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Zahur

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Zahur
Released5 December 2005 (Update)
MembersYes
RaceHuman
QuestBeneath Cursed Sands
LocationNardah
GenderFemale
OptionsTalk-to, Decant, Clean, Make unfinished potion(s)
ExamineHerbal services.
Map
Advanced data
NPC ID4753
LinkMOID

Zahur is a herbalist in Nardah found in the building just north of the bank. She can provide various Herblore-related services to players. Having her clean a herb is a requirement for the Desert Easy Diary. She is involved in the Beneath Cursed Sands, helping the player to find the origins of the pox in Sophanem and creating a cure for it. She also has trained under the Apothecary in Varrock.

Decanting potions

Zahur will decant potions for free. Players can either talk with her or use her right-click Decant option. She will decant all the potions in the player's inventory, noted or unnoted, and the player may choose what dose potions. If the player does not have enough empty vials in their inventory to hold the requested potions, Zahur will automatically sell them the required number of vials at their current Grand Exchange price plus 2 coins each.

This service is also offered by Bob Barter at the Grand Exchange.

Cleaning grimy herbs

Zahur is able to clean grimy herbs for players for a fee of 200 coins each. By default, she will only clean unnoted grimy herbs, however she will also exchange noted herbs for players who have completed the Desert Hard Diary, for the same price of 200 coins each.

Zahur cannot clean herbs used in the Jungle Potion quest, claiming she's "not very good at cleaning jungle herbs".

This service can be useful for Ironmen wishing to build a revitalisation pool early, by having her clean grimy torstols and exchanging them for stamina potions through the Dr Jekyll random event.

Unfinished potions

Upon completion of the Desert Hard Diary, or while wearing the Herblore cape, the right-click option "Make unfinished potion(s)" becomes useable. Players can use this to have Zahur make unfinished potions for them for 200 coins per potion. Zahur will accept both noted and unnoted clean herbs and vials of water or vials of blood, and will combine all the herbs and vials in the player's inventory that they can afford into unfinished potions. Note that this option is not available through her dialogue, only via the right-click option. Zahur cannot turn coconut milk into antidotes or weapon poisons.

Assuming one can make 4,000 unfinished potions in one hour using clean herbs and vials of water manually, paying Zahur would cost 800,000 coins for the hour you would have spent making the 4,000 potions. Further equating this for 1000 vials and herbs, the cost would be 200,000 per 15 minutes.

Calculator

Item Materials Cleaning profit Materials Cost Zahur Fee GE Price Profit/Loss (from grimy) Profit/Loss incl. GE Fee (from grimy)
Avantoe potion (unf) Avantoe
Vial of water
−48 1,946 200 2,223 82 (34) 38 (−10)
Cadantine potion (unf) Cadantine
Vial of water
−70 2,284 200 2,634 155 (85) 103 (33)
Dwarf weed potion (unf) Dwarf weed
Vial of water
−115 1,353 200 1,643 95 (−20) 63 (−52)
Guam potion (unf) Guam leaf
Vial of water
−145 354 200 347 −202 (−347) −208 (−353)
Harralander potion (unf) Harralander
Vial of water
−123 406 200 575 −26 (−149) −37 (−160)
Huasca potion (unf)
Huasca
Vial of water
−46 6,783 200 7,778 800 (754) 645 (599)
Irit potion (unf) Irit leaf
Vial of water
−43 1,489 200 1,772 88 (45) 53 (10)
Kwuarm potion (unf) Kwuarm
Vial of water
−65 2,412 200 2,750 143 (78) 88 (23)
Lantadyme potion (unf) Lantadyme
Vial of water
−61 1,292 200 1,564 77 (16) 46 (−15)
Marrentill potion (unf) Marrentill
Vial of water
−131 317 200 267 −245 (−376) −250 (−381)
Ranarr potion (unf) Ranarr weed
Vial of water
−3 5,979 200 6,337 163 (160) 37 (34)
Snapdragon potion (unf) Snapdragon
Vial of water
2 7,517 200 7,930 218 (220) 60 (62)
Tarromin potion (unf) Tarromin
Vial of water
−103 300 200 437 −58 (−161) −66 (−169)
Toadflax potion (unf) Toadflax
Vial of water
−71 2,241 200 2,558 122 (51) 71 (0)
Torstol potion (unf) Torstol
Vial of water
−125 3,459 200 3,756 102 (−23) 27 (−98)
Cadantine blood potion (unf) Cadantine
Vial of blood
−70 10,597 200 11,463 666 (596) 437 (367)
Elkhorn potion (unf) Elkhorn coral
Vial of water
N/A 1,360 200 1,322 −233 −259
Pillar potion (unf) Pillar coral
Vial of water
N/A 2,163 200 2,620 262 210
Umbral potion (unf) Umbral coral
Vial of water
N/A 2,477 200 2,837 165 109

Dialogue

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Changes

Date Changes
8 January 2025
(Update)

Zahur now correctly makes unfinished huasca potions.

10 September 2020
(Update | poll)

Zahur is now able to clean banknoted herbs for her usual fee of 200 gp per herb.

21 April 2016
(Update)

The Nardah herbalist has had a typo fixed. 'Tarromin', rather than 'Yarromin'.

5 March 2015
(Update | poll)

Zahur will now create unfinished potions for 200 gp each (by bringing noted or unnoted materials) if you have completed the Desert Hard Diary.

26 February 2015
(Update)

The "Identify" right-click option was changed to "Clean".

13 June 2013
(Update | poll)

The herbalist in Nardah will now combine vials of potions.

10 – 23 January 2006

The NPC's chathead was graphically updated.

5 December 2005 –
10-23 January 2006
10-23 January 2006 –
present

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