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@@dominicnzl There´s an in-game book on them. but in short: Elixir = until long rest Potion = instant, or 1 minute(10 turns) (I haven´t actually tested it for things that normally last longer, like "speaking with animals". Maybe they last longer, but I´d consider that a nice bonus, not the rule.) Coatings and stuff also 10 turns and Bonbs pretty much explain themselves.
@@dominicnzl Just make things clearer, I should add that: Elixirs - you can only have 1 active at a time Potions - you can chug as many as you want. Coatings - no idea, but I think it would make sense to only have 1 at a time...
"Rule of 3" for alchemy in BG3 is not what you said (combining 2 things will create the product). It is about creating materials from raw materials. You need 3 pieces of raw materials to create 1 of ash/salt/essence etc. That is the "Rule of 3".
Hire the Halfling bard and respec her as a Transumation wizard. Transmutation wizards have a chance to create 2 potions instead of one. Being a Halfling, with the luck bonus, any 1 or 2 roll on the potion creation to proc that create double aspect gets rerolled. Nearly impossible not to get 2 potions instead of one. Plus you don't have to worry about carrying all those ingredients. Just dump them into her inventory every time you come back to camp.
If you are using Gale in your playthrough set his wizard subclass to transmutation. You get a chance to get 2 potions when you make 1. Add some guidance to him and he'll be churning out potions like crazy.
it's a pretty hard dc15 medicine check you can also use enhance ability (lvl 2 cleric spell) wisdom and get advantage on it (also can put all the buffs on and enter turn based mode so buffs don't run out) but yeah get 16 wisdom and proficiency with medicine as well atleast or just use a hireling if your don't want to respec him
@azell2913 A 5th level character (4 wizard/1 rogue) could get a +8 to +12 (+1d4 from guidance) modifier to the check. Add enhance ability and it's not a hard check in the slightest. Your chance of failure is less than 20%.
Another perk is the transmuter stone that comes with that subclass. Gale can sit home with his high wisdom build and I’ll take than free con prof TYVM!
Thanks for the video. I was waiting for something like this. On a side note, you said you didn't use bombs very often. A cool move is that you stack a backpack full of bombs and when you throw it the backpack gets destroyed leaving all the bombs scattered on the ground (ideally near a hard enemy) and you cast some fire at one of them to cause a nuke explosion and fps stutter on your screen. It's great :)
Another way to detonate this is to have a ranged character (or anyone with a ranged weapon) carry a candle. All in the same round you can drop the candle on the ground, light it, dip your ranged weapon in it to ad 1d4 fire damage to attacks with it for 3 rounds, and then fire a shot at the bombs, and then even pick the candle back up to use later.
I believe you can put a lit torch or candle into the backpack (acting like a fuse) and it will then explode all the bombs when it hits the ground. Haven't tested if it explodes if you DON'T throw it right away - chuckle.
@@FireCrack83haste spell kinda sucks imo costs a concentration, a spell, an action if used in combat and if your mage gets hit or cc’ed your fighter now has lethargic debuff
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Potion of speed is hands down the most game winning item. It gets you haste on a bonus action. The action economy is crazy. Only limitation is hyena hides.
I have grabbed every ingredient ive found on my journey but still never bothered making potions, cant wait to see how much i can make when i finally remember to do so lol
Three quick tips: One, elixirs of strength are obscene. I respecced to dump my strength because I have enough hill giant elixirs to keep me going for probably the rest of the game at a 21 strength. Also recently found the elixir of CLOUD giant strength which sets strength to 27 until long rest. I will happily take 18-19 extra attribute points on me and whoever in my squad needs to turn enemies into pasta sauce today. Two, most (not all) potions create a tiny aoe when thrown or attacked, meaning you can stretch potions of healing or speed or whatever else to 3 or 4 people if you pack everyone in real close. There is no reduced effect for splashing the potion and making it a "punch bowl." Three, coatings are very nice on characters that attack many times in a turn. Worm poison adds 1d10 damage to every attack for a minute, drow poison has a chance of inflicting poison AND sleep, which gives you auto-crits. Basic poisons are strewn around everywhere so why not use em? Do not sleep on coatings.
@@ioverslept. It does not spread it evenly, at least for healing potions (all I've thrown). Each unit hit acts as if they each consumed their own potion. Though, from my experience it seems to only hit 2 people. Dropping a potion on the ground, tightly packing your party around it and attacking it to break it seems to spread it to EVERYONE. Again, I could be wrong about the number of targets hit when thrown, maybe I don't pack them tightly enough. But I do see the targeting reticle when I throw them and it still only hits at most 2 targets.
@@ioverslept.100%, at least for now. I suspect this _may_ be something they'll consider patching out for balance. But who knows. Larian games are known for such shenanigans.
Your statement about coatings answered all the questions I had left after this video. And your statement about splashing potions gave me a lot to think about
@@tantalus_complex they could. Though, I find myself not even doing it because it's just annoying to do, lol. Especially dropping them and grouping everyone. I just hate the time it takes so I just consume the potions individually, I don't need that many it seems. Maybe on tactician it'll be different.
If there's a promise I can make when I play an RPG that has an alchemy system it's that I won't make or remember to use potions, but I WILL compulsively pick up every ingredient I see.
One of the better parts about the Potion of Speed is that unlike haste it doesn't require concentration to maintain so that frees up one of your casters to focus on maintaining another spell. Though the potion only last for 3 rounds versus haste's 10. But knowing that it'll last for three rounds means you can plan ahead better and not risk losing the concentration and becoming lethargic in the middle of a tense situation.
You can also use a single potion on the entire party if they are huddled together on say a ambush so the party gets the advantage of haste at the very beginning with basically no waste of actions if you do it on turn mode. Its pretty crazy.
Give your grenades oils and vials to your melee character. Karlach is such a beast. I haste her with a spell and she goes to town with a Halberd. Then the coatings increase damage and the grenades and special arrows help her have more utility with enraged throw. An extra action you can take after main hand weapon attacks. It's powerful. So many special arrows, coatings and grenades with so many effects. Basically a melee characters way of casting spells
God I love this game, and this community, so much. The game is so dense and packed full of stuff to learn and discover, and the community goes out of its way to help make everything interesting and easy to understand.
The game is truly a masterpiece. I find out new shit every day that I had no clue about. Like today, I found out you can wildshape into an Owlbear and nuke bosses for 800+ damage, just by falling on them. Lol.
@@erikholum4772 That's awesome! I used to keep so much stuff on my character to sell if I find a vendor, now I send everything to camp so I can fully invest in barrelmancy...cuz a pocketful of environmental interactions will get you through the toughest encounters. Now I'm thinking I need to try dropping a water barrel directly on an NPC from a roof or a cliff.
The strongest thing you can brew if you can get the materials is the Haste Spore bottle, throw it on the ground, walk in and out or across it each turn and you get a haste without the downside of being fatigued if it ends. There are a few situational potions and flasks, but the haste is so good, especially for fighters, spell casters and barbarians. Bit less useful if you rely on bonus action like monks, rogues or bards, but still good for extra actions.
@@197mmCannon You do get 2 bottles of them from the myconids in the underdark. However I couldn't really find anything to brew them. There are a number of mushrooms and spores you can get. But there is a craftable recipe for a Haste Spore Grenade using 3 Hastening Spores, I personally have not found any, but I think some merchants can sell them.
Monks benefit quite a lot from haste. They do still attack twice a round with their actions. So when combined with things like fangs of the fire snake, bonus damage equipment, and such... you are upping their damage potential more than you might think. Let's say a monk is dealing 1d6 unarmed and has just 18 dex and use a bit of simplified math. This monk is averaging 7 damage every attack. Make this monk at least level 5. This means you are likely to do 21 damage a turn because of 3 attacks. 28 if you use flurry of blows. Haste for another action to get two more attacks means 35 without flurry and 42 with flurry. Just as your base average a turn. Once you start adding in other variables to damage on top of it. It mostly just goes up from there. Fangs of the fire snake adds an average of 5 per hit of fire damage. The acid ring (I believe it works for monks) is another 2. There are gloves that average another 2 (1d4) of necrotic damage... this becomes 16 average damage per hit. For 48 damage for just 3 hits... all the way up to an average of 96 for 6 hits, 32 of which would come from haste. Now obviously not all of this is necessarily going to be found on a level 5 monk. I'm just using it as a bit of an example as to why haste the way they have it is still very strong for monks. Edit: the thing to keep in mind about monks tends to be more about consistency than Sikes overall. They aren't usually going to spike quite as high but they also aren't usually going to dip as low in the damage range either.
Oh I'm gonna get obsessed with this game like i was with Divinity original sin 2. I used to make a list of all the things i could craft . Like when you combine nails with your boots, it prevents falling on ice , it was so amazing to discover all the recipes by trying to combine different things.
Grenade is not to be used by throwing, but by putting 10+ of this useless graps into a bagpack and throw it onto the feet of difficult enemy or bosses. Then, with a single fire arrow you ascend any boss and their minions into heaven. And since the bomb deals force dmg, there is no immunity to it. You're welcome.
I used alchemy from the beginning but I slept on Elixirs. Learning that they last until a long rest opened my eyes. Favourite right now is Bloodlust. My paladin is smiting to his hearts content.
I have mountain heaps of ingredients and readily made elixirs and never really read what they are doing. I was really surprised. You have my like and my comment.
What I do is I use Withers to make a hireling that has high INT/WIS. 2 levels of Transmutation Wizard, and 1 level of rogue, and I have Medicine as one of their expertise. Transmutation wizards can craft two of a potion if they pass a medicine check. So whenever I'm loaded with potion reagents, I go to camp, drop off one of my companions, bring the hireling into the party, save and then have them extract and craft potions.
I never knew these were so easy to make as well as has the game figure out all the recipes. Thanks, I like that you give the good bit at the beginning.
The rabbit hole just goes deeper and deeper. I enjoyed BG back in the day. I'll just give this a quick whirl, I thought to myself. 20 + hours in and this is the first time I've even seen this menu. Having a blast though.
I absolutely have been relying on the potion and elixir crafting. My friend I'm the only one with superior dark vision, also have proven in the least like to get ambushed because irl awareness. Potions of Glorious Vaulting have absolutely been a godsend for my -1 str mod Bard.
I actually had played around with Alchemy a bit in the beginning when I couldn't make much and then promptly forgot about it. Turns out there was so much I didn't know! As a druid, I thank you profusely for your wisdom. (Also I had 40 ingredients to extract lol)
I don't know why I was so much more willing to engage with Skyrim's alchemy system. My whole house in Falkreath was dedicated to growing, storing, and brewing ingredients. Maybe after eating a giant's toe to learn its properties, you're hellbent on actually using the knowledge. XD But I'll check out the options in BG3 today.
Quick tip for getting back spellslots, everytime you respec with Withers and then level back up, you get fresh spell slots. Oh and you can steal money back from him without consequences.
Some of the later game Elixirs are insane. Its created some of the most busted stats I’ve seen in D&D 5e to date. 27 Spell Save DC and +21 Spell attack on my Gale being prime example.
The Rule of 3 is specifically written in a book you find… it’s about taking 3 natural ingredients to extract one usable substance. Your example isn’t close at all. The screen you were showing is literally 1 item plus 1 item equals the new item.
The arcane potions that give you extra spell slots are huge. I was burning through my Smite attacks on my paladin but those have allowed me to use them more liberally
For about 40 hours, I was collecting potion ingredients thinking I would only be able to craft potions at a cauldron or something at an inn, only to discover......the tab was with me the entire time lol.
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Any of the debuff poisons (Drow, Kalabasan's, etc) is really good on a bow. Arrow of Many Targets means I can inflict status on up to 4 targets per shot (which is pretty good CC, and is really good with Kalabasan's poison applying Paralysis). Shame that Drow is the most common CC poison out there in Act 3, but it's still strong. Also, I have 100 in my Alchemy Pouch. I wish ingredients we purchased from a vendor went into them automatically.
A smart move is to talk to Withers and create a Transformation Subclass Wizard/Cleric and select the Medicine skill. Then use them to craft all your potions. Have them use their cleric spells to increase the chance for success. They will have a fairly high chance to create additional potions. More bang for your buck!
The "rule of 3" is that when in doubt, put 3 of the same item. It's explained in a book found in the blighted village herbalist store. Right on the main counter.
by upfronting the knowledge i subscribed and liked when i do for almost no other video 'use alchemy get healing pots' is all i want to know while im still figuring things out thanks
Best way to utilize this is getting the halfling heirling from withers. Respect to wizard transmutation for 3 levels then back to bard for self skill boost and make sure to spec into medicine then guidance and turn based mode. You can also add a level of rogue for expertise. Then double down on potions and elixirs with a successful medicine check. Just make sure to maximize the wisdom stat.
Just started playing, ive played through 3 characters without touching alchemy. My buddy asked how to use it and I said it looked complicated and I never bothered learning it. Now I'm going to start crafting these instead of hunting down merchants.
most people are sleeping on elixir of the colossus and enlarge/reduce combo. they stack. Having a raging huge karlach is something you should never miss
I didn't even use the Ones i collected from corpses. I usually heal between battles. On the other hand, During battles Potion of Speed is invaluable. Haste only for 5 turns but without concentration is amazing. Hyena ears are not that common though. There are a couple of encounters where you fight Bugbears in Act 1. Otherwise it's just from traders. Buy all of those ears when you see them.
chugging a speed potion (for the first time) on my eldritch knight tavern brawler right before the adamantine golem let me destroy it in 2 turns without using the big hammer. I already knew I would be fighting it because of another playthrough with a friend, so i just made a light hammer my bound weapon for the bludgeoning damage and pre-potted, cast hunter's mark from the bow in the druid's grove, then tossed my hammer 6 times in one turn (action surge). Definitely worth using some more.
On a walk right now, so I can't check exactly, but I bet it would be less than 10. I have been processing my ingredients diligently 😝 Crafting is indeed very simple and straightforward. Gathering can be bit tedious, but definitely worth the payoff. Potions of Speed are indeed very useful - don't forget to grab all of gnolls and hyenas ears! Elixir of Giant Strength definitely should have been mentioned as well.
You got a like and sub from me just because you gave us a TLDW at the beginning. I finished the video but that fact right there was enough to let me know that you care about your community
I've never had more than 3 extracts except maybe the first time I did it. I also always check the settings and key bindings of all games I play and follow tutorials.
I love using it for animal speaking potions because I wanted to use a party that doesn't have access to that spell and I don't want to respec just for that!
Oh I used alchemy a lot, I can barely function without Elixirs of Bloodlust for Karlach ❤️ I use it so much I sometimes forget it's not a class or gear ability 😂
i always craft drow poison and use it. If you hit an enemy they will fall asleep and every attack you make when they're asleep is 100 percent crit. I have great weapon master + drow poison and with my astarion archer, bosses go down so fast
The Drow Poison saved my ass during the fight with a Spectator. Got lucky and it fell asleep on the sneak attack, then I wailed it on it with my party while it was down before it can de-petrify folks. The only reason why I'm kinda sleeping on alchemy is because I keep stealing the potions/elixirs/coatings from the shopkeepers.
With Elixir of Universal Resistance being probably the strongest of them all: halves all incoming damage until long rest. That turns any fight into easy mode.
I get so many potions I'm having hard time using all of them. But it's always a good idea to get a good selection of them and throw around for buffs and heals.
Its a fairly smooth system, I had hoarded quiet allot of material when I got down to the underdark so I could really stock up, perhaps tricky to know what to prioritise at times
Honestly the game lacked any kind of explanation for alchemy which is why I didn't touch it since I normally do the alchemy type stuff in the party. The problem is I couldn't figure out HOW to do it. So thanks for this.
Dude! I was stuck on a spider boss that would teleport and summon little adds... ugh, couldn't run away because of thier teleporting. I watched your video, and whipped up some speed potions, and batta Bing. Killed the spider, and you saved my play through.
I finished my first playthrough without crafting a single potion. Hell, I went through all of act 1 and 2 with the whole "save these special items for later incase I need them." Which of course leads to the inevitable end of the game and your backpack is full because you forgot to use the items. I had scrolls of every kind, hundreds of different arrows, every potion under the sun. All hardly used because I was "waiting till I needed them" up until the later half of act 3. Started a new character and noticed an alchemy tab. Not only did I not craft a single potion my first playthrough, I didn't even realize is was as simple as crafting from your inventory and not some crafting bench. Imagine how stupid I felt lol.
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Just an advice for future videos: chasm is pronounced with K (ka:zm), like you would in alchemy or charisma.
Chasm is pronounced with a hard 'K' sound. That will make it illiterate. Like Peter Parker.
I'm level 11 and never used alchemy ahaushau, not even count on the explosives and oils never used. Sometimes I use elementals arrows though.
@drazen1972cro just like the ch in alchemy, which made me laugh a bit.
PSA: on PS5 you access Alchemy via the R2 radial (the one that has character sheets, journal, rests, etc)
One thing worth noting is that Elixirs last until you long rest so they're a nice way to buff your characters for several encounters.
Thanks! It would be nice to know how long a consumable lasts from the inventory screen. So far I haven't been able to find that information.
@@dominicnzl There´s an in-game book on them. but in short:
Elixir = until long rest
Potion = instant, or 1 minute(10 turns) (I haven´t actually tested it for things that normally last longer, like "speaking with animals". Maybe they last longer, but I´d consider that a nice bonus, not the rule.)
Coatings and stuff also 10 turns
and Bonbs pretty much explain themselves.
@@johnyshadow thanks, I did not know this 👍
@@dominicnzl Just make things clearer, I should add that:
Elixirs - you can only have 1 active at a time
Potions - you can chug as many as you want.
Coatings - no idea, but I think it would make sense to only have 1 at a time...
That's cool but you will never be a real woman
"Rule of 3" for alchemy in BG3 is not what you said (combining 2 things will create the product). It is about creating materials from raw materials. You need 3 pieces of raw materials to create 1 of ash/salt/essence etc. That is the "Rule of 3".
I noticed that also. He speaks well, but I've noticed that he gets a lot of things wrong in his videos.
Hire the Halfling bard and respec her as a Transumation wizard. Transmutation wizards have a chance to create 2 potions instead of one. Being a Halfling, with the luck bonus, any 1 or 2 roll on the potion creation to proc that create double aspect gets rerolled. Nearly impossible not to get 2 potions instead of one. Plus you don't have to worry about carrying all those ingredients. Just dump them into her inventory every time you come back to camp.
If you are using Gale in your playthrough set his wizard subclass to transmutation. You get a chance to get 2 potions when you make 1. Add some guidance to him and he'll be churning out potions like crazy.
it's a pretty hard dc15 medicine check you can also use enhance ability (lvl 2 cleric spell) wisdom and get advantage on it (also can put all the buffs on and enter turn based mode so buffs don't run out) but yeah get 16 wisdom and proficiency with medicine as well atleast or just use a hireling if your don't want to respec him
@@azell2913 Just use a hireling, max out their wisdom and medicine proficiency and leave them in camp when you arent crafting.
@azell2913 A 5th level character (4 wizard/1 rogue) could get a +8 to +12 (+1d4 from guidance) modifier to the check. Add enhance ability and it's not a hard check in the slightest. Your chance of failure is less than 20%.
Another perk is the transmuter stone that comes with that subclass. Gale can sit home with his high wisdom build and I’ll take than free con prof TYVM!
A hireling is much better
Thanks for the video. I was waiting for something like this.
On a side note, you said you didn't use bombs very often. A cool move is that you stack a backpack full of bombs and when you throw it the backpack gets destroyed leaving all the bombs scattered on the ground (ideally near a hard enemy) and you cast some fire at one of them to cause a nuke explosion and fps stutter on your screen. It's great :)
That is a crazy tactic. I love how inventive people have been getting with this game. Thanks for the tip! :D
Another way to detonate this is to have a ranged character (or anyone with a ranged weapon) carry a candle. All in the same round you can drop the candle on the ground, light it, dip your ranged weapon in it to ad 1d4 fire damage to attacks with it for 3 rounds, and then fire a shot at the bombs, and then even pick the candle back up to use later.
Do u even need fire? U can just shoot the bomb right lol
I believe you can put a lit torch or candle into the backpack (acting like a fuse) and it will then explode all the bombs when it hits the ground. Haven't tested if it explodes if you DON'T throw it right away - chuckle.
Potion of speed are the mvp. Don't need healing if your fighter can move 90ft and 6 attacks in your first turn! Zoom zoom.
Hahahahahaha so good dude
As if the game wasnt already that easy.
gonna try!!! i always give them "haste" with my mage
@@FireCrack83haste spell kinda sucks imo costs a concentration, a spell, an action if used in combat and if your mage gets hit or cc’ed your fighter now has lethargic debuff
@@Kurdent1 Tried Tactician yet?
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Thanks so much man! I can't wait to pop back into Age of Wonders 4!! :D
This. I subbed because of the professional and respectful 1st minute. Then I finished the video.
Potion of speed is hands down the most game winning item. It gets you haste on a bonus action. The action economy is crazy. Only limitation is hyena hides.
I have grabbed every ingredient ive found on my journey but still never bothered making potions, cant wait to see how much i can make when i finally remember to do so lol
Same!
My greatest pride and my biggest shame. lol
Can you make Potion of Karlachs Bath Water? 😮
HAHAHAHAHAH
I wish 😳
It's a sauna stone.
Gives +5 to simping and the sated buff.
I’ll be first in line for Shadowheart’s 🧍🏼♂️
Three quick tips:
One, elixirs of strength are obscene. I respecced to dump my strength because I have enough hill giant elixirs to keep me going for probably the rest of the game at a 21 strength. Also recently found the elixir of CLOUD giant strength which sets strength to 27 until long rest. I will happily take 18-19 extra attribute points on me and whoever in my squad needs to turn enemies into pasta sauce today.
Two, most (not all) potions create a tiny aoe when thrown or attacked, meaning you can stretch potions of healing or speed or whatever else to 3 or 4 people if you pack everyone in real close. There is no reduced effect for splashing the potion and making it a "punch bowl."
Three, coatings are very nice on characters that attack many times in a turn. Worm poison adds 1d10 damage to every attack for a minute, drow poison has a chance of inflicting poison AND sleep, which gives you auto-crits. Basic poisons are strewn around everywhere so why not use em? Do not sleep on coatings.
Does throwing a potion on multiple people spread the effect equally or do they all get 100% of the potions power?
@@ioverslept. It does not spread it evenly, at least for healing potions (all I've thrown). Each unit hit acts as if they each consumed their own potion. Though, from my experience it seems to only hit 2 people. Dropping a potion on the ground, tightly packing your party around it and attacking it to break it seems to spread it to EVERYONE. Again, I could be wrong about the number of targets hit when thrown, maybe I don't pack them tightly enough. But I do see the targeting reticle when I throw them and it still only hits at most 2 targets.
@@ioverslept.100%, at least for now. I suspect this _may_ be something they'll consider patching out for balance. But who knows. Larian games are known for such shenanigans.
Your statement about coatings answered all the questions I had left after this video. And your statement about splashing potions gave me a lot to think about
@@tantalus_complex they could. Though, I find myself not even doing it because it's just annoying to do, lol. Especially dropping them and grouping everyone. I just hate the time it takes so I just consume the potions individually, I don't need that many it seems. Maybe on tactician it'll be different.
If there's a promise I can make when I play an RPG that has an alchemy system it's that I won't make or remember to use potions, but I WILL compulsively pick up every ingredient I see.
Same with scrolls for me
One of the better parts about the Potion of Speed is that unlike haste it doesn't require concentration to maintain so that frees up one of your casters to focus on maintaining another spell. Though the potion only last for 3 rounds versus haste's 10. But knowing that it'll last for three rounds means you can plan ahead better and not risk losing the concentration and becoming lethargic in the middle of a tense situation.
Speed has gotten me through so many hard fights because I forgot to grab haste on my wizatd
You can also use a single potion on the entire party if they are huddled together on say a ambush so the party gets the advantage of haste at the very beginning with basically no waste of actions if you do it on turn mode. Its pretty crazy.
Haven't used alchemy so far, thank you for bringing it up 👍
My pleasure brother :)
The Ch in Chasm is pronounced the same as it is in Chaos. Just letting you know :)
so... chay-aws? ;)
lol
Chaz-em
Thanks for this guide... however I'll end my game with 360+ carryweight in potions and elixirs because "I mIgHt nEeD tHeM LaTeR".
That's why i like to play on hardest difficulties. You do need them "now".
Give your grenades oils and vials to your melee character. Karlach is such a beast. I haste her with a spell and she goes to town with a Halberd. Then the coatings increase damage and the grenades and special arrows help her have more utility with enraged throw. An extra action you can take after main hand weapon attacks. It's powerful. So many special arrows, coatings and grenades with so many effects. Basically a melee characters way of casting spells
That enraged throw is unique to the frenzy barbarian, FYI. I tried to make a wildheart barb to jump n throw and it was a struggle.
God I love this game, and this community, so much. The game is so dense and packed full of stuff to learn and discover, and the community goes out of its way to help make everything interesting and easy to understand.
The game is truly a masterpiece. I find out new shit every day that I had no clue about. Like today, I found out you can wildshape into an Owlbear and nuke bosses for 800+ damage, just by falling on them. Lol.
@@erikholum4772 That's awesome! I used to keep so much stuff on my character to sell if I find a vendor, now I send everything to camp so I can fully invest in barrelmancy...cuz a pocketful of environmental interactions will get you through the toughest encounters. Now I'm thinking I need to try dropping a water barrel directly on an NPC from a roof or a cliff.
I appreciate the format you chose, particularly the intro
The strongest thing you can brew if you can get the materials is the Haste Spore bottle, throw it on the ground, walk in and out or across it each turn and you get a haste without the downside of being fatigued if it ends. There are a few situational potions and flasks, but the haste is so good, especially for fighters, spell casters and barbarians.
Bit less useful if you rely on bonus action like monks, rogues or bards, but still good for extra actions.
Haste spore? I haven’t found that yet
@@197mmCannon You do get 2 bottles of them from the myconids in the underdark. However I couldn't really find anything to brew them. There are a number of mushrooms and spores you can get.
But there is a craftable recipe for a Haste Spore Grenade using 3 Hastening Spores, I personally have not found any, but I think some merchants can sell them.
Monks benefit quite a lot from haste. They do still attack twice a round with their actions. So when combined with things like fangs of the fire snake, bonus damage equipment, and such... you are upping their damage potential more than you might think.
Let's say a monk is dealing 1d6 unarmed and has just 18 dex and use a bit of simplified math. This monk is averaging 7 damage every attack. Make this monk at least level 5. This means you are likely to do 21 damage a turn because of 3 attacks. 28 if you use flurry of blows. Haste for another action to get two more attacks means 35 without flurry and 42 with flurry. Just as your base average a turn.
Once you start adding in other variables to damage on top of it. It mostly just goes up from there. Fangs of the fire snake adds an average of 5 per hit of fire damage. The acid ring (I believe it works for monks) is another 2. There are gloves that average another 2 (1d4) of necrotic damage... this becomes 16 average damage per hit. For 48 damage for just 3 hits... all the way up to an average of 96 for 6 hits, 32 of which would come from haste.
Now obviously not all of this is necessarily going to be found on a level 5 monk. I'm just using it as a bit of an example as to why haste the way they have it is still very strong for monks.
Edit: the thing to keep in mind about monks tends to be more about consistency than Sikes overall. They aren't usually going to spike quite as high but they also aren't usually going to dip as low in the damage range either.
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Forget healing, all potions of speed baby! Gotta go fast!
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I’ve been picking up stuff my entire game but have been too lazy to actually make stuff. Great video, now I know what to look out for.
Oh I'm gonna get obsessed with this game like i was with Divinity original sin 2. I used to make a list of all the things i could craft . Like when you combine nails with your boots, it prevents falling on ice , it was so amazing to discover all the recipes by trying to combine different things.
Yea divinity original sin 2's crafting was much more fulfilling. Bg3 u can't craft much in terms of equipment. Feels so lacking.
@@TT-vd7rv oh , too bad , i was really looking forward to this , but it's okay, the game is still amazing in my opinion
Grenade is not to be used by throwing, but by putting 10+ of this useless graps into a bagpack and throw it onto the feet of difficult enemy or bosses. Then, with a single fire arrow you ascend any boss and their minions into heaven. And since the bomb deals force dmg, there is no immunity to it.
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video format is fire straight to the point
Perfect presentation for an ear bud listener. Didn't see the visuals but got lots of info from the audio
Fucking love to hear that man! thanks so much for watching - or listening :)
The gas station rhino pill joke came out of left field lmao
I used alchemy from the beginning but I slept on Elixirs. Learning that they last until a long rest opened my eyes. Favourite right now is Bloodlust. My paladin is smiting to his hearts content.
Be careful with "extrat all" when you have a quest that requires you gather reagents. There's at least one in the Underdark.
ItalianSpartacus: I frontload the information so you know if its for you
Me: Well I'm already here, might as well watch the soothing voice guy
Thank you so much for this video, I was lazy and didn’t take the time to look through alchemy, but now I want to have lots of potions!!!
My pleasure dude! Glad it helepd!
I have mountain heaps of ingredients and readily made elixirs and never really read what they are doing. I was really surprised. You have my like and my comment.
What I do is I use Withers to make a hireling that has high INT/WIS. 2 levels of Transmutation Wizard, and 1 level of rogue, and I have Medicine as one of their expertise. Transmutation wizards can craft two of a potion if they pass a medicine check. So whenever I'm loaded with potion reagents, I go to camp, drop off one of my companions, bring the hireling into the party, save and then have them extract and craft potions.
I never knew these were so easy to make as well as has the game figure out all the recipes. Thanks, I like that you give the good bit at the beginning.
Potion of speed saved my ass (and the gondians’ asses) in the Iron Throne. Combine that with fly and you can fly 2x as far.
The rabbit hole just goes deeper and deeper. I enjoyed BG back in the day. I'll just give this a quick whirl, I thought to myself. 20 + hours in and this is the first time I've even seen this menu. Having a blast though.
Left Alt while running around will help highlight herbs as you run around.
Chasm is pronounced with a hard C. Like a K. No “ch” sound. “K-as-m”
I absolutely have been relying on the potion and elixir crafting. My friend I'm the only one with superior dark vision, also have proven in the least like to get ambushed because irl awareness. Potions of Glorious Vaulting have absolutely been a godsend for my -1 str mod Bard.
96 ingredients - just missed the 3 digit mark! LOVE your vids, you really present all of your info brilliantly.
Hahahaha so close! Glad you're enjoying the content my dude!
I actually had played around with Alchemy a bit in the beginning when I couldn't make much and then promptly forgot about it. Turns out there was so much I didn't know! As a druid, I thank you profusely for your wisdom. (Also I had 40 ingredients to extract lol)
Level 12 Act 3 and never made a potion. I do wish there was more crafting in this game.
Me too dude it's so simple and accessible, I wish it was expanded
i miss the crafting system of divinity2
I don't know why I was so much more willing to engage with Skyrim's alchemy system. My whole house in Falkreath was dedicated to growing, storing, and brewing ingredients. Maybe after eating a giant's toe to learn its properties, you're hellbent on actually using the knowledge. XD But I'll check out the options in BG3 today.
Chasm is pronounced with a hard K sound as in KASM, not a CH sound like in CHAT.
Potion of speed is the best potion after healing potions
"Looks like it's time to oil up."
Quick tip for getting back spellslots, everytime you respec with Withers and then level back up, you get fresh spell slots. Oh and you can steal money back from him without consequences.
Some of the later game Elixirs are insane. Its created some of the most busted stats I’ve seen in D&D 5e to date. 27 Spell Save DC and +21 Spell attack on my Gale being prime example.
Woah that dc on hold monster with twin spell!
Keep In mind there are a lot more DC and spell attack boosting items than there usually are in 5e.
The Rule of 3 is specifically written in a book you find… it’s about taking 3 natural ingredients to extract one usable substance.
Your example isn’t close at all. The screen you were showing is literally 1 item plus 1 item equals the new item.
elixir of speaking with animals makes so much free space in character creation
This game is filled with so much detail and things.
_Yet the best in my eyes is _*_A search bar for your inventory!_*
The arcane potions that give you extra spell slots are huge. I was burning through my Smite attacks on my paladin but those have allowed me to use them more liberally
how you need to long rest to use another one
@@nicknevco215 Smite attacks go off of level 1 spell slots
How you describe at the very beginning what the video will be about is what sold me on subscribing.
Chasm is pronounced like chaos with a "K" sound at the begging.
For about 40 hours, I was collecting potion ingredients thinking I would only be able to craft potions at a cauldron or something at an inn, only to discover......the tab was with me the entire time lol.
I discovered your videos last week when I was first attempting honor mode. They’ve helped immensely. Good content delivered quick and direct. Excellent work.
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Any of the debuff poisons (Drow, Kalabasan's, etc) is really good on a bow. Arrow of Many Targets means I can inflict status on up to 4 targets per shot (which is pretty good CC, and is really good with Kalabasan's poison applying Paralysis). Shame that Drow is the most common CC poison out there in Act 3, but it's still strong.
Also, I have 100 in my Alchemy Pouch. I wish ingredients we purchased from a vendor went into them automatically.
If you move the bag from your inventory and back again it'll suck everything up
@@YsidorohWait, really? Like move it to a different spot in my inventory and back? It just vacuums them in?
@@badtiming2208 move it from yours to a companion then back again!
A smart move is to talk to Withers and create a Transformation Subclass Wizard/Cleric and select the Medicine skill. Then use them to craft all your potions. Have them use their cleric spells to increase the chance for success. They will have a fairly high chance to create additional potions. More bang for your buck!
The "rule of 3" is that when in doubt, put 3 of the same item. It's explained in a book found in the blighted village herbalist store. Right on the main counter.
by upfronting the knowledge i subscribed and liked when i do for almost no other video
'use alchemy get healing pots' is all i want to know while im still figuring things out thanks
Best way to utilize this is getting the halfling heirling from withers. Respect to wizard transmutation for 3 levels then back to bard for self skill boost and make sure to spec into medicine then guidance and turn based mode. You can also add a level of rogue for expertise.
Then double down on potions and elixirs with a successful medicine check. Just make sure to maximize the wisdom stat.
You came so correct that I had to watch the whole video out of respect, great content.
hahaha my pleasure brother!
Just started playing, ive played through 3 characters without touching alchemy. My buddy asked how to use it and I said it looked complicated and I never bothered learning it. Now I'm going to start crafting these instead of hunting down merchants.
Just for Fullmetal Alchemist reference alone, you deserve 3 upvotes
My paladin absolutely loves arcane cultivation elixirs. Why yes, I do like smiting more.
most people are sleeping on elixir of the colossus and enlarge/reduce combo. they stack. Having a raging huge karlach is something you should never miss
thanks for respecting the viewers time when scripting/editing
I didn't even use the Ones i collected from corpses. I usually heal between battles. On the other hand, During battles Potion of Speed is invaluable. Haste only for 5 turns but without concentration is amazing. Hyena ears are not that common though. There are a couple of encounters where you fight Bugbears in Act 1. Otherwise it's just from traders. Buy all of those ears when you see them.
There are piles of hyenas and gnolls to kill up on The Risen Road, and both usually give 1 or 2 ears.
Almost done with Act 2, have never once alchemy-ed, and my extraction number was 190 😅.. Thank you for your easy inspiration
chugging a speed potion (for the first time) on my eldritch knight tavern brawler right before the adamantine golem let me destroy it in 2 turns without using the big hammer. I already knew I would be fighting it because of another playthrough with a friend, so i just made a light hammer my bound weapon for the bludgeoning damage and pre-potted, cast hunter's mark from the bow in the druid's grove, then tossed my hammer 6 times in one turn (action surge). Definitely worth using some more.
On a walk right now, so I can't check exactly, but I bet it would be less than 10. I have been processing my ingredients diligently 😝 Crafting is indeed very simple and straightforward. Gathering can be bit tedious, but definitely worth the payoff.
Potions of Speed are indeed very useful - don't forget to grab all of gnolls and hyenas ears!
Elixir of Giant Strength definitely should have been mentioned as well.
I had 4, but to be fair, I've been using the system and just wanted to see what others thought about it, cause it's SO strong imo
You got a like and sub from me just because you gave us a TLDW at the beginning. I finished the video but that fact right there was enough to let me know that you care about your community
Thanks so much brother! :)
Great advice, not very much covered elsewhere. Thanks.
I've never had more than 3 extracts except maybe the first time I did it. I also always check the settings and key bindings of all games I play and follow tutorials.
One thing I find annoying is that inventory management is so chaotic that most potions and consumable items end up in my main character´s inventory.
We've been blessed with this game. Imagine if it didn't exist, would we all still be playing Diablo? 😥
I love using it for animal speaking potions because I wanted to use a party that doesn't have access to that spell and I don't want to respec just for that!
Oh I used alchemy a lot, I can barely function without Elixirs of Bloodlust for Karlach ❤️ I use it so much I sometimes forget it's not a class or gear ability 😂
i always craft drow poison and use it. If you hit an enemy they will fall asleep and every attack you make when they're asleep is 100 percent crit. I have great weapon master + drow poison and with my astarion archer, bosses go down so fast
The Drow Poison saved my ass during the fight with a Spectator. Got lucky and it fell asleep on the sneak attack, then I wailed it on it with my party while it was down before it can de-petrify folks. The only reason why I'm kinda sleeping on alchemy is because I keep stealing the potions/elixirs/coatings from the shopkeepers.
With Elixir of Universal Resistance being probably the strongest of them all: halves all incoming damage until long rest. That turns any fight into easy mode.
Love the genuine videos bro - will recommend your channel to everyone
I get so many potions I'm having hard time using all of them. But it's always a good idea to get a good selection of them and throw around for buffs and heals.
I've been scipping all the BG3 vids, but this was very helpful.
Subbed just because of the upfront info. Refreshing that you respect your viewers time/attention span!
I subscribed to you because of ck3, i definitely wasn't expecting all this bg3 content!
my extract all was 121 if you wanted to know haha (but i had already extracted some stuff earlier). still just in act 1, taking my time.
fucking LOVe that hahaha
Liked because straight to the point. Appreciated
Its a fairly smooth system, I had hoarded quiet allot of material when I got down to the underdark so I could really stock up, perhaps tricky to know what to prioritise at times
Explaining the video content in first sentence?
I was already on that like button when you asked ;)
You are one of the best at this sort of thing. Thanks brother
Them: "We haven't used Alchemy much"
Every person who ever played Divinity OS or OS2 : "OMFG, how are you even surviving in this game? /facepalm"
This video was extraordinarily helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful! :D
Honestly the game lacked any kind of explanation for alchemy which is why I didn't touch it since I normally do the alchemy type stuff in the party. The problem is I couldn't figure out HOW to do it. So thanks for this.
Dude! I was stuck on a spider boss that would teleport and summon little adds... ugh, couldn't run away because of thier teleporting.
I watched your video, and whipped up some speed potions, and batta Bing. Killed the spider, and you saved my play through.
I finished my first playthrough without crafting a single potion. Hell, I went through all of act 1 and 2 with the whole "save these special items for later incase I need them." Which of course leads to the inevitable end of the game and your backpack is full because you forgot to use the items. I had scrolls of every kind, hundreds of different arrows, every potion under the sun. All hardly used because I was "waiting till I needed them" up until the later half of act 3. Started a new character and noticed an alchemy tab. Not only did I not craft a single potion my first playthrough, I didn't even realize is was as simple as crafting from your inventory and not some crafting bench. Imagine how stupid I felt lol.
Thank you for front loading key information, it made me a subscriber immediately. Also, thank you for the information on Alchemy! May you roll Nat20s.