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There are many potions, oils, and elixirs inBaldur’s Gate 3, though the more prominent opportunity to earn them comes in Act Two. When you finallyreach Moonrise Towers, you can explore to find Araj Oblodra, who proposes a unique bargain to you: a little of your True Soul blood for a unique elixir you can use.
While you don’t have to take the deal, it’s certainly worth mulling over. Plenty of potions exist to acquire, especially if you selected a custom race that isn’t often seen in-game, like the dragonborn. you’re able to use these elixirs to make difficult battles far more manageable, and they only come with a little blood price.
Updated Jun 23, 2025, by Zoë J. Osik:We’ve updated this guide to reflect where you can find Araj Oblodra and how you can unlock her Mysterious Potion. This potion grants a powerful–and permanent–effect on whoever drinks it that can prove to be quite explosive in combat.
Where To Find Araj Oblodra
You can find Araj Oblodrain Moonrise Towers. She’s in a room off to the side, atcoordinates are X:-125 and Y:-190. You’ll know you’ve found her when you see a table littered with bottles and ingredients for brewing.
If you’ve entered the mess hall, you’ve gone too far.
Speak to Araj, and she’ll introduce herself to you and offer her services.She studies blood, specifically that of the True Souls, and turns them intopowerful potions and elixirs. She’s willing to offer them to you for a price: you’ll have to donate blood to receive her handiwork.
Araj Oblodra Potions For All Playable Races
Inexchange for a vialof your blood, Araj Oblodra will use one drop tocreate a unique potionjust for you. The limit isone per character,and it will bebased on their species.
For example, if your character is an elf, you will gain the Elixir of Elven Elegance once from that character. Youcannot get another one with your character, but you can get another Elixir of Elven Elegance by using Astarion.
You’ll still have access to her shop if you tell her no. You can always change your mind later and retrieve the potions in any order, so long as it’s one per character.
Some potions have better qualities than others, depending on your play style. Some are simple and easy to use in a pinch but don’t offer too much of a boon, while others are morepowerful and should be used wisely, like during important battles.
Dragonborn
Elixir of Dragonborn Prowess
You gain Advantage on Persuasion Checks and gain resistance to the type of Dragonborn used to give blood. You can also cast a third-level spell dependent on the dragon’s subrace.
Elf/Drow
Elixir of Elven Elegance
Elven blood grants you an additional 10m movement speed,Darkvision, and resistance to being Charmed until your next Long Rest
Dwarf
Elixir of Dwarven Resilience
Dwarven blood allows you to add your Proficiency Bonus to Saving Throws until you succeed on 3 or until your next Long Rest
Githyanki
Elixir of Githyanki Providence
Allows you to cast Misty Step, Invigorating Leap, andBluronly once each until you take a Long Rest
Gnome
Elixir of Gnomish Ingenuity
You can cast Knock and are proficient in Sleight of Hand Checks until you take a Long Rest
Half-elf
Elixir of Half-Elven Healing
You and your surrounding allies regain hit points equal to your Constitution score
Halfling
Elixir of Halfing Luck
The luck of the smallfolk grants Advantage on skill checks until you take a Long Rest
Half-Orc
Elixir of Half-Orcish Fury
You retain one hit point when you are downed before your next Long Rest
Human
Elixir of Human Versatility
You are granted proficiency in all Skills until your next Long Rest
Tielfing
Elixir of Tiefling Vice
You can castThaumaturgy,Hellish Rebuke,Burning Hands, andFlame Bladeeach only once until your next Long Rest.
You can come back as many times as you like tocycle through your companionsfor potions. However,each character can only get oneof the potions. ensure to use them wisely.
UsingDisguise Selfdoes not change the outcome of the potion.The created potion is based on the character’s race, not appearance.
Tips And Tricks About The Potions
Theonly way to obtain somepotions, like the dragonborn and smallfolk elixirs, is tocreate a custom player characterwith those races. Otherwise, there areno companions you can recruitwith those races before meeting Araj in Moonrise.
The potions are especiallyuseful later in Act Twowhen there arelots of enemies and consecutive battleswithout much time to rest.
These potions cansave you from taking heavy losses, especially in the Gauntlet of Shar and the assault on Moonrise Towers, regardless of what side you choose.
Should Asterion Bite Araj Oblodra?
Additionally, Araj Oblodra hasanother proposal for you. Ever since she was a little girl, she hasdreamed of being bittenby a vampire. If you haveAstarion, the roguein your party when you meet her, she’ll tell you this.
In exchange for Astarion’s bite, she’ll offer you another potion. This one will add a permanent+2 bonus to the Strength statof the character who consumes it. However,there’s one small problem.
Astariondoesn’t want todo it. You canforce him to, but he’ll greatly disapprove. You’re given two choices, affecting his affinity with you accordingly:
If you havehim bite her, he’ll immediately get sick andspit out her blood, saying it’s full of corruption. Nevertheless,Araj is happywith this interaction andupholds her end of the bargain. You’ll receive the Potion of Everlasting Vigour, which you may use on any of your characters.
You’ll have totalk about the situation with Astarion later at camp. He’s unhappy and hurt if you force him to drink her blood against his wishes.
If you respected his no, he questions your choice as he feels he should have sucked it up. For those lookingto romance Astarion, the better option is to respect his wishes.
Should You Give Araj Oblodra Blood In Exchange For Potions?
These incredibly useful potions will benefit you in the battles to come, especially since thecombat can be unforgivingwith or without the Shadow Curse at play. One potion canturn the tide in your favorwith a well-placed spell of hit point.
Don’t worry about the moral implications of the potions.Party members will not be swayedeither way if you use them to obtain potions. The onlyexception is Astarion, but only if youforce him to drinkAraj Oblodra’s blood.
Where To Find Araj Oblodra In Act Three
Once you reach the Lower City, you canfind Araj Oblodra’s housenear Sorcerous Sundries (-75, -90). When you arrive, you’ll begreeted by an explosionand Araj fleeing the house.
If you didn’t give Araj your blood in Act Two, her home will be boarded up.
She has a few words with you beforeinviting you inside. Follow her and she’ll explain that your blood was what gave her the explosive results she was looking for.
Once again, she wants you tohelp her with her experiment. She’ll offer youa Mysterious Potionto drink.
You’ll get unique dialogueif you bring Astarion with you, depending on whether or not you made him drink her blood in Act Two.
If he hasn’t bitten her, she’ll ask again.
Should You Drink The Mysterious Potion?
The mysterious potion comes with a warning: step back. It’s best toseparate from your partyand drink the potion when you’vestepped away from anyone who could get hurt.
Save before drinking the potion! The effects will be permanent.
Drinking the potion willmake your blood go boom, as Araj puts it. You become combustible, dealing fire damage to everything around you. The official name is Unstable Blood, which means your blood combusts when it comes into contact with fire.
This is incredibly useful in combatif you have resistance to fireor want to use more wide-spread attacks in battle. However, the firedoesn’t discriminate between friend and foe, so steer clear of your allies when fire is involved.
Ultimately, this willconclude your interactions with Araj Oblodraand her experiments, especially if you give her justone more vial of your extraordinary blood.
You can alsocontinue to deal with Araj;unlocking her as a trading partner.
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Baldur’s Gate 3 is the long-awaited next chapter in the Dungeons & Dragons-based series of RPGs. Developed by Divinity creator Larian Studios, it puts you in the middle of a mind flayer invasion of Faerûn, over a century after the events of its predecessor.
