Ancient brew

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Ancient brew(1)
Released	5 January 2022 (Update)
Members	Yes
Quest item	No
Properties
Tradeable	Yes
Equipable	No
Stackable	No
Noteable	Yes
Options	Drink, Empty
Destroy	Drop
Examine	1 dose of ancient brew.
Values
Value	125 coins
High alch	75 coins
Low alch	50 coins
Weight	0.02 kg
Grand Exchange
Exchange	456 coins (info)
Buy limit	2,000
Daily volume	683
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Advanced data
Item ID	26346

An ancient brew is a potion made by using nihil dust on an unfinished dwarf weed potion, requiring 85 Herblore, yielding an ancient brew(3) and 190 Herblore experience.

A dose of ancient brew boosts the player's Magic level by 2 + 5% of their base Magic level, as well as restoring prayer points equal to 2 + 10% of their base Prayer level (with the ability to restore up to 5% over the player's base Prayer level). However, it will also drain the player's Attack, Strength, and Defence levels by 2 + 10% of their current levels.

An ancient brew can be upgraded into a Forgotten brew by combining it with 20 Ancient essence per dose, requiring 91 Herblore and yielding 145 Herblore experience (36.25 experience per dose).

After Barbarian Herblore Training, caviar can be added to an ancient brew(2), requiring 92 Herblore, yielding an ancient mix and 63 Herblore experience. An ancient mix has 2 doses, with the same effects when consumed, and heals 6 Hitpoints.

This item can be useful when training Thieving through pickpocketing and healing yourself using the Redemption prayer. Another use case is killing kurasks with magic dart at level 70 slayer. The item is commonly used in combination with an inexpensive restore potion that takes another inventory slot.

Effects[edit | edit source]

Magic boost[edit | edit source]

Magic boost is calculated with: $\lfloor MagicLevel\times {\frac {1}{20}}\rfloor +2$

Level	Boost
1-19	+2
20-39	+3
40-59	+4
60-79	+5
80-99	+6

Prayer restore[edit | edit source]

Prayer restore is calculated with: $\lfloor PrayerLevel\times {\frac {1}{10}}\rfloor +2$

Level	Boost	Level	Boost
1-9	+2	50-59	+7
10-19	+3	60-69	+8
20-29	+4	70-79	+9
30-39	+5	80-89	+10
40-49	+6	90-99	+11

Creation[edit | edit source]

Requirements
Skill		Level	XP
Herblore		85 ^(b)	190
Members		Ticks	2 (1.2s)

Materials
Item		Quantity	Cost
	Dwarf weed potion (unf)	1	1,258
	Nihil dust	1	2,672
Total cost			3,930
	Ancient brew(3)	1	488
Profit			−3,442

Products[edit | edit source]

	Skills	XP	Materials
Ancient mix(2)	92	63	1 × Ancient brew(2) 1 × Caviar
Forgotten brew(1)	91	36	1 × Ancient brew(1) 20 × Ancient essence
Forgotten brew(2)	91	72	1 × Ancient brew(2) 40 × Ancient essence
Forgotten brew(3)	91	108	1 × Ancient brew(3) 60 × Ancient essence
Forgotten brew(4)	91	145	1 × Ancient brew(4) 80 × Ancient essence

Price per dose[edit | edit source]

Item		Price per dose
	Ancient brew(1)	456
	Ancient brew(2)	419
	Ancient brew(3)	163
	Ancient brew(4)	213

Item sources[edit | edit source]

Ancient brew(2)[edit | edit source]

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Spiritual mage Zaros	182	1	11/128

Ancient brew(3)[edit | edit source]

Source	Level	Quantity	Rarity
Phantom Muspah	741	1–2	1/9
Spiritual mage Zaros	182	1	4/128

Changes[edit | edit source]

Date	Changes
5 January 2022 (update \| poll)	The item is now obtainable.
16 December 2021 (update)	The item was added to the game, but was unobtainable.

Ancient brew

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