Vial of water

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For the variant encountered in Daemonheim, see Vial of water (Dungeoneering).

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Vial of water
Release	27 February 2002 (Update)
Members	No
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Disassembly	Yes
Noteable	Yes
Destroy	Drop
Actions
Backpack	Make, Empty
Values
Value	10 coins
High alch	6 coins
Low alch	4 coins
On death	Always kept outside Wild
Weight	0.02 kg
Examine
A glass vial containing water.
Grand Exchange
Exchange	64 coins (info)
Buy limit	10,000
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Advanced data
Item ID	227
Links	MRID • recipe
FAQ • doc

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A vial of water can be made by using a vial on a water source, or buying it from a store, a player or the Grand Exchange. Certain combinations of ingredients can be mixed in a vial of water to create potions using the Herblore skill. Adding a clean herb to a vial of water creates an unfinished potion.

Obtaining a vial of water

Players can obtain a vial of water in several ways:

• Members can use the Lunar spell Humidify to make all the vials in their inventory to be filled with water
• By using an empty vial on a water source other than a well

Players with the ability to access all the shops that supply vial of water packs can obtain 6,600 vials of water through visiting every shop, for a modest cost of 66k. This method requires very little effort. The individual vials sell for 64gp each on the Grand Exchange, resulting in a profit of 356,400gp per run.

Tactics for refilling

The Grand Exchange update on 9 August 2011 provided an exceptionally short run from one of the bankers to the fountain in the middle.

For non-members, an old style hand pump just north of the west bank in Falador provides only a short running distance. Members may find that both the geyser in Neitiznot and the sink in the cellar of Lumbridge Castle are great places to refill vials with water due to close proximity to a bank and one-click banking chests. The best member spot is water barrel just next to bank chest in Player-owned farm after upgrading deposit box to bank chest for 300 beans. Alternatively, another good low-level member spot are the fountains at the bank entrance in Merchant District of Menaphos. Higher level members may also use the water pool located in the Meilyr section of Prifddinas if one does not wish to purchase directly from Lady Meilyr.

Bank to water distances

Bank	Water source	Steps
Prifddinas - Meilyr harmony pillars	Water pool	3
Menaphos	Fountain	5
Neitiznot	Geyser	9
Lumbridge kitchen basement	Sink	11
Grand Exchange - southern kiosks	Fountain	14
Falador West	Hand pump	15

Price history

The price of this item has varied due to countless shop updates over the years. Vials of water hovered between 150 and 200 coins prior to the introduction of the Grand Exchange. When shops were updated to have unlimited stock, the price of vials of water plunged and then steadied at about 70 coins each. Then, due to the personalised shops update, the price of this item increased past 240 coins because of the limited number of items in each shop. Vials of water received a price cap of 103 coins on 13 October shortly after the update, along with eyes of newt, lowering it by over half the price. Vials of water were virtually out of stock on the Grand Exchange due to the sudden price change. In order to compensate for the shortage, the vials of water stock increased in Shilo Village from 200 to 1000 on 20 October. On 9 November 2009, vials and vials of water started to be sold in item packs in many stores, allowing players to buy large amounts at once. The ease of obtaining vials of water caused the price to crash again to around 11 coins. For several months, vials of water steadied between 30-50gp each.

Creation

Required materials:

Vial 1 - - - - - - - - - - Production JSON:

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Vial of water

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0 XP	-	1 (0.6s)		64
Requirements
Cooking level				1
Must be performed at a water source
Free-to-play
Materials
Item		Quantity	Price	Total
	Vial	1	2	2
Profit				62

Products

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Item	Skills	Materials	GE price
Arbuck potion (unf)	77	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean arbuck	13,862
Ardrigal mixture	3	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean ardrigal	N/A
Avantoe potion (unf)	48	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean avantoe	2,292
Bloodweed potion (unf)	57	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean bloodweed	23,036
Cadantine potion (unf)	65	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean cadantine	8,116
Dwarf weed potion (unf)	70	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean dwarf weed	16,624
Fellstalk potion (unf)	91	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean fellstalk	12,956
Guam potion (unf)	1	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean guam	1,308
Harralander potion (unf)	20	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean harralander	2,307
Irit potion (unf)	40	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean irit	4,629
Kwuarm potion (unf)	54	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean kwuarm	18,431
Lantadyme potion (unf)	67	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean lantadyme	9,920
Magic essence (unf)	57	1 × Vial of water 1 × Star flower	N/A
Marrentill potion (unf)	9	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean marrentill	2,766
Ranarr potion (unf)	25	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean ranarr	5,813
Rogue's purse potion (unf)	5	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean rogue's purse	1,862
Snakeweed mixture	3	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean snake weed	N/A
Snapdragon potion (unf)	59	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean snapdragon	2,899
Spirit weed potion (unf)	35	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean spirit weed	17,353
Tarromin potion (unf)	5	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean tarromin	336
Toadflax potion (unf)	30	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean toadflax	13,498
Torstol potion (unf)	75	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean torstol	6,171
Wergali potion (unf)	41	1 × Vial of water 1 × Clean wergali	7,755

Drop sources

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Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity	Members
Alexis	28	1	Uncommon
Boris	28	1	Uncommon
Borrokar	39	1	Common
Cave crawler	53; 74; 78	1	13/128
Cave crawler	53; 74; 78	1	14/128
Chaos druid warrior	65	1	Common
Chaos druid	32	1	Common
Dung kalphite	N/A	1	Common	N/A
Eduard	28	1	Uncommon
Freidir	39	1	Common
Fungal rodent	26	1	Uncommon
Galina	28	1	Uncommon
Georgy	28	1	Common
Grifolapine	103	1	Uncommon
Imre	28	1	Uncommon
Irina	28	1	Uncommon
Jelly	68	6 (noted)	14/128
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
Pernicious parrot	63	1	Uncommon
Salarin the Twisted	77	1	Common
Skeleton (Tarn's Lair)	45; 70; 71; 72; 77; 79	1	Uncommon
Sofiya	28	1	Uncommon
Svetlana	28	1	Uncommon
Tenacious toucan	84	1	Uncommon
Tortured soul (Port Phasmatys)	53	1	Rare
Vera	28	1	Uncommon
Water elemental	44	1	Always
Werewolf	63; 89	1	Rare
Yadviga	28	1	Common
Yuri	28	1	Common
Zoja	28	1	Common

Store locations

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Seller	Location	Cost	Currency	Base stock	Members?
Aemad's Adventuring Supplies	East Ardougne	10	Coins	10
Jatix's Herblore Shop	Taverley	Free sample	-	1
Jatix's Herblore Shop	Taverley	10	Coins	20
Jiminua's Jungle Store	Tai Bwo Wannai, Karamja	10	Coins	300
The Lighthouse Store	Lighthouse	10	Coins	10
Meilyr Clan Store	Prifddinas	10	Coins	20
Obli's General Store	Shilo Village (location)	10	Coins	10
Razmire General Store	Mort'ton	10	Coins	300
Sigmund the Merchant (shop)	Rellekka	10	Coins	10
Poletax's Herblore Shop †	Taverley	Free sample	-	1
Poletax's Herblore Shop †	Taverley	10	Coins	20
Aemad's Adventuring Supplies	East Ardougne	10	Coins	300
Bandit Duty Free	Bandit Camp (Wilderness)	5	Coins	300
Jatix's Herblore Shop	Taverley	10	Coins	2,000
The Lighthouse Store	Lighthouse	10	Coins	1,000
Meilyr Clan Store	Prifddinas	10	Coins	2,000
Obli's General Store	Shilo Village (location)	10	Coins	1,000
Sigmund the Merchant (shop)	Rellekka	10	Coins	300
Poletax's Herblore Shop †	Taverley	10	Coins	2,000

Disassembly

Disassembly category	Potions and flasks
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
Possible materials
Often
Delicate parts	35/101
Organic parts	32/101
Crafted parts	30/101
Rarely
Enhancing components	3/101
Healthy components	1/101

Update history

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• patch 22 October 2013 (Update):
  • Emptying a vial of water via the inventory quick slot no longer causes a disconnect.

• patch 9 November 2010 (Update):
  • Adding herbs to vials now uses a new animation.

• update 27 February 2002 (Update):
  • Added to game.

Trivia

• Vials of Water appear to be fully filled (4 dose). However, when a potion or unfinished potion is made, it is only 3/4 full.