The Witcher 3: All Oils & Diagram Locations

All 36 Oils Overview

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Complete checklist of all Oils in The Witcher 3. Track your progress discovering every oil diagram across all regions to reach The Witcher 3 100% completion with our auto-save All Oils checklist that saves every step.

This checklist covers all 36 oils organized by type, from basic oils like Beast Oil and Necrophage Oil through enhanced and superior versions. Each oil includes effect description, required ingredients, and diagram location with detailed information.

What Are Oils?

Oils are alchemy items that can be applied to Geralt's swords to increase damage against specific enemy types. Base oils provide 10% damage increase, Enhanced oils provide 25%, and Superior oils provide 50% damage increase.

Are Any Oil Diagrams Missable?

Most oil diagrams are not missable as they can be found through multiple methods including random loot. However, some diagrams obtained from specific merchants or quests may be easier to obtain during certain quests.

Related Checklists

See also All Potions Checklist, All Decoctions Checklist, and All Bombs Checklist.

Use our checklist alongside other Witcher 3 checklists to track your full completion progress.

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Additional alchemy items were also added in the DLC. Use the Hearts of Stone DLC Checklist and Blood and Wine DLC Checklist for all DLC alchemy items.

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Random drop locations:

Almost every Oil Diagram Location in Witcher 3 is randomized - you can find the Diagrams in chests or as loot from defeated enemies. The location we provide for every Oil is a guaranteed way to obtain the Diagram, but it is usually easy to get the Diagrams naturally as loot.

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This table lists all 36 oils in The Witcher 3, including base, Enhanced, and Superior versions with effects, ingredients, and diagram locations.

✓		Item Name	Description
		Beast Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Beasts. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 1x Wolf's Liver. Diagram Location: Midcopse - Buy from Keira Metz.
		Enhanced Beast Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Beasts. Ingredients: 5x Bear Fat, 1x Bear Hide, 1x Beast Oil, 1x Bison Grass, 1x Celandine, 1x Puffball. Diagram Location: Electors' Square - Buy from the Shopkeeper.
		Superior Beast Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Beasts. Ingredients: 1x Alchemy Paste, 1x Bison Grass, 1x Celandine, 1x Cockatrice Stomach, 1x Enhanced Beast Oil, 1x Puffball, 1x Rubedo. Diagram Location: Fyke Isle - Located on a small isle between Fyke Isle, Frischlow and Byways.
		Cursed Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Cursed Ones. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 4x Wolfsbane. Diagram Location: Sawmill (in White Orchard) - Obtain from Herbalist Tomira after helping her with Lena.
		Enhanced Cursed Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Cursed Ones. Ingredients: 1x Balisse Fruit, 1x Bear Fat, 1x Cursed Oil, 1x Ekimmara Hide, 1x Puffball, 1x Wolf's Liver, 1x Wolfsbane. Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Buy from the Herbalist.
		Superior Cursed Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Cursed Ones. Ingredients: 1x Alchemy Paste, 1x Cave Troll Liver, 1x Ekimmara Hide, 1x Enhanced Cursed Oil, 1x Mistletoe, 1x Rubedo, 1x Wolfsbane. Diagram Location: Hierarch Square - Find in Novigrad sewers during the Now or Never side quest with Triss.
		Draconid Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Draconids. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 4x Ergot Seeds. Diagram Location: Midcopse - Buy from Keira Metz.
		Enhanced Draconid Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Draconids. Ingredients: 1x Arenaria, 1x Bear Fat, 1x Bryonia, 1x Cockatrice Stomach, 1x Draconid Oil, 1x Moleyarrow, 1x Nekker Warrior's Liver. Diagram Location: Rannvaig - Buy the oil from Alchemist in Rannvaig on Skellige, before doing the side quest The Nithing.
		Superior Draconid Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Draconids. Ingredients: 1x Albedo, 1x Alchemy Paste, 1x Bryonia, 1x Cockatrice Stomach, 1x Enhanced Draconid Oil, 1x Nekker Warrior's Liver, 1x Nostrix. Diagram Location: Cavern (Novigrad) - Random spawns, but try in Cavern north of Temple Isle after defeating the Golem.
		Elementa Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Elementa. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 4x Puffball. Diagram Location: Midcopse - Buy from Keira Metz.
		Enhanced Elementa Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Elementa. Ingredients: 1x Allspice, 1x Bear Fat, 1x Buckthorn, 1x Elementa Oil, 1x Honeysuckle, 1x Moleyarrow, 1x Puffball. Diagram Location: Electors' Square - Buy from the Shopkeeper.
		Superior Elementa Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Elementa. Ingredients: 1x Albedo, 1x Alchemy Paste, 1x Allspice, 1x Enhanced Elementa Oil, 1x Essence of Wraith, 1x Honeysuckle, 1x Nostrix. Diagram Location: Bridge to Kaer Trolde - Find the Superior Elementa Oil in Crach and Craite's chest in his room.
		Hanged Man's Venom Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus humans and nonhumans. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 4x Arenaria. Diagram Location: Midcopse - Find inside Keira Metz's cellar.
		Enhanced Hanged Man's Venom Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus humans and nonhumans. Ingredients: 1x Arenaria, 1x Bear Fat, 1x Fool's Parsley Leaves, 1x Han Fiber, 1x Hanged Man's Venom, 1x Mandrake Root, 1x Nekker Eye. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Superior Hanged Man's Venom Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power against humans and nonhumans. Ingredients: 1x Alchemy Paste, 1x Bloodmoss, 1x Devourer's Blood, 1x Enhanced Hanged Man's Venom, 1x Fool's Parsley Leaves, 1x Green Mold, 1x Quebrith. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Hybrid Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Hybrids. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 4x White Myrtle Petals. Diagram Location: Midcopse - Buy from Keira Metz.
		Enhanced Hybrid Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Hybrids. Ingredients: 1x Bear Fat, 1x Bryonia, 1x Erynia Eye, 1x Ginatia Petals, 1x Hornwort, 1x Hybrid Oil, 1x White Myrtle Petals. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Superior Hybrid Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Hybrids. Ingredients: 1x Albedo, 1x Alchemy Paste, 1x Bison Grass, 1x Enhanced Hybrid Oil, 1x Erynia Eye, 1x Ginatia Petals, 1x White Myrtle Petals. Diagram Location: Wastrel Manor - Found as a treasure of the monster from side quest A Greedy God.
		Insectoid Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Insectoids. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 4x Ranogrin. Diagram Location: Midcopse - Buy from Keira Metz.
		Enhanced Insectoid Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Insectoids. Ingredients: 1x Bear Fat, 1x Endrega Heart, 1x Honeysuckle, 1x Hornwort, 1x Insectoid Oil, 1x Puffball, 1x Renogrin. Diagram Location: Druids' Camp - Buy from Gremist.
		Superior Insectoid Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Insectoids. Ingredients: 1x Alchemy Paste, 1x Bloodmoss, 1x Endrega Heart, 1x Enhanced Insectoid Oil, 1x Hornwort, 1x Hydragenum, 1x Puffball. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Necrophage Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Necrophages. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 4x Blowball. Diagram Location: Woesong Bridge - This is an item Geralt starts with.
		Enhanced Necrophage Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Necrophages. Ingredients: 1x Arenaria, 4x Bear Fat, 1x Blowball, 1x Cortinarius, 1x Necrophage Oil, 1x Pringrape, 1x Rotfiend Blood. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Superior Necrophage Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Necrophages. Ingredients: 5x Alchemy Paste, 1x Arenaria, 1x Beggartick Blossoms, 1x Devourer's Blood, 1x Enhanced Necrophage Oil, 1x Hydragenum, 1x Pringrape. Diagram Location: Byways - Find the oil in ruins east of Byways.
		Ogroid Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Ogroids. Ingredients: 1x Bear Fat, 4x Ginatia Petals. Diagram Location: Rannvaig - Buy the oil from Alchemist in Rannvaig on Skellige, before doing the side quest The Nithing.
		Enhanced Ogroid Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Ogroids. Ingredients: 1x Cave Troll Liver, 1x Ginatia Petals, 1x Longrube, 1x Ogroid Oil, 1x Ranogrin, 1x Ribleaf. Diagram Location: Druids' Camp - Buy from Gremist.
		Superior Ogroid Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Ogroids. Ingredients: 2x Alchemy Paste, 1x Aether, 1x Arenaria, 1x Cave Troll Liver, 1x Enhanced Ogroid Oil, 1x Ranogrin, 1x Ribleaf. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Relict Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Relicts. Ingredients: 1x Dog Tallow, 5x Mistletoe. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Enhanced Relict Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Relicts. Ingredients: 1x Bear Fat, 1x Beggartick Blossoms, 1x Cave Troll Liver, 1x Green Mold, 1x Hop Umbels, 1x Relict Oil, 1x Water Hag Tooth. Diagram Location: Druids' Camp - Buy from Gremist.
		Superior Relict Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Relicts. Ingredients: 4x Alchemy Paste, 1x Beggartick Blossoms, 1x Devourer's Blood, 1x Enhanced Relict Oil, 1x Green Mold, 1x Hop Umbels, 1x Nigredo. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Specter Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Specters. Ingredients: 4x Arenaria, 1x Bear Fat. Diagram Location: Woesong Bridge - This is an item Geralt starts with.
		Enhanced Specter Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Specters. Ingredients: 1x Arenaria, 1x Bear Fat, 1x Essence of Wraith, 1x Mistletoe, 1x Specter Oil, 1x Wolf's Liver. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot
		Superior Specter Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Specters. Ingredients: 1x Alchemy Paste, 1x Enhanced Specter Oil, 1x Ergot Seeds, 1x Essence of Wraith, 1x Longrube, 1x Mistletoe, 1x Rebis. Diagram Location: Ruined Watchtower - Find near the Guarded Treasure northeast of Ruined Watchtower in Kaer Morhen.
		Vampire Oil Oil	Effect: 10% Attack power versus Vampires. Ingredients: 2x Dog Tallow, 4x Ducal Water. Diagram Location: Midcopse - Buy from Keira Metz.
		Enhanced Vampire Oil Oil	Effect: 25% Attack power versus Vampires. Ingredients: 2x Bear Fat, 1x Cortinarius, 1x Fifth Essence, 1x Ribleaf, 1x Vampire Oil, 1x Wine Stone, 1x Wolfsbane. Diagram Location: Druids' Camp - Buy from Gremist.
		Superior Vampire Oil Oil	Effect: 50% Attack power versus Vampires. Ingredients: 2x Alchemy Paste, 1x Cortinarius, 1x Enhanced Vampire Oil, 1x Fifth Essence, 1x Vermilion, 1x Wine Stone, 1x Wolfsbane. Diagram Location: no set location, random loot

The Witcher 3 Oils FAQ

How many oils are in The Witcher 3?

There are 36 oils in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. These include 12 base oils, each with Enhanced and Superior versions. Oils increase attack power against specific enemy types.

What are oils in The Witcher 3?

Oils are alchemy items that can be applied to Geralt's swords to increase damage against specific enemy types. Base oils provide 10% damage increase, Enhanced oils provide 25%, and Superior oils provide 50% damage increase.

How do I get oil diagrams in The Witcher 3?

Oil diagrams can be found by purchasing from herbalists and alchemists, completing quests, or as random loot. Many diagram locations are randomized, but our checklist provides guaranteed locations for each oil diagram.

Are oil diagrams missable in The Witcher 3?

Most oil diagrams are not missable as they can be found through multiple methods including random loot. However, some diagrams obtained from specific merchants or quests may be easier to obtain during certain quests. Use our checklist to track all oil diagrams.

How do I use the All Oils checklist?

Our All Oils Checklist features auto-save functionality - your progress is automatically saved locally in your browser with no login required. Simply check off oils as you obtain their diagrams or craft them, and your progress will be preserved when you return. The checklist includes all 36 oils with ingredients and diagram locations.