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Discover everything you need to know about all potions in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 listed and how they affect your gameplay and recipes.
Potions in KCD 2 are consumable items that provide temporary effects such as healing, stat boosts, night vision, increased stamina, and improved stealth. Healing potions, stamina potions, combat potions, and poison are the types of potions that you craft at the alchemy bench using their required materials. You can either purchase the potion or craft it at the alchemy bench using the resources.
While some potions replenish stamina and boost abilities others are used in combat or stealth situations and cure hangovers or increase your vision. However, the quality of potions can be affected by your crafting skills and knowledge of the recipes. In this guide, we’ll discuss all potions in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and how you can brew them using the required materials at Alchemy Bench.
Potions Overview in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
Potion in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 plays a crucial role in enhancing your character’s abilities, healing injuries, and providing various temporary boosts. You can acquire potions by looting enemies, purchasing them from herbalists and bathhouses, or crafting them yourself at alchemy benches located throughout the game world. Alchemy in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a non-combat skill used to create potions and remedies from herbs and additional ingredients.
Collect all the correct recipes, and ingredients, and access to the alchemy bench to craft potions and other remedies. You make the brewing process fast when you level this skill. This skill allows you to create several unique items using various herbs and ingredients. Mastering alchemy is crucial not only for combat abilities and healing but also for exploring the world more effectively. The ingredients are found in the world or purchased directly from the merchants. You can also steal some required ingredients from several NPCs in the game.
How to use Alchemy bench to brew potions
You can find the Alchemy benches scattered all around the world which are used for alchemy. You can find these benches in towns and taverns. Interact with them to start the brewing process. The bench is placed with a cauldron, distillation apparatus, and other tools. Learn the recipe from the inventory in the crafting menu. The recipe is first purchased from the Apothecary. The Cauldron allows you to brew various potions and decoctions used for healing and enhancing stats. This material is already available to you at the beginning of the game in your alchemy station. You can access it by interacting with the alchemy table to start brewing potions or decoctions.
All Potions in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Explored
Here are all the potions in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
Aesop
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | +3 |
| Health | 0 |
Increases Horsemanship and Hountermster by 3 for half a day. Animals will take less notice of you, so you’ll find it easier to approach them. It improves the dog-handling and riding skills. Increases riding and dog-handling skills. If good quality, animals take less notice of you, and dogs won’t bark at you. Aesop can be purchased from Apothecary (Kuttenburg). It increases your interactions with animals. It temporarily boosts your riding and dog-handling skills. This potion also reduces the likelihood of animals noticing you and prevents dogs from barking at you when you brew it to a high quality.
Ingredients: Spiritus, 1 Belladonna, 1 Boar’s tusk, 2 Comfrey
Aesop Formula:
- Grind the comfrey and add it to the cauldron.
- Add the boar’s tusk to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns.
- Grind the belladonna and add it to the cauldron.
- Finally distil.
Aqua Vitalis
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 50% |
| Energy | +4 |
| Health | 0 |
Reduces loss of health and slows bleeding. It decreases the effect of bleeding and loss of health. Aqua Vitals is designed to enhance your resilience in combat. It temporarily reduces health loss and slows bleeding, allowing you to withstand injuries when you consume it. It provides more time to address injuries without immediate bandaging.
Ingredients: Water, 2 Dandelion, 1 Marigold
Aqua Vitalis Formula
- Add the dandelion to the cauldron and boil for 1 turn.
- Grind the marigold and add it to the cauldron.
- Boil for 2 turns.
- Finally, distil.
Artemisia
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | +10 |
| Health | 0 |
Increases Strength by 4 for 10 minutes. It enhances your combat abilities and Warfare skills, making you more formidable in battle. You improve your proficiency with various weapons, enhancing combat effectiveness. Consuming the potion may induce vivid visions or daydreams due to the strong alcoholic element.
Ingredients: Spiritus, 2 Wormdwood, 1 Sage
Artemisia Formula
- Add the sage to the cauldron and boil for 1 turn
- Grind the wormwood and add it to the cauldron
- Boil for 2 turns
- Finally, distil
Bane Poison
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | N/A |
| Nutrition | N/A |
| Energy | N/A |
| Health | N/A |
Makes running impossible and reduces Health by 110 in 45 seconds. More suitable for poisoning cooking pots than applying to weapons. Bane Poison prevents enemies from running and reduces health. It allows you to eliminate targets by causing severe health deterioration over time. It is highly effective when you add it to the enemy’s food pots or drink containers. The bandits when consuming the poisoned food will weaken or die if they’re low on health. This is effective for clearing out the camps without directly dealing with them in combat. Your bladed weapons like swords and daggers can also leave damage over time effect when you add poison to them.
Ingredients: Wine, Wormwood x1, Belladonna x2, Amanita Muscaria x1
Bane Poison Formula
- Add the wormwood to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns.
- Grind the belladonna and add to the cauldron.
- Boil for one turn using the bellows.
- Add the fly agaric to the cauldron.
- Finally, distil.
Bowman’s Brew
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | +3 |
| Health | 0 |
Increases Marksmanship by 3 and slows down Stamina loss when aiming by 20% for 10 minutes. Bowman’s Brew temporarily improves Marksmanship skills. It increases your archery abilities, making it a must-have for players focusing on ranged combat. It provides a temporary increase in your bow skill when consumed. Bowman’s Brew reduces hand shaking, improving shot accuracy.
Ingredients: Spiritus, Eyebright x2, St. John’s wort x1
Bowman’s Brew Recipe
- Add the eyebright to the cauldron and boil for 3 turns.
- Grind the St.John’s wort and add to the cauldron.
- Boil for 1 turn using the bellows.
- Finally, distil.
Buck’s Blood
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 50% |
| Energy | +6 |
| Health | 0 |
Increases Stamina by 30% for 20 minutes. Not only does it increase your stamina but also boosts endurance. You can use it before engaging any enemy, allowing your character to become stronger. Make sure the Buck’s Blood is available in your inventory as you can need it anytime during your gameplay. We recommend you craft at least 2~3 at once, so you can have a supply of Buck’s Blood.
Ingredients: Oil, 1 St. John’s wort, 1 Dandelion, 1 Comfrey
Buck’s Blood Formula
- Grind the St.John’s wort and add it to the cauldron.
- Add the comfrey to the cauldron and boil for 1 turn.
- Add the dandelion to the cauldron and using the bellows, boil for one turn.
- Finally, pour.
Chamomile Brew
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | +10 |
| Health | 0 |
For one day, sleep will heal you three times faster. It accelerates healing during sleep. Chamomile Brew enhances the healing effects of sleep, allowing you to recover health more rapidly when you consume it.
Ingredients: Wine, 2 Chamomile, 1 Sage
Chamomile Brew Formula
- Add the chamomile and boil for 1 turn.
- Grind the sage and add it to the cauldron.
- Finally, pour.
Cockerel
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | +20 |
| Health | 0 |
Increases Energy by 20. Cockerel is designed to combat fatigue and restore energy. It increases your energy by 20 points, effectively dispelling drowsiness and allowing you to continue your activities when you consume it.
Ingredients: Spiritus, 1 Valerian, 2 Mint
Cockerel Formula
- Grind the mint and add to the cauldron.
- Boil for 1 turn.
- Add the valerian and boil for 2 turns.
- Finally, distil.
Digestive Potion
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | -20 |
| Nutrition | 0% |
| Energy | +3 |
| Health | 0 |
Decrease Nourishment by 20, cure food poisoning, and increase Vitality by 1 for 10 minutes. Digestive Potion mitigates the fullness after food and cures food poisoning. It cures any poisoning, as well as boosts your vitality if the quality is good. It reduces overstuffing by 20 and cures food poisoning. You can find it by looting enemies and containers and purchasing it from certain NPCs. You can also craft the Digestive Potions at the alchemist’s bench. Carry 2~3 Digestive Potions in your inventory for your stomach aches.
Ingredients: Water, 1 Nettle, 2 Thistle, 1 Charcoal
Digestive Potion Formula
- Add the thistle to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns
- Ginrd the nettle and add it to the cauldron
- Boil for 1 turn
- Grind the charcoal and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
Dollmaker Poison
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | N/A |
| Nutrition | N/A |
| Energy | N/A |
| Health | N/A |
Makes running impossible and reduces all weapon skills by 3. Gradually reduces Health by 20. It can be purchased from Aranka and herbalist vendor, Herbalist Barnaby. Dollmaker poison prevents the target from sprinting and significantly reduces their weapon skills when applied. It causes gradual health deterioration and gradually reduces health over time.
Ingredients: Spiritus, Valerian x1, Herb Paris x2
Dollmaker Poison Formula
- Add the herb Paris to the cauldron and boil for 3 turns.
- Grind the valerian and add it to the cauldron.
- III. Boil for 2 turns.
- Finally, distil.
Embrocation
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | +3 |
| Health | 0 |
Increases Agility by 4 and Sprint will cost 10% less stamina, and lasts 10 minutes. It is looted from a chest and purchased from Fence Whitebeard in Nomads’ Camp. Increases agility and if good quality, reduces the amount of stamina used by sprinting. It boosts both skills by 4 points for ten minutes, providing a significant advantage in combat situations when consumed.
Ingredients: Oil, 1 Eyebright, 1 Poppy, 1 Valerian, 1 Boar’s tusk
Embrocation Formula
- Add the poppy and valerian to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the eyebright and add it to the cauldron
- Add the boar’s tusk and boil for 1 turn
- Finally, pour
Fever Tonic
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +10 |
| Nutrition | 37% |
| Energy | 0 |
| Health | +4 |
Fever and related complications can often lead to death. This tonic will alleviate fever if given in time. It can be looted from a chest and from a chest that has a hard lockpicking difficulty. Fever Tonic is a healing item that reduces the fever if given in time. The fever makes your character weaken and if this antidote is not taken on time, you can be dead after some time. You can use it whenever you feel low as weakness in your character’s body can make you dead. It restores your health You can also use it after battles or when recovering from injuries. It’s best to always carry a sufficient supply of Fever Tonic in your inventory as the dangerous world can make you sick.
Ingredients: Wine, 3 Feverfew, 2 Ginger, 1 Elderberry leaves
Fever Tonic Formula
- Add the feverfew and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the elderberry leaves and add them to the cauldron
- Add the ginger
- Finally, distil
Fox
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 50% |
| Energy | +2 |
| Health | 0 |
Increases Speech by 3 and increases your reading speed for a day. Maximize speech and speed up reading if good quality. Also increases the amount of experience gained if the best quality. Fox increases your communication and learning abilities. It also boosts the experience gained from activities. It also boosts the experience gained from activities at higher quality levels.
Ingredients: Oil, 1 Nettle, 1 St. John’s wort, 1 Belladonna, 1 Charcoal
Fox Formula
- Grind the St. John’s wort and nettles
- Add them to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the charcoal and add it to the cauldron
- Add the belladonna and boil for 1 turn
- Finally, pour
Hair o’ the Dog
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | 0 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | +3 |
| Health | 0 |
Decreases drunkenness or removes hangover. Reduces drunkenness, or if good quality, restores complete sobriety, and also helps with hangovers and alcoholism. Hair o’ the Dog is an effective remedy for alleviating the effects of drunkenness and preventing hangovers. This potion reduces the drunkenness or, in higher qualities, completely removes it, while also preventing hangovers.
Ingredients: Water, 1 Sage, 1 St. John’s wort, 1 Mint
Hair o’ the Dog Formula
- Add the sage and St. John’s wort to the cauldron
- Boil for 3 turns
- Grind the mint and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
Saviour Schnapps
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | 0 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | 0 |
| Health | +30 |
Saves the game, heals 30 Health points, and increases Strength, Vitality, and Agility by 3 for 8 minutes. You can purchase the Schnapps recipe from traders in an Apothecary shop. Interact with the trader to buy the Schnapps recipe according to your needs. The schnapps are available only in limited quantity, so make sure you don’t rely on them. It’s best to haggle here to purchase it at the best price.
We recommend you keep a keen eye on the face below the haggle bar. Bargain for the item till it is reduced between 10 – 20%. Now, the next step is to open your inventory to learn its recipe. Get the required materials to craft the Schnapps and interact with the designated NPC. You can get the required materials while progressing the game in the initial stages of the game. However, the game will automatically save when you start a new quest or move towards a crucial event.
Ingredients: Wine, 1 Nettle, 2 Belladonna
Savior Schnapps Formula
- Add the nettle to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the belladonna
- Add the belladonna to the cauldron and boil for 1 turn
- Finally, pour
Lethean Water
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +10 |
| Nutrition | 50% |
| Energy | 0 |
| Health | 0 |
Drink one mouthful and you’ll forget all earthly experience. Obliterates all perk points, so they can be used elsewhere. If you want to put to right the imprudent choices of your life, all it takes is 1 mouthful, and you can choose your perks anew. Beware, though, the procedure is irreversible and painful. You can purchase it from Apothecary (Kuttenburg). Lethean Water allows you to reset your perk points, enabling you to reallocate them as required. This is the best way to remove all allocated perk points, allowing you to redistribute them.
Ingredients: Spiritus, 2 Wormwood, 1 Belladonna, 1 Henbane
Lethean Water Formula
- Grind the wormwood and add it to the cauldron
- Add the belladonna and brew for 3 turns
- Add the henbane
- Finally, distil
Lion Perfume
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | N/A |
| Nutrition | N/A |
| Energy | N/A |
| Health | N/A |
Increases Charisma. However, if you use it in combination with another perfume, it decreases Charisma by 7. A strong but short-lasting perfume. Substantially increases charisma for short periods, but reduces charisma if combined with another perfume. Lion potion is designed to significantly enhance your Charisma for a short duration. It’s the best way to boost your Charisma, making interactions with NPCs more favorable when applied. You can combine it with other perfumes to reduce its effectiveness.
Ingredients: Spiritus, 2 Sage, 2 Mint
Lion Formula
- Add the sage to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the mint and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
Lullaby Poison
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | N/A |
| Nutrition | N/A |
| Energy | N/A |
| Health | N/A |
Reduces Energy to 0 and decreases perception. Reduces Stamina and Stamina regeneration by 10% for a quarter of a day. Lullaby is hard to craft due to the rarity of its required ingredients, so we recommend you save some money and visit any trader you find in the town. If you don’t have much money, you can also barter, this allows you to acquire the poison by exchanging it with the same valuable item. You can see poison effectiveness when you hit multiple times to enemies with the poisoned weapon. The bandits when consuming the poisoned food will weaken or die if they’re low on health.
Ingredients: Oil, Poppy x1, Herb Paris x1, Thistle x1
Lullaby Poison Formula
- Add the poppy and boil for 1 turn.
- Add the thistle and boil for 1 turn
- Grind the herb Paris and add it to the cauldron.
- Finally, pour.
Marigold Decoction
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 90% |
| Energy | +4 |
| Health | +35 |
Heals 25 Health over one minute and hangover passes 100% faster. Gradually heals a part of your health. Helps against hangovers, or cures it immediately if good quality. Marigold Decoction facilitates health recovery and accelerates hangover recovery. This potion restores 25 health points over one minute and significantly reduces hangover effects.
Ingredients: Water, 1 Nettle, 2 Marigold
Marigold Decoction Formula
- Add the nettle to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the marigold and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
Mintha Perfume
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | N/A |
| Nutrition | N/A |
| Energy | N/A |
| Health | N/A |
Increases Charisma by 2 for 20 minutes. However, if you use it in combination with another perfume, it decreases Charisma by 5. A weak but long-lasting perfume. Slightly increases charisma for a longer period, but reduces charisma if used with another perfume. Use Mintha to enhance your Charisma over an extended period. It also reduces the effectiveness if used with other perfumes.
Ingredients: Wine, 3 Dandelion, 1 Marigold, 1 Mint
Mintha Formula
- Grind the dandelion and mint and add them to the cauldron
- Boil for 2 turns
- Add the marigold to the cauldron and boil for one turn using the bellows
- Finally, distil
Nighthawk
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 50% |
| Energy | +5 |
| Health | 0 |
You will see better in the dark and Energy will decrease 25% slower, lasting 15 minutes. Nighthawk increases your vision in low-light conditions and slows your energy depletion. It allows you to see better in the dark and reduces energy loss by 25% for 15 minutes when consumed.
Ingredients: Water, 2 Eyebright, 1 Belladonna, 1 Chamomile
Nighthawk Formula
- Grind the eyebright and add it to the cauldron
- Add the belladonna and boil for 3 turns
- Grind the chamomile and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
Painkiller brew
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 50% |
| Energy | +5 |
| Health | 0 |
Suppresses the effects of injury and your maximum Stamina decreases with Health 30% Less, lasts 15 minutes. Lessens the effects of wounds and reduces the amount by which maximum stamina decreases with health. It can be looted from a chest that has a hard lockpicking difficulty and purchased from herbalist vendor, Herbalist Barnaby. Painkiller Brew mitigates the enemy effects of injuries and reduces the stamina loss associated with health. It temporarily suppresses injury effects.
Ingredients: Spiritus, 3 Poppy, 1 Comfrey, 1 Marigold
Painkiller Brew Formula
- Grind the poppy and add it to the cauldron
- Add the marigold and using the bellows, boil for one turn
- Add the comfrey and boil for 2 turns
- Finally, distil
Quickfinger
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 50% |
| Energy | +4 |
| Health | 0 |
Increases Craftmanship and Thievery by 4 for 20 minutes. Quickfinger increases your Craftsmanship and Thievery skills, making it easier to pick locks and craft items. It increases both skills when you consume this potion. It’s best to craft 2~3 Quickfinger potions at the alchemy bench to add it to your inventory.
Ingredients: Water, 2 Eyebright, 2 Valerian, 1 Cobweb
Quickfinger Formula
- Add the cobweb and eyebright to the cauldron and boil for 3 turns
- Grind the valerian and add it to the cauldron
- Boil for 1 turn
- Finally, pour
Soap
| Name | Stats |
|---|---|
| Nourishment | +5 |
| Nutrition | 50% |
| Energy | +4 |
| Health | 0 |
A mix of fat, ash, and who knows what else. Combined with water, it works miracles on dirty clothes. You can’t wash your own clothes without soap. You need to use soap to clean your clothes. Soaps can be purchased from a bathhouse. It is essential for cleaning your clothes, ensuring you maintain a respectable appearance and avoid penalties to Charisma during interactions.
Ingredients: Oil, 2 Thistle, 1 Dandelion, 1 Charcoal
Soap Formula
- Grind the thistle and add it to the cauldron
- Boil for 2 turns
- Add the dandelion to the cauldron and boil for 1 turn
- Grind the charcoal and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
Types of Potions
The game offers several types of potions and each requires different ingredients and steps. Potions not only make your character strong but are also required for completing several quests. The potions that you can craft at the alchemy bench are:
- Stamina Potions- Use this potion to increase your stamina. Stamina depends on your Health and depletes whenever you do something physical. However, the Stamina will regenerate automatically when pause to catch your breath. Stamina potions increase the stamina’s regeneration process.
- Combat Potions- These potions not only increase your combat stats but also improve stats. Savior Schnapps in the example of this potion type increases your combat stats and also allows you to save your game at any point when you consume it.
- Healing Potions- Your character restores health over time and enhances your primary stats upon consumption.
- Poison- It reduces the health by 50 upon consumption. You can use it as your weapon to deal damage over time in combat. Poison can also be added to the enemies’ food to weaken or kill them.
Perks to enhance brewing process
The game offers several alchemy perks allowing you to enhance your brewing process. Here are some perks that you can invest in.
- Art of Preservation- Raw food and herbs you have in your inventory will spoil 50% slower.
- Enthusiast- While brewing potions, your energy will slowly replenish and your nourishment will not decrease.
- Potion Seller- You can sell the potions you brew for 30% more.
- Secret of Equilibrium- The brewing process will be more tolerant of minor errors, making it easier to achieve better quality potions.
- Secret of Matter- Every time you successfully brew a potion, you get 1 extra potion of the same quality.
- Secret of Matter II- Each time you successfully brew a potion, you get 2 more of the same quality. If you also have the first level of the perk, you get an extra 3 potions.
Best tips and tricks for Potions in KCD2
Here are all the tips and tricks for potions in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
- Practice crafting basic potions like Marigold Decoction and Saviour Schnapps.
- Carry herbs like nettle, marigold, belladonna, and valerian when you encounter them.
- Carry a sandglass on hand and follow the recipe or else you will be wasting the ingredients.
- You can also invest in some alchemy perks to mitigate the ingredient usage and speed up brewing.
- It’s best to save your game first if you’re not sure that the potion will work. This allows you to reload again to save your precious ingredients.
- Craft the poison at the alchemy bench to use it against the enemies as it can weaken or kill the enemies.
- Put a stock of ingredients in a container available in your rented room or your home.
- It’s best to pay attention to the boiling, grinding, distillation, and pouring as the wrong step can fail your brewing process.
- Collect the required materials regularly and keep them in your inventory within a limited amount.
- You need to learn and experiment with the recipes. Use the alchemy book to learn the recipe and improve your crafting techniques.
FAQs about Potions in KCD2
What are potions in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2?
Potions in KCD 2 are consumable items that provide temporary effects such as healing, stat boosts, night vision, increased stamina, and improved stealth.
What types of potions can I create in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2?
Healing potions, stamina potions, combat potions, and poison are the types of potions that you craft at the alchemy bench using their required materials.
How to use an alchemy bench to brew potions in KCD 2?
You can find the Alchemy benches scattered all around the world which are used for alchemy. You can find these benches in towns and taverns. Interact with them to start the brewing process. The bench is placed with a cauldron, distillation apparatus, and other tools. Learn the recipe from the inventory in the crafting menu. The recipe is first purchased from the Apothecary.
Can I use potions during combat?
You can only consume a potion during combat if you have a belt and pouch equipped. These items can be bought at tailor merchants throughout the game.
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