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Whats the use of making potions that hurt yourself?

maby you can craft a cook book and you should "open the book" and look at the ingreadeints on witch poition is whitch like [] plus &* = Potion?

Well I think the cauldron would be used to brew,while then potion stand can be used to distill and mix ingredients BEFORE brewing. Once mixed, the mixture can be added to the cauldron, boiled, and then creating the potion effect. The cauldron can be used to fill empty potion flasks, and then carried for later consumption. Maybe have some thrown to have other effects (holy water, firebomb, lightning strike, spontaneous growth, AoE freezing, AoE poison cloud,Mob taming etc.)

Also, as a side thought and not as important, just another idea.. make it dangerous where mixing wrong ingredients or improper use can cause negative effects if ingested (poison, weakness, death-by-zombification)or thrown (buffs/enrages mobs, summons a horde of angry mobs) etc.

I would also like to see Runic Spells and effects at some point. Using different Rune combination to cast different spells, or inscribe them to cause AoEs.

Cauldron for sure.

And I do hope more potions will be worth while, as opposed to potions that kill your, slow you, and other pointless things.

Can these potions affect other mobs? Like if you throw one? Other than that, I don't think the Instant Damage Potions and stuff will have much use...

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Can these potions affect other mobs? Like if you throw one? Other than that, I don't think the Instant Damage Potions and stuff will have much use...

Not at this moment, but with more than 2000 more potions to be added, I'm sure those "useless" potions will be steps along to other potions.

For instances add sulphur and it becomes an area effect potion that explodes and effects those around it like a grenade when thrown, add something else and it could be used to coat your weapons, etc. Or even if it just affects things if thrown at them, like say throw the poison potion at an enemy and they become poisoned.


Right now all that stuff isn't in there, but give it time.

I am not sure if anyone has already said this, but to make negative potions then add gunpowder to make them throwable.