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This page describes the effects and points required to learn Delayed Recovery, a Alchemy Skill from the game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn more about this ability and find whether it is any good or not worth investing points into.

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Delayed Recovery General Information

Delayed Recovery Basic Information

Delayed Recovery
Delayed Recovery
Base Effect Potion effects don't wear off until potion Toxicity falls to 90% of the maximum level.
Potion Duration Time: +5%
Core Skill Brewing
Skill Branch Alchemy
Required Branch Points 20

Leveling Up Delayed Recovery

Ability Effect
Delayed Recovery 1/3 Potion effects don't wear off until potion Toxicity falls to 90% of the maximum level.
Potion Duration Time: +5%
Delayed Recovery 2/3 Potion effects don't wear off until potion Toxicity falls to 80% of the maximum level.
Potion Duration Time: +10%
Delayed Recovery 3/3 Potion effects don't wear off until potion Toxicity falls to 70% of the maximum level.
Potion Duration Time: +15%

Is Delayed Recovery Worth It?

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We do not recommend spending points into Delayed Recovery

Even if the skill has a great benefit that would make potion effects have an infinite duration, the constant need to keep your toxicity very high makes this skill a disadvantage. While your potion's effect does not expire above a certain toxicity, meditating will remove all toxicity and all active potion effects.

Conclusion

Unless you have an abundant amount of potions and a very high toxicity limit, you should not invest in this skill. The need to keep the toxicity very high is too much of a liability when you exit out of combat.

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