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This is a guide to the quest titled Practicum in Advanced Alchemy from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn locations, rewards, best choices, best outcomes, as well as useful tips and strategy for completing this quest.
| Previous Quest | Current Quest | Next Quest |
|---|---|---|
| - | Practicum in Advanced Alchemy | - |
List of Contents
Location and Rewards
| Quest Number | - |
|---|---|
| Region | Skellige |
| Quest Location | |
| Previous Quest | - |
| Next Quest | - |
| Gold Reward | None |
|---|---|
| Exp Reward | 80 |
| Item Reward | Sulfer x 5 |
| Item Reward 2 | Alcohest x 5 |
| Item Reward 3 | Han fiber x 5 |
| Item Reward 4 | Saltpeter x 5 |
This quest can be unlocked outside the cave north of Gedyneith. You will come across a druid outside the cave. He will be talking to another druid. Listening to the conversation will unlock the quest.
You can also talk to Yolar at Gedyneith. Ask him about any master alchemists. Another way is by talking to Otta Bamber, located at Herbarlist's Hut.
This quest can not be failed.
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | If you talked to Yolar or Otto Bamber to start the quest, find Gremist north of Gedyneith. |
| 2 | Talk to the druid and ask him about the man he was talking to |
| 3 | Talk to Gremist. |
| 4 | There will be 3 tasks that will be needed to be completed: ・Find a Pimpernel. ・Find an old spirit in the abandoned distillery. ・Find Fritjof and convince him to talk to Gremist. |
| 5 | Head to the marked location south of the Druid's Camp for the Pimpernel. |
| 6 | Once you reach the area you will need to use your Witcher Senses and examine the picked pimpernel plants. Be cautious as there is a pack of 7 white wolves nearby. |
| 7 | Use your Witcher Senses to find some horseshoe tracks nearby. |
| 8 | Follow the trail going up the hill to continue. If you follow the trail down you will encounter an Armored Arachas and a grave. |
| 9 | You will encounter a Succubus. You can choose to kill it or let it live. If you let her live, follow her to her lair for the Pimpernel. If you killed her, follow a scent trail to her lair. However you found the Pimpernel, you will receive 80 XP. |
| 10 | Head to the abandoned distillery on Hail Hill located south of where you find the Pimpernel. |
| 11 | Once you get to the Distillery, enter the cave. There will be 3 Alghouls on the hill above the distillery. |
| 12 | Enter the cave and kill the Cyclops. |
| 13 | Find Distiller's Letter for instructions inside the small shack. |
| 14 | Find the mash on the scaffolding left of the machinery. Pick it up. |
| 15 | Place the mash into the center vat and light the fire below it. Then head to the the right of the machine to find 2 levers. Pull the right then the left one to produce alcohol. Pick it up and earn 80 XP for your effort. |
| 16 | Head to Blandare to find Fritjof. Talk to him. |
| 17 | Follow Fritjof. |
| 18 | Protect Fritjof. You will have to kill 7 Foglets. Helping Fritjof will reward you with 80 XP |
| 19 | Return to Gremist. |
| 20 | Wait until the next day. It will take exactly 24 hours of waiting. Receive 80 XP, Sulfur, Alcohest, Han fiber, and Saltpeter for completing the quest. |
If you would like to finish this quest quickly it is best to let the succubus live. Unless you are looking for Mutagens, there is no extra reward for killing her.
The cyclops fight can be made easy by taking advantage of its slow speed. Keep close and circle behind it, attacking it whenever you can. Prepare to dodge its slow attack. If you see it jump up, dodge or roll away to evade its stomp attack.
This quest gives you somewhat useful benefits when you complete it. It is up to you to decide whether the things you gain from this quest will benefit you greatly.
| No. | Quest Title | Location | Sugg. Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Flesh for Sale | Trottheim | 12 |
| - | Master Armorers | Crow's Perch, Clan Tordarroch Forge | 24 |
| - | Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions | 11 | |
| - | Man's Best Friend | Northwest of Mulbrydale | N/A |
| - | Farting Trolls | - | |
| - | Brave Fools Die Young | - | |
| - | Races: Crow's Perch | Crossroads west of Crow's Perch | N/A |
| - | An Unpaid Debt | 15 | |
| - | Witch Hunter Raids | N/A | |
| - | Warehouse of Woe | 13 | |
| - | The Witcher's Forge | 30 | |
| - | Return to Crookback Bog | Crookback Bog | 9 |
| - | The Bastion | 23 | |
| - | Berengar's Blade | 27 | |
| - | King's Gambit | Kaer Trolde | 18 |
| - | Take What You Want | North of Keira Metz's hut | 25 |
| - | The Last Wish | Hindersfjall | 15 |
| - | The Fall of the House of Reardon | Reardon Manor | 6 |
| - | Possession | Svorlag | 17 |
| - | The Truth is in the Stars | Benek | N/A |
| - | Gwent Quest: Skellige Style | Kaer Trolde Gedyneith Gremist's workshop Kaer Muire | N/A |
| - | Thou Shalt Not Pass | Border Post Western Gate | 7 |
| - | Where the Cat and Wolf Play... | Honorton Oreton | 25 |
| - | Wild at Heart | Blackbough Isolated Shack | 7 |
| - | Witcher Wannabe | Lindenvale | 10 |
| - | A Barnful of Trouble | Carsten | 11 |
| - | A Dangerous Game | Rosemary and Thyme | 12 |
| - | A Deadly Plot | Near Border Post North of Hanged Mans Tree | 14 |
| - | A Feast for Crows | The Bits | 20 |
| - | A Final Kindness | Hierarch Square | 26 |
| - | A Matter of Life and Death | The Bits Triss' hideout Elihal's workshop Vegelbud Residence | 12 |
| - | A Tome Entombed | Novigrad sewers | 13 |
| - | A Walk on the Waterfront | Harborside | 12 |
| - | A Warm Welcome | Road southwest of Wheat Fields | N/A |
| - | An Eye for an Eye | Hanged Man's Tree Temerian Partisan hideout | 12 |
| - | Cabaret | Rosemary and Thyme | 14 |
| - | Carnal Sins | Vilmerius Hospital Crippled Kate's Vegelbud Residence Novigrad Docks | 16 |
| - | Drunken Rabble | In front of The Golden Sturgeon | N/A |
| - | Empty Coop | Hut between Honeyfill Meadworks and Dancing Windmill | N/A |
| - | Fencing Lessons | Var Attre Villa Seven Cats Inn | 12 |
| - | Fists of Fury: Novigrad | The Golden Sturgeon North of Portside Gate East of Southern Gate Farcorners | 23 |
| - | Gwent Quest: Big City Players | Sigismund's Bathhouse Passiflora Forest outside Novigrad | N/A |
| - | Gwent Quest: Playing Innkeeps | Inn at the Crossroads The Alchemy The Kingfisher Inn | N/A |
| - | Gwent Quest: Playing Thaler | Seven Cats Inn | N/A |
| - | Haunted House | Novigrad | 7 |
| - | A Bard's Beloved | Cave east-northeast of Palisade | 15 |
| - | Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff? | Northwest of the Silverton merchant | 6 |
| - | Abandoned Sawmill | Abandoned Sawmill | 24 |
| - | Armed Assault | Southeast of Rannvaig | 15 |
| - | Call of the Wild | Just east-southeast of Arinbjorn signpost | N/A |
| - | Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind | West of the Crooked house Crippled Kate's Gildorf sewers | 8 |
| - | Crime and Punishment | Peninsula east of Ancient Crypt Rogne | 18 |
| - | Finders Keepers | Small island north of Giants' Toes Svorlag | 24 |
| - | Brothers In Arms: Velen | Velen | 22 |
| - | Fists of Fury: Skellige | The New Port Arinbjorn Harviken Northeast of Urialla Harbor | 30 |
| - | Brothers In Arms: Novigrad | Novigrad | 22 |
| - | High Stakes | Passiflora | 26 |
| - | Brothers In Arms: Skellige | Skellige | 22 |
| - | Honor Among Thieves | Whoreson Junior's Casino Putrid Grove | 9 |
| - | Brothers In Arms: Nilfgaard | Royal Palace | 22 |
| - | For Fame and Glory | West of Larvik | 15 |
| - | It Takes Three to Tango | Kingfisher Inn | 28 |
| - | From a Land Far, Far Away | Island east of Redgill Ursten Widows' Grotto | 13 |
| - | Hard Times | Road between Miners' Camp and Blandare Kaer Trolde | 21 |
| - | Iron Maiden | Hill east of Harviken | 19 |
| - | Master of the Arena | Hov | 14 |
| - | Peace Disturbed | Cave southeast of Kaer Trolde Harbor and southwest of Rogne | 25 |
| - | Shock Therapy | Gedyneith | 24 |
| - | Karmic Justice | Between Tretogor Gate and Southern Gate | N/A |
| - | Stranger in a Strange Land | West of Sund | 14 |
| - | The Cave of Dreams | Inn at Arinbjorn Kaer Muire | 14 |
| - | The Four Faces of Hemdall | Eastern coast of Ard Skellig Islet southwest of Hindarsfjall Freya's Temple | N/A |
| - | The Heroes' Pursuits: For the Goddess' Glory | Larvik Freya's Garden | N/A |
| - | The Heroes' Pursuits: Kaer Trolde | Rannvaig Kaer Trolde | N/A |
| - | The Lord of Undvik | Kaer Trolde Undvik | 17 |
| - | The Path of Warriors | Trail to Yngvar's Fang Yngvar's Fang | 16 |
| - | Little Red | Yantra | 15 |
| - | Message from an Old Friend | Books and Scrolls | N/A |
| - | Novigrad Hospitality | Roadside between Yantra and Sarrasin Grange | 8 |
| - | The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers | Blandare Grotto | 26 |
| - | Woe is Me | Palisade | N/A |
| - | Worthy of Trust | Kaer Trolde Harbor North of Crossroads Fyresdal | N/A |
| - | Greenhouse Effect | - | 27 |
| - | Novigrad, Closed City (II) | Northwest of Hierarch Square | N/A |
| - | Monster Slayer | Lakeside Hut | 26 |
| - | Trail of Echoes | - | N/A |
| - | Novigrad, Closed City | Northwest of Hierarch Square | 11 |
| - | Now or Never | Novigrad | 14 |
| - | Of Dairy and Darkness | Novigrad | 9 |
| - | Of Swords and Dumplings | Aeramas' Abandoned Manor | 24 |
| - | Out On Your Arse! | Hattori's home The Golden Sturgeon | 14 |
| - | Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby | Crippled Kate's | N/A |
| - | Racists of Novigrad | Vegelbud Residence | N/A |
| - | Reason of State | Road north of Portside Gate Dye pits northeast of Tretogor Gate | 30 |
| - | Redania's Most Wanted | Novigrad Docks St. Gregory's Bridge The Butcher's Yard theater | 12 |
| - | Rough Neighborhood | Est Tayiar | 10 |
| - | Spooked Mare | Just north of Shani's Clinic Southeast of Western Gate | 12 |
| - | Strangers in the Night | Hut north-northwest of Crossroads signpost | N/A |
| - | The Nithing | Rannvaig | 14 |
| - | Strumpet in Distress | Between Eternal Fire Chapel and Vegelbud Residence | N/A |
| - | Suspicious Shakedown | Behind a house north of the Rosemary and Thyme | N/A |
| - | The Dwarven Document Dilemma | Farcorners | 2 |
| - | The Flame of Hatred | Street east of Hierarch Square | N/A |
| - | The Gangs of Novigrad | Cleaver's Headquarters Whoreson Junior's casino Whoreson Junior's arena | 9 |
| - | The Most Truest of Basilisks | Road northeast of Novigrad Gate | N/A |
| - | The Nobleman Statuette | Novigrad | 14 |
| - | The Price of Passage | Oxenfurt | N/A |
| - | The Soldier Statuette | Caesar Bilzen's house Triss' hideout | 14 |
| - | The Volunteer | Oxenfurt White Eagle Fort | 13 |
| - | Black Pearl | The Golden Sturgeon North of Arinbjorn | 13 |
| - | Gwent Quest: Collect ‘em All! | Various places | N/A |
| - | Following the Thread | Novigrad Water mill near Arette Seven Cats Inn Faroe | 11 |
| - | Gwent Quest: Old Pals | Seven Cats Inn Temerian Partisan hideout Rosemary and Thyme The Nowhere Inn Kaer Morhen | N/A |
| - | Coronation | Kaer Trolde | 18 |
| - | Never Trust Children | The Bits Road between Arinbjorn and Sund | N/A |
| - | A Frying Pan, Spick and Span | Riverside northwest of White Orchard | N/A |
| - | Faithful Friend | Woesong Bridge | 30 |
| - | Missing in Action | Battlefield | N/A |
| - | On Death's Bed | - | 2 |
| - | Precious Cargo | - | N/A |
| - | Twisted Firestarter | Willis' forge White Orchard village | N/A |
| - | A Dog's Life | Drudge | 5 |
| - | A Favor for a Friend | Keira Metz's hut | 6 |
| - | A Greedy God | South of Wastrel Manor | 7 |
| - | A Towerful of Mice | Fyke Isle Oreton | 6 |
| - | An Invitation from Keira Metz | Keira Metz's hut | 6 |
| - | Bitter Harvest | Battlefield south-southeast of the Border Post | 9 |
| - | Blood Ties | Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp | 12 |
| - | Caravan Attack | Northwest of Marauders' Bridge | N/A |
| - | Ciri's Room | Crow's Perch | 5 |
| - | Deadly Crossing | Troll Bridge Boatmakers' Hut North of Lindenvale West of Dragonslayer's Grotto | N/A |
| - | Death By Fire | West of Codgers' Quarry | 10 |
| - | Defender of the Faith | East of Blackbough Duén Hen Along the road between Byways and Frischlow | 10 |
| - | Face Me if You Dare! | South of Crow's Perch Southeast of Tretogor Gate Northwest of The Golden Sturgeon | N/A |
| - | Fake Papers | South of the Border Post | N/A |
| - | Fists of Fury: Velen | Inn at the Crossroads Blackbough Crow's Perch Lindenvale | 11 |
| - | At the Mercy of Strangers | West of Mulbrydale | N/A |
| - | A Mysterious Passenger | Larvik | - |
| - | Fools' Gold | Lurtch | 6 |
| - | For the Advancement of Learning | Fyke Isle | 8 |
| - | Free Spirit | Snidhall Isle | 13 |
| - | Forefathers' Eve | Fyke Isle | 7 |
| - | Funeral Pyres | West of Mulbrydale | 3 |
| - | Ghosts of the Past | Reardon Manor Lindenvale | 6 |
| - | Gwent Quest: Velen Players | Benek Midcopse Oreton Crow's Perch | N/A |
| - | Harassing a Troll | Far north and west of Inn at the Crossroads | N/A |
| - | Hazardous Goods | Northwest of Lurtch Between Reardon Manor and Benek | 4 |
| - | Highway Robbery | Between Crow's Perch and Boatmakers' Hut | N/A |
| - | Highwayman's Cache | East of Boatmakers' Hut | N/A |
| - | Last Rites | Blackbough | 9 |
| - | Yustianna Disturbed | - | |
| - | The Tower Outta Nowheres | 30 | |
| - | The Price of Honor | 14 | |
| - | The Heroes' Pursuits: Fyresdal | - | |
| - | Looters | Heatherton Wolven Glade Toderas Codgers' Quarry | N/A |
| - | The Heroes' Pursuits: Fayrlund | - | |
| - | Love's Cruel Snares | Abandoned site north of Condyle | 10 |
| - | The Family Blade | 15 | |
| - | Lynch Mob | Hangman's Alley | 7 |
| - | Taken as a Lass | 25 | |
| - | Magic Lamp | The Mire | 6 |
| - | Siren's Call | - | |
| - | Practicum in Advanced Alchemy | 24 | |
| - | In Wolf's Clothing | 15 |
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