Elixirs

An elixir being inspected from the Alchemy window

Elixirs are consumable items which can be consumed as a bonus action to apply a variety of beneficial effects, similar to potions. 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.

A character can only benefit from the effects of one elixir at a time: in most cases, drinking an elixir immediately cancels any active effects of one previously consumed.

Other activities can cause elixir benefits to end, such as praying at the altar to ⁠Shar in the Gauntlet of Shar.

The description of an Elixir of Barkskin

How elixirs work

• Elixirs can be consumed using a  Bonus Action to grant an effect to a single creature.
• Summoned creatures can also consume elixirs by drinking a potion which (for example) lies on the ground.
• Only some elixirs can be thrown; they are specified in the tables below. When thrown, the effect can be applied to multiple creatures.
• The effect(s) of an elixir last until long rest. The only exception is the  Elixir of Universal Resistance, which has a duration of 10 turns.
• Only one elixir can be applied at a time. Drinking another one overwrites the previous elixir, though there are some exceptions:
  • The Arcane Acuity from  Elixir of Battlemage's Power lasts for 3 turns after using another elixir.
  • The extra hit points from  Elixir of Bloodlust and  Elixir of Heroism remain after using another elixir.
  •  Potion of Animal Speaking and  Potion of Mind Reading act like elixirs in the sense that they last until long rest. However, they do not overwrite other elixirs or potions.
  • An  Elixir of Arcane Cultivation first increases the maximum number of level 1 spell slots by one, and then refills one level 1 spell slot. After using another elixir, only the maximum number of spell slots is returned to normal. Therefore, if the drinker already had an empty level 1 spell slot before using the Elixir of Arcane Cultivation, the spell slot remains filled. The same is true for spell slots of higher levels when using a  Greater Elixir of Arcane Cultivation,  Superior Elixir of Arcane Cultivation, or  Supreme Elixir of Arcane Cultivation.

List of Arcane Cultivation Elixirs

List of Arcane Cultivation Elixirs

Name	Ingredient	Value	Trade Level	Throwable	Effect
Elixir of Arcane Cultivation	Weavemoss	20	1	No	Gain an additional  Level 1 Spell Slot
Greater Elixir of Arcane Cultivation	Laculite	30	1	No	Gain an additional  Level 2 Spell Slot
Superior Elixir of Arcane Cultivation	Night Orchid	65	6	No	Gain an additional  Level 3 Spell Slot
Supreme Elixir of Arcane Cultivation	Beholder Iris	160	9	No	Gain an additional  Level 4 Spell Slot

List of Resistance Elixirs

List of Resistance Elixirs

Name	Ingredient	Value	Trade Level	Throwable	Effect
Elixir of Acid Resistance	Not craftable	10	–	Yes	⁠Acid Resistance
Elixir of Cold Resistance	Not craftable	10	–	Yes	⁠Cold Resistance
Elixir of Fire Resistance	Dragon Egg Mushroom	13	1	Yes	⁠Fire Resistance
Elixir of Lightning Resistance	Broken Machinery	20	1	Yes	⁠Lightning Resistance
Elixir of Necrotic Resistance	Black Oleander	25	6	Yes	⁠Necrotic Resistance
Elixir of Poison Resistance	Mud Mephit Wing	16	1	Yes	⁠Poison Resistance
Elixir of Psychic Resistance	Intellect Devourer Cerebellum	100	1	Yes	⁠Psychic Resistance
Elixir of Radiant Resistance	Not craftable	10	9	Yes	⁠Radiant Resistance
Elixir of Universal Resistance	Divine Bone Shard	200	1	No	Resistance to all Damage Types

Though the  Elixir of Force Resistance and  Elixir of Thunder Resistance exist in the game files, they cannot be found anywhere in the game.

List of Strength Elixirs

List of Strength Elixirs

Name	Ingredient	Value	Trade Level	Throwable	Effect
Elixir of Cloud Giant Strength	Cloud Giant Finger	160	9	Yes, with AOE, but only 10 turns	Increase your Strength to 27 until Long Rest
Elixir of Hill Giant Strength	Hill Giant Finger	30	1	Yes, with AOE, but only 10 turns	Increase your Strength to 21 until Long Rest

List of other Elixirs

List of other Elixirs

Name	Ingredient	Value	Trade Level	Throwable	Effect
Elixir of Barkskin	Wood Bark	30	1	No	Increases your  Armour Class to 16
Elixir of Battlemage's Power	Gauth Eyestalk	65	6	No	Gain  Arcane Acuity for 3 turns.
Elixir of Bloodlust	Worg Fang	25	1	No	Once per turn when you kill a foe, you gain  5 temporary hit points and an additional  Action
Elixir of Darkvision	Crystalline Lens	25	1	No	Gain the effects of  Darkvision
Elixir of Guileful Movement	Ochre Jelly Slime	40	6	No	Gain the effects of  Freedom of Movement
Elixir of Heroism	Pegasus Feather	30	1	No	Gain +1d4 bonus to  Attack Rolls and  Saving Throws. Gain  10 temporary hit points.
Elixir of Peerless Focus	Belladonna	20	1	No	Gain  Advantage on  Concentration saves and against being  Charmed Magic can't put you to  Sleep
Elixir of See Invisibility	Nothic Eye	40	6	No	Gain  See Invisibility
Elixir of the Colossus	Chasm Creeper	25	1	No	Gain the effects of  Enlarged
Elixir of Viciousness	Shadowroot Sac	50	6	No	The number you need to roll to land a Critical Hit is reduced by 1
Elixir of Vigilance	Hook	25	1	No	Gain a +5 bonus to  Initiative You can't be  Surprised
Tadpole Elixir	Tongue of Madness	30	–	No	Gain  Psionic Weakening and  Psionic Enrichment

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 do not replace regular elixirs when drunk, nor do they replace elixirs from the blood of different races, meaning several of them can be used simultaneously.

List of unique 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 and function as regular potions. These "false elixirs" are included in the potions page.