Craft in Baldur's Gate 3 - one of the auxiliary mechanics for obtaining equipment. During the game, you can find more powerful equipment, or craft it yourself. Alchemy allows you to brew potions, coat weapons with poison, and create enhancing elixirs. Each mechanic has its own characteristics and nuances.
The guide will tell you where to find crafting recipes and how to make equipment. Let's look at how alchemy works in Baldur's Gate 3, where to find ingredients, how to unlock recipes and prepare potions.
Crafting in Baldur's Gate 3
Weapon crafting in Baldur's Gate 3 is not as flexible and versatile as in other games. Most often found during quests where you need to find weapon blanks or other materials for smelting and bring them to a specific forge to create a limited number of items.
- So, for example, to get adamantine armor you need to complete the quest “
- Another craftable item is a weapon made from sussur, which can be obtained as a reward for completely completing the mission “
The main drawback of the weapon crafting system in BG3 is the lack of variety, so getting an item of the desired class through smelting is not always possible. On the other hand, crafted equipment has powerful enchantments, which balances the entire system. If there is a need for a certain piece of equipment, it is much easier to look for it from merchants or receive it as a reward for killing monsters.
There is also a simplified form of crafting - “an association" To call the window, just go to the inventory and right-click on the item, calling up the list of actions. When you select the “Combine” item, the ingredient will automatically be transferred to one of the slots, the remaining necessary materials must be added to the remaining cells.
Alchemy in Baldur's Gate 3
Unlike crafting, alchemy in Baldur's Gate 3 is not quest-based or built around rare ingredients, making it much easier to use. To make it, you must have the necessary ingredients in your inventory and an open recipe. Please note that item creation is not available during battle, so create a supply of potions in advance.
Where to get alchemical ingredients
Components for alchemy are quite easy to collect: some can be dropped from monsters, others can be found during travels. Various crystals, herbs, mushrooms are all considered alchemical ingredients.
To make it easier to find ingredients, use the "OTHER" Items that can be picked up will be highlighted.
Where to find potion recipes
Almost all recipes are unlocked thanks to extracting ingredients, only some can be learned from books or received as a reward for a quest. For example, healing potion recipe lies on the table in the pharmacist's house from "The Extinct Village". You can also find some materials there.
Collect herbs, minerals, mushrooms and extract components to discover more new crafting recipes. To prevent ingredients and extracts from “cluttering up” your backpack, the game provides “Alchemist's Bag" It is located at the top of the inventory during standard sorting and is highlighted in orange. You can view the collected raw materials by clicking on the bag.
How to brew potions
Go to the third tab through the inventory or press the "H» with standard control settings to get to the alchemy menu. You can extract ingredients and extracts in the same tab - they are needed for potions.
Recipes for obtaining raw materials are distinguished by colored icons. Button "Remove all ingredients» uses all collected materials to make raw materials and potions.
The first four lines of the list contain alchemical recipes:
- Potions - they can be drunk, thrown at party , or broken for healing, restoring ability points, communicating with animals, and more;
- Elixirs - allow you to increase weapon points, armor, character speed or other indicators;
- Grenades are items that can cause damage in battle;
- Weapon compounds - applied to combat equipment for additional damage.
For both beginners and advanced players, the most useful item is considered to be “Healing Potion: Greater" It restores up to 14 health points, allows you to resurrect a character killed in battle, and is relatively inexpensive to craft. To make a healing potion, do the following:
- Collect Balsam х3
- Collect Sagebrush x3 or any other item from which salt can be extracted;
- Go to the alchemy menu and click "Remove all ingredients";
- Expand the "Potions"And select"Healing Potion: Greater";
- If there are enough ingredients, the "Create item" will be active. Make a potion.
We hope that thanks to our guide, you learned how to use crafting and alchemy in Baldurs Gate 3, where to get ingredients for potions and how to brew them. IN comments You can ask questions about the topic of the article so that the author or players can help. In the corresponding section of our website you can also familiarize yourself with other Baldur's Gate 3 guides.
