A witcher can drink potions to temporarily alter stats. Some potions offer mild boosts with no drawbacks, while others dramatically boost a handful of stats and significantly reduce others. You can get the most benefit out of these potions by drinking them in combination with others that cancel out the drawbacks. At default, Geralt can drink up to three potions. He can tolerate up to 100 points of toxicity before he becomes poisoned.
While you can occasionally purchase potions from merchants, it is much more economical to brew potions from formulas. Most potions require alchemical substances, which are obtained from commonplace ingredients like herbs and common monster drops. Only a handful of high-end potions, like Tawny Owl, require any sort of rare alchemical substance, such as fulgur.
| Potion | Effect 1 | Effect 2 | Effect 3 | Effect 4 | Effect 5 | Effect 6 | Effect 7 | Duration | Toxicity | Orens | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anabolic Steroids | Allows the user to defeat the Mighty Numa | 2 | 50 | 11 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Brock | Resistance to incineration -50% | Resistance to bleeding -50% | Resistance to poisoning -50% | Incineration +15% | Bleeding +15% | Poison +15% | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Cat | Damage -10% | Allows Geralt to see in the dark and through walls | 5 | 25 | 2 | 0.2 | |||||
| Gadwall | Damage -40% | Vitality regeneration during combat +2 | Vitality regeneration +3 | Stamina -1 | 10 | 40 | 2 | 0.2 | |||
| Golden Oriole | Resistance to poison +30% | Resistance to incineration +30% | Resistance to bleeding +30% | 2 | 50 | 11 | 0.2 | ||||
| Healing Brew | Vitality regeneration | 10 | 26 | 0 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Lapwing | Vitality -30% | Resistance to incineration -30% | Resistance to bleeding -30% | Vigor regeneration during combat +50% | Vigor regeneration +50% | 10 | 40 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Maribor Forest | Vitality -30% | Vigor +1 | Incineration -25% | Bleeding -25% | Poison -25% | 10 | 40 | 2 | 0.2 | ||
| Mongoose | Resistance to poisoning +20,000% | 10 | 25 | 11 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Petri's Philtre | Damage bonus on signs +7 | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Rook | Damage +10% | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0.2 | ||||||
| Stammelford's Philtre | Vitality -50% | Sign intensity +1 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 0.2 | |||||
| Swallow | Vitality regeneration during combat +1 | Vitality regeneration +1 | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0.2 | |||||
| Tawny Owl | Vigor regeneration in combat +20% | Vigor regeneration +20% | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0.2 | |||||
| Thunderbolt | Damage +20% | Vitality -50% | Vitality regeneration during combat -50% | Vitality regeneration -50% | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0.2 | |||
| Tiara | Armor +10% | Vitality -10 | Vigor loss when blocking -50% | 10 | 40 | 2 | 0.2 | ||||
| Virga | Armor +20% | Resistance to poisoning +75% | Resistance to incineration +75% | Resistance to bleeding +75% | Incineration -25% | Bleeding -25% | Poison -25% | 10 | 30 | 2 | 0.2 |
| Visionary's Potion | Vigor regeneration in combat +25% | Vitality regeneration in combat +1 | Vitality regeneration +2 | 5 | 50 | 11 | 0.2 | ||||
| White Raffard's Decoction | Damage -30% | Vitality +50% | 10 | 50 | 2 | 0.2 | |||||
| Wolf | Incineration +15% | Bleeding +15% | Poison +15% | Chance of incineration with Igni +32% | Aard critical effect chance +15% | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0.2 |