


Loot - throughout the Witcher world there are many looting opportunities where you can find Alcohol for free (crates, dead enemies etc.). Make it yourself - just mix herbs and water together in Alchemy. So where do you find it? There are three ways to get Alcohol in the Witcher 3: There is just one prerequisite to automatically refilling your potion though and that's plenty of Alcohol! How to get Alcohol Alcohol is one of the main ingredients for crafting new Alchemy items and it's also used to refill empty Alchemy items when you meditate. Meditating is like the Witcher's version of sleeping, which automatically progresses time by the value you choose. The simple way to refill a potion is to Meditate, which is an option from the in-game menu (far right). This is a subtle hint that you can actually refill your potion during the game without having to find all the ingredients again. How to refill potions? Even when you've used up your potion the actual bottle remains intact. Ingredients are found throughout the Witcher 3, including some found in the wilderness such as plants and flowers, whilst others must be bought from merchants and others picked up from dead enemies. Unless you have all the required ingredients you will not be able to craft the item. The middle area of the screen will update showing you exactly which ingredients you need to craft that particular item: Any ingredients in red signify that you don't have enough of that resource, whilst green items mean you do have enough. Simply open the in-game menu and select Alchemy: Now select a particular Alchemy item on the left side, under the section you want to craft. How to craft potions, oils and bombs? Crafting any of the Alchemy items in the game (potions, oils and bombs) is a piece of cake thanks to the new interface.

Depending on your platform you can also hotkey the potion for ease of use during combat. However, once you've made a potion you will end up with several doses, allowing you to reuse it to a certain extent. A good example is the Swallow potion which requires 5 x Flowers and 4 x Drowner Brains. You'll find that in the Witcher 3 potions require far more ingredients than they did in earlier games. A potion may also require other components and of course ingredients as well. The initial creation of a potion now requires Alcohol as it did in the first Witcher game. Potions have both positive and negative effects which players need to carefully balance whilst monitoring their Toxicity level. Alchemy and potions have always been a big part of the Witcher experience and this is continued in the Wild Hunt.
