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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
Alcohol Local Pepper Vodka
Local pepper vodka Throat-burning pepper vodka. 20 4
Alcohol Nilfgaardian Lemon
Nilfgaardian Lemon A vodka popular in the Nilfgaardian Empire. In the North it is used to toast the defeat of the Black Ones. 20 4
Alcohol Redanian Herbal
Redanian Herbal A red vodka, called "stern" in honor of King Radovid the Stern. 20 4
Alcohol Soldiers Hooch
Soldier's hooch A crudely distilled alcoholic beverage distributed to soldiers before battle. 20 4
Alcohol Temerian Rye
Temerian Rye Drunkards call this rye vodka their daily bread. 20 4

High quality bases[]

High quality allows up to 4 ingredients to be used in a single potion

Image Name Description Buy Sell
Alcohol Cherry Cordial Spirit
Cherry Spirit Cordial Cherry cordial valued by connoisseurs of strong liqueurs. 30 6
Alcohol Dwarven Spirit
Dwarven spirit Mahakaman spirit. 30 6
Alcohol Plum Cordial
Plum Cordial The specialty of Temerian housewives. 30 6
Alcohol Temerian Spirit
Temerian spirit The favorite beverage of Viziman city guards. 30 6
Alcohol Zerrikanian Spirit
Zerrikanian spirit Spirit often referred to as "dragon blood". 30 6

Top quality bases[]

Top quality bases allows up to 5 ingredients to be used in a single potion

Image Name Description Buy Sell
Alcohol Alcohest
Alcohest A very pure distillate with a touch of magic. 50 10
Alcohol Azoth
Azoth A very pure distillate used in advanced alchemy. 50 10
Alcohol Mandrake Cordial
Mandrake cordial Distilled from Mandrake roots. 50 10
Alcohol Wormwood Spirit
Wormwood spirit A hallucinogenic vodka.[N 1] 50 10
Alcohol Wyvern Blood Spirit
Wyvern blood spirit Spirit distilled by druids. 50 10
Potion White Gull
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[]

  1. Although the in-game description says that Wormwood spirit is high quality, it allows five ingredient slots when used as a potion base.