ADOM Guidebook


Appendix E - Potions - complete list

The unidentified appearance is only the most common association. It is by no means guaranteed.

Potion of... Weight Unidentified appearance Effect when drunk Misc
Balance 4s Gray Adjusts stats toward the stats' average In ADOM 1.0.0, potions of balance may draw alignment towards N=, depending on b/u/c status - needs further testing
Beauty 4s Silvery +Ap  
Berzio 2s Brown Food (can be drunk even when bloated) Pacifies animals when thrown - a very brief effect
Blindness 2s Amber Blinds (temporary) Blinds monsters when thrown
Boost appearance 2s Blubbery +Ap (temporary)  
Boost charisma 2s Light blue +Ch (temporary)  
Boost dexterity 2s Light red +Dx (temporary)  
Boost learning 2s Mercury +Le (temporary)  
Boost mana 2s Rusty +Ma (temporary)  
Boost perception 2s Bright +Pe (temporary)  
Boost speed 2s Thin +Speed (temporary)  
Boost strength 2s Light green +St (temporary)  
Boost toughness 2s Turquoise +To (temporary)  
Boost willpower 2s Light cyan +Wi (temporary)  
Booze 4s Black Confuses (temporary) Recharges wands, Yggaz trades random potions for potions of booze
Carrot juice 4s Orange +1 Pe limit 20 +5 Pe when drunk in a room that smells like carrots; Blup will teach Swimming when given enough potions of carrot juice; always "orange potion"
Charisma 4s Murky +Ch  
Confusion 2s Green Confuses (temporary) Confuses monsters when thrown
Cure corruption 2s Mottled Removes about 0.6 corruptions if blessed Quest object for Gaab'Baay
Cure poison 2s Cyan Cures poisoning  
Deafness 2s Red Deafens (temporary)  
Dexterity 4s Muddy +Dx  
Education 2s Dull Trains an existing skill or grants a new one  
Exchange 4s Golden Exchanges attributes Dipped items are exchanged if the potion is blessed; throw to exchange monsters
Extra healing 2s Blue Restores HP, probably cures sickness Permanently increases HP a few points when drunk while uninjured
Gain attributes 4s Glowing +1 to one (uncursed) or all (blessed) stats  
Healing 4s Swirly Restores a few HP, cures sickness  
Insight 2s Magenta Reveals your intrinsic resistances and regeneration rates  
Invisibility 4s Clear Makes invisible (temporary), cursed blinds PC  
Learning 4s Misty +Le  
Literacy 2s Sulphuric Grants Literacy Artifact, unique, always "sulphuric potion"
Longevity 4s Purple Delays penalties of aging, probably reverses effects of eating quickling royalty  
Mana 4s Blazing +Ma Recharges wands
Oil 2s Slimy Poisons 'U'se to silence squeaky boards
Oil of rust removal 2s White Poisons Rusts dipped items if cursed, removes rust from rusty items if uncursed, rustproofs unrusty items if blessed; always "white potion"
Poison 4s Oily Poisons Poisons dipped weapons
Potential beauty 4s Clotted +Ap ceiling  
Potential charisma 4s Translucent +Ch ceiling  
Potential dexterity 4s Shiny +Dx ceiling  
Potential learning 4s Thick +Le ceiling  
Potential mana 4s Light +Ma ceiling  
Potential strength 4s Viscous +St ceiling  
Potential toughness 4s Heavy +To ceiling Highly satiating
Potential willpower 4s Speckled +Wi ceiling  
Raw chaos 2s Flickering Severely corrupts Dipped items are exchanged; occasionally dipped items will explode, causing ~4 corruptions and 100-200 points of damage
Raw mana 2s Sparkling Increases mana regeneration rate Does *not* recharge wands
Sickness 2s Light magenta Sickens Sickens monsters when thrown
Speed 2s Opaque +Speed  
Strength 4s Bubbly +St  
Stun recovery 2s Icky A joke, potions can't be drunk when stunned  
Toughness 4s Sandy +To Highly satiating
Training 2s Light Yellow Trains an existing skill  
Troll blood 2s Blood red Increases healing rate for non-trolls  
Ultra healing 2s Rainbow-hued Restores HP, probably cures sickness Permanently increases HP a few points when drunk while uninjured
Uselessness 2s Violet No effect Artifact gift granted on D: 49 when thrown
Visibility 4s Smelly Removes invisibility (temporary)  
Water 4s Watery Tastes like muddy water (unholy), plain water (uncursed), fresh and clean water (holy) Uncursed clears scrolls and rusts iron; dip items in holy water to bless them, unholy water to curse them; always "watery potion"
Willpower 4s Pink +Wi  
Wonder 2s Shimmering grants knowledge of a random spell (even Wish)  
Youth 4s Milky Reverses unnatural aging  


Updated September 29th, 2002
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