| 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Local pepper vodka | Throat-burning pepper vodka. | 20
| 4
|
 | 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
|
 | Redanian Herbal | A red vodka, called "stern" in honor of King Radovid the Stern. | 20
| 4
|
 | Soldier's hooch | A crudely distilled alcoholic beverage distributed to soldiers before battle. | 20
| 4
|
 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cherry Spirit Cordial | Cherry cordial valued by connoisseurs of strong liqueurs. | 30
| 6
|
 | Dwarven spirit | Mahakaman spirit. | 30
| 6
|
 | Plum Cordial | The specialty of Temerian housewives. | 30
| 6
|
 | Temerian spirit | The favorite beverage of Viziman city guards. | 30
| 6
|
 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Alcohest | A very pure distillate with a touch of magic. | 50 
| 10
|
 | Azoth | A very pure distillate used in advanced alchemy. | 50
| 10
|
 | Mandrake cordial | Distilled from Mandrake roots. | 50
| 10
|
 | Wormwood spirit | A hallucinogenic vodka. | 50
| 10
|
 | Wyvern blood spirit | Spirit distilled by druids. | 50
| 10
|
 | 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 |
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