ground from blue dragon scales.
Dragon scale dust	Antifire potion	69	Lantadyme potion (unf)
Yew roots	Antidote+	68	Coconut milk^[1] and Toadflax	Can be farmed at the tree patch in Nemus Retreat with level 60 Farming, as well as tree patches in other regions . Dug up from farmed yew trees after manually chopping them down.
Wine of zamorak	Ranging potion	72	Dwarf weed potion (unf)	Only obtainable in Varlamore by opening the Alchemical Society chest with alchemist's signets dropped by elder custodian stalkers (requiring 76 Slayer and completion of Shadows of Custodia). Otherwise are available primarily as a monster drop or spawn (see sources) , or can be made with Zamorak's grapes grown in the Vinery .
Potato cactus	Magic potion	76	Lantadyme potion (unf)	Unobtainable in Varlamore. Only obtainable from the following sources .
Jangerberries	Zamorak brew	78	Torstol potion (unf)	Only source in Varlamore is catching young implings with level 22 Hunter. Otherwise, can be farmed at bush patches with level 48 Farming or stolen from the Hosidius fruit stalls .
Magic roots	Antidote++	79	Coconut milk^[1] and Irit leaf	Can be farmed at the tree patch in Nemus Retreat with level 75 Farming, as well as tree patches in other regions . Dug up from farmed magic trees after manually chopping them down.
Crushed nest	Saradomin brew	81	Toadflax potion (unf)	Obtained by grinding bird nests, which are obtainable in Varlamore as a reward from Vale offerings and hunters' loot sacks, and occasionally from Woodcutting. Nests obtained from Woodcutting are increased at a rate of 10x with the Conniving Clues relic, resulting in many nests when cutting high level trees. Easily obtained from Giant mole drop exchanges with Wyson the gardener.
Lava scale shard	Extended antifire	84	Antifire potion(4)	Unobtainable in Varlamore. Obtained directly through fishing infernal eels , which requires ice gloves and an oily fishing rod , or can be ground from lava scales obtained by killing lava dragons , or brutal black dragons.

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Coconuts are farmable with level 68 Farming. It can also be obtained from nature implings with level 58 Hunter.
^ Cactus spines are farmable at cactus patches with level 55 Farming. They can also be dropped by nature implings, requiring level 58 Hunter.

Other equipment

	Region	Notes
Amulet of chemistry	Varlamore✓	While equipped, a player mixing potions has a 5% chance to create a (4) dose potion instead of a (3) dose potion, consuming a charge. Maximum 5 charges. Requires level 27 Magic and level 37 Crafting to create. Jades can be obtained rarely from the fishing spot in Civitas illa Fortis or uncut jades can be mined from the Gemstone Crab. The amulet mould can be purchased from Artima's Crafting Supplies in Civitas illa Fortis. Has no use if the Friendly Forager relic is taken.
Alchemist's amulet	Varlamore✓	While equipped, a player mixing potions has a 15% chance to create a potion with an extra dose when brewing a (3) dose potion (with no extra experience). The amulet is obtained from the Mixology Rewards shop and can be recharged by using amulets of chemistry on it. Has no use if the Friendly Forager relic is taken.
Reagent pouch	Varlamore✓	The reagent pouch is a storage item which can store up to 26 of each herblore secondary ingredient. When making potions, the ingredients can be pulled out directly, allowing 26 potions to be made at once, instead of 14. The pouch can be obtained from the Mixology Rewards shop.
Prescription goggles	Varlamore✓	The prescription goggles provide a 10% chance to save secondary ingredients while worn. The goggles can be obtained from the Mixology Rewards shop.

Temporary boosts

	Region	Notes
Greenman's ale	Varlamore✓	Boosts Herblore by 1. Can be purchased from the Nemus Retreat pub or Sunlight's Sanctum in Aldarin.
Greenman's ale(m)	Varlamore✓	Boosts Herblore by 2. Must be made through brewing with level 29 Cooking, more easily produced by using the stuff from Trouble Brewing .
Chichilihui rosé	Varlamore✓	Boosts Herblore by 1. Purchaseable from Moonrise Brewery and Winery on Aldarin.
Botanical pie	Kourend✓	Boosts Herblore by 4. Must be made with golonova tops stolen from fruit stalls in Hosidius .

Skillcape

Item		Region	Seller	Notes
	Herblore cape	Asgarnia✓	Kaqemeex	Obtain a pestle and mortar. While equipped, players can use grimy herbs to create unfinished potions.
	Max cape	Varlamore✓	Leagues Tutor	Same effects as the Herblore cape.

Quests

Quest	Base XP Reward	Requirements	Required Regions	Autocompleted Regions
At First Light	500	30 Herblore 27 Construction 46 Hunter	Varlamore✓
Recruitment Drive	1,000	12 Quest points	Asgarnia✓
Shades of Mort'ton	2,000	20 Crafting 15 Herblore 5 Firemaking	Morytania✓
Zogre Flesh Eaters	2,000	25 Fletching 4 Smithing 8 Herblore 30 Ranged	Kandarin✓	Morytania✓
Grim Tales	25,000	59 Agility 45 Farming 52 Herblore 58 Thieving 71 Woodcutting	Asgarnia✓

XP rewards with skill choice

Quest	Base XP Reward	Requirements	Required Regions	Autocompleted Regions
In Search of Knowledge	10,000	-	Kourend✓
Sins of the Father	15,000 6 times	62 Woodcutting 60 Fletching 56 Crafting 52 Agility 50 Attack 50 Slayer 49 Magic	Morytania✓

Demonic Pacts League

Areas

Skill guides

Relics

Tier 1	Endless Harvest Barbarian Gathering Abundance
Tier 2	Hotfoot Friendly Forager Woodsman
Tier 3	Bank Heist Evil Eye Map of Alacrity
Tier 4	Transmute Conniving Clues Butler's Bell
Tier 5	Nature's Accord Larcenist Soul Harvest
Tier 6	Grimoire Eternal Sustenance Culling Spree
Tier 7	Flow State Reloaded
Tier 8	Executioner Minion Flask of Fervour

Gameplay items

Echo bosses

	Cerberus Kalphite Queen^(legs) Dagannoth Kings^{(Prime • Rex • Supreme)} Thermonuclear smoke devil Hespori Grotesque Guardians^{(Dawn • Dusk • Definitely Not Dusk)} Corrupted Hunllef Amoxliatl^{(Icy pool)} King Black Dragon^{(Black dragon)}
Echo orbs	Asgarnia Desert Fremennik Kandarin Kourend Morytania Tirannwn Varlamore Wilderness
Echo equipment	Fang of the hound Drygore blowpipe V's helm Devil's element Shadowflame quadrant Nature's recurve Lithic sceptre Crystal blessing Infernal tecpatl King's barrage

Rewards

Trophies

Demonic Pacts Hunter Outfits

Tier 1	Hood Top Bottom Boots Set
Tier 2	Hood Top Bottom Boots Set
Tier 3	Hood Top Bottom Boots Set

Ornament kits

Items

Overrides

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