The Witcher 3: 12 Crucial Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

3. Regain Full Health, Bombs & Potions Through Meditation

Meditation in W3 has seen a strange evolution from part two, as before the only way to ingest potions and tonics was to assign a set period of time and emerge on the other side, specced up and ready to fight. In Wild Hunt you'll find yourself primarily using it to force shops and merchants to open, but providing you're not in combat, going into meditation will fill your health right back to maximum - even if you've only selected the minimal amount. Not only that, but after you've crafted things like the health-regenerating Swallow potion or the Grapeshot bomb, any alcohol in your inventory will be used to replenish your stocks, without the need to re-craft these basic items. It essentially opens up your healing options far wider than you might first of thought, and if you make sure to meditate after each encounter, you'll always face the next one with maximum vitality and items.