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What is the effect of "permanent Potions"? I've acquired 2 of them (healing and survival) but connot find any reference to them in the manual. I've also used the search function here to look for any references, but it comes back nada. :confused:

SPOILER: Alchemy - create/combine potions

When using permanent potions created by Alchemy, the effects do not depend on the difficulty setting for vitality, magic points or stamina potions. However, the potions for the primary stats do have a minor difference between settings; on Very Easy the bonus is 7, on Action or Tactical it is 8 and on Hardcore it is 10. If you are playing on Very Easy, you can get a slightly better bonus for the primary stats by temporarily switching to Action or Tactical to use the permanent potions. Since the difficulty level the potions are created on does not matter, this exploit can not be used for temporary potions.

I'm more confused..... what does "permanent" mean, as opposed to the normal potions?
Does the effect last forever? Or does the potion never get used up? or......

If you hold your mouse over your health bar... note the amounts there (I.E. 72 / 100)
When you drink the permananent potion, that will change to something like 72/107. So your total health goes up forever. but it doesnt "heal" you (the 72 stays the same).

Now it's clear. Thank you.