However, if mixing an aether ingredient containing rubedo with a quebrith ingredient containing rubedo and a vermilion ingredient containing rubedo, the result will be a Bindweed potion with the dominant substance rubedo. If mixing an aether ingredient containing albedo with quebrith and vermilion ingredients which contain rubedo, a standard Bindweed potion will result because all of the ingredients don't contain the same additional substance.
Rubedo dominance - Accelerates regeneration of vitality lasting 4 hours.Įxample: The Bindweed potion requires 1 aether, 1 quebrith, and 1 vermilion ingredient.
Nigredo dominance - Increases damage inflicted by 20% for 4 hours.
Albedo dominance - Reduces toxicity of all potions consumed within the next in-game hour.
If all ingredients selected to create a potion (and only a potion) contain the same additional substance, the resulting potion will provide the following additional benefits: A given ingredient may contain only one of these substances, or may contain none. There are three additional (or secondary) substances: albedo, nigredo and rubedo. For example, vitriol is found in both sewant mushrooms and in ghoul blood, so either of these ingredients may be used to create White Gull. Substances are present in various ingredients, consequently various combinations of the latter may be used as long as they contain the required substances. For instance, White Gull ( ) is obtained by mixing two measures of vitriol and a measure of rebis with concentrated alcohol. Mixture formulae list the proportions of substances that need to be mixed rather than ingredient amounts. Just click on the icon for a more complete description of each substance:
Minerals/Liquids: available in alchemy shops, they can be purchased without any special skills or knowledge, but they can be relatively expensive.Īlchemical ingredients all contain one of the six substances shown below.
Monster Extracts: after defeating a monster, Geralt can extract components from its corpse, provided he knows the alchemical uses of these body parts (having read a book about the beast in question).
Plant Extracts: petals, leaves and roots can be picked directly from plants, provided that Geralt has acquired the Herbalism skill and knows the alchemical use of a given plant (for example, from having read a book about it).
Alcohol is the base for potions, grease is used for oils, and black powder serves as the base for making bombs. The base determines the type of mixture to be created. Mixtures ( potions, oils and bombs) are created by combining selected ingredients, which include herbs, monster parts and minerals, with a medium, referred to as a base. This also includes mutagenic potions like Werewolf's Wrath, however, since those require unique ingredients you only have 1 attempt at getting the recipe correct, also you will usually obtain the appropriate recipe prior to obtaining the unique ingredient.įor the main article, see The Witcher ingredients. For example if you mix while using a potion base it will unlock the recipe for White Honey or Specter Oil if you use a blade coating base instead.Ī clear benefit of using this method is that any recipe can be obtained at any time. It is possible to tell if an experiment is a failure or a success based on their inventory icon as failed experiments always have the same icon while all success' have individual icons. If it doesn't work then the experiment will likely hurt Geralt, or in the case of oils his sword. If your ingredient combination was correct the formuae will be added to your journal and can now be used just like any other unlocked recipe. The result will always be an unknown potion, oil or bomb and must first be tested in order to see if the experiment works. This method requires manually mixing ingredients along with an appropriate base in an attempt to create a new potion, oil or bomb. Scrolls can be purchased, found or acquired as rewards for services rendered.Īs mentioned by Kalkstein, when asking him about alchemy, formulae can be obtained by experimenting. These recipes are generally found in the form of scrolls, but some are acquired through word of mouth. All alchemical creations are based on formulae.