Mutagens in the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are quite different than previous Witcher games. There are now 4 Mutagen slots and a player can have up to 4 equipped at once. These can be changed and are not permanent. Each Mutagen comes in a color and if it is slotted next to Skills of the same color (adjacent slots) then it increases its effectiveness by 100% for each Skill slotted. Mutagen slots become unlocked as the player increases in level. Mutagens can also be used to brew powerful potions called Mutagen Decoctions.
Mutagens come in three tiers: lesser, normal, and greater. Three mutagens of one tier can be used to upgrade to the next tier. Ex: 3x Lesser Red Mutagen -> 1x Red Mutagen. There are also mutagens that drop straight from boss-type enemies, which can be found below. Note that these are similar to other mutagens when equipped, providing no extra bonus, but are unique in their ability to be crafted into decoctions. Also note that like other alchemical items, decoctions refill upon meditation with alcohol, and so must only be crafted once per playthrough.
Mutagens
Red Mutagens Add to Attack Power
- Lesser Red Mutagen: 5% Attack Power
- Red Mutagen: 7% Attack Power
- Greater Red Mutagen: 10% Attack Power - Drops from Archgriffin, Doppler, Katakan, Greater Foglet, Nekker Warrior, Water Hag, Wyvern, Succubus, Werewolf.
Green Mutagens Add to Vitality
- Lesser Green Mutagen: 50 Vitality
- Green Mutagen: 100 Vitality
- Greater Green Mutagen: 150 Vitality - Drops from Arachas, Ekimmara, Griffin, Nightwraith, Troll, Noonwraith, Fiend, Grave Hag, Wraith
Blue Mutagens Add to Sign Intensity
- Lesser Blue Mutagen: 5% Sign intensity
- Blue Mutagen: 7% Sign intensity
- Greater Blue Mutagen: 10% Sign Intensity - Drops from Cockatrice, Chort, Foglet, Forktail, Earth Elemental, Ekhidna, Ancient Leshen, Basilisk, Leshen
Alghoul mutagen
Ancient leshen mutagen
Blue mutagen
Ekimmara mutagen
Greater blue mutagen
Greater green mutagen
Greater red mutagen
Green mutagen
Lesser blue mutagen
Lesser green mutagen
Lesser red mutagen
Protofleder mutagen
Anonymous03 May 2017 17:20
l have so many Mutagens l want to B not l am at C how do l go further on my tree .
- Anonymous
05 Jul 2016 09:35
Every drowner on Skellige will drop one random lesser mutagen. This way I got 50 lesser mutagens in 10 minutes. Did a short guide on that: https://youtu.be/PrYzhFpAdDY If you lower lvl than go to the abandoned village south of Downwarren in Velen. There will be one alguhl, who drops all kinds of mutagens, also red ones. Meditate to fight him again.
- Anonymous
- Anonymous
05 Jul 2016 09:35
I have a lot of "named" mutagens llike "griphin mutagen", "nekker mutagen", ... I think I can remember, that I once saw a possibility to convert a "named" mutagen into a mutagen. As far as I remember it was in Alchemy and was "small mutagen" - converting a small named mutagen into an unnamed mutagen of the same color. But I patched the game and now I cannot find this anny more. I have lots and lots of named mutagens and cannot build normal muragens (for which I would need 3 small mutagens) or greater mutagens - even though I have enough e.a. green mutagens - but all of them not "named" small but Griphon, Nekker, ... But according to their Stats they are small mutagens. Anny clues what to do?
22 Jul 2019 22:26
Do Sylvan's have a mutagen? I haven't seen or gotten one. They are Relicts like that fat sylvan posing as the peasants god in the ruins.
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