Baldur's Gate 3 Features a wide, detailed world to explore – you can spend hours exploring your surroundings and still find new and exciting things to surprise you. A particularly interesting detail is found in the first act – Hag.
Aunt Ethel, otherwise known as Hag who lives in a teahouse west of Emerald Grove, has an interesting living arrangement. A house that gives way to a cave system and a secondary lair, there are some interesting creations to find at the end.
Updated April 21, 2026 by Ben Jesse: We were missing a very well-hidden hag potion in this collection. So, we have added it with some information on how to get it.
All Aunt Ethel's hag potion effects
After dealing with Aunt Ethel and progressing to her Hag lair at the end of her domain, you'll be presented with a room filled with gifts. Along with more obvious rewards like the Bitter Divorce Wand and Staff of Crones, there is A whole host of drugs with strange names.
These drugs All have unique effects, Most of them completely negative. The table below details the medications.
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Grants the drinker the ability to bite, which deals 2d4 piercing damage to a target at melee range. During prolonged rest, this ability is lost. |
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Grants drinker +2 Strength. After a long rest, this boost is replaced by -1 to Strength. |
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The drinker bleeds and takes 1d6 piercing damage per turn for four turns. Drinkers also fear periods. |
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Gives the drinker disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws until they take another long rest. |
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Allows the drinker to resist poison damage until they take another long rest. |
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A drunkard is four times mad. You will be unable to control them, and they will attack indiscriminately. |
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The drinker suffers -2 to his Armor Class and loses his reflexes for 50 turns. |
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Gives the drinker -1 to Intelligence until they take another long rest. |
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Gives the drinker a disadvantage on all attack rolls and ability checks for three turns. |
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When the drinker takes another long rest, they will take 3d6 psychic damage upon awakening. |
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Hag's Bounty |
Drinking the hag's boon applies Aunt Ethel's special brew condition. This means you take 2d6 poison damage at the start of each turn unless you pass a DC 13 Constitution saving throw. |
mother's hatred
Broken promises
Butterflies in the stomach
weak will
lost timeYou can't find a hag's boon with other potions. You only get it by picking up the hag's corpse in act one and taking it in act two. At some point in Act 2, the corpse disappears, and the hag's boon is left in its place.
Baldur's Gate 3: How to deal with the Hag
Dealing with the hag in Baldur's Gate 3 requires foresight and planning, and here are some tips to get you started with this ordeal.
What are the best uses for Aunt Ethel's hag medicine?
Aunt Ethel's medicine is more of a curiosity than a utility. Many of them suffer Weak effect on drinkingAnd, unlike regular potions in Baldur's Gate 3, You can't throw them at enemies to weaponize their weaknesses. This means that most of his creations end up as experimental innovations that sell for little gold and offer almost no strategic value.
Only if you are determined to use them All three have modestly meaningful applicationss:
- heart of stone A poison-sensitive character can help explore poisoned areas.
- Broken promises Provides a temporary strength boost useful for a short fight or hard strength check (as long as you can handle the penalty after resting).
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A mother's hatred Provides a bite attack that can be fun for melee characters who want an extra damage option before a long rest wipes it out.
Still, these are perfect situational tools. They are interesting to collect, but far from necessary.
How to remove curses
Some of the medications listed above have side effects that should be considered.Curses'. Sometimes they can be removed by taking a long rest, but otherwise can be removed by using 
Remove the curse Spelling can be learned from it Clerics, paladins, mages, and warlocks And is a level 3 spell.
Baldur's Gate 3: Great builds for Lae'zel
Lae'zel is Baldur's Gate 3's tough-as-nails githanki fighter and she makes a great companion.
