All 42 Potions Overview
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Complete checklist of all Potions in The Witcher 3. Track your progress discovering every potion diagram across all regions to reach The Witcher 3 100% completion with our auto-save All Potions checklist that saves every step.
This checklist covers all 40 potions organized by type, from basic potions like Swallow and Cat through enhanced and superior versions. Each potion includes effect description, required ingredients, and diagram location with detailed information.
What Are Potions?
Potions in The Witcher 3 are alchemical consumables that grant Geralt temporary active effects like health regeneration, increased attack power, night vision, or resistance to damage. They are essential for combat effectiveness and exploration.
Are Any Potion Diagrams Missable?
Most potion 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 Decoctions Checklist, All Oils Checklist, and All Bombs Checklist.
Use our checklist alongside other Witcher 3 checklists to track your full completion progress.
All Potions in DLC
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.
All Alchemy Items
Random drop locations:
Almost every Potion 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 Potion 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 42 potions in The Witcher 3, including base, Enhanced, and Superior versions with effects, ingredients, and diagram locations.
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Black Blood
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Effect: Witcher's blood injures vampires and necrophages when they wound him.
Ingredients: 1x Dwarven Spirit, 4x Ghoul's Blood, 2x Sewant Mushrooms Diagram Location:  Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by  Herbalist northeast of  Oxenfurt. |
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Enhanced Black Blood
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Effect: Witcher's blood injures and knocks back vampires and necrophages when they wound him.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 1x Black Blood, 5x Ghoul's Blood, 1x Hellebore Petals, 5x Sewant Mushrooms Diagram Location: Hierarch Square - Herbalist south of Hierarch Square in Novigrad. |
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Superior Black Blood
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Effect: Vampires and necrophages bleed when near the witcher; witcher's blood also injures and knocks them back.
Ingredients: 1x Enhanced Black Blood, 1x Han Fiber, 5x Hellebore Petals, 1x Nostrix, 1x Rebis, 5x Sewant Mushrooms, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on  Ard Skellig after completing  Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Blizzard
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Effect: Slaying an enemy slows time for a short period.
Ingredients: 1x Dwarven Spirit, 1x Golem's Heart, 5x White Myrtle Petals Diagram Location: Woesong Bridge – Sold by Herbalist in  Abandoned Site south of  White Orchard village. |
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Enhanced Blizzard
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Effect: Slaying an enemy slows time for a short period.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 1x Blizzard, 1x Celandine, 1x Golem's Heart, 5x White Myrtle Petals Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Superior Blizzard
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Effect: Slaying an enemy slows time; if 3 Adrenaline Points are available, actions do not consume Stamina.
Ingredients: 1x Buckthorn, 4x Celandine, 1x Enhanced Blizzard, 1x Rebis, 1x Sewant Mushrooms, 4x White Myrtle Petals, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on Ard Skellig after completing Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Cat
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Effect: Grants sight in total darkness.
Ingredients: 4x Berbercane Fruit, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 2x Water Essence Diagram Location: Woesong Bridge - This is an item Geralt starts with. |
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Enhanced Cat
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Effect: Grants sight in total darkness and immunity to hypnosis. Extended duration.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 5x Berbercane Fruit, 1x Cat, 1x Cortinarius, 3x Water Essence Diagram Location: Kaer Trolde Harbor - Sold by Herbalist. |
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Superior Cat
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Effect: Grants sight in total darkness and immunity to hypnosis. Extended duration.
Ingredients: 1x Aether, 1x Allspice, 4x Berbercane Fruit, 4x Cortinarius, 1x Enhanced Cat, 1x Moleyarrow, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Drowner Pheromones
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Effect: Drowners will not attack the witcher.
Ingredients: 1x Drowner Brain, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 1x Puffball, 1x Sewant Mushrooms Diagram Location: Kaer Trolde Harbor - Sold by Herbalist. |
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Full Moon
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Effect: Increases maximum Vitality.
Ingredients: 1x Dark Essence, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 2x Wolfsbane Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Enhanced Full Moon
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Effect: Increases maximum Vitality. Extended duration.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 2x Crow's Eye, 1x Full Moon, 2x Dark Essence, 5x Wolfsbane Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Superior Full Moon
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Effect: Increases maximum Vitality. Extended duration. Heals Vitality equal to current Toxicity.
Ingredients: 1x Crow's Eye, 1x Enhanced Full Moon, 1x Mistletoe, 1x Quebrith, 1x Verbena, 4x Wolfsbane, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on Ard Skellig after completing Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Golden Oriole
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Effect: Grants immunity to poisons and neutralizes poison already in the bloodstream.
Ingredients: 4x Blowball, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 1x Light Essence Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Enhanced Golden Oriole
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Effect: Grants immunity to poisons and neutralizes poison already in the bloodstream. Extended duration.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 6x Blowball, 1x Celandine, 1x Golden Oriole, 2x Light Essence Diagram Location: Hierarch Square - Herbalist south of Hierarch Square in Novigrad. |
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Superior Golden Oriole
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Effect: Extended duration. Poisons heal instead of dealing damage.
Ingredients: 4x Blowball, 4x Celandine, 1x Enhanced Golden Oriole, 1x Han Fiber, 1x Quebirth, 1x Ranogrin, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on Ard Skellig after completing Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Killer Whale
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Effect: Increases underwater breath supply by 50% and improves vision while diving.
Ingredients: 5x Balisse Fruit, 6x Buckthorn, 2x Dwarven Spirit, 5x Drowner Tongue Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Maribor Forest
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Effect: Accelerates the generation of Adrenaline Points.
Ingredients: 1x Alghoul bone marrow, 3x Berbercane Fruit, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 4x Drowner Tongue Diagram Location: no set location, random loot. |
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Enhanced Maribor Forest
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Effect: Accelerates the generation of Adrenaline Points. Extended duration.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 5x Berbercane Fruit, 1x Crow's Eye, 2x Drowner Tongue, 1x Maribor Forest Diagram Location: Hierarch Square - Herbalist south of Hierarch Square in Novigrad. |
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Superior Maribor Forest
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Effect: Accelerates the generation of Adrenaline Points. Extended duration. Grants 1 Adrenaline Point upon consumption.
Ingredients: 4x Berbercane Fruit, 4x Crow's Eye, 1x Enhanced Maribor Forest, 1x Hellebore Petals, 1x Ribleaf, 1x Vermillion, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on Ard Skellig after completing Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Petri's Philter
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Effect: Increases Sign intensity.
Ingredients: 5x Arenaria, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 1x Specter Dust Diagram Location: no set location, random loot. |
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Enhanced Petri's Philter
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Effect: Increases Sign intensity. Extended duration.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 6x Arenaria, 1x Buckthorn, 1x Petri's Philter, 2x Specter Dust Diagram Location: Hierarch Square - Herbalist south of Hierarch Square in Novigrad. |
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Superior Petri's Philter
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Effect: Increases Sign intensity. Extended duration. Signs always apply their special effects.
Ingredients: 4x Arenaria, 1x Buckthorn, 1x Enhanced Petri's Philter, 1x Longrube, 1x Ranogrin, 1x Rubedo, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on Ard Skellig after completing Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Pop's Mold Antidote
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Effect: Grants temporary immunity to pop's mold.
Ingredients: 1x Celandine, 1x Hellebore Petals, 4x White Myrtle Petals Diagram Location: Hierarch Square - part of Count Reuven's Treasure quest. |
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Potion of Clearance
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Effect: Returns all Ability Points spent to the available pool.
Ingredients: cannot be crafted Diagram Location: Midcopse - Sold by Keira Metz. |
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Swallow
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Effect: Accelerates Vitality regeneration. Regeneration pauses briefly when hit.
Ingredients: 5x Celandine, 1x Drowner Brain, 1x Dwarven Spirit Diagram Location: Woesong Bridge - This is an item Geralt starts with. |
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Enhanced Swallow
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Effect: Accelerates Vitality regeneration. Regeneration pauses briefly when hit.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 6x Celandine, 5x Drowner Brain, 1x Swallow, 4x White Myrtle Petals Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Superior Swallow
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Effect: Accelerates Vitality regeneration. Taking damage does not interrupt regeneration.
Ingredients: 6x Berbercane Fruit, 4x Celandine, 4x Crow's Eye, 1x Enhanced Swallow, 2x Vitriol, 6x White Myrtle Petals, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on Ard Skellig after completing Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Tawny Owl
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Effect: Accelerates Stamina regeneration.
Ingredients: 1x Arachas Venom, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 2x Verbena Diagram Location: Woesong Bridge - This is an item Geralt starts with. |
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Enhanced Tawny Owl
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Effect: Accelerates Stamina regeneration. Extended duration.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 1x Arachas Venom, 1x Tawny Owl, 4x Verbena, 2x Wolfsbane Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Superior Tawny Owl
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Effect: Accelerates Stamina regeneration. Extended duration. Never expires at night.
Ingredients: 1x Enhanced Tawny Owl, 1x Fool's Parsley Leaves, 1x Mandrake Root, 1x Sewant Mushrooms, 4x Verbena, 4x Wolfsbane, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on Ard Skellig after completing Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Thunderbolt
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Effect: Increases Attack Power.
Ingredients: 2x Cortinarius, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 1x Endrega Embryo Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Enhanced Thunderbolt
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Effect: Increases Attack Power. Extended duration.
Ingredients: 2x Cortinarius, 2x Endrega Embryo, 1x Fool's Parsley Leaves, 1x Thunderbolt, 1x Alcohest Diagram Location: Hierarch Square - Herbalist south of Hierarch Square in Novigrad. |
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Superior Thunderbolt
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Effect: Extended duration. Grants 100% critical hit chance during storms.
Ingredients: 1x Bryonia, 4x Cortinarius, 4x Fool's Parsley Leaves, 1x Enhanced Thunderbolt, 1x Quebrith, 1x Verbena, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by Gremist north of Gedyneith on Ard Skellig after completing Practicum in Advanced Alchemy side quest. |
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Reinald's Philter
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Effect: Increases Sign intensity and accelerates Stamina regeneration.
Ingredients: 4x Celandine, 1x Dwarven Spirit, 1x Reinald's Secret Ingredient Diagram Location: Automatically obtained during In the Eternal Fire's Shadow. |
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White Honey
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Effect: Clears Toxicity and cancels all active potion effects.
Ingredients: 1x Dwarven Spirit, 1x Honeysuckle Diagram Location: Woesong Bridge - This is an item Geralt starts with. |
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Enhanced White Honey
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Effect: Clears Toxicity and cancels all active potion effects.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 2x Honeysuckle, 1x White Honey, 1x White Myrtle Petals Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Superior White Honey
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Effect: Clears Toxicity and cancels all active potion effects.
Ingredients: 1x Balisse Fruit, 1x Enhanced White Honey, 4x Honeysuckle, 1x Hellebore Petals, 1x Vitriol, 4x White Myrtle Petals, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Distillery (on Ard Skellig) - part of Practicum in Advanced Alchemy quest. |
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White Raffard's Decoction
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Effect: Immediately restores a portion of Vitality.
Ingredients: 1x Dwarven Spirit, 4x Nekker Heart, 2x Ribleaf Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Enhanced White Raffard's Decoction
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Effect: Immediately restores a portion of Vitality.
Ingredients: 1x Alcohest, 1x Bryonia, 5x Nekker Heart, 4x Ribleaf, 1x White Raffard's Decoction Diagram Location: Herbalist's Hut (near Oxenfurt) - Sold by Herbalist northeast of Oxenfurt. |
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Superior White Raffard's Decoction
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Effect: Fully restores Vitality and grants temporary immunity to damage.
Ingredients: 1x Bison Grass, 4x Bryonia, 1x Enhanced White Raffard's Decoction, 1x Pringrape, 4x Ribleaf, 1x Vermillion, 1x White Gull Diagram Location: Gedyneith - Sold by  merchant Yolar in Gedyneith, Ard Skellig. |
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Wolven Hour
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Effect: Temporarily lowers the required level of all items by 2.
Ingredients: cannot be crafted Diagram Location: Woesong Bridge - This is an item Geralt starts with. |
The Witcher 3 Potions FAQ
How many potions are in The Witcher 3?
There are 42 potions in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. These include base potions like Swallow and Cat, each with Enhanced and Superior versions. Potions provide various combat and exploration benefits.
What are potions in The Witcher 3?
Potions in The Witcher 3 are alchemical consumables that grant Geralt temporary active effects like health regeneration, increased attack power, night vision, or resistance to damage. They are essential for combat effectiveness and exploration.
How do I get potion diagrams in The Witcher 3?
Potion 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 potion diagram.
Are potion diagrams missable in The Witcher 3?
Most potion 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 potion diagrams.
How do I use the All Potions checklist?
Our All Potions Checklist features auto-save functionality - your progress is automatically saved locally in your browser with no login required. Simply check off potions as you obtain their diagrams or craft them, and your progress will be preserved when you return. The checklist includes all 42 potions with ingredients and diagram locations.
