Use hot water and add three spoonfuls of herbs to correctly prepare Anca’s recipe for Esme.
The correct combination is:
- Hot water
- Three spoonfuls of herbs
Do not choose boiling or cold water, and do not use one or two spoonfuls.
Can You Check Anca’s Recipe While Brewing?
No.
You can read Instructions from Anca in your quest items before you begin making the medicine.
However, once you start the brewing sequence, you cannot open the instructions again while choosing the water temperature and amount of herbs.
If you are already at that point and forgot the recipe, choose:
Hot water + Three spoonfuls of herbs.
What Happens If You Get the Recipe Wrong?
Getting the recipe wrong has a real consequence.
The game does not immediately tell you that you made a mistake. The result becomes clear later during the Blood Mass.
If the medicine is prepared incorrectly, Esme does not recover enough and can be killed during the Mass. Preparing the medicine correctly allows her to survive that event.
So this is not simply a dialogue choice with two equivalent outcomes.
Quick Answer
Anca’s herb recipe is hot water with three spoonfuls of herbs.
If you are already at the brewing choices and cannot check her instructions again, select:
- Use hot water
- Add three spoonfuls of herbs
Getting the recipe right matters because it affects whether Esme survives the Blood Mass later in the Prologue.
