Vial

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This article is about the item used primarily in Herblore. For other uses, see Vial (disambiguation).

Vial
Release	5 February 2001 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Values
Value	5 coins
High alch	3 coins
Low alch	2 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0.015 kg
Examine
An empty glass vial.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	2 coins (info)
Buy limit	10,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	229
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A vial is a glass container that players generally use in Herblore to make and store potions. They can fill a vial of water by using it on a water source (all the vials in their inventory will fill automatically). Players can also use the lunar spell Humidify to fill vials with water.

The ability to throw away vials when finishing a potion can be toggled with Bob Barter (herbs). This ability may also be toggled in Gameplay Settings under the "Interfaces" tab, in the "Inventory" section.

Obtaining vials

Decanter

One fast method to obtain vials is via decanting. The player can take a noted stack of 2–4 dose potions to a decanter, decant those potions into 1 dose potions, and then decant the potions back into the 2–4 dose versions. This will result in the original noted 2–4 dose potions and a number of noted empty vials. The player should then deposit the empty vials into their bank to repeat the process -- otherwise, decanting into 1 dose potions will use the empty vials. The decanter will charge you 2 per vial supplied.

Note that this method will not work if 'Destroy empty vials when decanting potions' option is checked under Settings -> Interfaces -> Inventory.

Members

Two vials spawn in Frincos's Fabulous Herb Store in south-west Entrana as well as a house in Mort'ton. The respawn rate is two every two minutes. A vial is also obtained through the Swept Away quest.

Non-members

Even though vials are mostly used in Herblore (a members-only skill past level 5), they are not a members-only item. One way to obtain a vial for non-members is by having the apothecary make a strength potion for the player. The player needs to supply him with a limpwurt root and red spiders' eggs, and pay him 5 coins. The player can empty this vial or drink all the doses of the potion to obtain an empty vial. However, the potion itself is worth more than the empty vial.

Before it was removed, players could obtain a good number of vials simply by waiting outside Bounty Hunter, as player-killers used potions and then dropped the vials because they could not be taken into the craters.

Vials are also an incredibly common low value drop in PVP worlds and many can be collected in a short period of time.

Making vials

Using the Crafting skill, members can make their own vials. This requires a glassblowing pipe, and molten glass. 33 Crafting is required to make the vial.

Creation

Vial

	-
35 XP	-	3 (1.8s)		2
Requirements
Crafting level				33
Members only
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Molten glass	1	727	727
Profit				−725

Products

This is an auto-generated list (update now), and shows the first 100 items alphabetically. For all items, click here.

Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Augmentation dissolver	16	1 × Vial 35 × Delicate parts 35 × Cover parts	20,273
Black mushroom ink	1	1 × Black mushroom 1 × Vial	N/A
Coconut milk	1	1 × Vial 1 × Coconut (open)	10,699
Coconut shell	1	1 × Vial 1 × Coconut (open)	173
Equipment dissolver	16	1 × Vial 35 × Organic parts 35 × Clear parts	40,873
Gizmo dissolver	8	1 × Vial 35 × Organic parts 35 × Clear parts	46,166
Primal extract	90	1 × Vial 1 × Primal fruit pulp	976
Primal extract × 2 (Improved +1 recipe)	102	2 × Vial 1 × Primal fruit pulp	1,952
Primal extract × 3 (Improved +2 recipe)	112	3 × Vial 1 × Primal fruit pulp	2,928
Vial of water	1	1 × Vial	115

Drop sources

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For all sources of this item, see here (include RDT). For help, see the FAQ.

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Alexis	28	1	Uncommon
Boris	28	1	Uncommon
Borrokar	39	1	Common
Eduard	28	1	Uncommon
Freidir	39	1	Common
Galina	28	1	Uncommon
Giant spider	2; 33; 39	1	3/128	N/A
Imre	28	1	Uncommon
Irina	28	1	Uncommon
Jeroen	28	1	Uncommon
Joseph	28	1	Uncommon
Ksenia	28	1	Uncommon
Lanzig	39	1	Common
Lensa (Rellekka)	39	1	Uncommon
Lev	28	1	Uncommon
Liliya	28	1	Uncommon
Milla	28	1	Uncommon
Nikita	28	1	Uncommon
Nikolai	28	1	Uncommon
Serum 207	N/A	1	Common	N/A
Sofiya	28	1	Uncommon
Svetlana	28	1	Uncommon
Vera	28	1	Uncommon

Locations

Store locations

This is an auto-generated list (update now). For help, see the FAQ.

† Denotes discontinued stores that stocked Vial. For help, see the FAQ.

Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Frincos's Fabulous Herb Store	Entrana	5	Coins	10
Grud's Herblore Stall	Gu'Tanoth	5	Coins	10
Gunslik's Assorted Items	Keldagrim	5	Coins	300
Jack Oval's Crafting Shop	Taverley	5	Coins	10
Jatix's Herblore Shop	Taverley	5	Coins	10
Jiminua's Jungle Store	Tai Bwo Wannai, Karamja	5	Coins	300
The Lighthouse Store	Lighthouse	5	Coins	10
Meilyr Clan Store	Prifddinas	5	Coins	10
Moon Clan General Store	Lunar Isle	5	Coins	10
New Varrock General Store	New Varrock	5	Zemomark	10
Nicholas Angle's Shop	Taverley	5	Coins	10
Obli's General Store	Shilo Village (location)	5	Coins	10
Polypore Dungeon Supplies	Polypore Dungeon, first level	5	Coins	20
Sigmund the Merchant (shop)	Rellekka	5	Coins	10
Survival Shop	Anachronia	5	Coins	10
Poletax's Herblore Shop †	Taverley	5	Coins	10
Bandit Duty Free	Bandit Camp (Wilderness)	4.5	Coins	300
Frincos's Fabulous Herb Store	Entrana	5	Coins	300
Grud's Herblore Stall	Gu'Tanoth	5	Coins	300
Jatix's Herblore Shop	Taverley	5	Coins	300
The Lighthouse Store	Lighthouse	5	Coins	1,000
Meilyr Clan Store	Prifddinas	5	Coins	300
Moon Clan General Store	Lunar Isle	5	Coins	1,000
Obli's General Store	Shilo Village (location)	5	Coins	1,000
Sigmund the Merchant (shop)	Rellekka	5	Coins	300
Poletax's Herblore Shop †	Taverley	5	Coins	300

Item spawns

• On the 2^nd floor^[UK]3^rd floor^[US] of the Wizards' Guild in Yanille (two spawns)
• Entrana (two spawns)
• Red Dragon Isle in the Wilderness (two spawns)
• Mort'ton (two spawns)

Disassembly

Vial
Disassembly category	Glass items
Disassembly XP	0.1
Item quantity required	1
Material count	1
Base junk chance	?  98.9% Your actual junk chance depends on your junk chance reduction researched. See the table below for all values, and Junk for more information. Reduction Junk chance None 1 98.9% 1 34 98.0 2 49 96.0 3 64 94.0 4 69 92.0 5 78 90.0 6 83 87.1 7 91 85.1 8 95 82.1 9 105 79.2
Common materials
Clear parts	35/100
Delicate parts	32/100
Smooth parts	30/100
Rare materials
Enhancing components	3/100

Update history

This information has been compiled as part of the update history project. Some updates may not be included - see here for how to help out!

• update 5 February 2001 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Real vials are cylindrical, whereas in RuneScape they have a wide bottom and tapered top, resembling Erlenmeyer flasks.
• Vials with nothing in them used to be named empty vial.