Cursed Oil?

[Mister Shan]

I am doing the quest where i have to kill the botchling. The beastiary says I need Cursed Oil. I don't have the recipe for it. Is there a place to buy recipes for alchemy? Thanks.

[Unit]

I can't remember where to get the recipe for cursed oil, however, you don't actually have to fight the botchling if you play it right. in which case you'll want spectre oil instead

[Mister Shan]

and how do I avoid fighting the botchling?

[dnrob7]

Originally posted by Mister Shan:

and how do I avoid fighting the botchling?

By listening to the conversations in the cutscenes.
Also by reading your quest info.

Don't worry too much about the oils for this one. Oils are as good as useless till you enhance them and maybe even use some skill points to make them poisonous and you wont be getting the recipes for that till later.

[GarnetFire17]

Originally posted by Mister Shan:

and how do I avoid fighting the botchling?

don't piss it off.