At the start of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, most of the player's adventures will take place within Baldur's Gate itself or in the surrounding areas. During these times, it isn't usually too much of a hassle to hike back to town in order to buy and sell items or turn in quests. That said, eventually players will wind up far away from their humble beginnings, but returning to town for all the aforementioned reasons will still be necessary. This is where the Recall Potion comes in, an item that allows players to quickly travel back and forth from their current location and the nearest town.
When players first come across a Recall Potion, they may be a bit confused about what it does. The game does show a tip describing what Recall Potions are and how to use them, but many players end up missing this tutorial and it never shows up again. Despite this, Recall Potions are one of the most important items in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, and easily one of the items that players will be using most on their adventures.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - What is a Recall Potion?
Put simply, a Recall Potion is a consumable item in Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance that allows the player to quickly teleport back to the nearest town or safe space. While in town, the player can turn in quests, interact with NPCs, buy and sell items, and more. Given how much loot players will be finding on their quest, the primary use for coming back to town is to sell it all and make some extra gold in the process. After the player is finished (and assuming they never left town), the same Recall Potion can be used one more time to instantly warp the player back to the checkpoint closest to where they initially left.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance - How to Use a Recall Potion
Surprisingly, Recall Potions aren't used from the player's inventory screen like some other consumables. Instead, players will simply need to pause the game and search for the "Recall" option. Selecting this will instantly expend one of the player's Recall Potions and return them to the nearest town. Remember that the same potion can be used to both warp to down and warp back to the current level.
While they may be scarce at first, eventually players will have a healthy stockpile of Recall Potions. This is always a good thing, as it isn't very wise to spend much time in the game's later levels without having five or so Recall Potions on hand for emergency trips back to town.
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance is available now on PS4, Switch, and Xbox One, and later on PC.