A few different types of potions can be brewed in The Serpent Rogue using two or three ingredients at the Laboratory in the Abandoned House or at a Portable Lab. Both researching and brewing can be done from a Portable Lab, but the item weighs a lot and may not be practical to carry around all the time. A Portable Lab can be crafted at the Smeltery using two Logs, one Textile, and one Metal Scrap. Whether players are using the Abandoned House or a Portable Lab, ingredients will need to be researched before potions can be brewed.
Players will come across a variety of ingredients while adventuring in The Serpent Rogue, but the effect will start out as unknown until enough research is completed. To research an item, it will need to be brought to a Lab. Researching will consume one resource, and each type has a set number of times that it needs to be investigated. Once the effect is discovered, the ingredient can be combined with others to create different potions.
Researching ingredients is only half of being able to brew potions. Players will also need to figure out what ingredients to combine to get the desired effect for each potion. There are a few different types of potions, including ones that affect status conditions and others that can summon creatures. Potion recipes will be unlocked after the first time they're brewed. Ingredients will be consumed regardless of whether or not a potion was brewed successfully, but a warning will come up if the failed potion is attempted again.
Core Ingredients For Brewing Potions In The Serpent Rogue
Core ingredients are used to create potions that add or remove conditions and stats. Three ingredients need to be used in basic potions that add or remove an effect. These potions can also increase or decrease stats depending on which ingredients are combined. As long as the resources are researched, players can try any combination of ingredients to unlock different potion recipes.
- Berries: Adds an effect or increases stats depending on other ingredients in the potion
- Tea Leaves: Removes an effect or decreases stats depending on other ingredients in the potion
- Shell: Alters an effect by five
- Fishbone: Alters an effect by 10
- Claw: Alters an effect by 20
- Aloe: Affects Vitality
- Charcoal: Affects Age
- Sap: Affects food/stamina
- Bottle of Water: Adds or removes stacks of the Wet condition
- Sulfur: Adds or removes stacks of the Burn condition
- Spore: Adds or removes stacks of the Poison condition
- Adder Stone: Adds or removes stacks of the Soulless condition
- Garlic: Adds or removes stacks of the Stinky condition
- Thorner: Adds or removes stacks of the Wound condition
Potion Recipes That Use Core Ingredients In The Serpent Rogue
Potion recipes can be discovered by combining a base ingredient with a modifier and a trait or condition ingredient. The base ingredient determines if the potion will have a positive or negative effect. The potency will be set by the modifier, and what the potion does depends on the trait or condition ingredient added. Players can experiment with different combinations, but it's important to note that if incompatible ingredients are combined, the resources will be lost and no potion will be brewed.
- Healing Potion: Berry + Shell + Aloe
- Healing+ Potion: Berry + Fishbone + Aloe
- Healing++ Potion: Berry + Claw + Aloe
- Damage Potion: Tea Leaves + Shell + Aloe
- Damage+ Potion: Tea Leaves + Fishbone + Aloe
- Damage++ Potion: Tea Leaves + Claw + Aloe
- Aging Potion: Berry + Shell + Charcoal
- Aging+ Potion: Berry + Fishbone + Charcoal
- Aging++ Potion: Berry + Claw + Charcoal
- Rejuvenation Potion: Tea Leaves + Shell + Charcoal
- Rejuvenation+ Potion: Tea Leaves + Fishbone + Charcoal
- Rejuvenation++ Potion: Tea Leaves + Claw + Charcoal
- Satiety Potion: Berry + Shell + Sap
- Satiety+ Potion: Berry + Fishbone + Sap
- Satiety++ Potion: Berry + Claw + Sap
- Hunger Potion: Tea Leaves + Shell + Sap
- Hunger+ Potion: Tea Leaves + Fishbone + Sap
- Hunger++ Potion: Tea Leaves + Claw + Sap
Any ingredient that affects a condition, such as Poison, Wound, or Soulless, can also be combined with a Berry or Tea Leaves and a modifier, to create a potion that increases or decreases the condition. These potions follow the same formula, and the potency will depend on what modifier is used. Aside from experimenting with the core ingredients, players can create different types of summoning and transformation potions.
Summoning & Transformation Ingredients In The Serpent Rogue
Potions can be used to summon creatures or transform a target depending on which ingredients are used. The creature components can be combined with Berries to create a summoning potion, or Mandragore to brew a transformation potion. The resulting potion will depend on which creature component was used. Additionally, players can only obtain a specific component from the creature it's associated with. There are also other transformation ingredients besides creature components that can be used for potions with varying effects.
- Mandragore: Can be used to transform a target when combined with a creature component or transformation ingredient
- Restless Bone: Turns target into an undead Restless when combined with Mandragore
- Butterfly: Brings target back to life when combined with Mandragore
- Cursed Ember: Kills the target when combined with Mandragore
- Poppy: Turns target into a female of their species when combined with Mandragore
- Reed: Turns target into a male of their species when combined with Mandragore
- Hair: A creature component obtained from a Human. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
- Chicken Feather: A creature component obtained from a Chicken. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
- Hound Wool: A creature component obtained from a Dog. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target when used in The Serpent Rogue.
- Rat Hair: A creature component obtained from a Rat. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
- Toad Slime: A creature component obtained from a Toad. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
- Snake Scale: A creature component obtained from a Snake. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
- Ghoul Skin: A creature component obtained from a Ghoul. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
- Black Feather: A creature component obtained from a Valravn. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature in The Serpent Rogue, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
- Horn: A creature component obtained from a Faun. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
- Gorgon Scale: A creature component obtained from a Gorgon. This ingredient can be combined with a Berry to summon the creature, or a Mandragore to transform the target.
All of the transformation potions require a Mandragore. Small amounts of Mandragore appear in the Wasteland and it has red leaves. It may take a while to complete the research for Mandragore and collect enough to brew the desired potions, but players can speed up the process by resting at the Camp and waiting for the zone to reset when a Corruption Storm es. Potions are a big part of crafting in The Serpent Rogue, and researching and brewing often will help players progress quicker.
The Serpent Rogue is available for Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
