Elixirs

Similar to Potions, Elixirs are consumable items that can be drunk as a bonus action to apply a variety of beneficial effects. Unlike Potions, the effects of an Elixir last until either taking a long rest or drinking another Elixir. Many Elixirs can be created with Alchemy.

An Elixir being inspected from the Alchemy window

A character can only benefit from the effects of one elixir at a time: drinking an elixir immediately cancels any active effects of a previously drunk elixir.

Other activities can cause elixir benefits to end, including:

• Praying at the Altar to Shar in the Gauntlet of Shar

The description of an Elixir of Barkskin

List of Elixirs

The level requirements for buying Elixirs are as follows:

• Level 1: All the uncommon elixirs (green ones), Elixirs of Psychic Resistance, and Elixir of Universal Resistance (that is, Elixir of Arcane Cultivation, Greater Elixir of Arcane Cultivation, Elixir of Barkskin, Elixir of Bloodlust, Elixir of Darkvision, Elixir of Fire Resistance, Elixir of Hill Giant Strength, Elixir of Heroism, Elixir of Lightning Resistance, Elixir of Peerless Focus, Elixir of Poison Resistance, Elixir of the Colossus, Elixir of Vigilance, Elixirs of Psychic Resistance, and Elixir of Universal Resistance). Elixir of Universal Resistance is only availabe on Skittle and Vicar Humbletoes. Vicar Humbletoes also sells Elixir of Necrotic Resistance for level 1 characters while other traders require level 6.
• Level 6: All the rare elixirs (blue ones) except for the Elixir of Cloud Giant Strength and Tadpole Elixir (that is, Elixir of Battlemage's Power, Elixir of Guileful Movement, Elixir of Necrotic Resistance, Elixir of See Invisibility, Elixir of Viciousness, and Superior Elixir of Arcane Cultivation)
• Level 9: Elixir of Radiant Resistance, Elixir of Cloud Giant Strength, and Supreme Elixir of Arcane Cultivation
• Cannot be bought: Elixir of Acid Resistance, Elixir of Cold Resistance, Elixir of Force Resistance, Elixir of Thunder Resistance, and Tadpole Elixir

List of Elixirs

Name	Ingredient	Value	Throwable	Effect
Elixir of Acid Resistance	Not craftable	10	Yes	Acid Resistance
Elixir of Cold Resistance	Not craftable	45	Yes	Cold Resistance
Elixir of Force Resistance	Not craftable	45	Yes	Force Resistance
Elixir of Radiant Resistance	Not craftable	10	Yes	Radiant Resistance
Elixir of Thunder Resistance	Not craftable	45	Yes	Thunder Resistance
Elixir of Arcane Cultivation	Weavemoss	20	-	Gain an additional Level 1 Spell Slot
Greater Elixir of Arcane Cultivation	Laculite	30	-	Gain an additional Level 2 Spell Slot
Elixir of Barkskin	Wood Bark	30	Yes	Increases your  Armour Class to 16
Elixir of Bloodlust	Worg Fang	25	-	Once per turn when you kill a foe, you gain 5 temporary hit points and an additional Action
Elixir of Darkvision	Crystalline Lens	50	-	Gain the effects of  Darkvision
Elixir of Fire Resistance	Dragon Egg Mushroom	45	Yes	Fire Resistance
Elixir of Heroism	Pegasus Feather	30	No	Gain Heroism, 10 temporary hit points and  Bless. Can be followed (not preceded) by Strength elixir without losing Heroism and temp HP.
Elixir of Hill Giant Strength	Hill Giant Finger	30	Yes, with AOE, but only 10 turns	Increase your Strength to 21 until Long Rest when drunk
Elixir of Lightning Resistance	Broken Machinery	45	Yes	Lightning Resistance
Elixir of Peerless Focus	Belladonna	20	No	Gain Advantage on Concentration saves and against being  Charmed Magic can't put you to  Sleep
Elixir of Poison Resistance	Mud Mephit Wing	45	Yes	Poison Resistance
Elixir of the Colossus	Chasm Creeper	50	-	Gain the effects of  Enlarged
Elixir of Vigilance	Hook	100	-	Gain a +5 bonus to  Initiative You can't be  Surprised
Elixir of Battlemage's Power	Gauth Eyestalk	65	-	Gain  Arcane Acuity for 3 turns.
Elixir of Cloud Giant Strength	Cloud Giant Finger	160	Yes, with AOE, but only 10 turns	Increase your Strength to 27 until Long Rest when drunk
Elixir of Guileful Movement	Ochre Jelly Slime	40	-	Gain the effects of  Freedom of Movement
Elixir of Necrotic Resistance	Black Oleander	45	-	Necrotic Resistance
Elixir of See Invisibility	Nothic Eye	40	-	Gain  See Invisibility
Elixir of Viciousness	Shadowroot Sac	50	-	The number you need to roll to land a Critical Hit is reduced by 1
Superior Elixir of Arcane Cultivation	Night Orchid	65	-	Gain an additional Level 3 Spell Slot
Tadpole Elixir	Tongue of Madness	30	-	Gain Psionic Weakening and Psionic Enrichment
Elixir of Psychic Resistance	Intellect Devourer Cerebellum	45	Yes	Psychic Resistance
Supreme Elixir of Arcane Cultivation	Beholder Iris	65	-	Gain an additional Level 4 Spell Slot

Unique Elixirs

These elixirs cannot be crafted and are not sold by normal merchants. They can only be obtained by giving blood samples to Araj Oblodra, and each party member can only do this once, so the number available is limited. These elixirs apparently do not replace regular elixirs when drunk, nor do they replace elixirs from the blood of different races. ^{[Needs Verification]}

List of Elixirs

Name	Race	Value	Effect
Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Acid	Dragonborn (Black/Copper)	10	Gain Advantage on Intimidation and Persuasion checks Acid Resistance Can cast  Melf's Acid Arrow once
Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Fire	Dragonborn (Brass/Gold/Red)	10	Gain Advantage on Intimidation and Persuasion checks Fire Resistance Can cast  Fireball once
Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Frost	Dragonborn (Silver/White)	10	Gain Advantage on Intimidation and Persuasion checks Cold Resistance Can cast  Ice Storm once
Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Lightning	Dragonborn (Blue/Bronze)	10	Gain Advantage on Intimidation and Persuasion checks Lightning Resistance Can cast  Lightning Bolt once
Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess: Poison	Dragonborn (Green)	10	Gain Advantage on Intimidation and Persuasion checks Poison Resistance Can cast  Ray of Sickness once
Elixir of Dwarven Resilience	Dwarf	10	Add your Proficiency Modifier to Saving Throws until you succeed on 3 of them
Elixir of Elven Elegance	Elf	10	Gain 10m of movement speed Gain  Darkvision Immune to being  Charmed
Elixir of Githyanki Providence	Githyanki	10	Can cast  Misty Step once Can cast  Enhance Leap once Can cast  Blur once
Elixir of Gnomish Ingenuity	Gnome	10	Gain Proficiency in Sleight of Hand checks and can cast  Knock
Elixir of Half-Elven Healing	Half-Elf	10	Regain  Hit Points equal to your Constitution score. (This is an instantaneous effect, more like a potion than an elixir.)
Elixir of Half-Orcish Fury	Half-Orc	10	The next time you are  Downed, you instead drop to 1 hit point
Elixir of Halfling Luck	Halfling	10	Gain Advantage on Skill Checks
Elixir of Human Versatility	Human	10	Gain Proficiency in all skills
Elixir of Tiefling Vice	Tiefling	10	Can cast  Thaumaturgy once Can cast  Hellish Rebuke once Can cast  Burning Hands once Can cast  Flame Blade once

Other

The following items are called Elixirs, but function more similary to Potions.

Turn Based Duration

• Elixir of Universal Resistance

Terminology Note

In-game, "Potion" is used as a general category of liquid consumables that includes the more specific categories of Potions, Coatings and Elixirs, which are highlighted in tooltips. Only consumables labelled as "elixirs" follow the specific rules mentioned above.

In the tabletop game, "elixir" is just a word used to name particularly powerful potions, and a few potions in Baldur's Gate 3 follow this convention despite functioning as regular potions. These "false elixirs" are included in the Potions page.

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