Last updated: Dec 13 2025

OSRS Witch’s Potion Quest Guide: Ironman-friendly

OSRS Witch’s Potion Quest Guide: Ironman-friendly

Witch’s Potion is a short and simple free-to-play quest where you help the witch Hetty brew a magical potion. There are no skill or quest requirements, so it’s perfect for beginners. Honestly, it’s one of the quickest quests in the game—similar to Imp Catcher and Cook’s Assistant—basically just running around collecting items and handing them over to an NPC.

 

Difficulty: Easy
Length: Very short
Time to Complete: I usually finish this quest in about a minute. If you’re playing Ironman, it’ll take a bit longer since you need to grab all the items yourself.

  

General Questing Tips

  • Enable the RuneLite Quest Helper plugin for step-by-step guidance.
  • Hold space bar to skip NPC dialogue quickly.
  • Use number keys to select dialogue options faster.
      

Item Requirements

For regular accounts:

  • Burnt meat
  • Eye of newt
  • Onion
  • Rat’s tail

Ironman accounts:

  • Burnt meat: Cook raw meat on a fire twice. Cooking a raw meat once gives you cooked meat. Use that on fire to get burnt meat.
  • Eye of newt: Purchase from Betty’s Magic Emporium in Port Sarim.
  • Onion: Found on the second floor of Lumbridge General Store.
  • Rat’s tail: Obtained during the quest itself.
      
  • Skill necklace (teleports to Crafting Guild, north of Rimmington) – optional but speeds up travel.
     

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

Start the Quest

Bring: Burnt meat, eye of newt, and onion

  • Teleport to Rimmington using skill necklace or run there then speak to Hetty in the location below and select dialogue options 1 → 1 to begin..

Hetty

  

Collect the Rat’s Tail

  • Head over to the house just west of Hetty and grab a rat’s tail by killing the rat inside. It’s only level 1, so you don’t even need a weapon—even a fresh level 3 account can handle it easily.

getting rat tail

    

Return to Hetty

Take the rat’s tail along with burnt meat, eye of newt, and onion and talk to Hetty. Drink from the cauldron to complete the potion and that’s it—you’ve completed Witch’s Potion!

    

Reward from Witch's Potion

rewards from witch's potion

  • 1 quest point
  • 325 magic XP

    

This quest offers an excellent early boost to Magic experience, allowing players to quickly level from 1 to 4 Magic, while also providing a fast way to gain quest points early in the game

About Author

Petecleff13

Petecleff13 is a passionate writer who has authored hundreds of articles in many areas throughout the years. He has also played OSRS with several account builds for over 5 years. He uses his passion for playing OSRS and writing to provide informative guides for both novice and experienced OSRS players. He is originally from South Africa and joined LuckyCharmGold as an Author in 2020.

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