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.

Elixirs

Herbal Swill

Input: Clay Jar, Water, Alchemical Ingredient, Herb
Required tools: Mortar & Pestle
Result: Elixir

Mercurial Elixir

Input: Clay Jar, Quicksilver, Alchemical Ingredient, Alchemical Ingredient, Mineral
Required tools: Alchemist's Table, Fine Scales, Testtube Rack
Result: Elixir

Mushroom Decoction

Input: Clay Jar, Salt Water, Alchemical Ingredient, Alchemical Ingredient, Mushroom
Required tools: Alchemist's Table, Retort, Tripod Burner
Result: Elixir

Alchemical Processes

Lye Ablution

Effect: Removes first alchemical property of an ingredient, as a result you will receive ingredient with only 3 alchemical properties.
Input: Alchemical Ingredient, Lye
Required tools: Alchemist's Table, Retort
Result: Alchemical Ingredient

Fiery combustion

Effect: Removes second alchemical property of an ingredient, as a result you will receive ingredient with only 3 alchemical properties.
Input: Alchemical Ingredient, Brimstone
Required tools: Alchemist's Table, Tripod Burner
Result: Alchemical Ingredient

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)
Input: Herb, Herb
Required tools: Mortar & Pestle
Result: Alchemical Ingredient

Measured Distillate

Effect: Removes properties 2, 3, and 4 from both ingredients resulting in an ingredient with only two properties (the first property for each).
Input: Alchemical Ingredient, Alchemical Ingredient, Vegetable Oil
Required tools: Alchemist's Table, Retort, Burette, Testtube Rack
Result: Alchemical Ingredient

Mineral Calcination

Effect: Create a new ingredient with 3 random effects from two minerals. (will have the same output given the same input, result takes 2 properties from one ingredient and 1 from other in most cases). Result is not affected by Lye Ablution process, no properties removed that way.
Input: Mineral, Mineral
Required tools: Alchemist's Table, Tripod Burner
Result: Alchemical Ingredient

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

* 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)◎ >"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."

• 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."