Alchemy

Alchemy
"Anthing, deceit in heart, mixed, by pale moonlight, powder, blood, and secret herbs, to right a wrong perceived."
LP Cost	20000
Skill(s) Required	Hearth Magic, Plant Lore, Glass Blowing.
Skill(s) Enabled	None
Hearth Magic(s) Unlocked	None
Required By (7)	Alchemist's Table, Burette, Fine Scales, Mortar & Pestle, Retort, Testtube Rack, Tripod Burner
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"Alchemy allows you to mix potions and elixirs with various effects, and can for example give temporary increases to Skills or Attributes, or heal wounds. Alchemical potions and processes often use a plethora of tools, from Mortar & Pestle to Burettes, as well as the Alchemist's Table workbench."

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"Base Alchemical ingredients, chiefly herbs and minerals, all have various base effects, and the key to a successful elixir is to combine several ingredients with the same effects. If two or more effects are matched in the ingredients, that effect will also be present in the final elixir. Some alchemical processes can also create, rather than elixirs, new ingredients, by selectively combining effects from the ingredients used to make them."

How to

Elixirs are created by combining ingredients with alchemical properties. Presently, herbs (specifically, only Forageables) and minerals (both Stones and Ores) generally have alchemical properties. Each alchemy ingredient has four randomized potential effects.

Elixirs can currently only be stored in Clay Jars and you need to discover one to unlock elixir recipes.

If elixirs aren't showing up in your crafting menu, try discovering a Clay Jar first.

Base Alchemical ingredients, chiefly herbs and minerals, all have various base effects, and the key to a successful elixir is to combine several ingredients with the same effects. If two or more effects are matched in the ingredients, that effect will also be present in the final elixir.

Some alchemical processes can also create, rather than elixirs, new ingredients, by selectively combining effects from the ingredients used to make them.

Rules

• All potential effects present in at least two of the ingredients will be present in the final Elixir.
• If a potential effect is present in more than two of the ingredients, the effect will become increasingly more powerful.
• All unmatched potential effects, present in only one of the ingredients, will serve to increase the harmfulness of the elixir. Elixirs generally cause some type of wound in addition to their positive effect, unless all potential effects in the ingredients are perfectly matched.
• There are also Alchemical Processes, which consume alchemical ingredients to produce new, processed ingredients, combining, and often removing, the potential effects present in the materials used to produce them, to create cleaner ingredients, with fewer potential effects, and thus with less risk of harm.
• A raw material -- base ingredient acquired from nature -- can only be used once in an alchemical elixir or process, meaning that you can't, for example, use both Blueberries and an Herbal Grind made from two blueberries, to create a perfectly matched elixir.
• Most processes require the use of some combination of Alchemical tools, such as the Alchemist's Table, Retort, Burette, Testtube Rack, Fine Scales, Mortar & Pestle, or Tripod Burner.

Another discovery made by playerbase, is that each alchemical ingredient has it's own order of alchemical properties, which is meaningful during alchemical processes.

Alchemical Processes

Lye Ablution
Effect: Removes first alchemical property of an ingredient, as a result you will receive ingredient with only 3 alchemical properties.
Required tools: Retort

Fiery combustion
Effect: Removes second alchemical property of an ingredient, as a result you will receive ingredient with only 3 alchemical properties.
Required tools: Tripod Burner

Herbal Grind
Effect: Create a new ingredient with 4 new random effects from two herbs. (will have the same output given the same input, but result will be effectively random)
Required tools: Mortar & Pestle

Measured Distillate
Effect: Removes properties 3, 4, and 5 from an ingredient resulting in an ingredient with only the first property.
Required tools: Retort, Burette, Testtube Rack

Mineral Calcination
Effect: Create a new ingredient with 4 new random effects from two minerals. (will have the same output given the same input, but result will be effectively random)
Required tools: Tripod Burner

Finding The Order of Alchemical Properties

1 - Apply Measured Distillate on the ingredient, since it removes all effects except the first available one, initially it will give us effect 1.

2 - Apply Lye Ablution to the same ingredient (since it removes effect A), now the ingredient only has BCD effects, then apply Measured Distillate, since it leaves only the first one available effect, we get effect 2.

3 - Apply Lye Ablution (removes A) and Fiery Combustion (removes B) to the same ingredient, now we have only effects C and D, then apply Measured Distillate, we get effect 3.

4 - The only remaining 1.

Processes example:
Say, you are making a Mushroom Decoction elixir.
You have a Mushroom, and 4 different alchemical ingredients. You know all effects of the ingredients, and their order.
Let's assume, you have next ingredients with next alchemical properties:
Mushroom: (Intelligence, Agility, Nasty Wart, Concussion)
Rock1:(Unarmed Combat, Agility, Adder Bite, Starvation)
Herb1:(Intelligence, Cooking, Starvation, Nettle Burn)
Rock2:(Adder Bite, Will, Nasty Wart, Farming)
Herb2:(Concussion, Lore, Cooking, Nasty Laceration)

Required processes will be:
Herb2 + Herb1 = Measured distillate1(Concussion, Intelligence) // You took two first effects from both ingredients, to receive ingredient with 2 effects.
Rock1 = Lye Ablution1(Agility, Adder Bite, Starvation) // You have removed first effect, to receive ingredient with 3 effects. Note that second effect became first.
Rock2 = Fiery combustion(Adder Bite, Nasty Wart, Farming) = Lye Ablution2(Nasty Wart, Farming) // You have removed first and second effects with two processes and received ingredient with 2 effects.
Lye Ablution1 + Lye Ablution2 = Measured distillate2(Nasty Wart, Agility) // You have combined two Lye Ablution to take first effects from each, to receive ingredient with 2 effects.
Measured distillate2 + Measured distillate1 + Mushroom = Mushroom Decoction // All ingredient properties have matched, so you received an elixir that will have 4 positive effects(Intelligence, Agility, Nasty Wart, Concussion), with no negative effects.

Quality

• Elixir Quality = [Verify: elixir quality.] and is softcapped by [Verify: elixir softcap.]
  • Herbal Swill Quality = ${\frac {_{q}Water+_{q}AlchemicalIngridient+_{q}Herb+_{q}Mortar\&Pestle}{4}}$

• Elixir Buff = $2^{(n-2)}*10*{\sqrt {\frac {_{q}Elixir}{10}}}$
  • n - is number of matching effects of ingredients

• Elixir Damage = [Verify: elixir damage formula.]

Alchemy ingredients

Each listed base attribute or ability gives stat bonus, as well as every name of wound gives healing effect for such wound.
Properties are not ordered (order is important for processing) (Bold = Ordered).

World 15 Ingredient Reactions

Name	Property1	Property2	Property3	Property4
Alabaster	Bum Burn	Unfaced	Nasty Laceration	Nerve Damage
Apatite	Deep Cut	Blade Kiss	Psyche	Masonry
Arkose	Charisma	Masonry	Will	Carpentry
Basalt	Stealth	Nicks & Knacks	Perception	Sewing
Bat Rock	Concussion	Dragon Bite	Unarmed Combat	Carpentry
Bay Bolete	Cooking	Aching Joints	Markmanship	Farming
Black Coal	Intelligence	Exploration	Marksmanship	Jellyfish Sting
Black Ore
Black Truffles
Black Trumpets	Quill'd	Quicksilver Poisoning	Shorter Duration	Rot Gut
Bloated Bolete	Intelligence	Sewing	Bruise	Blistering Headache
Block of Trombone Chantrelle*
Blood Stern	Maddening Rash	Bruise	Leech Burns	Psyche
Bloodstone
Blueberries	Midge Bites	Nettle Burn	Deep Cuts	Shorter Duration
Breccia	Perception	Constitution	Crab Caressed	Leech Burns
Button Mushroom	Deep Cuts	Intelligence	Bruise
Camomile
Candleberry	Markmanship	Quicksilver Poisoning	Intelligence
Cassiterite	Nettle Burn	Masonry	Farming
Cat Gold	Constitution	Nicks & Knacks	Nerve Damage	Bum Burn
Cattail Fibres	Swamp Fever	Midge Bites	Survival	Pipe Wheeze
Cattail Head	Constitution	Masonry	Lore	Quill'd
Cattail Roots	Perception	Charisma	Nerve Damage	Nicks & Knacks
Cave Lantern	Farming	Starvation	Seal Finger	Intelligence
Cavebulb	Nettle Burn	Stealth	Seal Finger	Longer Duration
Chalcopyrite	Survival	Unarmed Combat	Sand Flea Bites
Chantrelles	Pipe Wheeze	Starvation	Bruise	Psyche
Chert	Strength	Punch-Sore	Masonry	Sand Flea Bites
Chiming Bluebell
Chives	Marksmanship	Quill'd	Will	Wretched Gore
Cinnabar	Perception	Survival	Antcid Burns
Clover	Nidburns	Scrapes & Cuts	Antcid Burns	Shorter Duration
Coade Stone Brick
Coltsfoot	Blunt Trauma
Cremini Mushroom	Psyche	Coaler's Cough	Hearth Burn	Sewing
Dandelion	Aching Joints	Punch-Sore	Crab Caressed	Masonry
Dewy Lady's Mantle	Stealth	Cooking	Dragon Bite	Antcid Burns
Diabase	Nerve Damage	Shorter Duration	Nasty Wart	Seal Finger
Dill	Constitution	Survival	Smithing	Pipe Wheeze
Diorite	Nasty Laceration	Starvation	Psyche	Maddening Rash
Direvein
Dolomite	Longer Duration	Wretched Gore	Agility	Smithing
Dove Droppings	Intelligence	Pipe Wheeze
Dried Morels	Carpentry	Sewing	Intelligence	Blunt Trauma
Dross	Intelligence	Cooking
Dusk Fern	Lore	Masonry	Severe Mauling	Shorter Duration
Eclogite	Blunt Trauma	Midge Bites	Black-Eyed	Quicksilver Poisoning
Edelweiß
Fairy Mushroom	Stealth	Cooking	Survival
Feldspar	Charisma	Nettle Burn	Intelligence	Asphyxiation
Field Blewits	Allergic Reaction	Crab Caressed	Adder Bites	Wretched Gore
Flint	Constitution	Stealth	Antcid Burns	Crab Caressed
Fluorospar	Dexterity	Charisma	Severe Mauling	Smithing
Four-Leaf Clover
Frog's Crown	Smithing	Severe Mauling	Melee Combat	Carpentry
Gabbro	Smithing	Nidburns	Longer Duration	Sand Flea Bites
Galena	Deep Cut	Dexterity	Midge Bites
Ghost Apple	Farming	Hearthburn
Giant Puffball	Scrapes & Cuts	Exploration	Rot Gut	Masonry
Glimmermoss	Scrapes & Cuts
Gneiss	Charisma	Blistering Headache	Melee Combat	Blade Kiss
Granite	Adder Bites	Stealth	Dexterity	Asphyxiation
Graywacke	Charisma	Nasty Wart	Melee Combat	Sewing
Green Kelp	Midge Bites	Unarmed Combat	Dexterity	Perception
Greenschist	Blistering Headache	Markmanship	Cooking	Sewing
Heartsease	Starvation	Exploration	Sand Flea Bites	Rot Gut
Heavy Earth	Masonry	Fell Slash	Nasty Wart	Rot Gut
Horn Silver
Hornblende	Blistering Headache	Allergic Reaction	Agility	Leech Burns
Indigo Cap
Iron Ochre	Deep Cut	Dexterity	Aching Joints	Wretched Gore
Jasper	Swollen Bump	Nicks & Knacks	Dexterity	Maddening Rash
Korund
Kvann	Markmanship	Will	Exploration
Kyanite	Swollen Bump	Aching Joints	Rot Gut	Hearth Burn
Lady's Mantle	Concussion	Psyche	Wretched Gore	Cruel Incision
Lamp Stalk	Antcid Burns	Longer Duration	Swamp Fever	Constitution
Lava Rock	Pipe Wheeze	Sewing	Longer Duration	Agility
Lead Glance	Nidburns	Leech Burns	Dragon Bites	Black-Eyed
Leaf Ore
Liberty Caps	Midge Bites	Rot Gut	Pipe Wheeze	Nasty Laceration
Limestone	Constitution	Survival	Shorter Duration	Blistering Headache
Lingonberries	Smithing	Charisma	Carpentry	Agility
Lupine	Masonry	Shorter Duration	Nettle Burn	Aching Joints
Malachite	Perception	QuickSilver Poisoning	Farming
Mandrake Root	Quicksilver Poisoning	Carpentry	Survival
Marble	Aching Joints	Sand Flea Bites	Swamp Fever	Scrapes & Cuts
Marsh-Mallow	Perception
Mica	Longer Duration	Psyche	QuickSilver Poisoning	Lore
Microlite	Adder Bites	Will	Bum Burn	Farming
Mistletoe	Dexterity	Will	Nicks & Knacks	Shorter Duration
Morels	Stealth	Deep Cut	Bruise	Aching Joints
Obsidian	Survival	Lore	Will
Olivine	Severe Mauling	Marksmanship	Wretched Gore	Hearth Burn
Orthoclase	Coalers Cough	Agility	Wretched Gore	Allergic Reaction
Oyster Mushroom	Nasty Wart	Stealth	Psyche	Masonry
Parasol Mushroom	Smithing	Cruel Incision	Psyche	Nasty Wart
Parboiled Morels	Masonry	Agility	Lore
Peacock Ore
Pegmatite	Fell Slash	Crab Carressed	Hearth Burn	Psyche
Perfect Autumn Leaf	Asphyxiation	Dexterity	Unarmed Combat	Cooking
Porphyry	Swamp Fever	Maddening Rash	Sand Flea Bites	Fell Slash
Portobello Mushroom	Allergic Reaction	Lore	Blistering Headache	Nicks & Knacks
Pumice	Intelligence	Concussion	Wretched Gore	Cooking
Quarryartz	Nidburns	Lore
Quartz	Dexterity	Unarmed Combat	Melee Combat	Stealth
Reeds	Pipe Wheeze	Intelligence	Nettle Burn	Asphyxiation
Rhyolite	Exploration	Nidburns	Deep Cut	Lore
Rock Crystal
Royal Toadstool	Swamp Fever	Agility	Longer Duration	Jellyfish Sting
Ruby Bolete	Scrapes & Cuts	Smithing	Blunt Trauma	Asphyxiation
Rustroot	Adder Bites	Psyche	Unarmed Combat	Constitution
Sage
Sandstone	Sewing	Psyche	Concussion	Leech Burns
Schist	Constitution	Quilld	Scrapes & Cuts	Shorter Duration
Schrifterz
Seasponge	Something Broken	Perception	Marksmanship	Nicks & Knacks
Serpentine	Lore	Sewing	Dragon Bite	Rot Gut
Shard of Conch
Silvershine
Slag	Longer Duration	Intelligence	Constitution	Concussion
Slate	Bruise	Scrapes & Cuts	Will	Intelligence
Sleighbell
Snowtop	Nicks & Knacks	Perception	Bum Burn	Strength
Soapstone	Bird Lung	Stealth	Agility	Nicks & Knacks
Sodalite	Constitution	Strength	Agility	Will
Spindly Taproot	Seal Finger	Punch Sore	Will	Stealth
Stalagoom	Bird Lung	Nicks & Knacks	Deep Cuts	Unarmed Combat
Stinging Nettle	Survival	Allergic Reaction	Something Broken
Strawberry	Perception	Dragon Bites	Starvation	Dexterity
Sunstone	Longer Duration	Smithing	Exploration	Will
Tangled Bramble	Sand Flea Bites	Aching Joints	Hearth Burn	Concussion
Thorny Thistle	Coaler's Cough	Longer Duration	Asphyxiation
Thyme
Toadflax	Seal Finger	Bum Burn	Perception	Lore
Troll Mushrooms
Trumpet Chantrelle
Uncommon Snapdragon	Intelligence	Farming	Melee Combat	Nicks & Knacks
Washed-up Bladderwrack	Pipe Wheeze	Stealth
Waybroad	Survival	Blade Kiss	Nicks & Knacks	Shorter Duration
White Truffles
Wild Windsown Weed	Charisma	Nasty Laceration	Psyche	Will
Wine Glance	Pipe Wheeze	Will	Longer Duration	Unfaced
Wintergreen
Yarrow	Antcid Burns	Masonry	Blistering Headache	Constitution
Yellowfeet	Allergic Reaction	Nasty Wart	Will	Unarmed Combat
Zincspar	Bruise	Quilld	Jellyfish Sting	Blunt Trauma

* Only accepted as a mushroom for Mushroom Decoction

Previous world alchemy reactions (reset with new worlds).
Archived: W12 ingredient list
Archived: W13 ingredient list
Archived: W14 ingredient list

Game Development

• Strange Crown (2022-10-23)◎ >""Fairy Mushrooms" now have alchemical properties."

• Liberty Shrimp (2022-09-11)◎ >""Reeds" are now an alchemical ingredient."

• Possessed Purse (2021-06-13)◎ >"Cat Gold is now an alchemical ingredient."

• Through a Glass Darkly (2020-08-16)◎ >"If you manage to impart the same potential effect more than once on an alchemical ingredient, it will only count once for the purposes of positive Elixir effects, but still count as a matched effect, and reduce the potion's negative side effect."

• Alchemical Adventures (2020-07-31)◎ >"Alchemy is unlocked using the Alchemy Skill, unlocked with Hearth Magic and Plant Lore."

• Alchemical Adventures (2020-07-31)◎ >"EDIT: Elixirs cannot be consumed while in combat, or when you have another Elixir already active."

• Alchemical Adventures (2020-07-31)◎ >"Added Alchemy."

• Alchemical Adventures (2020-07-31)◎ >"You can now create Elixirs, consumable potions, using alchemy. Beneficial Elixirs can give stat buffs for a duration, or heal wounds."