The potions in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings are different from The Witcher. They can no longer be consumed at any time and will last for a far shorter time than before.
To drink a potion, you must first enter the Meditate menu (not available during combat) and select the Drink Potion option. You can then select up to 3 potions to consume (4 if the Taster skill has been activated). The toxicity of selected potions cannot exceed 100 (the toxicity bar will turn orange and the potions will not be drunk). After exiting the meditation menu, the potions are immediately in effect. They are best to be consumed just before a fight.
For a detailed list of potion effects and the impact of the Catalysis skill. please see Effects of Catalysis.
Image | Name | Ingredients | Effect | Duration | Toxicity |
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Cat | Allows seeing in total darkness and through walls. Decreases damage dealt. | 5 min | 25 | ||
Healing brew | Accelerates vitality regeneration | 10 min | 25 | ||
Gadwall | Increases vitality regeneration at the expense of vigor and damage dealt. | 10 min | 40 | ||
Tawny Owl | Increases vigor regeneration. | 10 min | 25 | ||
Wolf | Increases chance of causing critical effects, for Igni incineration and for Aard knockdown. | 10 min | 25 | ||
Rook | Increases sword damage. | 10 min | 25 | ||
Swallow | Increases vitality regeneration. | 10 min | 25 | ||
Golden Oriole | Increases all resistances. | 10 min | 25 | ||
Tiara | Decreases vigor loss when blocking at the expense of vitality and damage dealt. | 10 min | 40 | ||
Stammelford's philtre | Increases Sign power at the cost of vitality. | 10 min | 30 | ||
Maribor Forest | Increases vigor at the expense of vitality and chance of causing critical effect. | 10 min | 40 | ||
Lapwing | Considerably increases vigor regeneration at the expense of vitality and resistances. | 10 min | 40 | ||
Virga | Increases damage reduction at the expense of resistances and chance of causing critical effects. | 10 min | 30 | ||
White Raffard's Decoction | Increases vitality at the expense of damage dealt. | 10 min | 50 | ||
Brock | Significantly increase chance of causing critical effects while reducing all resistances. | 10 min | 50 | ||
Petri's Philter | Increases Sign damage. | 10 min | 50 | ||
Thunderbolt | Significantly increases damage dealt at the expense of Vitality and its regeneration. | 10 min | 50 | ||
Mongoose | Provides protection from the Kayran's toxic mucus. | 10 min | 25 | ||
Visionary's potion | unknown | Increases Vigor and Vitality regeneration, and induces visions. | 5 min | 50 | |
Anabolic steroids | unknown | Allows Geralt to defeat the Mighty Numa at arm wrestling | 2 min | 50 |