Making unfinished potions for profit

Buy clean herbs and vials of water, combine them and sell the unfinished potions to players who skip this step. Dwarf weed potion is the best right now at +307 gp per unfinished potion made, about +1,228,000 gp an hour after GE tax. At an assumed 4,000 unfinished potions made an hour (source below), 13 of the 14 options on this page make a profit after tax at current prices. Inputs are priced at instant buy and outputs at instant sell.

Data age: the oldest price used here is from a trade 22m ago. Prices refresh every minute.

Every option, priced now

Option	Levels	Cost / action	Kept / action	Profit / action	Profit / hour (est.)	Per 4h buy limit	Output vol / 24h
Dwarf weed potion	Herblore 72	1,336	1,643	+307	+1,228,000	+3,377,000 on 11,000	425,977
Irit potion	Herblore 45	1,302	1,568	+266	+1,064,000	+3,458,000 on 13,000	419,943
Toadflax potion	Herblore 34	2,282	2,544	+262	+1,048,000	+3,406,000 on 13,000	830,185
Snapdragon potion	Herblore 63	8,026	8,281	+255	+1,020,000	+2,805,000 on 11,000	733,320
Ranarr potion	Herblore 30	5,948	6,192	+244	+976,000	+2,684,000 on 11,000	878,293
Cadantine potion	Herblore 66	2,207	2,450	+243	+972,000	+2,673,000 on 11,000	466,586
Kwuarm potion	Herblore 55	2,317	2,523	+206	+824,000	+2,678,000 on 13,000	572,789
Lantadyme potion	Herblore 69	1,269	1,453	+184	+736,000	+2,024,000 on 11,000	179,507
Tarromin potion	Herblore 12	303	485	+182	+728,000	+2,366,000 on 13,000	68,328
Torstol potion	Herblore 78	3,687	3,864	+177	+708,000	+1,947,000 on 11,000	141,618
Avantoe potion	Herblore 50	1,696	1,862	+166	+664,000	+2,158,000 on 13,000	245,890
Harralander potion	Herblore 22	388	536	+148	+592,000	+1,924,000 on 13,000	227,499
Guam potion	Herblore 3	310	339	+29	+116,000	+377,000 on 13,000	97,649
Marrentill potion	Herblore 5	289	236	-53	-212,000	-689,000 on 13,000	17,909

Options with a price more than 60 minutes old are left out. Cost per action is the inputs at instant-buy plus any NPC fee. Kept per action is the outputs at instant-sell minus the 2% GE tax. The 4h column is how many actions the tightest input buy limit allows every 4 hours, and what that many earn.

Assumptions

4,000 unfinished potions per hour (14 herbs and 14 vials of water per inventory), as the OSRS Wiki guides state.

Source: OSRS Wiki: Making ranarr potions. Per-hour figures are estimates: real rates depend on your clicks, banking and connection.

Requirements: Druidic Ritual quest.

Inputs and outputs, with live prices

Dwarf weed potion

Dwarf weed	1 × 1,330	-1,330
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Dwarf weed potion (unf)	1 × (1,676 - 33 tax)	+1,643
Profit per unfinished potion made		+307

Needs Herblore 72. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Dwarf weed buy limit allows 11,000 per 4h, about 2.8 hours of work.

Irit potion

Irit leaf	1 × 1,296	-1,296
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Irit potion (unf)	1 × (1,600 - 32 tax)	+1,568
Profit per unfinished potion made		+266

Needs Herblore 45. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Irit leaf buy limit allows 13,000 per 4h, about 3.3 hours of work.

Toadflax potion

Toadflax	1 × 2,276	-2,276
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Toadflax potion (unf)	1 × (2,595 - 51 tax)	+2,544
Profit per unfinished potion made		+262

Needs Herblore 34. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Toadflax buy limit allows 13,000 per 4h, about 3.3 hours of work.

Snapdragon potion

Snapdragon	1 × 8,020	-8,020
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Snapdragon potion (unf)	1 × (8,450 - 169 tax)	+8,281
Profit per unfinished potion made		+255

Needs Herblore 63. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Snapdragon buy limit allows 11,000 per 4h, about 2.8 hours of work.

Ranarr potion

Ranarr weed	1 × 5,942	-5,942
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Ranarr potion (unf)	1 × (6,318 - 126 tax)	+6,192
Profit per unfinished potion made		+244

Needs Herblore 30. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Ranarr weed buy limit allows 11,000 per 4h, about 2.8 hours of work.

Cadantine potion

Cadantine	1 × 2,201	-2,201
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Cadantine potion (unf)	1 × (2,500 - 50 tax)	+2,450
Profit per unfinished potion made		+243

Needs Herblore 66. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Cadantine buy limit allows 11,000 per 4h, about 2.8 hours of work.

Kwuarm potion

Kwuarm	1 × 2,311	-2,311
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Kwuarm potion (unf)	1 × (2,574 - 51 tax)	+2,523
Profit per unfinished potion made		+206

Needs Herblore 55. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Kwuarm buy limit allows 13,000 per 4h, about 3.3 hours of work.

Lantadyme potion

Lantadyme	1 × 1,263	-1,263
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Lantadyme potion (unf)	1 × (1,482 - 29 tax)	+1,453
Profit per unfinished potion made		+184

Needs Herblore 69. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Lantadyme buy limit allows 11,000 per 4h, about 2.8 hours of work.

Tarromin potion

Tarromin	1 × 297	-297
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Tarromin potion (unf)	1 × (494 - 9 tax)	+485
Profit per unfinished potion made		+182

Needs Herblore 12. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Tarromin buy limit allows 13,000 per 4h, about 3.3 hours of work.

Torstol potion

Torstol	1 × 3,681	-3,681
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Torstol potion (unf)	1 × (3,942 - 78 tax)	+3,864
Profit per unfinished potion made		+177

Needs Herblore 78. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Torstol buy limit allows 11,000 per 4h, about 2.8 hours of work.

Avantoe potion

Avantoe	1 × 1,690	-1,690
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Avantoe potion (unf)	1 × (1,900 - 38 tax)	+1,862
Profit per unfinished potion made		+166

Needs Herblore 50. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Avantoe buy limit allows 13,000 per 4h, about 3.3 hours of work.

Harralander potion

Harralander	1 × 382	-382
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Harralander potion (unf)	1 × (546 - 10 tax)	+536
Profit per unfinished potion made		+148

Needs Herblore 22. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Harralander buy limit allows 13,000 per 4h, about 3.3 hours of work.

Guam potion

Guam leaf	1 × 304	-304
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Guam potion (unf)	1 × (345 - 6 tax)	+339
Profit per unfinished potion made		+29

Needs Herblore 3. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Guam leaf buy limit allows 13,000 per 4h, about 3.3 hours of work.

Marrentill potion

Marrentill	1 × 283	-283
Vial of water	1 × 6	-6
Marrentill potion (unf)	1 × (240 - 4 tax)	+236
Profit per unfinished potion made		-53

Needs Herblore 5. Rate assumed: 4,000 per hour. Marrentill buy limit allows 13,000 per 4h, about 3.3 hours of work.

Questions

Is making unfinished potions profitable right now?

Yes. Dwarf weed potion is the best right now at +307 gp per unfinished potion made, about +1,228,000 gp an hour after GE tax.

How much gp per hour does making unfinished potions make?

About +1,228,000 gp an hour with Dwarf weed potion, assuming 4,000 unfinished potions made an hour. 4,000 unfinished potions per hour (14 herbs and 14 vials of water per inventory), as the OSRS Wiki guides state. This is an estimate at current prices, not a promise.

What levels do you need for making unfinished potions?

From Herblore 72 up to Herblore 5, depending on the option. Druidic Ritual quest.

How many unfinished potions made does the GE buy limit allow?

For Dwarf weed potion, the tightest input buy limit allows 11,000 unfinished potions made every 4 hours, worth +3,377,000 gp at current prices.

Offerbook prices methods from live Grand Exchange data; it never plays the game for you. gp only, and no promise of income: prices move, and dwarf weed potion at +307 gp per unfinished potion made can change within minutes. See all methods.