redneck1st: So how in the world are we suppose to buy alchemy stuff like recipes and ingridents if the shops are locked or won't offer to sell?!

redneck1st: Ok folks I'm going through valen and I've come across only two supposed Alchemy vendors so far.One who's name is Keira which is part of a quest and I couldn't get a convo line to buy from her at all. And the other is South of Heatherton and S.E. of an Isolated shack where there is a werewolf I need to take out. This one is locked and I can't get into it not mater what time of day it is. So how in the world are we suppose to buy alchemy stuff like recipes and ingridents if the shops are locked or won't offer to sell?!

Also anyone come across receipes for repair kits for armor or weapons? The higher ones the better would be appreciated.

ast486: I also found it difficult to find things, but for me it was blacksmiths.
Just explore every village around and eventually you'll find what you want.

Misc shops (the coin pouch icon) also has some alchemy ingredients... even blacksmiths have certain ones. ;-)

redneck1st: well now will have to admit that I've been walking around and have in fract encountered allot of quest. most of which I can not do because they are at least 4 levels or higher then what I currently am.

baktanus: Don't let the level recommendation stop you. You can actually do these quests you know. Unless it's a contract quest, go for it.

ast486: I just do ones that are green, in order from lowest to highest, ignoring the red ones till later.

redneck1st: Well yes I've been working on the ones for which which are green. And if I come across one for which I can't finish do to the monsters being to hard I can come back. Unless it's one like wandering in the dark. As I had no oil or bombs to help with the Nitera<sp> guy at the end and my equpmet sucked. Going up in levelss is BS in this game as you get a very small handful of xp for things for which you do kill. And I've been to allot of the shops ion Valen and Movigrad and they don't carry nothing but garbage for the most part. Most don't even carry any weaporn or armor repair kitgs Or any receipes for anything. which don't help at all.

Goodmongo: The absolute best place to buy herbs and schematics in Valen is in a hut that is a little NE of Oxenfurt. Ouside of the guy on Skielleg he's the highest rated one.

redneck1st: @Goodmongo thanks for the info on the one N.E of Oxenfurt don't think I found that one yet. I'm going to go back in and check that area out.

@ast486 are you talking about the quest Wandering in the Dark? where you've got to take on the guy from the wild hunt? If so I loaded an earlier save cause the weapon for which I had wouldn't even take down any of his hp and I was level 7 and its suppose to be level 6 quest.

Garran: The locked house south of Heatherton belongs to an NPC who is involved in the Baron and Keira plotlines. You'll meet them several times and get a discount once everything has been dealt with.

Keira also sells some things once you've completed Wandering in the Dark, IIRC, but she will become unavailable once her plotline is finished.

In addition to the hut NE of Oxenfurt, there are a few herbalist vendors in Novigrad; you can visit the city at any point, though you might need a pass to use some (not all) routes there.

The various hidden treasure sites scattered around the map often have an alchemy or crafting recipe of some sort, so they're worth checking out too. Even if the monster that usually guards the site is too high level to deal with, you can sometimes bait it away and get it chasing after your horse while you circle around and loot the stuff.