Sinister Chest

In the Yanille Agility Dungeon resides Salarin the Twisted. He can only be defeated by Elemental Strike spells but if you are successful there is a chance that he may drop a Sinister key, which is used to open the Sinister Chest in the Skeleton room.

Upon opening the chest you will get poisoned, so it is a good idea to bring along an anti-poison of some type.

The chest contains a fixed set of nine herbs, which are:

2 x Harralander
3 x Ranarr Weed
1 x Irit Leaf
1 x Avantoe
1 x Kwuarm
1 x Torstol

It is worth noting that ‘Greenmans Ale’ temporarily increases your Herblore level by one. This can be purchased from the Dragon Inn, which is located in Yanille, brewed (please refer to the Cooking Guide) and bought from Jossik the Lighthouse Keeper’s store after completing The Horror from the Deep quest.

• Zahur, who is located in Nardah, will identify your herbs for you for 200 gold pieces per herb. This method is particulary useful when wanting to sell higher level herbs to fellow adventurers.
• Although a Members skill, Strength Potions are available in the free to play worlds by visiting the Varrock Apothecary and trading him one Limpwurt Root, a red spider’s egg and 5gp. It is the only stat boosting potion that can be traded in F2P.
• Remember that water filled vials can be bought from stores. Ardougne general store is one of many places that you can buy these from.
• Train your herblore skill alongside agility by visiting the Brimhaven Agility Arena, where you can trade your tickets for herbs. You could even adventure into the Yanille Agility Dungeon and be lucky enough to obtain the Sinister key, from fighting Salarin the Twisted.

For quests that specifically give Herblore experience as a reward, please refer to the Herblore Rewards page.

If you have completed Eadgar’s Ruse Quest you can now collect the herb Goutweed from the troll store room and exchange it with Sanfew in Taverley for other herbs.

Once you have completed the quest, you will need to return to the Troll Stronghold basement storeroom and hide from the guards between the crates and boxes. Then take your chance to dash across the room and grab a goutweed from the crate, without being caught.

You will then need to take your collected Goutweed to Sanfew, who will exchange them for an equal number of unidentified herbs.

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