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Grinding and Processing Secondary Ingredients Combining Three-Dose Potions into Four-Dose Potions

Alright! We’ve got our vials filled, herbs cleaned and secondary ingredients ground up (if necessary)—now it’s time to make some potions! And I’ll show you exactly how to do this quickly and with a minimum of fuss. Since Jagex added a “Make X” function to potion making in 2007, making potions is really quite simple to do, but good technique still matters.

Note that you can also use skill boosters or the Assist System if you need to make potions above your level. I describe these in the topic on cleaning grimy herbs.

The goal with making potions is to assemble them with as little overhead as possible, and that means minimizing the time spent taking components out of the bank and putting finished product back in. With 28 inventory slots, there are two good approaches that most players use:

• One-Step Method: Withdraw 9 vials, 9 herbs and 9 seconds from the bank. Combine the vials and herbs to make unfinished potions, then add the seconds to make 9 completed potions. (There’s still two steps to making the potions, of course, but only one banking step to withdraw everything needed.)
  
  
• Two-Step Method: Withdraw 14 vials and 14 herbs from the bank. Combine the vials and herbs to make unfinished potions. Then withdraw 14 secondary ingredients from the bank and add them to make 14 completed potions.

These are fairly similar in terms of the amount of time and effort required, which is why both are used. In my tests, though, the two-step method was slightly faster: it took 45 seconds to make 14 potions, versus about 33 seconds to make 9 potions with the one-step technique. This means you can make about 100 more potions per hour with the two-step method. That, and the fact that it involves less clicking, make the two-step method my preference, but you can use the one-step if you prefer. (One-step is also better, of course, for making small numbers of potions.)

As always, start by going to a single-click bank, such as the chest at Castle Wars or in the Lumbridge Castle basement. Empty your inventory and then find the items you are going to use for the potions, and move them so they are close to each other in your bank—you don’t want to waste time scrolling around in your bank interface.

For the first batch, withdraw 14 vials of water. This is the fastest way: right-click and select “Withdraw 10”, then left-click four times to take out four more. Then withdraw 14 herbs, by right-clicking and choosing “Withdraw All”. If the herbs are grimy, first click each one to clean it.

Now do the actual potion-making as follows:

1. Click one vial and then one herb. When the game asks you how many you want to make, choose “Make All”. Wait for the ingredients to be combined; this is shown in Figure 148.
   
   
2. Open the bank and take out 14 secondary ingredients. Click one unfinished potion and then one of the seconds, and again choose “Make All” and wait; an example can be seen in Figure 149. Repeat for any additional secondary ingredients.
   
   
3. Open the bank again. Choose “Withdraw All” on the herbs to get out 14 more. Then store your completed potions, and choose “Withdraw All” on the vials of water to get 14 of those. (This saves on mouse clicks compared to storing the potions first.)
   
   
4. Click the herbs to clean them if dirty, then repeat the process starting at Step 1.

Very simple stuff. Again, it will take you about 45 seconds per load, so 1,100 potions or so per hour (assuming no lost time for whatever reason.)

If you prefer the one-step method, no problem! Again, start at Castle Wars or the Lumbridge basement, and ensure that all the ingredients you need are near each other in your bank. Then proceed as follows:

1. Right-click your vials of water and select “Withdraw 10”, then left-click one of the vials in your inventory to put one back, leaving 9.
   
   
2. Right-click your herbs and select “Withdraw 10”, then left-click one of the herbs in your inventory to put one back, leaving 9 again.
   
   
3. Right-click your secondary ingredient and select “Withdraw 10” or “Withdraw All”. You’ll have one extra, but don’t worry about that.
   
   
4. Clean the herbs if necessary.
   
   
5. Click one vial and then one herb. When the game asks you how many you want to make? Choose “Make All”. Wait for the ingredients to be combined.
   
   
6. Click one unfinished potion and then one of the seconds, and again choose “Make All”.
   
   
7. Bank the completed potions and repeat starting at step 1.

This will take about 33 seconds per load. I do not recommend it for potions with multiple seconds. In Figure 158 you can see an example of me starting to make some super strength potions.

Figure 158: Making Potions Using the One-Step Method

In the one-step method you withdraw enough vials, herbs and seconds to make 9 potions. Note the extra limpwurt root in the top left corner, which is normal.

Grinding and Processing Secondary Ingredients Combining Three-Dose Potions into Four-Dose Potions

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