All Potions and Alchemy Recipes Overview
The checklist is located below this introductory text.
Interactive checklist and database of all 31 alchemy recipes in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2. Potions are consumables you can buy, loot, or brew at an Alchemy table. Alchemy produces healing potions, deadly poisons, toxins, and utility products like ammo or soap.
This checklist covers all 31 recipes including potions like Saviour Schnapps, Lazarus Potion, and Bane Potion, as well as poisons like Bane Poison and Dollmaker, and utility products like Lullaby and Padfoot. Each row lists ingredients, effects, and the Recommended Location for the recipe.
Key Potions and Where to Find Recipes
Potion recipes can be bought from herbalists like Barnaby at Trosky Castle, Bozhena's daughter Pavlena, and alchemists near Devil's Den. Some recipes are found in quests or hidden locations. The Physician's Journal recipe in Trosky Castle is ideally obtained during the For Whom the Bell Tolls main quest.
Merchant stock refreshes every 7 days. If a vendor does not have the recipe you need, return later. Most recipes also list a recommended location that balances reliability, earliest access, and convenience.
DLC Alchemy Recipes
Tables at the end cover DLC recipes from Brushes with Death (1 recipe from Master Voyta) and Mysteria Ecclesiae (3 monastery recipes: Anti-Inflammatory Potion, St. Roch's Potion, and Essential Oil). Some DLC recipes are tied to specific quests and can be missable.
Related Checklists
Use our Main Quests Checklist to track the critical path and Side Quests Checklist for additional stories. For a complete 100% run, combine this with the Skill Books, Interesting Sites, and Shrines checklists.
See the Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Checklists hub for every checklist and guide available for KCD2.
Note that merchant stock refreshes every 7 days. If they don't have the Alchemy recipe now, come back later.
All Alchemy Recipes
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Aesop Potion
Ingredients: Spiritus, 1x Belladonna, 1x Boar's tusk, 2x Comfrey
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Effect: Increases riding and dog-handling skills. If good quality, animals will take less notice of you and dogs won't bark at you. With Henry's Quality: it increases Horsemanship and Houndmaster by 7 for 1 day. Animals will take less notice of you, you'll find it easier to approach them. Dogs won't notice you at all. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: In a chest in shepherd Natan's hut northeast of |
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Aqua Vitalis
Ingredients: Aqua, 2x Dandelion, 1x Marigold
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Effect: Reduces loss of health and slows bleeding. With Henry's Quality: you only lose 60% less Health and bleed 60% slower for 15 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy the recipe from Herbalist Barnaby at |
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Artemisia Potion
Ingredients: Spiritus, 1x Sage, 2x Wormwood
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Effect: Increases strength and, if good quality, reduces how much stamina it costs to attack and defend. With Henry's Quality: it increase Strength by 6 and both attack and defence cost 35% less Stamina for 15 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Pick up the recipe near your first alchemy table in the wooden shed near |
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Bane Poison
Ingredients: Vinum, 1x Amanita muscaria, 2x Belladonna, 1x Wormwood
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Effect: Depletes 110 health and therefore leads to certain death. In better quality, it depletes health faster. It's better for poisoning cauldrons than applying to weapons. With Henry's Quality: it makes running impossible and reduces Health by 110 in 15 seconds. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by the alchemist near the bathhouse across the river east from |
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Bowman's Brew
Ingredients: Spiritus, 2x Eyebright, 1x St. John's wort
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Effect: Improves your archery skill and, if good quality, reduces loss of stamina while aiming. With Henry's Quality: it increases Marksmanship by 8 and stops Stamina loss when aiming for 15 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy the recipe from Herbalist Barnaby at |
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Buck's Blood
Ingredients: Oleum, 1x Comfrey, 1x Dandelion, 1x St. John's wort
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Effect: Increases stamina and increases stamina regeneration if good quality. With Henry's Quality: it increases Stamina by 60% and Stamina regeneration by 30% for 1 hour. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by the alchemist near the bathhouse across the river east from |
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Chamomile Decoction
Ingredients: Vinum, 2x Chamomile, 1x Sage
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Effect: Sleep heals you faster and if good quality, energy replenishes faster while sleeping. With Henry's Quality: sleep will heal you five times faster and restore Energy three times faster for 2 days. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by Bozhena's daughter Pavlena. |
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Cockerel
Ingredients: Spiritus, 2x Mint, 1x Valerian
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Effect: Increases energy and in better qualities slows down fatigue. With Henry's Quality: it increases Energy by 30 and Energy decreases 50% slower for 1 day. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy from the Apothecary in |
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Digestive Potion
Ingredients: Aqua, 1x Charcoal, 1x Nettle, 2x Thistle
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Effect: Reduces the feeling of fullness after food and cures food poisoning. If good quality, cures any poisoning, as well as boosting your vitality. With Henry's Quality: it decreases Nourishment by 30, cures poisoning and increases Vitality by 3 for 20 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by Bozhena's daughter Pavlena. |
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Dollmaker Poison
Ingredients: Spiritus, 2x Herb Paris, 1x Valerian
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Effect: Disables running and reduces weapon skills. In better qualities, it also reduces Health. It's better suited to applying to weapons than poisoning food pots. With Henry's Quality: it makes running impossible and reduces all weapon skills by 5. Gradually reduces Health by 50. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy the recipe from Herbalist Barnaby at |
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Embrocation
Ingredients: Oleum, 1x Boar's tusk, 1x Eyebright, 1x Poppy, 1x Valerian
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Effect: Increases Agility and in better qualities reduces how much stamina sprinting drains. With Henry's Quality: it increases Agility by 6 and Sprint will cost 30% less stamina for 20 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by Bozhena's daughter Pavlena. |
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Fever Tonic
Ingredients: Vinum, 1x Elderberry leaves, 3x Feverfew, 2x Ginger
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Effect: Fever and its complications can often end in death. This tonic will relieve and soothe the fever if given in time. With Henry's Quality: There is no Henry Quality for Fever Tonicum potion. While the recipe can be found elsewhere, it serves mostly as a quest item from Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Find the recipe hidden in the book called Physician's Journal in the room with the alchemy table. This is ideally obtained during |
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Fox Potion
Ingredients: Oleum, 1x Belladonna, 1x Charcoal, 1x Nettle, 1x St. John's wort
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Effect: Improves speech and speeds up reading if good quality. Also increases the amount of experience gained if best quality. With Henry's Quality: it increases Speech by 7, increases reading speed and increases the amount of experience gained by 50% for 2 days. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by Bozhena's daughter Pavlena. |
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Hair O' The Dog
Ingredients: Aqua, 1x Mint, 1x Sage, 1x St. John's wort
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Effect: Reduces drunkenness or, in better quality, removes it completely. In better qualities it also helps with hangovers or alcoholism. With Henry's Quality: it eliminates drunkenness, hangover and temporarily suppresses the effects of alcoholism. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy the recipe from Herbalist Barnaby at |
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Lead Shot Gunpowder
Ingredients: Aqua, 1x Charcoal, 1x Saltpetre, 1x Sulphur
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Effect: Gunpowder used to fire lead shot that even the best plate armour can't stop at close range. For safety reasons, load only when sober. With Henry's Quality: There is no Henry Quality for Lead Shot Gunpowder. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy from Master Prokop Eldris in his shop south of Hole in the Wall. |
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Lethean Water
Ingredients: Spiritus, 1x Belladonna, 1x Henbane, 2x Wormwood
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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! With Henry's Quality: There is no Henry Quality for Lethean Water. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by the alchemist near the bathhouse across the river east from |
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Lion Perfume
Ingredients: Spiritus, 2x Mint, 2x Sage
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Effect: A strong but short-lasting perfume. Substantially increases charisma for short periods, but reduces charisma if combined with another perfume. With Henry's Quality: it increases your Charisma by 10 for 3 minutes. If used at the same time as another perfume, lowers your Charisma by 7. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy from Apothecary Emmerich in |
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Lullaby Potion
Ingredients: Oleum, 1x Herb Paris, 1x Poppy, 1x Thistle
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Effect: Reduces energy to 0. Reduces stamina regeneration if good quality. Suitable for applying to weapons and for poisoning cooking pots. With Henry's Quality: it reduces Energy to 0 and decrease perception. Reduces Stamina and Stamina regeneration by 50% for 1 day. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy the recipe from Herbalist Barnaby at |
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Marigold Decoction
Ingredients: Aqua, 2x Marigold, 1x Nettle
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Effect: Gradually heals part of your health. Helps against hangover, or cures it immediately if good quality. With Henry's Quality: it heals 60 health for 1 minute and instantly cures hangover. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy the recipe from Herbalist Barnaby at |
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Mintha Perfume
Ingredients: Vinum, 3x Dandelion, 1x Marigold, 1x Mint
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Effect: A weak but long-lasting perfume. Slightly increases charisma for a long period, but reduces charisma if used with another perfume. With Henry's Quality: it increases your Charisma by 5 for 40 minutes. If used at the same time as another perfume, lowers your Charisma by 5. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by Bozhena's daughter Pavlena. |
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Moonshine
Ingredients: Spiritus, 2x Mint, 2x Wormwood
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Effect: Henry's home-brewed moonshine. A strong drink that is sure to put you in a good mood. With Henry's Quality: There is no Henry Quality for Moonshine. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by the alchemist near the bathhouse across the river east from |
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Nighthawk Potion
Ingredients: Aqua, 1x Belladonna, 1x Chamomile, 2x Eyebright
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Effect: You will see better in the dark and your energy will deplete slower or if good quality, not at all. With Henry's Quality: you will see better in the dark and Energy will not decrease at all for 25 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by the alchemist near the bathhouse across the river east from |
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Painkiller Brew
Ingredients: Spiritus, 1x Comfrey, 1x Marigold, 3x Poppy
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Effect: Lessens the effects of wounds and reduces the amount by which maximum stamina decreases with health. With Henry's Quality: it suppresses the effects of injury and your maximum Stamina decreases with Health 75% less for 15 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy the recipe from Herbalist Barnaby at |
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Quickfinger Potion
Ingredients: Aqua, 1x Cobweb, 2x Eyebright, 2x Valerian
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Effect: Increases thievery and craftsmanship skills. With Henry's Quality: it increases Craftsmanship and Thievery by 8 for 1 hour. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy the recipe from Aranka at |
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Saviour Schnapps
Ingredients: Vinum, 2x Belladonna, 1x Nettle
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Effect: Saves the game and if good quality, boosts strength, vitality and agility. With Henry's Quality: it lets you save the game, heal 30 Health points and increase Strength, Vitality and Agility by 3 for 8 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Finish the main quest |
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Scattershot Gunpowder
Ingredients: Aqua, 1x Leached coal, 1x Saltpetre, 1x Sulphur
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Effect: Gunpowder for shooting scrap iron and other small projectiles. Will pierce anything with ease at close range, but is ineffective at long range. For safety reasons, load only when sober. With Henry's Quality: There is no Henry Quality for Scattershot Gunpowder. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Buy from Master Prokop Eldris in his shop south of Hole in the Wall. |
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Soap
Ingredients: Oleum, 1x Charcoal, 1x Dandelion, 2x Thistle
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Effect: You can't wash your own clothes without soap. With Henry's Quality: There is no Henry Quality for Lead Soap. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Sold by Bozhena's daughter Pavlena. |
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All alchemy recipes in the Brushes with Death DLC
All alchemy recipes
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Mandrake Decoction
Ingredients: Vinum, 1x Freshwater pearl, 1x Mandrake root, 2x Sage
Brushes with Death DLC Alchemy Recipe
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Effect: Heals health over time; at better qualities increases Vitality and unblocked strikes cost less stamina. With Henry's Quality: removes hangover and heals 60 health for 1 minute. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Given by Master Voyta during |
All alchemy recipes in the Mysteria Ecclesiae DLC
Three monastery recipes: Anti-Inflammatory Potion, St. Roch's Potion, and Essential Oil. See the Mysteria Ecclesiae DLC checklist for full DLC progress.
All alchemy recipes
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Anti-Inflammatory Potion
Ingredients: Aqua, 1x Ginger, 1x Nettle, 2x Valerian
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Effect: Increases Agility and Strength. At better quality, you gain more experience in Agility and Strength. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Missable: tied to the missable |
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St. Roch's Potion
Ingredients: Vinum, 2x Dried chamomile, 1x Ginger, 2x St. John's wort
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Effect: Raises Vitality by 1, and healing potions heal you 30% faster for 20 minutes. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Missable: obtain from Albich anytime during the DLC when you tell him you are feeling unwell. |
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Essential Oil
Ingredients: Oleum, 3x Chamomile, 1x Sage, 1x Valerian
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Effect: A fragrance for purifying the air. Unlike typical perfumes, it does not increase Charisma, but instead Vitality. If used together with another perfume, it reduces Charisma. Recommended recipe location Region: Location: Obtained during |
Maddening PainFrequently Asked Questions
How many potions are in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2?
There are 31 alchemy recipes and potions. Our checklist helps you find every recipe for 100% completion.
Where do I find potion recipes?
Potion recipes can be bought from herbalists like Barnaby at Trosky Castle, Bozhena's daughter Pavlena, and alchemists near Devil's Den. Some are found in quests or hidden locations.
How do I use the Potions checklist?
Our checklist features auto-save: your progress is saved locally. Check off each recipe as you obtain it. All 31 recipes include effect, ingredients, and recommended locations.
What is Henry's Quality for potions?
Henry's Quality indicates improved effects when you craft a potion with high alchemy skill. Better quality potions last longer or have stronger effects.
Are any potion recipes missable in KCD2?
Most recipes can be bought or found throughout the game. The Physician's Journal recipe in Trosky Castle is ideally obtained during the For Whom the Bell Tolls main quest.
How often does merchant stock refresh for recipes?
Merchant stock refreshes every 7 days. If they do not have the alchemy recipe now, come back later. Each row lists a recommended location when several spawns exist.
