Cat (potion)

In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Cat
Grants sight in total darkness.
Description
Inventory/slot	Usable items / Consumables
Category	Master item
Type	Potion
Source	Alchemy / Meditation
Base price	100
Price to buy	100
Price to sell	8 – 16
Weight	0
Effects
Ability to see in darkness
Charges	2
Toxicity	15
Duration	60 s
Alchemy
Formula	Manuscript page: Cat
Ingredients	1x Dwarven spirit 4x Berbercane fruit 2x Water essence
Console ID	Cat 1

Geralt has the formula to brew this potion from the moment he arrives in White Orchard. Two of these potions can be crafted at any one meditation session and placed in the consumables slot.

See also

• Enhanced cat
• Superior cat

In The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Cat
Allows Geralt to see in the dark and through walls
Description
Category	Magical
Ingredients
Effects	-10%
Toxicity	25
Duration	5 minutes
Source	starting equipment / craftable
Price to buy	10 / 26
Price to sell	2
Weight	0.2

Geralt begins the game with two Cat potions as well as the formula.

Journal entry

Cat is one of the potions witchers use most often. After imbibing it, the witcher is able to see in total darkness and will avoid being surprised by any nocturnal creatures. The potion allows its user to see both living creatures and those made of inanimate matter, even through walls.

Cat slightly disrupts perception, however, as a result of which its user deals less damage to monsters. The Rook potion can be used to alleviate this side effect.

Potion causes minor intoxication when imbibed.

The Cat potion is recommended before entering a cave or a crypt, and before a midnight stroll through dangerous terrain.

In The Witcher computer game

Cat
Grants vision in total darkness
Description
Type	potion
Ingredients
Base	any base
Effects	see in the dark
Toxicity	Low
Duration	8 hours
ID	it_potion_013 it_potion_013a it_potion_013n it_potion_013r

"Cat is said to have been the first potion created specifically for witchers. The concoction allows witchers to pursue monsters into their lairs, including dark caves, ruins and crypts, because it augments vision to pick up additional wavelengths of light. To prevent blinding, the imbiber's pupils automatically narrow when in bright light. This is possibly the potion most commonly used by witchers."

The Cat potion grants vision in total darkness, a very handy ability in crypts and caves, or just badly lit interiors.

Sources

• Triss gives this formula at the end of the Prologue when Geralt asks her about the sorcerer who attacked the lab.
• The Book of the Swallow
• Receiving this potion from the druids in Chapter V, during "The Green March" will unlock the formula if you did not have it already.

Notes

• Recipe for Honeysucker
• Recipe for Furball
• Cat is quite possibly the potion referred to in the Alchemy section of the in-game Journal entry for Witchman.
• In the short story, "The Witcher", Cat seems to be one of the potions Geralt drinks during his night with the striga.