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Health potion in Reaper of Souls.

The only type of potion in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls is the healing potion, which grants an instant heal of 60% of a character's maximum health, with a 30 second cooldown before another potion can be consumed.

Earlier games in the series had multiple quality levels mana potions and rejuvenation potions, and there were multiple quality levels of healing potions in Diablo 3 vanilla. The potion system was greatly simplified in D3v2 and RoS, with only one type of potion, whether found at level 1 or level 70. Reaper of Souls adds six Legendary Health Potions which grant identical healing to a normal potion, but add a bonus defensive effect for 5 seconds.

Legendary Health Potions[edit | edit source]

All are Reaper of Souls and Torment-only item finds, from targets level 61 and higher. See the individual potion pages for fuller details and screenshots.

Bottomless Potion of the Diamond

Increases Resist All by 50–100 for 5 seconds.

The amount of resistance is set at the time the potion drops, and does not change thereafter.

Bottomless Potion of Kulle-Aid

Burst through Waller walls for 5 seconds.

The most useful of the legendary potions, this one can be used to escape certain death when boxed in by Waller walls. Highly sought after in Hardcore.

Bottomless Potion of Regeneration

Bottomless Potion of the Leech

Increases Life per Hit by 1500–3000 for 5 seconds.

The amount of Life per Hit is set when the potion drops, and does not vary afterwards. This amount adds to a character's total Life per Hit from equipment, skills, and Paragon Points.

Bottomless Potion of Mutilation

Increases Life per Kill by 4000–8000 for 5 seconds.

The amount of Life per Kill is set when the potion first drops, and does not vary afterwards.

Bottomless Potion of Regeneration

Restores extra 25000–45000 Life over 5 seconds.

The amount of life regen is set at the time the potion drops and does not vary afterwards. This regen stacks on top of a character's other regen from all sources; items, skills, paragon points, etc.

Bottomless Potion of the Tower

Increases Armor by 10% for 5 seconds.

The armor increase adds on top of a character's total armor value, which is derived from many sources including gear, strength, skills, paragon points, etc. Armor provides mitigation against all forms of damage.

Health Potion Evolution in Diablo 3[edit | edit source]

The role of potions in Diablo III changed repeatedly during the development. Early on, there were health and mana potions of various quality levels, much as we saw in Diablo II. As development progressed this system was greatly altered by the addition of unique resources and resource management issues for each class, changes to make the combat system more strategic and less spiky, the addition of health globes, items and skills designed to provide healing and damage mitigation, and much more.

As a result of these changes, mana potions were removed entirely, and the use of health potions was changed from a spammy drinkalot system like Diablo 2's to a sort of emergency button that provided big healing, but came with a lengthy cooldown. Health potions went from no cooldown (Diablo 2 style) to a moderate cooldown (8 seconds as of Blizzcon 2010), to the 30 second cooldown upon launch.

Jay Wilson talked about the concept and execution of health potions during an interview from Blizzcon 2009. [1]

Jay Wilson: We did put health potions back in, but they play a very different role. You can't spam them like you used to, you can only use them about once a map. The purpose of those is to take the edge off the loss of health. I don't have health, or I've got half health, do I want to use a health potion, or do I want to risk it? Ooh, I've got 10% health, it's not even a decision. That's a really interesting decision, and it makes potion use a fun part of the game.

IGN: Why not auto-cast a potion if you're down to 10%?

Jay Wilson: Because it takes the choice away from the player and we wouldn't want to do that. We really want the player to make that choice. So the other side of it is, we deal with some of the harder monsters, like bosses and rares and champions, they don't just drop them like that. They would drop health globes at percentages of their health. Rares in particular are almost guaranteed to drop about every 25%. The other thing we did, because we design everything for cooperative play, if you pick up a health globe and you have a friend nearby, you both get the benefit. So that's something we did to make sure the system didn't favor people who are running forward, melee classes, who used to pull up all the health potions. Now they're actually helping the people in the back.

Potions in Demos[edit | edit source]

The function of potions was seen most clearly by players at various public demos of Diablo 3.

In the BlizzCon 2008 and 2009 demo builds there were no NPCs selling potions (or anything else). Healing potions could be found in the demo, but they were fairly rare. Each healing potion granted a set amount of life (40 for a Barbarian at level 8, who had about 150 total life), and filled that much health instantly, as rejuvenation potions do in Diablo II. There was a considerable cooldown time after drinking a potion (before another one could be consumed). In the 2009 demo, this cooldown was around 8 seconds.

At this point there were not yet health globes in the game, so players had to conserve their life with strategic play or use equipment to add life steal, life on hit, or regeneration.

Health potion function remained substantially the same in the Blizzcon 2010 PvE demo. There were no potions available in the PvP Arena demo, which spurred much player speculation as to whether health potions would be disabled during Arena combat. That remains an open question, as the PvP Arena was never added to Diablo 3, and it remains a pending/future feature even after the launch of Reaper of Souls.

Potions in Diablo 3 vanilla[edit | edit source]

Prior to Diablo 3 version 2 streamlining the system, there were multiple levels of health potions, all with level requirements. Players continually found higher levels of potions as they leveled up, which brought an amusing (except for Hardcore) problem. It was not uncommon for players to sell off their stack of lower level potions, forget to set their stack of the next level up to their hotkey, and then get no healing when they stabbed the button in an emergency.

Name	Effect	Rq LvL
Minor Health Potion	Instantly restores 250 life.	1
Lesser Health Potion	Instantly restores 400 life.	6
Health Potion	Instantly restores 550 life.	11
Greater Health Potion	Instantly restores 1,000 life.	16
Major Health Potion	Instantly restores 1,600 life.	21
Super Health Potion	Instantly restores 2,500 life.	26
Heroic Health Potion	Instantly restores 4,500 life.	37
Resplendent Health Potion	Instantly restores 6,500 life.	47
Runic Health Potion	Instantly restores 9,000 life.	53
Mythic Health Potion	Instantly restores 12,500 life.	58

Other Potions[edit | edit source]

In addition to health and mana potions, early versions of Diablo 3 had other potions that provided short term buffs.

	Name	Effect	Description
	Power Potion	Critical hit chance increased to 100% for 30 seconds.	"How many tyrants and fools have traded their lives for one chance at victory? Such power comes with great risk." -Warzecha's Treatise on Magical Means

Potions in PvP[edit | edit source]

Players have asked how potions will be handled in PvP play in Diablo III. This question is not one the D3 Team have answered yet. There were no healing potions in the Blizzcon 2010 PvP demo, but this might not indicate a design decision for the final game.

Jay Wilson did talk about healing potions in conceptual terms, during a BlizzCon 2008 Q&A session.[2]

Jay said that potions could not be used that often in D3 PvP, and that there would be some sort of cool down timer on them, as there is in World of Warcraft. They will be useful, but their benefit isn't that large, and they can't be chugged endlessly, as they were in Diablo II. The utility of potions is not designed to be that great, which should help keep them from becoming overly-valuable in PvM or PvP play. Jay thinks that the (relative) absence of potions in Diablo III will improve the PvP play, since potions in D2 essentially gave players infinite health and mana. This turned unregulated duels into little more than potion drinking contests, where the player with more of them usually won.

Elixirs[edit | edit source]

There were various types of elixirs seen early in Diablo 3's development. In the deme at Blizzcon 2008 players saw Strength and Dexterity elixirs that each granted substantial bonus for 300 seconds. These elixirs had been removed from the game by Blizzcon 2010 and have not been seen since.

Potions in Diablo II[edit | edit source]

See the Potions page in the Diablo II wiki for full details on potion use in Diablo II.

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-The role of '''potions''' in [[Diablo III]] has changed repeatedly during the development. Early on, there were health and mana potions, just like in Diablo II. Later changes to the game structure and class [[resources]] removed [[mana]] potions entirely, while leaving health pots. There were never any rejuvenation potions seen.
+[[File:Health-potion-tooltip-ros.JPG|thumb|300px|Health potion in Reaper of Souls.]]
+The only type of potion in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls is the healing potion, which grants an instant heal of 60% of a character's maximum health, with a 30 second [[cooldown]] before another potion can be consumed.
-As of May 2011, healing potions remain in the game, but they are designed as emergency life savers, not as something characters will sip regularly. Health potions instantly heal a large amount of hit points, but have a long cool down, eight seconds or so as of Blizzcon 2010, which makes them something a character can only count on once or twice during  an intense fight. There were no healing potions available for characters in the [[Arena]] demo, but it's not known if this prohibition will apply to the Arena in the final game.
+Earlier games in the series had multiple quality levels mana potions and rejuvenation potions, and there were multiple quality levels of healing potions in [[Diablo 3 vanilla]]. The potion system was greatly simplified in [[D3v2]] and [[RoS]], with only one type of potion, whether found at level 1 or level 70. Reaper of Souls adds six [[Legendary Health Potions]] which grant identical healing to a normal potion, but add a bonus defensive effect for 5 seconds.
-Most healing needs in Diablo III are meant to be satisfied with [[health globes]].
+==Legendary Health Potions==
+All are Reaper of Souls and [[Torment-only]] item finds, from targets level 61 and higher. See the individual potion pages for fuller details and screenshots.
+[[Bottomless Potion of the Diamond]]
+* Increases Resist All by 50–100 for 5 seconds.
+The amount of [[resistance]] is set at the time the potion drops, and does not change thereafter.
+[[Bottomless Potion of Kulle-Aid]]
+* Burst through Waller walls for 5 seconds.
+The most useful of the legendary potions, this one can be used to escape certain death when boxed in by [[Waller]] walls. Highly sought after in [[Hardcore]].
+[[File:Leg-potion-regeneration.png|frame|Bottomless Potion of Regeneration]]
+[[Bottomless Potion of the Leech]]
+* Increases Life per Hit by 1500–3000 for 5 seconds.
+The amount of [[Life per Hit]] is set when the potion drops, and does not vary afterwards. This amount adds to a character's total Life per Hit from equipment, skills, and [[Paragon Points]].
+[[Bottomless Potion of Mutilation]]
+* Increases Life per Kill by 4000–8000 for 5 seconds.
+The amount of [[Life per Kill]] is set when the potion first drops, and does not vary afterwards.
+[[Bottomless Potion of Regeneration]]
+* Restores extra 25000–45000 Life over 5 seconds.
+The amount of life [[regen]] is set at the time the potion drops and does not vary afterwards. This regen stacks on top of a character's other regen from all sources; items, skills, paragon points, etc.
+[[Bottomless Potion of the Tower]]
+* Increases Armor by 10% for 5 seconds.
+The [[armor]] increase adds on top of a character's total armor value, which is derived from many sources including gear, [[strength]], skills, paragon points, etc. Armor provides mitigation against all forms of damage.
-==Potions and Game Balance==
-One of the [[D3 Team]]'s main design goals in [[Diablo III]] is to make the game more consistently difficult, or at least challenging. Towards that end, they are going to greatly de-emphasize the role of potions in the game, and force players to obtain [[heal]]ing from [[health globes]]. It's not known if [[NPC]]s will sell potions, or if they will only sell them in limited quantities, but however they are obtained, potions will be less beneficial and less common than they were in [[Diablo II]].
-In the [[BlizzCon 2008]] and 2009 demo builds there were no NPCs selling potions (or anything else). Healing potions could be found in the demo, but they were fairly rare. Each healing potion granted a set amount of [[life]] (40 for a [[Barbarian]] at level 8, who had about 150 total life), and filled that much health instantly, as rejuvenation potions do in Diablo II. There was a considerable cooldown time after drinking a potion (before another one could be consumed). In the 2009 demo, this cooldown was around 8 seconds.
-Health potion function remained substantially the same in the Blizzcon 2010 PvE demo. There were no potions available in the [[PvP]] Arena demo, but it's not known if this will be true for the final game as well.
+==Health Potion Evolution in Diablo 3==
+The role of '''potions''' in [[Diablo III]] changed repeatedly during the development. Early on, there were health and mana potions of various quality levels, much as we saw in [[Diablo II]]. As development progressed this system was greatly altered by the addition of unique [[resources]] and resource management issues for each class, changes to make the combat system more strategic and less [[spiky]], the addition of [[health globes]], items and skills designed to provide healing and damage mitigation, and much more.
-===Health Potions===
+As a result of these changes, mana potions were removed entirely, and the use of health potions was changed from a spammy drinkalot system like Diablo 2's to a sort of emergency button that provided big healing, but came with a lengthy cooldown. Health potions went from no cooldown (Diablo 2 style) to a moderate cooldown (8 seconds as of Blizzcon 2010), to the 30 second cooldown upon launch.
-Health Potions have worked their way back into the game, during development. Early on, the team talked about there being no, or very few potions. As of Blizzcon 2009, potions were very rarely seen compared to Diablo 2. Although the overpowered demo build characters seldom needed to use potions, this was definitely an accepted element of keeping a character alive.
 [[Jay Wilson]] talked about the concept and execution of health potions during an interview from Blizzcon 2009. [http://pc.ign.com/articles/101/1017305p1.html]
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 ::'''Jay Wilson: '''We did put health potions back in, but they play a very different role. You can't spam them like you used to, you can only use them about once a map. The purpose of those is to take the edge off the loss of health. I don't have health, or I've got half health, do I want to use a health potion, or do I want to risk it? Ooh, I've got 10% health, it's not even a decision. That's a really interesting decision, and it makes potion use a fun part of the game.
-::'''''IGN: '''Why not auto-cast a potion if you're down to 10%?
+::'''''IGN: '''Why not auto-cast a potion if you're down to 10%? ''
 ::'''Jay Wilson: '''Because it takes the choice away from the player and we wouldn't want to do that. We really want the player to make that choice. So the other side of it is, we deal with some of the harder monsters, like bosses and rares and champions, they don't just drop them like that. They would drop health globes at percentages of their health. Rares in particular are almost guaranteed to drop about every 25%. The other thing we did, because we design everything for cooperative play, if you pick up a health globe and you have a friend nearby, you both get the benefit. So that's something we did to make sure the system didn't favor people who are running forward, melee classes, who used to pull up all the health potions. Now they're actually helping the people in the back.
+===Potions in Demos===
+The function of potions was seen most clearly by players at various public demos of Diablo 3.
+In the [[BlizzCon 2008]] and 2009 demo builds there were no NPCs selling potions (or anything else). Healing potions could be found in the demo, but they were fairly rare. Each healing potion granted a set amount of [[life]] (40 for a [[Barbarian]] at level 8, who had about 150 total life), and filled that much health instantly, as rejuvenation potions do in Diablo II. There was a considerable cooldown time after drinking a potion (before another one could be consumed). In the 2009 demo, this cooldown was around 8 seconds.
+At this point there were not yet health globes in the game, so players had to conserve their life with strategic play or use equipment to add [[life steal]], [[life on hit]], or [[regeneration]].
+Health potion function remained substantially the same in the Blizzcon 2010 PvE demo. There were no potions available in the [[PvP]] Arena demo, which spurred much player speculation as to whether health potions would be disabled during Arena combat. That remains an open question, as the PvP Arena was never added to Diablo 3, and it remains a pending/future feature even after the launch of Reaper of Souls.
+==Potions in Diablo 3 vanilla==
+Prior to [[Diablo 3 version 2]] streamlining the system, there were multiple levels of health potions, all with level requirements. Players continually found higher levels of potions as they leveled up, which brought an amusing (except for Hardcore) problem. It was not uncommon for players to sell off their stack of lower level potions, forget to set their stack of the next level up to their hotkey, and then get no healing when they stabbed the button in an emergency.
 {|
-! style="width:64px"|
+! style="width:64px" |
 ! Name
 ! Effect
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 | [[Image:IconHPotionMinor.png]]
 | Minor Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 100 life.
+| Instantly restores 250 life.
-| {{center|-}}
+| {{center|1}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotionLesser.png]]
 | Lesser Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 200 life.
+| Instantly restores 400 life.
-| {{center|7}}
+| {{center|6}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotion.png]]
 | Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 350 life.
+| Instantly restores 550 life.
-| {{center|12}}
+| {{center|11}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotionGreater.png]]
 | Greater Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 600 life.
+| Instantly restores 1,000 life.
-| {{center|17}}
+| {{center|16}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotionMajor.png]]
 | Major Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 800 life.
+| Instantly restores 1,600 life.
-| {{center|22}}
+| {{center|21}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotionSuper.png]]
 | Super Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 1000 life.
+| Instantly restores 2,500 life.
-| {{center|27}}
+| {{center|26}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotionHeroic.png]]
 | Heroic Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 2250 life.
+| Instantly restores 4,500 life.
 | {{center|37}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotionResplendent.png]]
 | Resplendent Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 4250 life.
+| Instantly restores 6,500 life.
 | {{center|47}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotionRunic.png]]
 | Runic Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 5500 life.
+| Instantly restores 9,000 life.
-| {{center|52}}
+| {{center|53}}
 |-
 | [[Image:IconHPotionMythic.png]]
 | Mythic Health Potion
-| Instantly restores 8000 life.
+| Instantly restores 12,500 life.
-| {{center|57}}
+| {{center|58}}
 |}
+===Other Potions===
-===Other Potions===
+In addition to health and mana potions, early versions of Diablo 3 had other potions that provided short term buffs.
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+! style="width:64px" |
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 | "How many tyrants and fools have traded their lives for one chance at victory? Such power comes with great risk."<br>-Warzecha's Treatise on Magical Means
 |}
 ==Potions in PvP==
-Players have asked how potions will be handled in [[PvP]] play in [[Diablo III]]. This question is not one the [[D3 Team]] have answered yer. There were no healing potions in the Blizzcon 2010 PvP demo, but this might not indicate a design decision for the final game.
+Players have asked how potions will be handled in [[PvP]] play in [[Diablo III]]. This question is not one the [[D3 Team]] have answered yet. There were no healing potions in the Blizzcon 2010 PvP demo, but this might not indicate a design decision for the final game.
 [[Jay Wilson]] did talk about healing potions in conceptual terms, during a [[BlizzCon]] 2008 Q&A session.[http://www.diii.net/blog/comments/blizzcon-press-conference-with-jay-wilson/]
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 ==Elixirs==
-There are [[elixir]]s in Diablo III. So far [[Strength]] and [[Dexterity]] elixirs have been seen. As of [[BlizzCon 2008]], these provided a temporary, 300 second bonus to that one attribute. Elixirs were not seen in the Blizzcon 2010 demo and it's not known if they remain in the game.
+There were various types of [[elixir]]s seen early in Diablo 3's development. In the deme at Blizzcon 2008 players saw [[Strength]] and [[Dexterity]] elixirs that each granted substantial bonus for 300 seconds. These elixirs had been removed from the game by Blizzcon 2010 and have not been seen since.
 ==Potions in Diablo II==
 See the {{iw|Potion Potions page}} in the Diablo II wiki for full details on potion use in Diablo II.
 [[category:potions]]
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