This page lists all Alchemy Recipes (Potion Recipes) for Kingdom Come Deliverance 2. To brew the potions you don’t need to have unlocked the recipe. The brewing instructions work even without having learned the recipe. When you brew a potion for the first time it will automatically give you the recipe for free, so save your money.
Ingredients can be bought from apothecaries or in the wilderness. Recipes are bought from apothecaries too. Potions are brewed at Alchemy Benches, found in most larger towns such as Troskowitz or Kuttenberg. They get marked automatically when going near them for the first time.
The potion quality (Weak, Regular, Strong, Henry’s) depends on how well you follow the instructions. The more mistakes you make the lower the quality will be, for example if you heat it for too short or too long. Buying Alchemy Skills from the Player Menu can make it easier. Brewing the maximum quality called “Henry’s” requires the Secret of Secrets perk.
Apothecary Locations
Troky Region – Troskowitz:
Kuttenberg Region – Pschitoky:
Kuttenberg Region – Kuttenberg City:
1. Aesop
- Effect: Increases riding and dog-handling skills. If good quality, animals will take less notice of you and dogs won’t bark at you.
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 1 Belladonna, 1 Boar’s tusk, 2 Comfrey
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
2. Aqua Vitalis
- Effect: Reduces loss of health and slows bleeding.
- Ingredients: Water, 2 Dandelion, 1 Marigold
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
3. Artemisia
- Effect: Increases Strength for 10 Minutes.
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 2 Wormdwood, 1 Sage
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
4. Bowman’s Brew
- Effect: Improves your archery skill and if good quality, reduces the loss of stamina while aiming.
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 2 Eyebright, 1 St. John’s wort
Formula:
- 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, distill
5. Buck’s Blood potion
- Effect: Increases stamina and increases stamina regeneration if good quality.
- Ingredients: Oil, 1 St. John’s wort, 1 Dandelion, 1 Comfrey
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
6. Chamomile decoction
- Effect: Sleep heals you faster and if good quality, Energy replenishes faster while sleeping
- Ingredients: Wine, 2 Chamomile, 1 Sage
Formula:
- Add the chamomile and boil for 1 turn
- Grind the sage and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
7. Cockerel
- Effect: Increases Energy and if good quality, slows tiring
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 1 Valerian, 2 Mint
Formula:
- Grind the mint and add to the cauldron
- Boil for 1 turn
- Add the valerian and boil for 2 turns
- Finally, distil
8. Digestive Potion
- Effect: Reduces the feeling of fullness after food and cures food poisoning. If good quality, cures any poisoning, as well as boosting your vitality.
- Ingredients: Water, 1 Nettle, 2 Thistle, 1 Charcoal
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
9. Embrocation
- Effect: Increases agility and if good quality, reduces the amount of stamina used by sprinting
- Ingredients: Oil, 1 Eyebright, 1 Poppy, 1 Valerian, 1 Boar’s tusk
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
10. Fever tonic
- Effect: Fever and related complications can often end in death. This tonic reduces fever if given in time.
- Ingredients: Wine, 3 Feverfew, 2 Ginger, 1 Elderberry leaves
Formula:
- Add the feverfew and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the elderberry leaves and add them to the cauldron
- Add the ginger
- Finally, distil
11. Fox
- Effect: Improves speech and speeds up reading if good quality. Also increases the amount of experience gained if best quality.
- Ingredients: Oil, 1 Nettle, 1 St. John’s wort, 1 Belladonna, 1 Charcoal
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
12. Hair o’ the Dog
- Effect: Reduces drunkenness, or if good quality, restores complete sobriety and also helps with hangovers and alcoholism
- Ingredients: Water, 1 Sage, 1 St. John’s wort, 1 Mint
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
13. Lethean Water
- Effect: If you want to put to rights the imprudent choices of your life, all it takes is 1 mouthful, and you can chose your perks anew. Beware, though, the procedure is irreversible and painful!
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 2 Wormwood, 1 Belladonna, 1 Henbane
Formula:
- Grind the wormwood and add it to the cauldron
- Add the belladonna and brew for 3 turns
- Add the henbane
- Finally, distil
14. Lion
- Effect: A strong but short-lasting perfume. Substantially increases charisma for short periods, but reduces charisma if combined with another perfume.
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 2 Sage, 2 Mint
Formula:
- Add the sage to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the mint and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
15. Marigold decoction
- Effect: Gradually heals part of your health. Helps against hangover, or cures it immediately if good quality.
- Ingredients: Water, 1 Nettle, 2 Marigold
Formula:
- Add the nettle to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns
- Grind the marigold and add it to the cauldron
- Finally, pour
16. Mintha
- Effect: A weak but long-lasting perfume. Slightly increases charisma for a longer period, but reduces charisma if used with another perfume.
- Ingredients: Wine, 3 Dandelion, 1 Marigold, 1 Mint
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
17. Moonshine
- Effect: Henry’s homemade moonshine. A strong drink that is sure to put you in a good mood.
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 2 Mint, 2 Wormwood.
Formula:
- Add the wormwood to the cauldron and boil for 2 turns.
- Grind the mint and add it to the cauldron.
- Boil for 1 turn.
- Finally, distill.
18. Nighthawk
- Effect: You will see better in the dark and your Energy will deplete slower or if good quality, not at all.
- Ingredients: Water, 2 Eyebright, 1 Belladonna, 1 Chamomile
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
19. Painkiller brew
- Effect: Lessens the effects of wounds and reduces the amount by which maximum stamina decreases with health
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 3 Poppy, 1 Comfrey, 1 Marigold
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
20. Quickfinger
- Effect: Increases thievery and craftsmanship skills.
- Ingredients: Water, 2 Eyebright, 2 Valerian, 1 Cobweb
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
21. Soap
- Effect: You can’t wash your own clothes without soap.
- Ingredients: Oil, 2 Thistle, 1 Dandelion, 1 Charcoal
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
22. Saviour Schnapps
- Effect: Saves the game and if good quality, boosts strength, vitality and agility.
- Ingredients: Wine, 1 Nettle, 2 Belladonna
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
#23 – #24 are currently unknown. There are also 3 poisons, listed below.
Poison – Bane
- Effect: Reduces health by 110, resulting in certain death. Decreases health faster if good quality. More suitable for poisoning cooking pots than applying to weapons.
- Ingredients: Wine, 1 Wormwood, 2 Belladonna, 1 Amanita muscaria
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.
Poison – Dollmaker
- Effect: Makes running impossible and reduces weapon skills. Decreases health as well if good quality. Suitable for applying to weapons rather than poisoning cooking pots.
- Ingredients: Spiritus, 1 Valerian, 2 Herb Paris
Formula:
- Add the herb Paris to the cauldron and boil for 3 turns.
- Grind the valerian and add it to the cauldron.
- Boil for 2 turns.
- Finally, distil.
Poison – Lullaby
- Effect: Reduces Energy to 0. Reduces Stamina regeneration if good quality. Suitable for applying to weapons and for poisoning cooking pots.
- Ingredients: Oil, 1 Poppy, 1 Herb Paris, 1 Thistle
Formula:
- Add the poppy and boil for 1 turn.
- Add the thistle and boil fore 1 turn.
- Grind the herb Paris and add it to the cauldron.
- Finally, pour.
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Mike Stirton says
Lullaby is a learned potion almost at the start of the game. A dispute between two families has Henry drugging a white bull so he can paint it while it sleeps.
Oil, 1 poppy, one thistle, one herb paris.
Add poppy, boil for 1
Add thistle, boil for 1
Grind herb paris and add to cauldron.
Pour