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Mandrake Cordial is one of three common alchemy ingredients you will want by the dozens inThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It cannot be consumed and is only needed tomake White Gulls to craft superior potions. They are an important part of leveling up your alchemy and crafting.
How to Get Mandrake Cordial in The Witcher 3
The first thing to note is that theMandrake Cordial has no alchemy or crafting recipeinThe Witcher 3, so you cannot make it with the help of other ingredients.
The only way to get Mandrake Cordials is tobuy them from innkeepers, taverns, and merchantsacross all regions inThe Witcher 3. The problem is thatevery shopkeeper or merchanthas only a few Mandrake Cordials to sell. The most you can buy at a time is five.
If you arelooking forward to aWitcher 3NG+ playthrough, you need to prepare beforehand by progressing your alchemy and crafting. Make it a habit to visit every tavern or shop to buy all of their Mandrake Cordials and Cherry Cordials. Doing this from the start of your campaignensures a steady supply of White Gulls.
Merchants usually take two to three days to restock their inventory. you may save your time by meditating to fast-forward (skip) days.
Mandrake Cordial can also be found as random loot, but only in Toussaint, the vassal state of Nilfgaard. Expect to have several stacks in your inventory by the time you have unlockedthe Blood and Wine expansion endings.
There is also another way to get Mandrake Cordials, but that requires you to cheat on the PC version. Depending on whether you want to role-play or not, you canuse console commands to spawn items inThe Witcher 3.
Best Locations to Get Mandrake Cordial in The Witcher 3
Some innkeepers and merchants have larger inventories, allowing them to sell double the amount of Mandrake Cordials (or more) than others. Some shopkeepers might even sell you for a cheap price. Knowing all of their locations will save you both time and money.
Jonas the Innkeep (Kaer Trolde, Skellige)
Jonas is one of the few innkeepers inThe Witcher 3who sell from five to up to 20 Mandrake Cordials at a time. His large inventory makes him the best and easiest source of finding Mandrake Cordials in the game.
Jonas is associated withThe Lord of Undvik secondary quest. Completing that will give you a 10 percent discount on his wares as long as you made the correct choice at the end of the quest.
Jonas can be found managing the New Port Inn north of the Kaer Trolde Harbor. He is an important encounter in Skellige as far as the regional story is concerned. He also lovesplaying Gwent with a Monsters deck.
Innkeep (Harviken, Skellige)
Located in the southeastern corner of the Skellige Islands, the Innkeep of Harviken sells five to 20 Mandrake Cordials at a fairly cheap price. He also sells you more Monster cards.
Fish Merchant (Hierarch Square, Novigrad)
The Fish merchant inside Hierarch Square is another excellent source of Mandrake Cordials. He can sell up to 20 Mandrake Cordials at a time, just like Jonas, but at a steeper price.
You cancomplete the main Play’s the Thing questto unlock a 10 percent discount for every merchant in Hierarch Square.
Novigrad has a dedicated fish market, so there are likely other fish merchants. The one you need to go to stands in front of Vimme Vivaldi’s Bank. However, he only appears at certain times of the day. You can meditate outside his shop to skip a few hours until he appears.
Hugo Monnart (Toussaint)
Hugo Monnart is a merchant who gives the best price for buying Mandrake Cordials inThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. He also sells Cherry Cordials and Redanian Herbals at cheap prices, making him a highly useful merchant for crafting White Gulls.
Hugo is the only one willing to buy your crossbow bolts and give you thebest price for all of your junk.
Hugo can be found at The Clever Clogs Tavern west of the Temple Cemetery, close to the Harbor, but only after completing his associated quest. Father Knows Worst is a secondary quest in which you must deal with Hugo’s brothers.
