The DeFi Kingdoms team has announced new updates for combat potions along with other improvements. The main changes involve the crafting costs of combat potions and the introduction of Potion Crates, which replace previously crafted potions with larger quantities of the same type due to contract migration, as well as to ensure that the cost changes do not disadvantage players.

The potions affected by the changes include Anti-Poison, Anti-Blindness, Health Vial, Full Health Potion, Magic Resistance Potion, Mana Vial, Full Mana Potion, Swiftness Potion, and Toughness Potion. Stamina Potions remain unchanged. According to the official announcement, the amount of Gaia's Tears required to craft a combat potion at the Alchemist has been reduced to 1/5th of the previous amount. This means that Full Health, Full Mana, and Swiftness Potions now only require 4 Gaia's Tears instead of 20, while Magic Resistance and Toughness Potions now only need 2 instead of 10 Gaia's Tears, and Anti-Poison, Anti-Blindness Potions, Health Vials, and Mana Vials now cost just 1 Gaia's Tear.

However, due to these changes, three times more combat potions are now required for the Stone Carver recipes, so if you could previously craft the Lesser Chaos Stone with 1 Mana Vial, you will now need 3 Mana Vials to craft it. The team states that these adjustments are "meant to keep the cost of combat potions in line with expectations and accessibility."

If you have any combat potions that you've crafted before, you will now find that they have been converted into Potion Crates. By opening them, you will receive 4 times the potion type you previously crafted. Simply click on a Potion Crate in the Inventory Screen to find the option to open all of the crates containing the same potion type. Additionally, the official post states that these Crates will not have any future utility, so you'll want to open them as all contracts will be interacting with the new version of potions instead of crates.