Meadgard potions are brewed between shifts from the crops you grow and the materials you forage, and their job in the game is combat: they are made to give you the edge over the enemies outside. A brewed drink is also one of the three order icons over a customer's head, so a guest can order one during the shift, and Sven the Travelling Merchant sells bottles in his shop.
Meadgard potions: what they are for
- A combat edge. "Cook, craft, and brew" is the game's own summary of the loop: unlock recipes on your travels, cultivate crops, and concoct potions to give you the edge over pesky enemies. The release notes put it the same way — brew powerful potions that provide a crucial edge over your legendary enemies.
- A shop product. Bottles of potion sit alongside food and materials in Sven's shop, so a potion can be bought instead of brewed.
- A drink order. A bottle is one of the three icons that appear over a seated customer.
When you brew them
Brewing belongs to the quiet hours between shifts — the time when you upgrade your tavern, sow crops, concoct strange brews, or just spruce the place up. It is a preparation step rather than a night-shift action, because the shift itself is cooking, pouring and playing.
Potions are also a drink order
The order icons over customers are a plate for food, a frothy mug for a drink and a bottle for a brewed drink. When a bottle goes up, that guest wants a potion, which puts a drink you may not have brewed yet into the middle of a busy shift. The night service guide covers the shift those orders land in.
Where the ingredients come from
Potions are brewed from what the farm and the forest give you: the crops you cultivate are the base for brewing, and the materials you forage on the day trip are the rest. The growing crops guide covers the plot, and the hunting and foraging guide covers the trip that fills the rest of your basket.
Where you can buy them
Sven's shop stocks bottles of potion next to food and materials, with the price shown against your purse and a PURCHASE button. Getting Sven into the village is itself a quest, which the recruiting townsfolk guide covers.