Highlights
- Alchemy in Baldur’s Gate 3 allows players to create potions, elixirs, and weapon coatings.
- The Alchemy tab can be accessed by navigating to a character’s inventory and selecting Alchemy from the top nodes above the character view and inventory grid.
- Potions can grant Resistance to damage types, buff damage, and heal the player. They are versatile tools for offensive, defensive, and healing purposes.
All of those herbs, mushrooms, and animal bits strewn about the wilderness aren’t just a part of the immersion factor in Baldur’s Gate 3. These ingredients and regents are intended to be used with the Alchemy tab, which is located on every character’s inventory on the top, next to their spellbook or other abilities.
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There are times when the party might need some extra potions, elixirs, or weapon coatings to make the adventuring more fun and interesting, and that means potions like Speak with Animals that are more fun for social or story reasons than for combat. To make Alchemy even more convenient, every time a character makes a potion, it appears in their inventory, ready for them to use.
Updated on December 21st, 2023, by Kristy Ambrose: Players continue to explore and discover the vast world of Baldur’s Gate 3, uncovering more hidden secrets and taking on new challenges. It’s possible to play through every one of the many endings of the game without ever opening the Alchemy tab, and it’s one way to make an extra challenge for the party. All of the following poations, elixirs, and other concoctions are avilable cia other means if you don’t want to make them, but that takes gold that can be used for other important endeavours, like bribes, dyes, and fancy clothes.
10 Elixir Of See Invisibility
Nothic Eye Suspension + Any Vitriol
This is so handy, especially in places like the Underdark where there are creatures like Wraiths, which can teleport and disappear. Tougher enemies like Yurgir the Orthon and Balthazar also make use of the power of invisibility, and a quaff of this potion will break through their most important defense.
Picking up a Nothic Eye, a key ingredient in this potion will unlock the recipe. The other ingredient needed is any type of Vitriol, which is made from materials that include mushrooms and lichens. Some spells can accomplish this same feat, but if they’re not available, use a potion.
9 Elixir Of Poison Resistance
Muddy Goo Suspension + Any Sublimate
Poison damage is common in BG3, and appears in a variety of forms, from gaseous traps to magic spells, and plenty of weapons also deal poison damage. It’s not just the environment that’s filled with poison, it’s also the powers of the party’s enemies, which is why a character should have an Elixirs of Poison Resistance on hand.
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The moment the character picks up a Mud Mephit wing, which is the basis for the Muddy Goo Suspension, they’ll discover this recipe. Other than the appendage of this unpleasant, perpetually moist creature, the recipe also requires some kind of Salt, also made using alchemy.
8 Elixir Of Viciousness
Shadowroot Sack Vitriol + Any Ash
A great boost to any character’s performance, this helpful elixir increases their chance for critical hits. That counts for melee, ranged, physical, and magical damage, so any character can use this very handy potion.
Make some Vitriol out of Shadowroot Sac and any ashes, then use this potion in a tough fight, or against a boss that has a high amount of resistance. Use with caution, however, as the effects of this potion don’t stack with others, and it will cancel any other buffs or benefits the character already has from a consumable.
7 Alchemist’s Fire
Ashes of Ember + Any Salt
One of the many options for AoE damage in the game in the form of an explosive device, Alchemist’s Fire looks like a potion but the character throws it like a grenade. It ignites as soon as it hits, which makes it easier to use than items that require a spark before they burn.
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Mix Ashes of Fire Ember with any salt to make Alchemist’s Fire. When it’s time for a fiery ambush or a fighting class that needs some ranged power, it’s one of the best potions to make with Alchemy.
6 Potion Of Angelic Slumber
Planetar Feather Essence + Any Suspension
This potion puts the imbiber to sleep, which is why it’s a bit risky to use during combat, but the benefit is that it has the same effect as a Long Rest. The Potion Of Angelic Slumber restores a character’s hit points, spell slots, and cooldown abilities provided they can snooze unintrrupted for two full turns.
Prices will vary depending on the character’s Charisma, but they can also be purchased for around 200 gold, a tidy sum if you want to make them and sell them. If you’re doing a speedrun, or just trying to get through the game with as few Long Rests as possible, knowing the recipe for this potion is indispensible. Spellcasters will appreciate it the most because it restores all of their spell slots along with
5 Elixir of Hill Giant Strength
Hill Giant Fingernails Salts + Any Suspension
Any potion that increaes a character’s strength has a variety of uses, and this is the easier one to make via Alchemy. It’s not just for increasing physical damage but also just for the practical purpose of carrying a lot of stuff, which is what Helsik at the Devil’s Feee wants the Gloves of Hill Giant Strength.
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The potion increases the imbiber’s Strength stat to 21 until their next Long Rest, and that counts for any potion that puts them to sleep, so keep that in mind before you cancel a buff or other temporary benefit accidently. For those that would prefer to buy them, ask Derryth in the Myconid Colony or Auntie Ethel in the Sunlit Wetlands.
4 Elixir Of Barkskin
Tree Bark Salts + Any Suspension
Spellcasters, who often don’t wear armor of any kind, swear by this handy elixir to get them through a tough fight. Players might recognize the name from a popular defensive spell that’s also found in Dungeons & Dragons and previous Baldur’s Gate games, and this concoction might even be a reference to it.
The character discovers this recipe when they reach the Underdark and kill a few Needle Blights. These creatures drop an item called Woodbark, and when you pick it up, it teaches them how to make Tree Barks Salts, the main ingredient for the Elixir of Barkskin.
3 Potion Of Feather Fall
Sublimate Of Autumn Crocus + Any Essence
Sometimes it’s a way to reach a place that would normally be inaccessible and other times it’s a handy escape from a tight combat situation. It can also be used to cushion the falling damage should a character get shoved off a ledge.
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The petals of the Autumn Crocus, a flower that can be found in the sunny woods of the Sword Coast, are the main ingredient. Combine them with any Essence and this lifesaving potion will appear in the character’s inventory.
2 Elixir Of Arcane Cultivation
Weavemoss Vitriol + Any Sublimate.
This elixir is intended mainly for spellcasters, but any class that knows a level 3 spell can benefit from it. The Elixir of Arcane Cultivation gives the imbiber an extra level 3 spell slot, which is great for a damage dealer as well as a healing class.
Weavemoss is the main ingredient, and it’s found in the Underdark. Although it’s not exactly plentiful it’s not extremely rare, either. There’s a Greater version of this elixir available should the player come across a gem called Laculite.
1 Potion Of Health
Rogue’s Morsel Salt + Any Suspension
Sometimes the party healer isn’t available. They might be incapacitated somehow, out of spells, or maybe even down until another party member can give them a hand. That’s why other characters need to have some kind of backup, and one option is the reliable potion that can be used in or out of combat to restore hit points.
There are several versions of the Potion of Health, the first being the weakest, the easiest to make, and cheapest to buy or sell. They range up to Greater and Superior healing, becoming more powerful as the story progresses and the character discovers more useful potions and elixirs through Alchemy.
