Coatings

Coatings are Consumables that can apply a variety of effects to equipped weapons that aid in combat for a short period of time. Some coatings apply poisons to deal extra damage, while others improve hit chance, apply Conditions, or impose Disadvantage on the target.

A list of Coatings in the Alchemy window.

This page is about consumable items listed as Coatings on the Alchemy tab. For a list of Potions, see Potions. For a list of Elixirs, see Elixirs. For a full list of liquid consumables, see Alchemy.

Coatings can be looted, bought from vendors, or crafted with the Alchemy system.

How coatings work

• Coatings can be applied using a Bonus action to grant an effect to a single equipped weapon set regardless of the weapon type.
• All coatings remain active on the weapon for 10 turns. Only one coating may be applied to a weapon set at a time.
• When dual wielding, coatings are applied to both main hand and off-hand weapons at the same time. Coatings are not applied to both melee and ranged weapons in the same bonus action; each must be applied separately.
• While all coatings can be thrown using the  Throw Action only some are able to inflict the coatings effect on multiple creatures, other coatings simply have no effect if used in such a manner. Using coatings as grenades reduces the effectiveness of the coating, with the effects sometimes having lower resistance checks and both the area created and the effect itself lasting for a far shorter time, usually only 1 turn.
• Dipping, which also uses a Bonus Action, applies an effect which is for all intents and purposes a coating, and is mutually exclusive with other coatings. Dipping can be considered a "free" coating, as it does not require a consumable.
• Coatings do not add flat damage increases to weapon damage. They instead Inflict status effects that deal damage at the end of the afflicted characters turn. Thus multiple applications of the same coating have no additional effect.
  • However, the coating applied by Broodmother's Revenge, and the Dipped in Poison condition applied by dipping your weapon, results in a flat Poison damage increase which takes effect on hit, not at the end of the turn as the below poisons do.
• Most creatures who are immune to Poison are also immune to following coatings which don't do Poison damage: Basic Poison, Drow Poison, Crawler Mucus, Karabasan's Poison, and Malice. However, this is not always true. For example, Ketheric Thorm is not immune to Crawler Mucus despite his Poison immunity.

List of coatings

The level requirements for buying coatings are as follows:

• Level 1: Basic Poison, Simple Toxin, Arsonist's Oil, Diluted Oil of Sharpness, Drow Poison, Oil of Accuracy, Oil of Diminution, and Wizardsbane Oil
• Level 6: Serpent Fang Toxin, Oil of Bane, Oil of Combustion, Wyvern Toxin, and Purple Worm Toxin
• Level 9: Crawler Mucus and Malice
• Cannot be bought: Karabasan's Poison, Oil of Freezing, and Thisobald's Brewed-Up Bellyglummer

List of Coatings

Name	Ingredient	Value	Throwable	DC	Effect
Basic Poison	Bonecap	10	Yes	11	Inflicts  Poisoned(Constitution Save to negate) for Duration: 3 turns.
Simple Toxin	Bullywug Trumpet	10	Yes	11	Inflicts  Simple Toxin(Constitution Save to negate) for Duration: 1 turn.
Arsonist's Oil	Frosted Ear	25	No	-	Transforms target's resistance to weakness for Duration: 2 turns.
Diluted Oil of Sharpness	Viridian Crystal	25	No	-	Grants a +1 bonus to Attack rolls and Damage and the ability to overcome Resistance to non-magical damage for Duration: 10 turns.
Drow Poison	Swarming Toadstool	10	Yes	13	Inflicts  Sleeping and  Poisoned(Constitution Save to negate both) for Duration: 10 turns.
Oil of Accuracy	Daggerroot	20	No	-	Grants a +2 bonus to Attack rolls for Duration: 10 turns.
Oil of Diminution	Sylvan Stone	30	No	11	Inflicts  Reduced(Constitution Save to negate) for Duration: 2 turns.
Serpent Fang Toxin	Venomous Fang	10	Yes	13	Inflicts  Serpent Fang Toxin(Constitution Save to negate) for Duration: 1 turn.
Wizardsbane Oil	Gremishka Tail	40	No	-	Inflicts  Wizardsbane Oil for Duration: 2 turns.
Crawler Mucus	Carrion Crawler Tentacle	10	Yes	13	Inflicts  Paralysed and  Poisoned(Constitution Save to negate both) for Duration: Until Long rest.
Karabasan's Poison	Not Craftable	10	Yes	13	Inflicts  Paralysed and  Poisoned(Constitution Save to negate both) for Duration: Until Long rest.
Malice	Lolth's Candle	10	Yes	15	Inflicts  Stricken with Malice(Constitution Save to negate) for Duration: Until Long rest.
Oil of Bane	Putrefied Tumour	40	No	11	Inflicts  Bane(Charisma Save to negate) for Duration: 2 turns.
Oil of Combustion	Heart-Shaped Rock	30	No	-	Inflicts  Oil of Combustion for Duration: 2 turns.
Oil of Freezing	Frost Salamander Tongue	50	No	-	Inflicts  Encrusted with Frost for Duration: 2 turns.
Wyvern Toxin	Wyvern Stinger	10	Yes	15	Inflicts  Wyvern Toxin(Constitution Save to negate) for Duration: 1 turn.
Purple Worm Toxin	Purple Worm Gullet	10	Yes	19	Inflicts  Purple Worm Toxin(Constitution Save to negate) for Duration: 1 turn.
Thisobald's Brewed-Up Bellyglummer	Corpse Rose	10	No	17	Inflicts  Brewed-Up Bellyglummer(Constitution Save to negate) for Duration: 10 turns.

Unavailable coatings

Coatings that can-not be obtained in the game, but are still able to be spawned using 3rd party tools.

• Oil of Sharpness
• Assassin's Blood

Unobtainable coatings

Coatings that can-not be obtained in the game and are not able to be spawned using 3rd party tools.

• Wyvern Poison