Overload

For the potion flask version, see Overload flask.

Overload

Overload (4) Overload (2) Overload (1)
AKA?	OVL, O/L
Release date	7 October 2009 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	No
Equipable?	No
Edible?	Yes
Stacks?	No
High Alch	132 coins
Low Alch	88 coins
Value	220 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	X doses of overload potion.
Weight	0.5 kg

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Overloads are potions which combine the boosting properties of extreme attack, extreme strength, extreme defence, extreme ranging, and extreme magic potions. Requiring 96 Herblore to produce, overloads have the highest Herblore level requirement to make among potions in the game, excluding a few high-level strong potions within Daemonheim.

Overloads are created by combining 3-dose extreme attack, extreme strength, extreme defence, extreme ranging, and extreme magic potions with a clean torstol. The process grants 1,000 Herblore experience. It is possible to make these potions at level 91 herblore with the aid of spicy stew. However it is recommended not to start making them until level 96 as with no distractions and without the need to reapply the stew's boost every couple minutes it's possible to achieve 540,000xp/hour. The combined cost of an overload potion from scratch is coins, or coins per dose. Four empty vials will be left over afterward. The Assist System cannot be used to produce overloads.

When a dose of overload potion is consumed, it will deal 100 points of damage per game tick for 5 game ticks (3 seconds) for a total of 500 damage. It will also boost Attack, Strength, Defence, Ranged, and Magic by the same amount that an extreme potion of that skill would boost. Attack, Strength, and Defence are boosted by 5+22% of level, Ranged is boosted by 4 to 23 levels, and Magic receives a boost of +7.

This boost is repeated every 15 seconds for 5 minutes. It is a popular misconception that overloads will fully restore a player's stats every 15 seconds. This is untrue, as overloads simply reapply their boosts every 15 seconds. This property is useful to players who are using Saradomin brews to restore lifepoints, as the overload's frequent boosts help to counter the Saradomin brews' stat drain.<ref>Players who drink multiple doses of Saradomin brew in a short time may benefit from drinking a dose of super restore in order to restore drained stats more quickly than the overload can.</ref> After the five minutes is up, the overload's stat boosts will wear off entirely, and the overload will restore 500 life points.

As with all extreme potions, overloads cannot be used anywhere in the Wilderness. If a player drinks a dose of overload and then enters the Wilderness, the boosts will be lowered to those of super potions and the overload will not restore any life points. Overloads may be used in the lairs of the King Black Dragon and the Corporeal Beast, as these areas do not count as Wilderness territory.

Flask

This potion can be made into an overload flask by using at least six doses of it with a potion flask. Players do not need a specific level to turn potions into flasks, but since all untradeable potions must be made by the player, the flasks actually have the same level requirement as the potion itself.

Creating

A player drinking a dose of overload.

Super potions
Ingredients	Super attack	Super strength	Super defence	Magic potion	Ranging potion
Primary	Irit	Kwuarm	Cadantine	Lantadyme	Dwarf weed
Secondary	Eye of newt	Limpwurt root	Whiteberries	Potato cactus	Wine of Zamorak
Experience	100	125	150	172.5	162.5
Extreme potions
Ingredients	Extreme attack	Extreme strength	Extreme defence	Extreme magic	Extreme ranging
Primary	Super attack	Super strength	Super defence	Magic potion	Ranging potion
Secondary	Avantoe	Dwarf weed	Lantadyme	Ground mud runes	5 Grenwall spikes
Experience	220	230	240	250	260
Overload
Extreme attack, Extreme strength, Extreme defence, Extreme magic, Extreme ranging and Clean torstol
Experience: 1000

File:Overloaddia.png

A useful table when making overloads.

Production

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Grimy torstol is cleaned to become clean torstol and is combined with the following potions:

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Extreme attack (3), Extreme strength (3), Extreme defence (3), Extreme magic (3), Extreme ranging (3) to make a 3-dose overload with four empty vials left over.

Trivia

• When first released, overloads could be used in PvP areas, but within 48 hours, this was changed so they cannot be used in any PvP situation, dangerous or safe. This decision has sparked some controversy, as some players believe that extremes and overloads should be available in the Wilderness. Mod Mark has replied that the potions are unavailable in PvP because Herblore level does not affect combat level; players may therefore be misled and think that a potential target is weaker than they are. However, as of 17 November 2009, overloads, along with all other untradeable potions, can be used in safe PvP minigames.
• According to Jagex, it "racks the body with spasms and burns the digestive tract."
• While combining extreme potions to produce an overload results in 1,000 Herblore experience, each overload is technically worth at least 2,200 Herblore experience, due to the necessity of brewing the extreme potions. The maximum amount of experience that each overload can be worth is 2,910, assuming all herbs are not grimy and all potions are made from scratch.
• Attempting to drink a dose of overload with fewer than 500 life points results in the message "You need more than 500 life points to survive the power of overload.", however, if you drink it while in a combat situation, and happen to get hit while in the 5 game ticks the Overload damages you, the Overload will only hit you until you reach below 100 lifepoints, even if all 500 lifepoints haven't been taken off, the Overload will stop and won't kill you. Despite that, you will recover all 500 lifepoints after the 5 minutes effect wears off, even if Overload didn't take the entire 500 lifepoints from you.
• Some players drink a dose of overload right before entering a dungeon at Daemonheim alongside Prayer Renewal, as the effect of the potions will carry on into the first five minutes of the dungeon, giving them a huge advantage in the dungeon by boosting their stats and letting them open doors and solve puzzles that normally they'd have to make a potion for, and healing them 500 hp after the 5 minute period. This is usually best for large and medium size dungeons where the 20k on the overload saves you time in the dungeon, which you could use to make the money back. In smalls they are still very useful but it is expensive to drink a overload after every one or two dungeons.

Notes

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