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This page describes the effects and points required to learn Side Effects, 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.
 Side Effects |
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| Base Effect | Imbibing a potion gives a 20% chance of activating the effects of another randomly-selected potion, without additional Toxicity cost. Potion Duration Time: +5% |
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| Core Skill | Brewing |
| Skill Branch | Alchemy |
| Required Branch Points | 28 |
| Ability | Effect |
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| Side Effects 1/5 | Imbibing a potion gives a 20% chance of activating the effects of another randomly-selected potion, without additional Toxicity cost. Potion Duration Time: +5% |
| Side Effects 2/5 | Imbibing a potion gives a 40% chance of activating the effects of another randomly-selected potion, without additional Toxicity cost. Potion Duration Time: +10% |
| Side Effects 3/5 | Imbibing a potion gives a 60% chance of activating the effects of another randomly-selected potion, without additional Toxicity cost. Potion Duration Time: +15% |
| Side Effects 4/5 | Imbibing a potion gives a 80% chance of activating the effects of another randomly-selected potion, without additional Toxicity cost. Potion Duration Time: +20% |
| Side Effects 5/5 | Imbibing a potion gives a 100% chance of activating the effects of another randomly-selected potion, without additional Toxicity cost. Potion Duration Time: +25% |
| Skill Ranking |
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If you have this skill fully upgraded and have it equipped, only the first potion you drink will give you a bonus potion effect. If you already have a bonus potion effect active, then the skill will not activate again.
However, if you own the potion from the bonus potion effect that was given to you, then drinking that potion will give you another bonus potion effect.
Invest in getting this skill if you want to have numerous potion effects active while exploring or while in combat. The effectivity of this skill varies on what bonus potion effect you receive after drinking a potion.
| Witcher 3 Abilities by Branch | |
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| Combat Skills | Sign Skills |
| Alchemy Skills | General Skills |
| Witcher 3 Mutations | |
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| Mutation Skills |
Is Side Effects Worth It?
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