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Potions are items in Fable II that serve many purposes. More common potions provide health restoration effects while others increase knowledge in one of the three Hero disciplines: Strength, Skill, and Will. In addition to the standard fare are unique potions that can revive a Hero who has fallen in combat without unsightly scars, increase their overall fortitude, or even change their sex.

Health Potions[]

Main article: Health Potion
Name Stars Description Healing Points Exp. Skill Exp. Strength Exp. Will Exp. Base Val.
Placebo Health Potion ☆☆☆☆ It actually makes you feel better, plus it tastes like sugar! As weak as health potions come. 200 0 0 0 0 43
Children's Health Potion ★★☆☆☆ Tastes like cherries mixed with turpentine. For your 'owie' level injuries. 400 0 0 0 0 77
Standard Health Potion ★★★☆☆ Take orally. Do not exceed recommended dosage. Do not attempt to operate heavy weaponry after use. If pain continues, buy more potion. 500 0 0 0 0 93
Cure-All Health Potion ★★★★ For those persistent nagging injuries, like Balverine gouges and sword wounds, it pays to spring for the good stuff. 600 0 0 0 0 109
Live Forever Health Potion ★★★★★ Like being shot in the face at point-blank range with healthiness. The very strongest health potion available. 700 0 0 0 0 125

Java Potions[]

Main article: Java Potions
Name Stars Description Healing Points Exp. Skill Exp. Strength Exp. Will Exp. Base Val.
Instant Java Potion ☆☆☆☆ Made from beans that were crushed to a fine powder and robbed of all but a trace of their natural essence, which would be criminal had the beans not been canephora rubbish to start with. Java potions cause your health to restore gradually for a limited period of time, as well as giving you an experience boost. 50 0 2 2 2 15
Sleepy Bean Java Potion ★★☆☆☆ Light, acrid java carelessly brewed. There's more energy in a languid limpet. Java potions cause your health to restore gradually for a limited period of time, as well as giving you an experience boost. 100 0 10 10 10 31
Percolated Java Potion ★★★☆☆ The java of choice from Rookridge to Wraithmarsh for villagers with a surplus of work to do and a deficit of taste. Java potions cause your health to restore gradually for a limited period of time, as well as giving you an experience boost. 200 0 50 50 50 75
Obsidian Java Potion ★★★★ Created by forcing hot water through beans heavily roasted in the Fairfax tradition, this potent java requires the use of a specialized machine made from decommissioned clockwork rifles. Java potions cause your health to restore gradually for a limited period of time, as well as giving you an experience boost. 400 0 250 250 250 219
Mustela Java Potion ★★★★★ The beans that constitute this specially-branded java potion have been eaten and subsequently evacuated by rare Samarkandian weasels. The gastrointestinal process result in a radically stronger, smoother potion that will appeal to serious connoisseurs of the mighty bean. Java potions cause your health to restore gradually for a limited period of time, as well as giving you an experience boost. 800 0 1250 1250 1250 751

XP Potions[]

Main article: XP Potions
Name Stars Description Healing Points Exp. Skill Exp. Strength Exp. Will Exp. Base Val.
Bad XP Potion ☆☆☆☆ Staggeringly weak experience potion. On the Hoggins-McGuffy Experience Scale. It barely registers a 'burned my tongue on some hot tea.' 0 100 0 0 0 39
Watered Down XP Potion ★★☆☆☆ A weak experience potion. On the Hoggins-McGuffy Experience Scale, it's roughly equivalent to 'ran into an old friend at the market.' 0 500 0 0 0 154
Concentrated XP Potion ★★★☆☆ A moderate experience potion. On the Huggins-McGuffy Experience Scale, it's approximately equivalent to 'followed my favorite bard on his national tours.' 0 2500 0 0 0 643
Enriched XP Potion ★★★★ A strong, potent experience potion. On the Huggins-McGuffy Experience Scale, it's six times more experiential than 'backpacked through the Albion hinterlands.' 0 12500 0 0 0 2725
Pure Experience Extracted ★★★★★ Almost terrifyingly strong experience potion. On the Huggins-McGuffy Experience Scale, it's worth 17 'laughed in the face of death and lived to tell the tales.' 0 62500 0 0 0 11587

Skill Potions[]

Main article: Skill Potions
Name Stars Description Healing Points Exp. Skill Exp. Strength Exp. Will Exp. Base Val.
Clumsy Skill Potion ☆☆☆☆ Tying your shoelaces requires more adroitness than the meager experience brewed into this potion. 0 0 100 0 0 36
Fumbling Skill Potion ★★☆☆☆ Always dropping things? Tired of hitting your thumb with a hammer? This skill potion could be the answer for you. 0 0 500 0 0 141
Practiced Skill Potion ★★★☆☆ It's the liquid equivalent of practicing for a week. It's no wonder it tastes like sweat. 0 0 2500 0 0 585
Potion of Skill ★★★☆☆ Drink this, and you'll become permanently more skillful, earning enough experience points to buy one of several new abilities! 0 0 2500 0 0 600
Adept Skill Potion ★★★★ Inject knowledge directly into your nerves and muscles with this highly potent brew. 0 0 12500 0 0 2478
Expert Skill Potion ★★★★★ The specially treated remains of over a dozen grandmasters of dexterity have been distilled into this extraordinary concoction. 0 0 62500 0 0 10534

Strength Potions[]

Main article: Strength Potions
Name Stars Description Healing Points Exp. Skill Exp. Strength Exp. Will Exp. Base Val.
Beetle Strength Potion ☆☆☆☆ Harness the astounding power of sugar to build yourself up to Beetle Strength! Warning: Beetle Strength is not proportional. 0 0 0 100 0 36
Hobbe Strength Potion ★★☆☆☆ The combat drink of short angry champions! 100% natural state ingredients. 0 0 0 500 0 141
Balverine Strength Potion ★★★☆☆ The high impact combat drink your muscles crave! Contains no actual balvorn byproducts. 0 0 0 2500 0 585
Potion of Strength ★★★☆☆ Drink this, and you'll become permanently stronger, earning enough experience points to buy one of several new abilities! 0 0 0 2500 0 600
Troll Strength Potion ★★★★ Get big faster with the combat drink favored by the Crucible champs! Disclaimer: Contents neither endorsed nor recommended by the Crucible Regulatory Association of Albion. 0 0 0 12500 0 2478
Thunder's Strength Potion ★★★★★ The most powerful potion modern alchemists have ever concocted. They claim it contains traces of the powdered bones of the Hero known as Thunder. 0 0 0 62500 0 10534

Will Potions[]

Main article: Will Potions (Fable II)
Name Stars Description Healing Points Exp. Skill Exp. Strength Exp. Will Exp. Base Val.
Crushed Wheat Will Potion ☆☆☆☆ The recipe for this Will potion was devised by an Old Kingdom scholar to help her find loose change in seat cushions. 0 0 0 0 100 36
Attenuated Will Potion ★★☆☆☆ This low grade Will potion will enhance your arcane powers enough to repel vicious dragon-squirrels. 0 0 0 0 500 141
Infused Will Potion ★★★☆☆ An adequate Will potion to help you move past the awkward 'Fun at dinner parties' level of ability. 0 0 0 0 2500 585
Potion of Will ★★★☆☆ Drink this, and you'll become an even greater master of magic, earning enough experience points to buy one of several new abilities! 0 0 0 0 2500 800
Concentrated Will Potion ★★★★ A vigorous, potent Will potion, for the Hero who's a little more than 'power-hungry' but not yet ready for 'power-mad.' 0 0 0 0 12500 2478
Undiluted Will Potion ★★★★★ An unconscionably powerful Will potion. You may not have an immediate intention to tear reality asunder and destroy the cosmos, but it's nice to keep your options open. 0 0 0 0 62500 10534

Special Potions[]

Potion of Life[]

Main article: Potion of Life

Rating: ★★★★★
Base Value: 2800 gold
The same sect of Old Kingdom alchemists who are said to have solved the secret of immortality also created the recipe for this life-prolonging potion. Few have the knowledge or the skill to brew it successfully now.

This potion will heal the player by 1000 points as well as extending their health meter by 50 points.

Resurrection Phial[]

Main article: Resurrection Phial

Rating: ★★★★★
Base Value: 1200 gold
It's a good idea to keep one of these invaluable potions in your inventory. Should your health drop to zero, the Resurrection Phial will automatically revive you, while preventing any of the inconveniences associated with defeat, such as experience loss and scarring. Smells faintly of lavender.

Normally, when the player dies they get scarred and lose experience, but if they have one of these in their inventory this will not happen.

Potion of Transmogrification[]

Main article: Potion of Transmogrification

Rating: ☆☆☆☆
Base Value: 6969 gold
Created by the legendary alchemist Leo Head, this potion will alter the very gender of the man or woman who drinks it.

This is a one-of-a-kind potion that is found in Fairfax Tomb, hidden under Fairfax Castle. Drinking this potion will cause the player to have an irreversible sex change. This decision must be made in the tomb because the potion evaporates if you leave without drinking it. Please be aware that your game is saved directly after using the potion or leaving the tomb so whatever your choice, it is permanent.
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