Saradomin brew

For the potion flask version, see Saradomin brew flask.

Saradomin brew

Saradomin brew (3) Saradomin brew (2)
Release date	24 October 2005 (Update)
Members?	Yes
Quest item?	No
Tradeable?	Yes
Equipable?	No
Stacks?	No
High Alch	121 coins
Low Alch	80 coins
Destroy	Drop
Store price	Not sold
Examine	A Saradomin Brew.
Weight	0 kg

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Saradomin brew is made by mixing clean toadflax and then a crushed bird's nest in a vial of water, giving 180 Herblore experience. It requires level 81 Herblore. It is slightly lighter in colour than a normal strength potion.

Effect

Saradomin brew raises your life points by 15% + 20 life points. It can go over your maximum LP by 15% + 20, however, this boost is temporary. It increases your Defence by 25% while temporarily draining your Strength, Attack, Magic and Ranged by 10%. The defence boost is better than a super defence potion if your Defence level is higher than 50, and this potion is one of very few ways to raise your Life points above the normal maximum. The boosting effect will NOT stack with Rocktail, but it will with the warmth of a bonfire.

Potion Type/Health Boosts	1 Dose	Saradomin Brew (4)	Saradomin Brew Flask (6)
Normal	168LP	672LP	1008LP
Bonfire 10% health boost	183LP	732LP	1098LP
Nex Gear Set Boosts	228LP	912LP	1368LP
Nex Gear + Bonfire	249LP	996LP	1494LP

• Table assumes healing rates at 99 Constitution

More healing can be done by boosting one's constitution level to 100 by operating the Constitution cape once per minute but under ordinary circumstances, the data is irrelevant.

Use

It is universally advised to only use this potion in combination with restore, super restore, or overload potions in order to counteract the draining of the player's Attack, Strength, Magic and Range stats. Without using restore potions the Saradomin brew will reduce a player's levels to under level 10 within 5-8 doses, depending on the player's stats. As this effectively defeats the point of using it by quickly rendering players nearly incapable of doing damage, it is generally avoided.

The brew is widely known to be the item that heals the highest non-stackable life points per inventory spot. The only better methods are the Unicorn Stallion's healing aura scroll, titan's constitution scroll, and purple sweets which can be stacked for, at maximum, approximately 42 billion life points. (Players can hold roughly 2 billion of any stackable item, if they can obtain that many.) Brews are commonly used in places such as in the TzHaar Fight Cave while attempting to obtain a Fire cape, in high-levelled Player killing, during Barrows runs (to decrease the number of bank trips required), and are even used in Nomad's Requiem as a popular strategy to defeat Nomad.

Note: The Saradomin brew may not be consumed in Clan Wars or when duelling if food has been disabled.

Flask

This potion can be made into a Saradomin brew flask by using at least six doses of it with a Potion flask. Players do not need a specific level to decant potions into flasks.

Production costs

This table is based on the Grand Exchange prices of a vial of water, the toadflax, and crushed nest. It is accurate assuming all three items are bought from the Grand Exchange and the Saradomin brew is sold afterwards.

Herb state	Material cost	Profit/loss	Profit/xp
Clean
Grimy

$\rightarrow$ + = Grimy toadflax is cleaned to become clean toadflax added with a vial of water to make toadflax potion (unf). + = File:Saradomin brew.png Then add crushed nest to make a 3-dose saradomin brew.

Using a Scroll of cleansing may help a lot to reduce the costs of making this potion, because the second ingredient is relatively expensive.

Dropping monsters

Saradomin brew (1)

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Icefiend	13, 17, 18, 132	1	4Rare
Waterfiend	115, 134	1	4Rare

Saradomin brew (2)

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Chaos Elemental	305	5–6	3Uncommon
Mature grotworm	167	1	3Uncommon
Grotworm	91	1	4Rare

Saradomin brew (3)

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Commander Zilyana	596	3	3Uncommon

Saradomin brew (4)

Monster	Combat level	Quantity	Rarity
Nex	1001	30, 10(x3) (dropped with super restores)	2Common

Trivia

• When it is ingested the chatbox message says, "You drink some of the foul liquid", unlike other potions message - "You drink some of your (potion's name). You have (1-3) doses left/You have finished your potion."
• If you drink a Saradomin brew and enter the Wilderness, you will see in the chatbox "Your extreme potion bonus has been reduced.", and your defence bonus from the Saradomin brew will be reduced to the bonus of a super defence potion.