Amethyst dust is a crafting component in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings[]
Amethyst dust can be looted various places beginning in the Prologue, or from the corpses of bruxae, drowners, wraiths, the draug, arachas, draugir, gargoyles, fire and earth elementals. It can also be purchased from the following merchants:
- Fioravanti in Flotsam's town square (also sells diagram)
- Vilmos Bartok in Flotsam (also sells the diagram)
- Myron in the Kaedweni camp (also sells the diagram)
- Relic peddler in the Kaedweni camp
- Mottle outside Vergen
- Felicia Cori in Vergen and Loc Muinne (also sells diagram)
- Polycarp of Rinde in the Order of the Flaming Rose camp (also sells diagram)
- The Incredible Lockhart in Loc Muinne (also sells diagram)
- Marcus in Loc Muinne
- Falas in Loc Muinne (also sells diagram)
It can also be crafted and finally, it can itself be used to craft the following items:
Swords
Other crafting components
Traps
Armor enhancements
Armor
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt[]
Amethyst dust is a crafting component that is needed to craft the following items:
- Lesser Glyph of Yrden
- Lesser Stribog runestone
- Ofieri boots (regular game only)
- Ofieri sharovary (regular game only)
- Ofieri scale armor (regular game only)
- Order of the Flaming Rose sword
- Sarrim
It can be found as regular random loot, random drop from noonwraiths and wraiths, or purchased from the following merchants:
- All armorers and blacksmiths, except the one at Ardaiso Quarry
- Armors and weapons merchants in Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp
- Alchemist in the Crematory near Oxenfurt Gate
- Merchant in the boatyard south of Refugees' Camp
- Merchant at Calveit Watchtower
- Merchant at Coast of Wrecks
- Merchant in the shop in Gildorf
- Merchant in Putrid Grove
- Merchant in the market northwest of Tretogor Gate
- Merchant in Ursten
- Merchant by the road west of White Eagle Fort
- Merchant at the sawmill northeast of Rannvaig
- Merchant at the Isolated Hut on Hindarsfjall
- Merchant in Mohrin Village
- Merchant in Stacheier
- Ofieri merchant at Upper Mill
Amethyst dust can also be obtained by dismantling:
- Amethyst
- Ami (relic)
- Arainne
- Deargdeith
- Fate
- Gwyhyr
- Gynvael
- Maugrim
- Moonblade
- Mourner
- Ofieri boots (crafted)
- Ofieri scale armor
- Ofieri sharovary (crafted)
- Order of the Flaming Rose sword (crafted)
- Princess Xenthia's sword
- Rose of Shaerrawed
- Sarrim
- Squire's steel sword (relic)
- Ultimatum
- Viper venomous steel sword
- Legendary Viper venomous steel sword