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This article is about the potion bases in The Witcher. For the alchemy ingredients used in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, see The Witcher 3 alchemy ingredients. |
In The Witcher, potion bases (or hard liquor) are considered a strong alcohol and are necessary to brew potions of any kind. Only alcohol which can be used as a potion base is included in this list. For other kinds of alcohol found in the game, see alcoholic beverages.
Strong alcohol is divided up into 3 qualities: standard, high, and top.
Standard bases[]
Standard quality allows up to 3 ingredients to be used in a single potion
| Image | Name | Description | Buy | Sell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Local pepper vodka | Throat-burning pepper vodka. | 20
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4
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Nilfgaardian Lemon | A vodka popular in the Nilfgaardian Empire. In the North it is used to toast the defeat of the Black Ones. | 20
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4
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Redanian Herbal | A red vodka, called "stern" in honor of King Radovid the Stern. | 20
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4
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Soldier's hooch | A crudely distilled alcoholic beverage distributed to soldiers before battle. | 20
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4
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Temerian Rye | Drunkards call this rye vodka their daily bread. | 20
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4
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High quality bases[]
High quality allows up to 4 ingredients to be used in a single potion
| Image | Name | Description | Buy | Sell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Cherry Spirit Cordial | Cherry cordial valued by connoisseurs of strong liqueurs. | 30
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6
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Dwarven spirit | Mahakaman spirit. | 30
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6
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Plum Cordial | The specialty of Temerian housewives. | 30
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6
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Temerian spirit | The favorite beverage of Viziman city guards. | 30
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6
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Zerrikanian spirit | Spirit often referred to as "dragon blood". | 30
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6
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Top quality bases[]
Top quality bases allows up to 5 ingredients to be used in a single potion
| Image | Name | Description | Buy | Sell |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Alcohest | A very pure distillate with a touch of magic. | 50 
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10
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Azoth | A very pure distillate used in advanced alchemy. | 50
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10
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Mandrake cordial | Distilled from Mandrake roots. | 50
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10
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Wormwood spirit | A hallucinogenic vodka.[N 1] | 50
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10
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Wyvern blood spirit | Spirit distilled by druids. | 50
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10
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White Gull | The best potion base, and actually a product of any lower quality base on this page plus some other alchemical ingredients. | n /a | n /a |
Footnotes[]
- ↑ Although the in-game description says that Wormwood spirit is high quality, it allows five ingredient slots when used as a potion base.