The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is easily one of the biggest games in the history of the industry, dwarfing many of the projects that used to vie for the title, and we're still doing our best to piece through the avalanche of useful information being collected by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt community.
To gather all of the alchemical ingredients in the game, players will have to scour the entirety of the Continent, or at least everything that CD Projekt Red has modeled in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Herbs spawn based on the surrounding environment, which we've broken down below, and only a handful of the herbs from Geralt's formula appear in every explorable region.
Click here to find out where each herb grows in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
As you may or may not have noticed, potions function a bit differently in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt than they do in many other roleplaying games. For starters, you'll only need to brew each potion once. Once Geralt has completed a particular concoction, he'll only need an alcoholic beverage on-hand to replenish his stock. Potions are refilled each time Geralt meditates, provided he has extra alcohol, and every potion in your inventory will be fully-stocked upon doing so.
As you might imagine, this potion guide gets pretty lengthy. We'd suggest using your browser's search function, which can usually be prompted by pressing Ctrl+F, to skip to whatever potion you're currently trying to track down and/or brew for the first time.
Unfortunately, we still don't have location data for all of the game's formulas; however, we've provided as much information as possible on the whereabouts of each and we'll update this list regularly. We've also included ingredients for each formula, so those who'd like to start making preparations can round up the herbs and other alchemical agents you'll need for Geralt's potions. And if you've found a formula that we haven't, feel free to drop its location into the comments section and we'll add it to the list.
Potion of Clearance
Location: Sold by Keira Metz and Hierach Square merchant (Novigrad)
Effects: Respec Geralt's skill points
Potion Price: 1000 crowns (Single-Use)
Black Blood
Location: Recipe found in the basement of Drahim Castle. Potion also sold by herbalist in southern Novigrad
Effects: Witcher's blood injures Vampires and Necrophages when they wound him
Ingredients:
1 x Dwarven Spirit
4 x Ghoul's Blood
2 x Sewant Mushrooms
Enhanced Black Blood
Location: Sold by halfling herbalist and the disguised merchant in Elector's Square (Novigrad)
Effects: Witcher's blood injures Vampires and Necrophages when they wound him
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
1 x Black Blood
5 x Ghoul's Blood
1 x Hellebore Petals
5 x Sewant Mushrooms
Superior Black Blood
Location: ?
Effects: Witcher's blood injures Vampires and Necrophages when they wound him
Ingredients:
1 x Enhanced Black Blood
1 x Han
5 x Hellebore Petals
1 x Nostrix
1 x Rebis
5 x Sewant Mushrooms
1 x White Gull
Blizzard
Location: Refugee camp east of Lindenvale
Effects: Improves reflexes and prolongs reaction time
Ingredients:
1 x Dwarven Spirit
1 x Golem's Heart
5 x White Myrtle Petals
Enhanced Blizzard
Location: Oxenfurt, in the house visited during The Oxenfurt Drunk contract
Effects: Improves reflexes and prolongs reaction time
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
1 x Blizzard
1 x Celandine
1 x Golem's Heart
5 x White Myrtle Petals
Superior Blizzard
Location: ?
Effects: Improves reflexes and prolongs reaction time
Ingredients:
1 x Buckthorn
1 x Celandine
1 x Enhanced Blizzard
1 x Rebis
1 x Sewant Mushrooms
1 x White Gull
4 x White Myrtle Petals
Cat
Location: Starter Recipe
Effects: Grants vision in darkness
Ingredients:
4 x Berbercane Fruit
1 x Dwarven Spirit
2 x Water Essence
Enhanced Cat
Location: Sold by herbalist in Rannvaig
Effects: Grants vision in darkness
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
5 x Berbercane Fruit
1 x Cat
1 x Cortinarius
3 x Water Essence
Superior Cat
Location: Sold by herbalist in Rannvaig
Effects: Grants vision in darkness
Ingredients:
1 x Aether
1 x Allspice
4 x Berbercane Fruit
4 x Cortinarius
1 x Enhanced Cat
1 x Moleyarrow
1 x White Gull
Full Moon
Location: Sold by herbalist (25 crowns) in Novigrad, northeast of Oxenfurt
Effects: Increases maximum vitality
Ingredients:
1 x Dark Essence
1 x Dwarven Spirit
2 x Wolfsbane
Enhanced Full Moon
Location: Sold by the halfling herbalist in Novigrad
Effects: Increases maximum vitality
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
2 x Crow's Eye
2 x Dark Essence
1 x Full Moon
5 x Wolfsbane
Superior Full Moon
Location: ?
Effects: Increases maximum vitality
Ingredients:
4 x Crow's Eye
1 x Enhanced Full Moon
1 x Mistletoe
1 x Quebrith
1 x Verbena
1 x White Gull
4 x Wolfsbane
Golden Oriole
Location: Top floor of the tower on Fyke Isle
Effects: Grants immunity to poisons and cancels active poison effects
Ingredients:
4 x Blowball
1 x Dwarven Spirit
1 x Light Essence
Enhanced Golden Oriole
Location: Found in Wyvern-guarded chest near Destroyed Bastion, Sold by herbalist in Rannvaig,
Effects: Grants immunity to poisons and cancels active poison effects
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
6 x Blowball
1 x Celandine
1 x Golden Oriole
2 x Light Essence
Superior Golden Oriole
Location: ?
Effects: Grants immunity to poisons and cancels active poison effects
Ingredients:
4 x Blowball
4 x Celandine
1 x Enhanced Golden Oriole
1 x Han
1 x Quebrith
1 x Ranogrin
1 x White Gull
Killer Whale
Location: Chest in the leftmost (when facing the sea) ship wreck at Ard Skellig
Effects: Increases Geralt's air supply by 50% and increases underwater visibilty
Ingredients:
5 x Balisse Fruit
6 x Buckthorn
5 x Drowner Tongue
2 x Dwarven Spirit
Maribor Forest
Location: Sold by herbalist (25 crowns) in Novigrad, northeast of Oxenfurt
Effects: Accelerates generation of Adrenaline Points
Ingredients:
1 x Alghoul Bone Marrow
3 x Berbercane Fruit
4 x Drowner Tongue
1 x Dwarven Spirit
Enhanced Maribor Forest
Location: Sold by the halfling herbalist in Novigrad
Effects: Accelerates generation of Adrenaline Points
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
5 x Berbercane Fruit
1 x Crow's Eye
2 x Drowner Tongue
1 x Maribor Forest
Superior Maribor Forest
Location: ?
Effects: Accelerates generation of Adrenaline Points
Ingredients:
4 x Berbercane Fruit
4 x Crow's Eye
1 x Enhanced Maribor Forest
1 x Hellebore Petals
1 x Ribleaf
1 x Vermilion
1 x White Gull
Petri’s Philter
Location: First basement floor of Drahim Castle in Velen
Effects: Increases Sign intensity
Ingredients:
5 x Arenaria
1 x Dwarven Spirit
1 x Specter Dust
Enhanced Petri’s Philter
Location: Sold by the halfling herbalist in Novigrad
Effects: Increases Sign intensity
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
6 x Arenaria
1 x Buckthorn
1 x Petri's Philter
2 x Specter Dust
Superior Petri’s Philter
Location: Chest to the left of the boat tracked for The Lord of Undvik quest
Effects: Increases Sign intensity
Ingredients:
4 x Arenaria
4 x Buckthorn
1 x Enhanced Petri's Philter
1 x Longrube
1 x Ranogrin
1 x Rubedo
1 x White Gull
Swallow
Location: Starter Recipe
Effects: Accelerates vitality regeneration. Vitality regeneration pauses for 2 seconds upon receiving damage.
Ingredients:
5 x Celandine
1 x Drowner Brain
1 x Dwarven Spirit
Enhanced Swallow
Location: Underwater cave that leads into Lornuk Castle
Effects: Accelerates vitality regeneration. Vitality regeneration pauses for 2 seconds upon receiving damage.
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
6 x Celandine
5 x Drowner Brain
1 x Swallow
4 x White Myrtle Petals
Superior Swallow
Location: ?
Effects: Accelerates vitality regeneration. Vitality regeneration pauses for 2 seconds upon receiving damage.
Ingredients:
6 x Berbercane Fruit
4 x Celandine
4 x Crow's Eye
1 x Enhanced Swallow
2 x Vitriol
1 x White Gull
6 x White Myrtle Petals
Tawny Owl
Location: ?
Effects: Accelerates stamina regeneration during combat
Ingredients:
1 x Arachas Venom
1 x Dwarven Spirit
2 x Verbena
Enhanced Tawny Owl
Location: Sold by the halfling herbalist in Novigrad
Effects: Accelerates stamina regeneration during combat
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
1 x Arachas Venom
1 x Tawny Oil
4 x Verbera
2 x Wolfsbane
Superior Tawny Owl
Location: Sold by the halfling herbalist in Novigrad
Effects: Accelerates stamina regeneration during combat
Ingredients:
1 x Enhanced Tawny Owl
1 x Fool's Parsley Leaves
1 x Mandrake Root
1 x Sewant Mushrooms
4 x Verbena
1 x White Gull
4 x Wolfsbane
Thunderbolt
Location: Starter Recipe
Effects: Increases attack power
Ingredients:
2 x Cortinarius
1 x Dwarven Spirit
1 x Endrega Embryo
Enhanced Thunderbolt
Location: Cave under the Ancient Oak (from the Ladies of the Wood quest)
Effects: Increases attack power
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
2 x Cortinarius
2 x Endrega Embryo
1 x Fool's Parsley Leaves
1 x Thunderbolt
Superior Thunderbolt
Location: ?
Effects: Increases attack power
Ingredients:
1 x Bryonia
4 x Cortinarius
1 x Enhanced Thunderbolt
4 x Fool's Parsley Leaves
1 x Quebrith
1 x Verbena
1 x White Gull
White Honey
Location: Starter Recipe
Effect: Clears toxicity and cancels all active poison effects
Ingredients:
1 x Dwarven Spirit
1 x Honeysuckle
Enhanced White Honey
Location: Sold by the halfling herbalist in Novigrad
Effects: Clears toxicity and cancels all active poison effects
Ingredients:
1 x Alcohest
2 x Honeysuckle
1 x White Honey
1 x White Myrtle Petals
Superior White Honey
Location: ?
Effects: Clears toxicity and cancels all active poison effects
Ingredients:
1 x Balisse Fruit
1 x Enhanced White Honey
1 x Hellebore Petals
4 x Honeysuckle
1 x Vitriol
4 x White Myrtle Petals
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