The Witcher 3 Mutagens
Mutagens are special items in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, genetic material obtained by killing monsters. They can either be used to improve you character through:
If you equip a mutagen, it will give you a bonus to one of your attributes.
If you then pair the mutagen with up to three active skills of the same color, it will multiply the bonus. Every skill you pair with the mutagen will increase its efficiency by 100%.
For example, if your is green and gives you 150 Vitality, you can pair it with an alchemy skill, after which it will give you 300 Vitality. If you pair it with three alchemy skills, it will grant you an amazing 600 additional Vitality.
- Scaling with active skills; or
- Being the main ingredient in mutagen decoctions.
If you equip a mutagen, it will give you a bonus to one of your attributes.
For example, if your is green and gives you 150 Vitality, you can pair it with an alchemy skill, after which it will give you 300 Vitality. If you pair it with three alchemy skills, it will grant you an amazing 600 additional Vitality.
Are Mutagens Permanent?
No. You can switch them at will in order to adapt to the situation at hand. If you develop your character in such a way that you can jump between playing styles when need be, you should keep a couple of different mutagens handy, too. The same goes for mutagens of the same color, but with different effects. Carry a few of them with you so you can always shake things up.Mutagens List
| Name | Effect | How To Obtain |
|---|---|---|
| Lesser Blue Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Harpies, Nekkers, Endrega Worker, Harpies sometimes drop them |
| Blue Mutagen | Sign intensity +7% | Combine three lesser blue mutagens |
| Greater Blue Mutagen | Sign intensity +10% | Combine three blue mutagens |
| Lesser Green Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Nekkers, Endrega Worker, Endrega Warrior, Harpies sometimes drop them |
| Green Mutagen | Vitality +100 | Combine three lesser green mutagens |
| Greater Green Mutagen | Vitality +150 | Combine three green mutagens |
| Lesser Red Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Nekkers, Endrega Warrior sometimes drop them |
| Red Mutagen | Attack power +7% | Combine three lesser red mutagens |
| Greater Red Mutagen | Attack power +10% | Combine three red mutagens |
| Wraith Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Wraiths sometimes drop them |
| Noonwraith Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Defeat the Noonwraith (Contract: Devil by The Well) |
| Nightwraith Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Defeat the Nightwraith |
| Griffin Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Defeat the Griffin (The Beast Of White Orchard quest) |
| Archgriffin Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Archgriffin |
| Werewolf Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Werewolf |
| Leshen Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Leshen |
| Nekker Warrior Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Nekker Warrior |
| Basilisk Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Basilisk |
| Ancient Leshen Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Ancient Leshen |
| Ekhidna Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Ekhidna |
| Earth Elemental Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Earth Elemental |
| Grave Hag Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Defeat the Grave Hag |
| Water Hag Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Water Hag |
| Forktail Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Forktail |
| Foglet Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Foglet |
| Greater Foglet Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Greater Foglet |
| Wyvern Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Wyvern |
| Doppler Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Doppler |
| Troll Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Defeat the Troll |
| Succubus Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Succubus |
| Fiend Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Defeat the Fiend |
| Chort Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Chort |
| Ekimmara Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Defeat the Ekimmara |
| Cockatrice Mutagen | Sign intensity +5% | Defeat the Cockatrice |
| Arachas Mutagen | Vitality +50 | Defeat the Arachas |
| Katakan Mutagen | Attack power +5% | Defeat the Katakan |
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Can i combine various red mutagens with eachother? or is it only “lesser red” ?
You can combine lesser red into red mutagen and red mutagens into greater red
the devil by the well didn’t give me a mutagen
By the blooming End game it has Mutagens coming out of every orifice. Except red ones. FFFFFFUUUUUUUUU
Nekkers have dropped green/blue lesser mutagens, Endrega have dropped all three colours ( green/blue lesser worker, green/red lesser warrior ), Harpies have dropped green blue lesser.
i picked 9 lesser lesser red mutagen froms L16 fiend I have about 25-30% I think, killed many times XD
Yep I’ve picked up two lesser blue mutagens from Nekkers 🙂
I got lesser red from endrega workers
I collected the lesser green mutagen last night from a dead Nekker.
I picked up a water hag mutagen today that did 5% attack power too
And Nekker’s drop lesser blue mutagens for fun!