Alchemy

Overview

Alchemy is the art of brewing magical potions from reagents and other ingredients. Alchemists can create a wide variety of potions that provide healing, enhance attributes, cure poison, and even create explosive concoctions. The skill is essential for adventurers who want to be self-sufficient in the field or for entrepreneurs looking to supply other players with consumables.

Getting Started

To practice Alchemy, you'll need: - Alchemy skill - Your skill level determines what potions you can craft and your success rate - Mortar and Pestle - The primary tool for brewing potions - Empty Bottles - Required for all potion recipes - Reagents - Various magical reagents depending on the potion type

Skill Requirements

Alchemy skill affects: - Your ability to successfully craft potions - The potency of potions you create (bonus increases with skill) - Your chance to automatically fill potion kegs when crafting

Skill Bonus Formula: You gain a bonus to potion effectiveness equal to (Alchemy Skill × 10 ÷ 33), which enhances healing amounts, duration of buff potions, and other effects.

Potion Kegs

Potion kegs are special containers that can hold up to 100 doses of a single potion type. They're an efficient way to store and transport large quantities of potions.

Using Potion Kegs

  • Filling a Keg: Drag and drop potions onto an empty or partially-filled keg
  • The keg must be empty or contain the same potion type
  • You cannot mix different potion types in one keg
  • You receive empty bottles back when filling a keg

  • Kegs can hold a maximum of 100 doses

  • Drawing from a Keg: Double-click the keg with empty bottles in your backpack

  • Consumes one empty bottle per potion drawn
  • Places the potion in your backpack

  • The keg displays how full it is when examined

  • Auto-Fill Feature: When crafting potions with Alchemy, if you have a partially-filled keg (1-99 doses) of the same type in your backpack, the newly crafted potion automatically fills the keg instead of creating a separate bottle

Keg Capacity Messages

  • Empty: "The keg is empty."
  • 1-4 doses: "The keg is nearly empty."
  • 5-19 doses: "The keg is not very full."
  • 20-29 doses: "The keg is about one quarter full."
  • 30-39 doses: "The keg is about one third full."
  • 40-46 doses: "The keg is almost half full."
  • 47-53 doses: "The keg is approximately half full."
  • 54-69 doses: "The keg is more than half full."
  • 70-79 doses: "The keg is about three quarters full."
  • 80-95 doses: "The keg is very full."
  • 96-99 doses: "The liquid is almost to the top of the keg."
  • 100 doses: "The keg is completely full."

Potion Recipes

Refresh Potions

Restore stamina when consumed.

Potion Skill Required Reagents Effect
Refresh Potion -25.0 to 25.0 1 Black Pearl, 1 Bottle Restores 25% stamina
Total Refresh Potion 25.0 to 75.0 5 Black Pearl, 1 Bottle Fully restores stamina

Agility Potions

Temporarily increase Dexterity.

Potion Skill Required Reagents Effect Duration
Agility Potion 15.0 to 65.0 1 Bloodmoss, 1 Bottle +10 Dexterity 2 minutes
Greater Agility Potion 35.0 to 85.0 3 Bloodmoss, 1 Bottle +20 Dexterity 2 minutes

Nightsight Potions

Grant the ability to see in darkness.

Potion Skill Required Reagents
Nightsight Potion -25.0 to 25.0 1 Spider's Silk, 1 Bottle

Heal Potions

Restore hit points when consumed. You must wait 10 seconds between drinking healing potions.

Potion Skill Required Reagents Healing Delay
Lesser Heal Potion -25.0 to 25.0 1 Ginseng, 1 Bottle 6-20 HP 10 seconds
Heal Potion 15.0 to 65.0 3 Ginseng, 1 Bottle 6-20 HP 10 seconds
Greater Heal Potion 55.0 to 105.0 7 Ginseng, 1 Bottle 6-20 HP 10 seconds

Important: You cannot drink healing potions while poisoned or suffering from a mortal wound. You must have at least one free hand to drink potions.

Strength Potions

Temporarily increase Strength.

Potion Skill Required Reagents Effect Duration
Strength Potion 25.0 to 75.0 2 Mandrake Root, 1 Bottle +10 Strength 2 minutes
Greater Strength Potion 45.0 to 95.0 5 Mandrake Root, 1 Bottle +20 Strength 2 minutes

Poison Potions

Apply poison when consumed or used with the Poisoning skill.

Potion Skill Required Reagents Poison Level
Lesser Poison Potion -5.0 to 45.0 1 Nightshade, 1 Bottle Lesser Poison
Poison Potion 15.0 to 65.0 2 Nightshade, 1 Bottle Regular Poison
Greater Poison Potion 55.0 to 105.0 4 Nightshade, 1 Bottle Greater Poison
Deadly Poison Potion 90.0 to 140.0 8 Nightshade, 1 Bottle Deadly Poison

Cure Potions

Remove poison effects when consumed.

Potion Skill Required Reagents
Lesser Cure Potion -10.0 to 40.0 1 Garlic, 1 Bottle
Cure Potion 25.0 to 75.0 3 Garlic, 1 Bottle
Greater Cure Potion 65.0 to 115.0 6 Garlic, 1 Bottle

Explosion Potions

Throwable potions that deal area damage.

Potion Skill Required Reagents
Lesser Explosion Potion 5.0 to 55.0 3 Sulfurous Ash, 1 Bottle
Explosion Potion 35.0 to 85.0 5 Sulfurous Ash, 1 Bottle
Greater Explosion Potion 65.0 to 115.0 10 Sulfurous Ash, 1 Bottle

Crafting Mechanics

Success and Failure

  • Your chance to successfully craft a potion depends on your Alchemy skill and the difficulty of the recipe
  • The skill range shown (e.g., "15.0 to 65.0") indicates:
  • Minimum skill: Below this, you have 0% chance to succeed
  • Maximum skill: At or above this, you have 100% chance to succeed
  • Between these values, your success chance scales proportionally

Failed Attempts

  • When you fail to craft a potion, you receive an empty bottle back
  • Some materials may be lost on failure
  • Your tool (Mortar and Pestle) loses durability with each attempt

Tool Durability

  • Mortar and Pestles have limited uses
  • When your tool breaks, you'll receive the message: "You have worn out your tool"
  • Keep spare tools in your backpack for extended crafting sessions

Tips for Alchemists

  1. Skill Training: Start with easier recipes like Refresh Potions and Nightsight Potions to build your skill before attempting more difficult brews

  2. Bulk Crafting: Use potion kegs to store large quantities of commonly-used potions efficiently

  3. Reagent Management: Buy reagents in bulk from NPC vendors or gather them yourself to reduce costs

  4. Healing Potion Strategy: The 10-second delay between healing potions is the same for all tiers, so carry a mix of Lesser, regular, and Greater Heal Potions to maximize healing potential

  5. Buff Stacking: Agility and Strength potions can be used together for combined stat bonuses

  6. Combat Preparation: Stock up on cure potions and healing potions before venturing into dangerous areas

  7. Poison Application: Poison potions are most effective when used with the Poisoning skill to apply to weapons

  8. Keg Economics: Selling filled potion kegs can be more profitable than individual potions due to convenience for buyers

Potion Usage Rules

  • Free Hand Required: You must have at least one free hand to drink most potions
  • Proximity: You must be within 1 tile of a potion to use it
  • Healing Cooldown: 10 seconds must pass between drinking healing potions
  • Poison/Mortal Wound: Cannot drink healing potions while poisoned or mortally wounded
  • Revealing Action: Drinking a potion reveals hidden characters

Sound Effects

  • Crafting: You'll hear a distinctive sound (0x242) when brewing potions
  • Success: A bottle-filling sound (0x240) plays when successfully creating a potion
  • Drinking: A drinking sound (0x2D6) plays when consuming a potion