New World: How to Get Arcana Survival Potions

Arcane Survival Potions are essential consumables in the New World, significantly improving your survivability during exploration, PvE combat, and PvP encounters. This guide will cover everything you need to know about Arcane Survival Potions, including the best way to obtain them, crafting methods, material locations, arcane upgrade tips, and how to optimize potion crafting for personal use and New World Gold Coins earnings.

What Are Arcana Survival Potions?

Arcana Survival Potions are consumable items created via the Arcana crafting skill. These potions are categorized into various effects such as:

Health Potions – Restore HP instantly or over time.

Mana Potions – Restore Mana instantly or over time.

Regeneration Potions – Gradually restore both health and mana.

Resistance Potions – Reduce damage from specific elements (e.g., Corruption, Fire, Ice).

Corruption & Blight Tinctures – Reduce or cure afflictions from corrupted zones and blight effects.

Each potion tier—ranging from Common (Tier 2) to Infused (Tier 5)—offers increasingly powerful effects, but also requires more advanced ingredients and higher Arcana levels.

How to Obtain Arcana Survival Potions

Crafting at an Arcane Repository

The primary and most efficient way to obtain Arcana Survival Potions is through crafting. You'll need access to an Arcane Repository, which is available in most major settlements. Each potion has a required Arcana level and tier of the crafting station.

Tier 2 Arcane Repository – Allows Weak potions.

Tier 3 Arcane Repository – Allows Common and Strong potions.

Tier 4-5 Arcane Repository – Needed for Powerful and Infused potions.

Ensure the town you're in has a high enough tier crafting station. Towns like Everfall, Windsward, or Brightwood are frequently upgraded by their controlling companies and are good places to check.

Core Ingredients for Arcana Potions

Each potion requires a base reagent, a solvent or additive, and sometimes a special modifier depending on the potion type.

Common Ingredients:

Water – Gathered from any water source.

Hyssop – Common herb used in most potions; farmed from herb nodes.

Earth, Fire, Air, Water, and Death Motes – Magical elements from gathering:

Earth Mote – from Earthspine plants.

Water Mote – from Rivercress.

Fire Mote – from Dragonglory.

Air Mote – from Shockbulb.

Death Mote – from Blightroot.

Special Ingredients:

Soul Motes – Used in regeneration or tincture potions.

Corrupted Slivers and Tendrils – For corruption tinctures.

Blightroot Resin – Used in anti-blight potions.

Azoth Water – Rare liquid found in high-level areas like Edengrove or Reekwater, used in Infused potions.

Potion Crafting Recipes by Tier

Here's a breakdown of key potions you'll want to craft as you progress:

 Weak Health Potion (T2)

Water

Hyssop

Earth Mote

Arcana Level: 0

Great for early-game survivability.

 Strong Health Potion (T3)

Water

Hyssop

Earth Wisp (made from Motes)

Arcana Level: ~50

Used mid-game; profitable for low-level trading.

 Powerful Health Potion (T4)

Water

Hyssop

Earth Essence (crafted from Wisps)

Arcana Level: ~100

Useful for elite zones and early expeditions.

Infused Health Potion (T5)

Azoth Water

Hyssop

Earth Quintessence

Arcana Level: 150+

Endgame healing item; essential for PvP, mutations, and raids.

 Corruption-Tincture (Tier 3-5)

Water

Hyssop

Death or Soul Essence

Corrupted Sliver (or Tendril for higher tiers)

Used in Corrupted Breaches and Elite Corrupted zones.

Best Farming Spots for Potion Ingredients (2025 Update)

With changes in New World: Aeternum, these areas remain the best for farming ingredients:

Hyssop: Found in most low-level herb areas like Windsward and Monarch's Bluffs.

Earth Motes: Harvest Earthspine in Brightwood and Cutlass Keys.

Water Motes: Farm Rivercress in Windsward rivers and Everfall lakes.

Azoth Water: Edengrove (Nameless Pass), Reekwater, and high-level elite zones.

Soul Motes: Soulspires in Weaver's Fen and Mourningdale.

Corrupted Tendrils/Slivers: Kill Corrupted Mages or open chests in Shattered Mountain.

Tip: Use Luck and Gathering Luck gear for higher yield rates.

Leveling Arcana Efficiently

Crafting potions is also one of the best ways to level Arcana quickly. The most XP-efficient route is:

Craft Weak Potions until Arcana 20.

Spam Strong Potions (T3) until Arcana 80–100.

Switch to Powerful or Infused Potions based on ingredient availability and market needs.

You can also diversify with Weapon Coatings, Tinctures, and Regen Potions to supplement your progress and inventory.

Buying and Selling Arcana Potions

If you're not into crafting, Trading Posts are your friend. You can:

Buy potions from other players.

Sell potions for gold, especially Infused ones during PvP events or Expedition pushes.

Most profitable:

Infused Health & Mana Potions during wars/invasions.

Corruption Tinctures when new Corrupted Events drop.

Regeneration Potions during new content or elite chest runs.

Tip: Set up buy/sell orders in busy towns like Everfall and Windsward for better margins.

Tips for Efficient Potion Crafting

Use crafting bonuses from food, gear, and town buffs (e.g., Arcana +5 food, House trophies).

Invest in a House near an upgraded Arcane Repository to reduce crafting taxes and access bonuses.

Craft in territories where you have standing bonuses for extra XP or material yield.

Stack Arcana aptitude rewards for refining catalysts, rare motes, or even crafting mods.

Conclusion

As New World: Aeternum continues to evolve in 2025, potion crafting will remain a core economic and gameplay pillar—making it well worth your time to specialize in Arcana. So grab your sickle, harvest some Hyssop, and start brewing!

MMOexp New World Team