All 37 Potions in 100 Days At Sea

Potions are craftable flasks from the Potions Table: three ingredients in the cauldron, one brew out. Most recipes need a matching Essence plus food, ammo, gas, or materials. You drink them yourself or throw them at a teammate, and only one buff per category stays active while different categories stack.

Raise your Bonfire to level 3 so the Potions Table recipe unlocks. Craft it with 5 Metal, 10 Wood, and 1 Goo, then place it on empty wooden floor. Interact with the Recipe Book on the table to browse discovered recipes, drop exactly three ingredients into the cauldron, wait for the brew, and collect the flask.

Essences gate most recipes. Healing, Attack, Defense, Utility, and Wacky Essences drop from enemies (each type drops a different Essence). Food, ammo, gas cans, and wildcards like Any Metal, Any Wood, or Any Goo fill the other slots. Invalid random mixes can spit out a goofy temporary result instead of a named recipe, so stick to the book when you care about the outcome.

What to brew first

When materials are still thin, these recipes pull the most weight for the fewest weird ingredients:

After those staples, fill gaps from your loadout. Gun runs climb Deadeye I→II. Blade runs climb Brawler's Brew. Magic leans Arcane Elixir. Companion-focused crews pair Buddy Brew with a strong pet from the companions shop. Island hopping and Angler pressure line up with travel and defense tools already covered on islands and bosses.

How stacking and use work

• One buff per category. Drinking a second Attack potion replaces the first Attack buff. Healing, Defense, Utility, and Wacky each keep their own slot, so a heal, a damage brew, and a defense buff can all sit together.
• Drink or throw. Use a flask on yourself, or throw it at a teammate so they get the effect without standing at the table.
• I vs II ladders. Higher tiers cost rarer food, double Essences, or both. Power I is fine until you can afford Shark Steak and a Gas Drum for Power II.
• Transforms stack poorly. Size-ups, shrinks, Ghost Pirate, and Crab transforms are fun, but stacking wacky transforms is messy. Prefer one transform, or skip them when you need a clean travel potion.

Common mistakes

• Brewing before Bonfire 3. The table recipe does not show up early. Level the bonfire first, then spend Metal, Wood, and Goo.
• Dumping random junk into the cauldron. Three random items are not a free recipe. Follow the Recipe Book so you do not burn Essences on junk.
• Stacking two Attack (or two Defense) potions. Only the latest one in that category stays. Brew across categories instead of double-dipping one slot.
• Wasting Invincibility Essences on soft islands. Invincibility Elixir I/II burns two or three Defense Essences for timed full immunity. Save that for dense fights and boss pushes.
• Using Chum in a Bottle as an escape tool. It summons an Angler Fish nearby. That is the opposite of running away.
• Ignoring travel flasks. Raft Teleport and Castaway Potion solve long island runs and bad positions faster than another damage brew when you are already stocked for combat.

Match the category to the job, spend Essences on the tier you can actually finish, and keep one flask ready for the pressure your run feels most often.