52 Mill, with herblore?

[JamieMcMe]

Hi!

 

 

 

I have just recently discovered a love for herblore!

 

 

 

I've heard folks have made mega bucks with this skizzle, I also find it really interesting and un with all the bright colours :twisted:

 

 

 

I was wondering if eventually, making 52 Mill, for Full 3rd age Range (According to another fansite's Price Guide)

 

 

 

How would I go around this? And would it even be possible?

 

 

 

Any help would be fab!

 

 

 

EDIT : Currently my level is only 25 :( But I have 400k avaliable for training, and after Heroes, I was gonna ask a certain friend who is training agility for his herbs to make energy pots for him ;)

 

 

 

I could make more money, white berries are very faithful to me :)

 

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

-Jamie

[Lobby4]

Sell super sets? :-k I don't know post more info like maybe how much cash you have and what you herblore is now...

[JamieMcMe]

Oh sorry!

[tripsis]

I'm a bit unsure as to what your question is :? If I understand you correctly, you're looking to make 52m using herblore, so that you can buy full third age range armour? If that's the case (please correct me if I'm mistaken), then I'm not sure how possible that is. Herblore is not a skill where you make gp. If you manage to make gp at all, it's because you farm your own herbs and/or gather your own second ingredients... which takes ages. There are much faster, more efficient ways to make gp.

 

 

 

In fact, most people lose (not earn) 50m - 150m getting to 99 herblore.

 

 

 

If you wanted to make gp, I would recommend runecrafting for it. Runecrafting is the most efficient and reliable way to earn gp (other good options include staking, merchanting, Barrows and DKing, but none of which are incredibly reliable or consistent).

[Lobby4]

I'm a bit unsure as to what your question is :? If I understand you correctly, you're looking to make 52m using herblore, so that you can buy full third age range armour? If that's the case (please correct me if I'm mistaken), then I'm not sure how possible that is. Herblore is not a skill where you make gp. If you manage to make gp at all, it's because you farm your own herbs and/or gather your own second ingredients... which takes ages. There are much faster, more efficient ways to make gp.

 

 

 

In fact, most people lose (not earn) 50m - 150m getting to 99 herblore.

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm yeah I'm looking ast prices and all I can see is posibly making super sets for cash...but thats a bit far off from level 25.

[JamieMcMe]

Oooh, soooo, scrap herblore?

 

 

 

lol

 

 

 

Any other skills except Rc?

 

 

 

What about makin battlestaves?

[tripsis]

Hmm yeah I'm looking ast prices and all I can see is posibly making super sets for cash...but thats a bit far off from level 25.

 

 

 

There are a few potions that have the potential of being profitable, super sets included. But the thing you have to know about herblore is that the industry is a big home for merchants. Most of the time, the only place that you will find herbs at the price you're looking for in order to make a profit, is from people who farm the herbs or get them from drops. They may offer you good prices for their herbs, but they sell in very small amounts (5-200, most of the time. Any more than that and they get more expensive).

 

 

 

As I said before, most of the herb sellers are merchants. They will sell you herbs in huge quantities (1k - 50k, or even more). But with those huge quantities come huge prices. But since the merchants pretty much take over the herblore industry, they're not even considered over-priced, but almost at the "regular" price.

 

 

 

So if you want to earn any gp with herblore, you have to buy herbs in very small quantities. That causes you to have to spend days, weeks or even months buying herbs from users. Then you have to take into consideration the huge supply of potions in the herblore market. That makes it very difficult to sell potions unless they're insanely under priced. Most people only buy potions in quantities of 5-50 (normal amount is usually around 20), unless they're insanely under-priced. Because you spend so much time buying and selling, that makes the whole process extremely slow, which in turn makes earning gp extremely slow with that skill.

 

 

 

Oooh, soooo, scrap herblore?

 

 

 

lol

 

 

 

Any other skills except Rc?

 

 

 

What about makin battlestaves?

 

 

 

Battlestaves are also pretty slow actually, I used to make them myself. The whole process is very long and tiring. The best way to make gp using skills would be runecrafting nature runes. That's the best profit that you're going to get. I can tell you this from personal experience. Runecrafting is what got me 99 construction (and I got that before I was 91+ runecrafting). Runecrafting is also what got me 91 prayer and 99 herblore.

 

 

 

I'm sure that anyone else who offers you gp-making advice will also refer you to runecrafting. Other than that, you'll probably be looking at making 100k an hour (instead of the 300k - 1m an hour with runecrafting).

[Death2Put]

Hmm yeah I'm looking ast prices and all I can see is posibly making super sets for cash...but thats a bit far off from level 25.

 

 

 

There are a few potions that have the potential of being profitable, super sets included. But the thing you have to know about herblore is that the industry is a big home for merchants. Most of the time, the only place that you will find herbs at the price you're looking for in order to make a profit, is from people who farm the herbs or get them from drops. They may offer you good prices for their herbs, but they sell in very small amounts (5-200, most of the time. Any more than that and they get more expensive).

 

 

 

As I said before, most of the herb sellers are merchants. They will sell you herbs in huge quantities (1k - 50k, or even more). But with those huge quantities come huge prices. But since the merchants pretty much take over the herblore industry, they're not even considered over-priced, but almost at the "regular" price.

 

 

 

So if you want to earn any gp with herblore, you have to buy herbs in very small quantities. That causes you to have to spend days, weeks or even months buying herbs from users. Then you have to take into consideration the huge supply of potions in the herblore market. That makes it very difficult to sell potions unless they're insanely under priced. Most people only buy potions in quantities of 5-50 (normal amount is usually around 20), unless they're insanely under-priced. Because you spend so much time buying and selling, that makes the whole process extremely slow, which in turn makes earning gp extremely slow with that skill.

 

 

 

Oooh, soooo, scrap herblore?

 

 

 

lol

 

 

 

Any other skills except Rc?

 

 

 

What about makin battlestaves?

 

 

 

Battlestaves are also pretty slow actually, I used to make them myself. The whole process is very long and tiring. The best way to make gp using skills would be runecrafting nature runes. That's the best profit that you're going to get. I can tell you this from personal experience. Runecrafting is what got me 99 construction (and I got that before I was 91+ runecrafting). Runecrafting is also what got me 91 prayer and 99 herblore.

 

 

 

I'm sure that anyone else who offers you gp-making advice will also refer you to runecrafting. Other than that, you'll probably be looking at making 100k an hour (instead of the 300k - 1m an hour with runecrafting).

 

 

 

Not everyone has the patience for RuneCrafting. Its boring and repetetive, and not everyone enjoys it, I know I don't.

 

 

 

As the author said, he said a knack for Herblore and he wants to make money that way.

 

 

 

I would reccomend you fighting Chaos Druids. They drop plenty of herbs. Along with Herbs, they drop a lot Mith Bolts*, which can easily be sold 200 each. Collect herbs, once you have a decent amount, identify them. Collect your 2nds. Repeat.

 

 

 

This isn't a bad way of making money if you enjoy it.

 

 

 

*By the way, they drops tons of law runes. You'll get plenty that you can sell.

[Lobby4]

Yeah I'd probly have to say RC even though I don't like it as much as wc...

 

 

 

There is always the eternal favorite, merchanting lol.

[RSBDavid]

actually with prayer pots if you make 52k of them you will make 1k profit each if you buy rannars for 7k e and sell pots 8k-10k ea.. making 52k will get you 4,550,000 xp so its possible

[Gugge]

You have gotten a lot of good advice already, both on the subject on herblore and money making. Here are a few more things.

 

 

 

Sooner or later you will need herblore levels for quest requirements. So no matter what, it is good that you like herblore :)

 

 

 

As I am sure you know, buying raw materials is expensive. Collecting it yourself takes time. So before you run off and buy a lot of stuff, think about how your money is best used, and what is reasonably easy to do yourself.

 

 

 

Vials: There is a *huge* difference in price when buying from other players and when buying from shops in the game. I suggest that whenever you are in Ardounge, or Taverly, or Shilo village or at any other place that sell vials - buy what the shop currently have in stock. Also do "hand in the sand" quest and have Bert haul sand in your bank since making them yourself is cheap and nice crafting exp.

 

 

 

Herbs: In addition to buy from other players you can

 

- kill monsters yourself. Chaos druids has already been suggested, in addition to them thugs in edgeville dungeon and many lower level slayer monsters (like banshees for example) are great herb droppers. Good combat exp while you are at it, so it will not be wasted time.

 

- farm herbs. Keep all seeds you get from drops, and farm as you go along. In my opinion this is a very good way of getting herbs - and limp roots!

 

- Do quests "throne of miscellania" and "royal trouble" and use your money to have the miscellania pixel workers to work for you. I suggest to let them collect herbs and maples. Sell the maples to get money back, use tree seeds you get to level your farming.

 

And... I personally suggest to keep *all* herbs you get. Do *not* sell what you cant use, and do not let others identify herbs for you - as your level rise you will be able to do it yourself. It is very nice to level enough to be able to identify a new herb, identify the stock that sit in your bank, and get another level just from that :P

 

 

 

Seconds: Same here, try and collect most of it yourself, at least until you get your herblore level up a bit. Having a house, and move it every now and then may be something to consider as investment:

 

Unicorn horns: definitly wilderness black unicorns. Take a glory amulet, a weapon(preferably dd(++), and wear top (+ eventually legs) of dragon hide. Kill for full inventory, tele with glory to edge, bank, repeat. If a pker get you, you will loose nothing of value.

 

Spider eggs: Edgeville dungeon or the road over the mountains towards the elven lands (accessable after regicide)

 

Eye of newt is one of the easiest second to get - so I suggest to keep doing those low level pots for quite a while.

 

Ashes! Do shades of mortton quest to be able to make serum 207! That way you get more exp for your tarromin potions - and use an easier second ingredient as well.

 

 

 

House in Relekka: then boat to waterbirth island where there are mass amounts of snape grass. Tele with glory or ring of duelling to bank, tele back to house, repeat. Get a LARGE stock while you are at it. Another option is to take a trip to Waterbirth island every time you go to miscellania to suck up for your pixel workers.

 

House with teleportportral to canifis: go to house, through portral to canifis, pick mushrooms in Mort myre, tele to house, recharge prayer at house altar, through portral to canifis, bank in canifis, repeat.

 

White berries: easy to collect once you have done quest "roaving elves" since there is a spawn in elven lands.

 

Limpwurt roots: farming is absolutly the best way to get them. Spend some time stealing from master farmer to get some seeds, not only limps but others as well to level your farming.

 

 

 

Oh, and the new barbarian fishing, with roe and caviar may be of use for some extra exp. I have not tried myself, so I dont really know. There is a guide on that in the archieve of wisdom.

[transcript80]

Excellent advice so far.

 

 

 

I would just like to add: speed = money loss. As Tripsis stated, getting levels fast includes buying all/a lot of the ingredients. This is going to cost you A LOT of gp. I get everything myself (Gugge stated some really nice methods I've been using as well) and actually make nice profits, especially from super sets or components of them and of course prayer pots. Using the kingdom of miscellania can be of huge help!

 

 

 

So up to you: You could make those 52M on herblore, no doubt, but it would take you close to forever. If you want herblore to be your primary money maker, I'm quite sure runecrafting is faster.

 

 

 

There's also a mix: collect some stuff, make potions, use the profit for a quick boost by buying some more supplies.

[JamieMcMe]

Thanks for all of the advice guys!

 

 

 

You were very helful Gugge!

 

 

 

I'm going to probably RC as tripsis said, but also do herblore and construction too.

 

 

 

So, I have a lot of questing to do! :)

[Berrakus]

I've made a lot of money off Herblore, it was even my main money maker for quite a while. Unfortunately times have changed and a lot of the money-making ways have dried up. And Herblore is not a get-rich-quick skill, especially not at lower levels. The best thing that I can recommend is to work on Farming and Slayer. Slayer monsters are great for their Herb and/or Herb Seed drops. Unfortunately, both of those skills are even slower than Herblore.

[Rosanante1]

I'll bow to the greater experience and knowledge of the legendary Tripsis. =D>

 

 

 

However, and there are always howevers, if you like a skill and you can see a way to make money from it then go for it! Not worth doing something that you don't enjoy 'cos then it's just a grind. :shock:

 

 

 

I love herbore, I don't know why but it floats my boat. I got the level to complete legends and well, just kept going. :thumbsup:

 

 

 

I have a few reliable herb sellers which is an absolute must and I also have a kingdom on the go which combined with my Bro's kingdom keeps the herbs flowing in. Slayer helps 'cos there are lots of monsters which drop herbs in abundance and provide a change to the routine.

 

 

 

Things to know are that you can't sell some potions. That's a fact you'll have to empty the vials and take the loss. Some potions will sell, such as super sets 10k ea. But it's a patient seller that can keep afloat on that alone.

 

 

 

Weapon Poison P++ sell for 10k each or added to a D.Dagger can recover 15-20k per sale. But we're talking heady levels now. #-o

 

 

 

My advice? keep going to Super Strength and see how you feel after that. I suspect you will have found another target for your money by then.

 

 

 

As for me I've got a Fury, Full Drag and Full Guthans and always about 2M in the bank, plus carrying 3M+ herbs / Pots to sell. Is that successful?

 

 

 

My Bro' does Runecrafting Nats. He can make the same money and is starting to overtake me now. Perhaps I should have done that. Doh! :uhh:

[qopitar]

If you find a Runescape skill that you actually enjoy doing, you should by all means pursue it whether it is the quickest money maker or not.

 

 

 

While glancing over this thread, I see posts from people claiming that farming is not a quick way of gaining herbs. I guess if your goal is to powerlevel, then that might be true, but I never thought it was that bad.

 

 

 

Buy ranaar seeds for 25k ea. They usually sell for 30k, but be a cheapy, people will sell.

 

 

 

If you plant ranaar seeds at all 4 (I think there might be 5 now) herb patches and average 6 herbs per patch, then you can end up with 30 ranaar per growth cycle. Be sure to use magic secateurs to get more herbs and also grow limpwurts and watermelons for seconds / cash.

 

 

 

Collect your own snape grass and you'll make 800k per 100 prayer potions you sell (it's been a while since I've played and I'm not sure what prayer pots sell for these days).

 

 

 

Kill chaos druids and merchant seeds while you are waiting for your crops to grow.

 

 

 

I know this thread is supposed to be about herblore, but if you want to actually make money with herblore you should consider pairing it with farming (which I happen to enjoy a lot).

 

 

 

Edit : Just looked at the amount of money you want to make. 52 mil.. Yeesh.. That's a lot of dough and would indeed take forever to make using farming / herblore. That 3rd age range armour is ugly anyways. :)

[wannabee789]

Well, there's a faster way to gather seconds (I think it's fairly fast), just do the tower of life quest and summon the creatures. These will always drop certain seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tower of life

 

 

 

http://tip.it/runescape/index.php?rs2quest_id=156

[kdb148]

Manage Thy Kingdom is a good way to get herbs, and make a decent profit even if you buy all of your vials and seconds from other players. Combine MTK with farming, and you'll be making some decent money off of herblore.