Alchemy is a little complicated in Baldur’s Gate 3, so it’s useful to have a list of potion and elixir recipes available for reference. You’ll gain recipes through picking up ingredients and crafting components like Salts and Suspensions, but you can also find recipes from books. While information isn’t available for every potion and elixir yet, in this guide I’ll provide the ingredients and effects that are currently known for each potion and elixir mentioned.
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All Alchemy Potion and Elixir Recipes in BG3
Alchemy can be used to craft elixirs and potions, many of which are Bonus Actions, that can give you an edge in battle. For an overview of how Alchemy works, check out my Healing Potion guide.
Some potions and elixirs are picked up rather than made. In this case, I’m including only potions and elixirs that are made from Alchemy, not those like the Gooseberry Potion that are the result of a spell, or Basilisk Oil that’s found in the world. For these lists, I’m using the Baldur’s Gate 3 Wiki as a reference given that there are so many recipes to find. The Wiki is full of useful information that has been great when navigating recipes and how to learn them.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Potion Recipe List
| Potion | Ingredients | Effect |
| Antidote | Salts of Mugwort + Any Suspension | Removes any Poison effect |
| Angelic Slumber | Essence of Planetar Feature + Any Suspension | Gain a Long Rest through a slumber of 2 turns |
| Animal Speaking | Essence of Acorn Truffle + Any Salt | Gain Speak with Animals’ spell effect until you take a Long Rest |
| Feather Fall | Sublimate of Autumn Crocus + Any Essence | Gain the effects of the Feather Fall spell |
| Flying | Sublimate of Eagle Feathers + Any Essence | Gain the effects of the Fly Spell |
| Glorious Vaulting | Sublimate of Wispweed + Any Ashes | Gain 3x the distance for Jump |
| Healing | Salts of Rogue’s Morsel + Any Suspension | 2d4 + 2 healing and removal of Burning |
| Healing (Greater) | Ashes of Balsam + Any Salt | 4d4 + 4 healing and removal of Burning |
| Healing (Superior) | Salts of Musk Creeper + Any Suspension | 8d4 + 8 healing and removal of Burning |
| Healing (Supreme) | Sublimate of Ki-Rin Hair + Any Ashes | 10d4 + 20 healing and removal of Burning |
| Invisibility | Ashes of Imp Patagium + Any Essence | Gain the effects of the Invisibility spell |
| Mind Reading | Suspension of Mergrass + Any Sublimate | Gain the effects of the Detect Thoughts spell |
| Speed | Ashes of Hyena Ear + Any Salt | Gain Haste for 3 turns |
Baldur’s Gate 3 Elixir Recipe List
| Elixir | Ingredients | Effect |
| Arcane Cultivation | Vitriol of Weavemoss + Any Sublimate | Gain an extra Level 1 Spell Slot |
| Arcane Cultivation (Greater) | Suspension of Laculite + Any Vitriol | Gain an extra Level 2 Spell Slot |
| Arcane Cultivation (Superior) | Solution of Night Orchid + Any Vitriol | Gain an extra Level 3 Spell Slot |
| Barkskin | Salts of Tree Bark + Any Suspension | Raise AC to 16 |
| Bloodlust | Ashes of Worg Fang + Any Salt | Enter Bloodlust and get 5 temporary hit points and an extra action upon killing an enemy |
| Guileful Movement | Suspension of Ochre Jelly + Any Sublimate | Ignore Difficult Terrain, Paralysis, and Restraints |
| Hill Giant Strength | Salts of Hill Giant Fingernail + Any Sublimate | Raise Strength to 21 until a Long Rest |
| Peerless Focus | Sublimate of Belladonna + Any Ashes | Immune to Sleep, gain Advantage on Concentration Saves and against Charms |
| Fire Resistance | Ashes of Dragon Egg Mushroom + Any Salt | Gain Fire Resistance and immunity to Burning |
| Lightning Resistance | Salts of Copper Shavings + Any Suspension | Gain Resistance to Lightning Damage |
| Necrotic Resistance | Vitriol of Oleander + Any Sublimate | Gain Resistance to Necrotic Damage |
| Poison Resistance | Suspension of Muddy Goo + Any Sublimate | Gain Resistance to Poison Damage |
| Psychic Resistance | Suspension of Cerebrospinal Fluid +Any Sublimate | Gain Resistance to Psychic Damage |
| Universal Resistance | Vitriol of Divine Miasma + Any Sublimate | Gain Resistance to all damage |
| See Invisibility | Suspension of Nothic Eye + Any Vitriol | Spot creatures under the effects of Invisibility |
| The Colossus | Salts of Chasm Creeper + Any Suspension | Increase size, +1d4 Weapon Damage, Advantage on Strength Checks and Saves |
| Viciousness | Vitriol of Shadowroot Sac + Any Ashes | Increase Critical Hit Chance |
| Vigilance | Sublimate of Bloodstained Hook + Any Ashes | +5 to Initiative and you can’t be Surprised |
| Tadpole | Sublimate of Tongue of Madness + Any Essence | Gain Psionic Weakening and Enrichment |
And that wraps up the current list of Alchemy elixir and potion recipes in Baldur’s Gate 3. If more recipes are found, I’ll be updating this list. I certainly wasn’t able to find every recipe in my first playthrough, so I imagine there could be hidden recipes still lurking in-game. Until then, check out our BG3 guide hub for topics like how to Multiclass.
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