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This page lists the available oils in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

To increase the effectiveness of their blades against foes, a witcher can coat them with special oils, tailored to each damage a specific type of enemy.

Gameplay[]

To have access to any type of oil, the player must first craft said oil, which requires alchemy formulae that are spread across the world, either at a random diagram location, purchased from a merchant, or rewarded from a quest.

Crafting oils is done through the alchemy menu while out of combat, but they can be applied to swords at any time. Similar to potions and bombs, once an oil is crafted, it will remain permanently in your inventory, though oils do not need to be replenished.

Oils can be applied to swords from the inventory window, with Hanged Man's Venom reserved for steel swords and all other oils being exclusive to silver swords, except for beast oil, which can be used on both. Oils will increase the damage of the coated swords against targeted enemy types, this enhancement is multiplicative and is counted after abilities and other damage-increasing factors, though at base value, a basic oil will add +10% attack power, an enhanced +25%, and a superior oil +50%.

Oil functionality can be expanded by investing ability points in the Oil Preparation segment of the Alchemy branch in the character skill tree.

Oils do not last indefinitely and their effects can expire after landing enough hits. This can be tracked with a counter that will appear beneath the Toxicity meter if Geralt has an oil-coated sword drawn. The number represents the amount of hits remaining that will have the oil's effects, it decreases with every successful strike (even against enemies not targeted with the oil), if the number reaches zero, the oil will be rubbed off, and the effect will disappear. The slowly-depleting radial green line around the counter acts as a rough indicator of how many strikes you have left. The maxed out Fixative ability allows oil effects to last indefinitely (though this boon's value is questionable since the game allows you to re-apply oils mid-combat.)

Traditionally, a sword can have only one active oil effect at a time. Applying a different oil will override the previous coating. Prior to Patch 4.0 in the Blood and Wine expansion, the Grandmaster Wolven Gear 3-pieces set bonus allows 3 different oil effects on a single sword. Since then, this has been moved to the Fixative alchemy ability.

List of oils[]

Image Name Ingredients Effect(s) Charges
Tw3 oil beast Beast oil 1 × Dog tallow
1 × Wolf's liver
10% Attack power versus Beasts 20
Tw3 oil cursed Cursed oil 1 × Dog tallow
4 × Wolfsbane
10% Attack power versus Cursed Ones 20
Tw3 oil draconid Draconid oil 1 × Dog tallow
4 × Ergot seeds
10% Attack power versus Draconids 20
Tw3 oil elementa Elementa oil 1 × Dog tallow
4 × Puffball
10% Attack power versus Elementa 20
Tw3 oil hanged mans venom enhanced Enhanced Hanged Man's Venom 1 × Bear fat
1 × Hanged Man's Venom
1 × Han fiber
1 × Nekker eye
1 × Fool's parsley leaves
1 × Arenaria
1 × Mandrake root
25% Attack power versus humans and nonhumans 40
Tw3 oil beast enhanced Enhanced beast oil 5 × Bear fat
1 × Beast oil
1 × Bear hide
1 × Celandine
1 × Puffball
1 × Bison grass
25% Attack power versus Beasts 40
Tw3 oil cursed enhanced Enhanced cursed oil 1 × Bear fat
1 × Cursed oil
1 × Ekimmara hide
1 × Puffball
1 × Wolfsbane
1 × Balisse fruit
1 × Wolf's liver
25% Attack power versus Cursed Ones 40
Tw3 oil draconid enhanced Enhanced draconid oil 1 × Bear fat
1 × Draconid oil
1 × Cockatrice stomach
1 × Nekker warrior's liver
1 × Moleyarrow
1 × Arenaria
1 × Bryonia
25% Attack power versus Draconids 40
Tw3 oil elementa enhanced Enhanced elementa oil 1 × Bear fat
1 × Elementa oil
1 × Moleyarrow
1 × Puffball
1 × Allspice
1 × Honeysuckle
1 × Buckthorn
25% Attack power versus Elementa 40
Tw3 oil hybrid enhanced Enhanced hybrid oil 1 × Bear fat
1 × Hybrid oil
1 × Erynia eye
1 × Ginatia petals
1 × White myrtle petals
1 × Hornwort
1 × Bryonia
25% Attack power versus Hybrids 40
Tw3 oil insectoid enhanced Enhanced insectoid oil 1 × Bear fat
1 × Insectoid oil
1 × Endrega heart
1 × Puffball
1 × Ranogrin
1 × Hornwort
1 × Honeysuckle
25% Attack power versus Insectoids 40
Tw3 oil necrophage enhanced Enhanced necrophage oil 4 × Bear fat
1 × Necrophage oil
1 × Rotfiend blood
1 × Blowball
1 × Arenaria
1 × Pringrape
1 × Cortinarius
25% Attack power versus Necrophages 40
Tw3 oil ogroid enhanced Enhanced ogroid oil 2 × Bear fat
1 × Ogroid oil
1 × Cave troll liver
1 × Longrube
1 × Ranogrin
1 × Ginatia petals
1 × Ribleaf
25% Attack power versus Ogroids 40
Tw3 oil relict enhanced Enhanced relict oil 1 × Bear fat
1 × Relict oil
1 × Water hag tooth
1 × Cave troll liver
1 × Beggartick blossoms
1 × Hop umbels
1 × Green mold
25% Attack power versus Relicts 40
Tw3 oil specter enhanced Enhanced specter oil 1 × Bear fat
1 × Specter oil
1 × Essence of wraith
1 × Arenaria
1 × Mistletoe
1 × Wolf's liver
25% Attack power versus Specters 40
Tw3 oil vampire enhanced Enhanced vampire oil 2 × Bear fat
1 × Vampire oil
1 × Fifth essence
1 × Wine stone
1 × Cortinarius
1 × Wolfsbane
1 × Ribleaf
25% Attack power versus Vampires 40
Tw3 oil hanged mans venom Hanged Man's Venom 1 × Dog tallow
4 × Arenaria
10% Attack power versus humans and nonhumans 20
Tw3 oil hybrid Hybrid oil 1 × Dog tallow
4 × White myrtle petals
10% Attack power versus Hybrids 20
Tw3 oil insectoid Insectoid oil 1 × Dog tallow
4 × Ranogrin
10% Attack power versus Insectoids 20
Tw3 oil necrophage Necrophage oil 1 × Dog tallow
4 × Blowball
10% Attack power versus Necrophages 20
Tw3 oil ogroid Ogroid oil 1 × Bear fat
4 × Ginatia petals
10% Attack power versus Ogroids 20
Tw3 oil relict Relict oil 1 × Dog tallow
5 × Mistletoe
10% Attack power versus Relicts 20
Tw3 oil specter Specter oil 1 × Bear fat
4 × Arenaria
10% Attack power versus Specters 20
Tw3 oil hanged mans venom superior Superior Hanged Man's Venom 1 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced Hanged Man's Venom
1 × Bloodmoss
1 × Devourer's blood
1 × Fool's parsley leaves
1 × Green mold
1 × Quebrith
50% Attack power against humans and nonhumans 60
Tw3 oil beast superior Superior beast oil 1 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced beast oil
1 × Cockatrice stomach
1 × Celandine
1 × Puffball
1 × Bison grass
1 × Rubedo
50% Attack power versus Beasts 60
Tw3 oil cursed superior Superior cursed oil 1 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced cursed oil
1 × Ekimmara hide
1 × Cave troll liver
1 × Wolfsbane
1 × Mistletoe
1 × Rubedo
50% Attack power versus Cursed Ones 60
Tw3 oil draconid superior Superior draconid oil 1 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced draconid oil
1 × Cockatrice stomach
1 × Nekker warrior's liver
1 × Nostrix
1 × Bryonia
1 × Albedo
50% Attack power versus Draconids 60
Tw3 oil elementa superior Superior elementa oil 1 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced elementa oil
1 × Nostrix
1 × Essence of wraith
1 × Allspice
1 × Honeysuckle
1 × Albedo
50% Attack power versus Elementa 60
Tw3 oil hybrid superior Superior hybrid oil 1 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced hybrid oil
1 × Erynia eye
1 × Ginatia petals
1 × White myrtle petals
1 × Bison grass
1 × Albedo
50% Attack power versus Hybrids 60
Tw3 oil insectoid superior Superior insectoid oil 1 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced insectoid oil
1 × Endrega heart
1 × Puffball
1 × Hornwort
1 × Bloodmoss
1 × Hydragenum
50% Attack power versus Insectoids 60
Tw3 oil necrophage superior Superior necrophage oil 5 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced necrophage oil
1 × Devourer's blood
1 × Beggartick blossoms
1 × Arenaria
1 × Pringrape
1 × Hydragenum
50% Attack power versus Necrophages 60
Tw3 oil ogroid superior Superior ogroid oil 2 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced ogroid oil
1 × Cave troll liver
1 × Arenaria
1 × Ranogrin
1 × Ribleaf
1 × Aether
50% Attack power versus Ogroids 60
Tw3 oil relict superior Superior relict oil 4 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced relict oil
1 × Devourer's blood
1 × Hop umbels
1 × Beggartick blossoms
1 × Green mold
1 × Nigredo
50% Attack power versus Relicts 60
Tw3 oil specter superior Superior specter oil 1 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced specter oil
1 × Essence of wraith
1 × Longrube
1 × Mistletoe
1 × Ergot seeds
1 × Rebis
50% Attack power versus Specters 60
Tw3 oil vampire superior Superior vampire oil 2 × Alchemy paste
1 × Enhanced vampire oil
1 × Fifth essence
1 × Wine stone
1 × Cortinarius
1 × Wolfsbane
1 × Vermilion
50% Attack power versus Vampires 60
Tw3 oil vampire Vampire oil 2 × Dog tallow
4 × Ducal water
10% Attack power versus Vampires 20
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