This is a secondary skill, similar to JC’s prospecting or mining’s Smelting. It allows the scribe to crush herbs to create a pigment. It can be trained at level 30 and requires a stack of 5 herbs. Milling a herb stack should generate between 2 and 3 pigments. These are then turned into Inks
- Ivory Ink x1 Alabaster pigment, (lvl 1)
- Moonglow Ink x2 Alabastar pigments (lvl 45)
- Midnight Ink x2 Dusky pigment (lvl 75)
- Hunter’s Ink x 1 Verdant pigment (lvl 85)
- Lion’s Ink x 2 Golden Pigment (lvl 95)
- Dawnstar Ink x 1 Burnt Pigment (lvl 125)
- Jadefire Ink x 2 Emerald Pigment (lvl 145)
- Royal Ink x 1 Indigo Pigment (lvl 170)
- Celestial Ink x 2 Violet Pigment (lvl 195)
- Fiery Ink x 1 Ruby Pigment (lvl 220)
- Shimmering Ink x 2 Silvery Pigment (lvl 245)
- Ink of the Sky x 1 Sapphire Pigment (lvl 290)
- Ethereal Ink x 2 Nether Pigment (lvl 295)
- Darkflame Ink x 1 Ebon Pigment (lvl 320)
- Ink of the Sea x 2 Azure Pigment (lvl 345)
- Snowfall Ink x 1 Icy Pigment (lvl 370)
| skill level | herb | Commonly obtained | Sometimes obtained |
| 1 | Earthroot | Alabaster Pigment | |
| 1 | Mageroyal | Alabaster Pigment | |
| 1 | Peacebloom | Alabaster Pigment | |
| 1 | Silverleaf | Alabaster Pigment | |
| 25 | Briarthorn | Dusky Pigment | Verdant Pigment |
| 25 | Swiftthistle | Dusky Pigment | Verdant Pigment |
| 25 | Bruiseweed | Dusky Pigment | Verdant Pigment |
| 25 | Stranglekelp | Dusky Pigment | Verdant Pigment |
| 75 | Wild Steelbloom | Golden Pigment | Burnt Pigment |
| 75 | Grave Moss | Golden Pigment | Burnt Pigment |
| 75 | Kingsblood | Golden Pigment | Burnt Pigment |
| 75 | Liferoot | Golden Pigment | Burnt Pigment |
| 125 | Fadeleaf | Emerald Pigment | Indigo Pigment |
| 125 | Goldthorn | Emerald Pigment | Indigo Pigment |
| 125 | Khadgar’s Whisker | Emerald Pigment | Indigo Pigment |
| 125 | Wintersbite | Emerald Pigment | Indigo Pigment |
| 175 | Firebloom | Violet Pigment | Ruby Pigment |
| 175 | Purple Lotus | VIolet Pigment | Ruby Pigment |
| 175 | Arthas’ Tears | VIolet Pigment | Ruby Pigment |
| 175 | Sungrass | VIolet Pigment | Ruby Pigment |
| 175 | Blindweed | VIolet Pigment | Ruby Pigment |
| 175 | Gromsblood | VIolet Pigment | Ruby Pigment |
| 175 | Ghost Mushroom | VIolet Pigment | Ruby Pigment |
| 225 | Golden Samsun | Silvery Pigment | Sapphire Pigment |
| 225 | Dreamfoil | Silvery Pigment | Sapphire Pigment |
| 225 | Mountain Silversage | Silvery Pigment | Sapphire Pigment |
| 225 | Plaguebloom | Silvery Pigment | Sapphire Pigment |
| 225 | Icecap | Silvery Pigment | Sapphire Pigment |
| 275 | Dreaming Glory | ||
| 275 | Felweed | Nether Pigment | Ebon Pigment |
| 275 | Terocone | Nether Pigment | Ebon Pigment |
| 275 | Ragveil | Nether Pigment | Ebon Pigment |
| 275 | Ancient Lichen | Nether Pigment | Ebon Pigment |
| 275 | Mana Thistle | Nether Pigment | Ebon Pigment |
| 275 | Netherbloom | Nether Pigment | Ebon Pigment |
| 275 | Nightmare Vine | ||
| 325 | Adder’s Tongue | Azure Pigment | Icy Pigment |
| 325 | Goldclover | Azure Pigment | Icy Pigment |
| 325 | Tiger Lily | Azure Pigment | Icy Pigment |
| 325 | Constrictor Grass | Azure Pigment | Icy Pigment |
| 325 | Lichbloom | Azure Pigment | Icy Pigment |
| 325 | Icethorn | Azure Pigment | Icy Pigment |
| 325 | Talandra’s Rose | Azure Pigment | Icy Pigment |
Page update 19th October 2008