Apothecary

Apothecary is Tideward's herblore trade, renamed from "Herblore". Every potion is a herb from Farming plus one secondary ingredient, and it goes in your potion slot, where it spends charges as you work. There are combat potions for fights and skill potions for nearly every trade, and each one grows stronger as your mastery of it climbs.

How Apothecary works

Recipes are short: a herb and one secondary. The Melee Accuracy Potion (level 5) is Comfrey and Bones, the Melee Evasion Potion (10) is Comfrey and Raw Chicken, and the Regeneration Potion (35) is Vervain and a Ruby. The ladder runs from the Bird Nest Potion at level 1 to the Damage Reduction Potion at 90 and the Caulker's Potion at 95.

Combat potions boost a fight: accuracy, evasion, damage, regeneration and more. Skill potions boost a trade: the Fisherman's Potion, the Light Fingers Potion for Pilfering, the Steady Flame Potion that makes bonfires free, the Wrackline Potion for Beachcombing and others.

Every potion has four tiers, and your mastery of it decides which you brew: tier I to start, tier II at mastery 20, tier III at 50 and tier IV at 90. A higher tier does the same job harder.

Tips for training Apothecary

1. Plant the herbs your next recipes need. Every potion starts with one.
2. Mastery is the real ladder here: tier IV at mastery 90 is a much stronger potion than tier I.
3. The Steady Flame Potion (20) makes Kindling bonfires free, and the Bird Nest Potion (1) raises the nest chance in Woodcutting.
4. Equip the Bear familiar from Binding for a 5% chance to keep your ingredients.

Skills that pair with Apothecary

The 28 trades aren't isolated. Apothecary works best alongside these:

Frequently asked about Apothecary

Why renamed from Herblore?

"Herblore" was Jagex coinage and too distinctive in the same App Store category. "Apothecary" carries the same potion-brewing meaning under a more universally readable name, chosen during the May 2026 rebrand.

What's the most useful potion to brew?

The one that matches what you do most. Fighters lean on the combat potions for their style, gatherers on the potion for their trade, and every potion is worth taking to mastery 90 for tier IV.

Where do I get secondary ingredients?

From around the game: Bones and other drops from combat, Raw Chicken and Raw Beef, gems from Mining, and a few odder finds such as Goo and Wildflowers.