It seems that you're using an outdated browser. Some things may not work as they should (or don't work at all).
We suggest you upgrade newer and better browser like: Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer or Opera

×
I recently restarted after the 1.3 patch, and after the most recent patch (1.3.5?) I tried to make some Necrophage Oil, my materials would decrease but none would show up in my inventory. Eventually I realized it was giving me Thunderbolt potions instead of the Oil. I had no need for the oil before the most recent patch since I was only in Act 1, so I'm not sure how old this problem is.

I've tried selling my Thunderbolt potions and the recipe and then crafting the oil but it still gives Thunderbolt. I noticed they both need the same types of alchemical ingredients, but I'm sure several formulas do.

Anyone else experience this, or the same thing happening with a different formula? Not a big fan of Thunderbolt due to the huge Vitality hit, but I would really like some Necrophage Oil.
This question / problem has been solved by Kindoimage
Did you try, first, to uninstall any mods you might be using, and try again? If you don't have any mods running, and this is still happening, I have an idea what might be causing this. I'll have to investigate.

EDIT: Yep, it is as I suspected. Due to a bug of some sortwith the previous implementation of 'stack crafting,' they wanted to 'fix it' by changing the ingredients required for crafting the Thunderbolt potion. In doing so, however, they made the ingredients listing identical to the one used to craft Necrophage Oil. In TW2, you can't have two different crafted items share the exact same ingredients list; the result is that only one of the items will be crafted - in this case, you get a Thunderbolt potion instead of a Necrophage Oil, because the alchemical components needed are identical for both.

What they did was to change the Thunderbolt recipe - previously 1 hydragenum, 2 quebirth, and 1 sol - to replace 1 quebirth with 1 vitriol. This made it a duplicate of the Necrophage Oil recipe, and that's why you're getting the potion instead of the oil when crafting.

It's a pretty silly oversight on CDPR's part, since this is something the mod community has been aware of since the beginning, and something they always have to keep a lookout for when changing crafting recipes. I posted a report on this supposed bug on the official forums, as well.
Post edited August 11, 2011 by Kindo
No mods installed, but it sounds like you figured it out. I forgot they had launched official forums, thanks for reposting it over there.
So has this been resolved? Is there a way to fix it?
avatar
scampywiak: So has this been resolved? Is there a way to fix it?
Sounds like Steam users are out of luck for the moment, but for others they can reinstall then patch up to 1.3. That's what I plan on doing unless CDPR drops a hotfix for their hotfix tomorrow.