Primal Idle Wiki

Alchemy: Difference between revisions

← Older edit

Primal wiki (talk | contribs)

3 user groups
3,708 edits
undo
VisualWikitext
CI sync from 2f5cc5f31a917beb1e45065185a586eb8c01d457
Move page-image marker to the foot so it stays out of search snippets
 
(9 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
== Alchemy ==
== Alchemy ==


'''Alchemy''' is a processing [[Skills|skill]] that brews and distills gathered plants, minerals and other ingredients into tonics, brews, elixirs and tranquilizers. Its products fall into three broad groups:
'''Alchemy''' is a processing [[Skills|skill]] that brews and distills gathered plants, minerals and other ingredients into tonics, brews, elixirs and tranquilizers. Every recipe consumes one or more ingredients and produces a finished mixture that lands in your [[Bank]]. There are 39 recipes in all, spanning Alchemy levels 1–99.


* '''Tranquilizers''' — such as [[Items|Tranquilizer Brew]] and [[Items|Potent Tranquilizer]], used to subdue wild [[Creatures]] for [[Taming]].
Alchemy's products fall into a few families:
* '''Buff tonics and brews''' — themed to other skills (foraging, logging, mining, fishing, hunting, cooking, smithing and more) to aid your work.
* '''Restorative and utility mixtures''' — poultices, balms and potent essences.


Each recipe consumes one or more ingredients and produces a finished mixture.
* '''Buff potions''' — drink one to gain a '''temporary, timed''' bonus: a skill's actions run faster, a skill has a chance to double its yield, combat [[Expeditions|expedition]]/[[Hunting|hunt]] power goes up (attack/defense), all skills earn more XP, your HP regenerates, or your crops grow faster / yield more.
* '''Tranquilizers''' — [[Tranquilizer Brew]], [[Potent Tranquilizer]] and the starter [[Calming Tonic]] — consumed to subdue wild [[Creatures]] during [[Taming]]. No timer; they are spent when you tame.
* '''Restoratives''' — Fern Poultice, Sagebind Salve and Primal Balm instantly heal hurt or injured [[Creatures]] rather than granting a timed buff. They form a '''ladder of reach''' (below), not of strength.
* '''Reagents''' — Primal Essence is brewed as an ingredient for other endgame recipes (e.g. the [[Sundered Vale|Vale's]] Ascendant Elixir) rather than drunk.
 
== How buff potions work ==
 
Drinking a potion applies its effect for the listed '''duration''', then it wears off. The rules the engine uses:
 
* '''One buff per effect type.''' Drinking a potion of the same '''kind''' (and same skill, for skill buffs) '''replaces''' the active one — it refreshes the timer rather than stacking two copies. Drinking a fresh Miner's Brew, for example, just resets Mining speed to +10% for another 20 minutes.
* '''Different effect types run together.''' A skill-speed buff, a combat buff and an XP buff can all be active at once, because each is a different kind.
* '''Timers run offline.''' Buffs tick down whether or not the game is open, and expire cleanly mid-session.
 
Combat buffs (attack / defense) feed the same score the [[Guardians|Guardian]] and [[Rivals|raid]] fights use, so a Titan Brew or Stoneskin Elixir is a real, if brief, boost before a hard [[Expeditions|expedition]].
 
=== The salve ladder ===
 
The three salves all heal instantly and to full — what separates them is '''how many creatures each one reaches'''. Since v0.36.93 no two share a reach, so each is a genuine upgrade over the last rather than a pricier way to do the same job.
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Salve !! [[Alchemy]] !! Heals !! Best for
|-
| {{Icon|fern-poultice}} [[Fern Poultice]] || 10 || '''One''' hurt or injured creature || Patching a single dino cheaply
|-
| {{Icon|sagebind-salve}} [[Sagebind Salve]] || 48 || Every hurt or injured creature in your '''party''' (up to 5) || Cleaning up after an [[Expeditions|expedition]] — the party is exactly who takes the damage
|-
| {{Icon|primal-balm}} [[Primal Balm]] || 86 || Every hurt or injured creature in the '''whole [[Stable]]''' || Mass recovery, including benched dinos
|}
 
The '''Heal''' buttons (on the [[Stable]] and on a dino's card on the [[Player]] page) spend your '''cheapest''' suitable salve, so stock the low rungs freely — a Primal Balm is never burned while a Fern Poultice sits in the [[Bank]].
 
=== The potion shelf and auto-drink ===
 
You no longer have to open the [[Bank]] to drink. Since v0.36.48 every skill page carries a '''potion shelf''' at the top holding that skill's own potions as tap-to-drink bottles — Lumber Tonic on [[Logging]], Miner's Brew on [[Mining]], the crop tonics on the Farm. A bottle shows how many you hold, flips to a live countdown once drunk, and sits greyed with a "Brew in Alchemy" hint for anything you haven't brewed yet.
 
The four '''XP potions''' — Focus Tonic, Sage Elixir, Scholar Elixir and Ascendant Elixir — boost whatever you are doing rather than one skill, so since v0.36.65 they share a single XP tile on '''every''' skill page (the Farm included); tapping it opens a picker.
 
'''Auto-drink''' (v0.36.65): every tile has an auto pip. Switch it on and the moment that potion expires another is poured — the same one you last picked, so re-aiming it just means choosing a different tier in the picker. Each line is its own switch, so you can keep XP topped up without burning through your speed brews. Auto-drink '''keeps running while you're away''', so a long night can genuinely work through a shelf — the welcome-back summary lists every potion it drank, the way it already lists what your workers ate.


== How to progress ==
== How to progress ==


Brewing a mixture grants Alchemy experience and raises your Alchemy level, unlocking stronger recipes that give more XP but need rarer ingredients and take longer to prepare. Alchemy draws ingredients from across the gathering skills — [[Foraging]] berries and plants, [[Mining]] minerals, and the occasional fish — so keeping those stocked lets you brew the best recipe you have unlocked.
Brewing a mixture grants Alchemy experience and raises your Alchemy level, unlocking stronger recipes that give more XP but need rarer ingredients and take longer to prepare. Alchemy draws ingredients from across the gathering skills — [[Foraging]] berries and plants, [[Logging]] wood, [[Mining]] minerals, [[Farming]] crops and the occasional swamp or cave gather — so keeping those stocked lets you brew the best recipe you have unlocked.


Several recipes must be brewed in a specific [[Biomes|biome]] reached via [[Expeditions]]; recipes with no biome listed can be brewed anywhere.
Several recipes must be brewed in a specific [[Biomes|biome]] reached via [[Expeditions]]; recipes with no biome listed can be brewed anywhere.


== Recipes ==
== Recipes ==
Every recipe, with what the finished mixture does. '''Effect''' is the bonus you get from one dose; '''Duration''' is how long a drunk potion lasts (tranquilizers, restoratives and reagents have no timer). '''Interval''' is the base brew time before speed bonuses.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Mixture !! Level !! Effect !! Duration !! Biome !! Inputs !! Interval (s) !! XP
|-
| Calming Tonic || 1 || Tranquilizer — subdues wild creatures for [[Taming]] || — ||  || {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry×2 || 3.2 || 5
|-
| Swift Forager Tonic || 4 || +10% [[Foraging]] speed || 20 min ||  || {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry×2; {{Icon|wild-seeds}} Wild Seeds || 3.3 || 6
|-
| Lumber Tonic || 8 || +10% [[Logging]] speed || 20 min ||  || {{Icon|fernwood}} Fernwood×2; {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry×2 || 3.5 || 8
|-
| Fern Poultice || 10 || Restorative — instantly heals one hurt or injured [[Creatures|creature]] || — ||  || {{Icon|fernwood}} Fernwood; {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry×3 || 3.6 || 9
|-
| Miner's Brew || 12 || +10% [[Mining]] speed || 20 min ||  || {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot×2; {{Icon|stone}} Stone×2 || 3.8 || 11
|-
|-
! Mixture !! Level !! Interval (s) !! Biome !! Inputs !! XP
| Tranquilizer Brew || 15 || Tranquilizer — subdues wild creatures for [[Taming]] || — ||  || {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry×2; {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot || 4 || 15
|-
|-
| Brew Calming Tonic || 1 || 3.2 || — || {{Icon|crimson-berry}} [[Items|Crimson Berry]] ×2 || 5
| Angler's Brew || 18 || +10% [[Fishing]] speed || 20 min || || {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry×2; {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot || 4.2 || 17
|-
|-
| Brew Swift Forager Tonic || 4 || 3.3 || — || {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry ×2; {{Icon|wild-seeds}} [[Items|Wild Seeds]] || 6
| Chef's Tonic || 22 || +10% [[Cooking]] speed || 20 min || || {{Icon|wild-onion}} Wild Onion; {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey || 4.4 || 20
|-
|-
| Brew Lumber Tonic || 8 || 3.5 || — || {{Icon|fernwood}} [[Items|Fernwood]] ×2; {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry ×2 || 8
| Forager's Bounty || 26 || 20% chance to double [[Foraging]] yield || 10 min || || {{Icon|wild-seeds}} Wild Seeds×3; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry×2 || 4.6 || 23
|-
|-
| Bind Fern Poultice || 10 || 3.6 || — || {{Icon|fernwood}} Fernwood; {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry ×3 || 9
| Mossmilk Draught || 28 || +1 HP regen || 10 min || || {{Icon|gourd}} Gourd; {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry×2 || 4.8 || 25
|-
|-
| Brew Miner's Brew || 12 || 3.8 || — || {{Icon|earthroot}} [[Items|Earthroot]] ×2; {{Icon|stone}} [[Items|Stone]] ×2 || 11
| Focus Tonic || 30 || +5% XP from all skills || 20 min ||  || {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry×2 || 5 || 26
|-
|-
| Brew Tranquilizer || 15 || 4.0 || — || {{Icon|azure-berry}} [[Items|Azure Berry]] ×2; {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot || 15
| Weaver's Tonic || 34 || +12% [[Crafting]] speed || 15 min || || {{Icon|plains-fiber}} Plains Fiber×3; {{Icon|dew-melon}} Dew Melon || 5.1 || 30
|-
|-
| Brew Angler's Brew || 18 || 4.2 || — || {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry ×2; {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot || 17
| Farmhand's Philtre || 36 || +12% [[Farming]] speed || 15 min || || {{Icon|sunroot}} Sunroot; {{Icon|wild-seeds}} Wild Seeds×2 || 5.3 || 32
|-
|-
| Brew Chef's Tonic || 22 || 4.4 || — || {{Icon|wild-onion}} [[Items|Wild Onion]]; {{Icon|wild-honey}} [[Items|Wild Honey]] || 20
| Bog Mint Tea || 37 || +1 HP regen || 15 min || || {{Icon|bog-mint}} Bog Mint×2 || 5.5 || 34
|-
|-
| Brew Bountiful Harvest || 26 || 4.6 || — || {{Icon|wild-seeds}} Wild Seeds ×3; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry ×2 || 23
| Ironhide Tonic || 38 || +6 defense ([[Expeditions]]/[[Hunting]]) || 15 min || || {{Icon|clay}} Clay×2; {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot×2 || 5.4 || 34
|-
|-
| Brew Focus Tonic || 30 || 5.0 || — || {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry ×2 || 26
| Hunter's Brew || 42 || +12% [[Hunting]] speed || 15 min || [[Murkwater Swamp]] || {{Icon|marsh-bean}} Marsh Bean×2; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry×2 || 5.6 || 38
|-
|-
| Brew Weaver's Tonic || 34 || 5.1 || — || {{Icon|plains-fiber}} [[Items|Plains Fiber]] ×3; {{Icon|dew-melon}} [[Items|Dew Melon]] || 30
| Growth Tonic || 43 || +15% [[Farming|crop growth]] speed || 30 min || || {{Icon|wild-seeds}} Wild Seeds×4; {{Icon|marshmelon}} Marshmelon×2 || 5.8 || 40
|-
|-
| Brew Ironhide Tonic || 38 || 5.4 || — || {{Icon|clay}} [[Items|Clay]] ×2; {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot ×2 || 34
| Alchemist's Haste || 44 || +12% [[Alchemy]] speed || 15 min || || {{Icon|marshmelon}} Marshmelon; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry×2 || 5.8 || 40
|-
|-
| Brew Hunter's Brew || 42 || 5.6 || [[Biomes|Murkwater Swamp]] || {{Icon|marsh-bean}} [[Items|Marsh Bean]] ×2; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry ×2 || 38
| Prospector's Luck || 46 || 20% chance to double [[Mining]] yield || 10 min ||  || {{Icon|silver-ore}} Silver Ore; {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot×2 || 5.9 || 42
|-
|-
| Brew Prospector's Luck || 46 || 5.9 || — || {{Icon|silver-ore}} [[Items|Silver Ore]]; {{Icon|earthroot}} Earthroot ×2 || 42
| Sagebind Salve || 48 || Restorative — instantly heals every hurt or injured creature in your '''party''' || — || || {{Icon|fernwood}} Fernwood×2; {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey; {{Icon|marshmelon}} Marshmelon || 6.2 || 46
|-
|-
| Distill Potent Tranquilizer || 50 || 6.5 || — || {{Icon|sunfruit}} [[Items|Sunfruit]]; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry ×3 || 50
| Potent Tranquilizer || 50 || Tranquilizer — subdues even the toughest wild creatures for [[Taming]] || — ||  || {{Icon|sunfruit}} Sunfruit; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry×3 || 6.5 || 50
|-
|-
| Brew Berserker Brew || 54 || 6.8 || [[Biomes|Scorched Badlands]] || {{Icon|ember-pepper}} [[Items|Ember Pepper]] ×2; {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry ×3 || 53
| Logger's Luck || 52 || 20% chance to double [[Logging]] yield || 10 min ||  || {{Icon|ginkgo-log}} Ginkgo Log×2; {{Icon|azure-berry}} Azure Berry×2 || 6.7 || 52
|-
|-
| Brew Forge Tonic || 58 || 7.1 || [[Biomes|Scorched Badlands]] || {{Icon|coal}} [[Items|Coal]] ×2; {{Icon|ember-pepper}} Ember Pepper || 57
| Berserker Brew || 54 || +8 attack ([[Expeditions]]/[[Hunting]]) || 10 min || [[Scorched Badlands]] || {{Icon|ember-pepper}} Ember Pepper×2; {{Icon|crimson-berry}} Crimson Berry×3 || 6.8 || 53
|-
|-
| Brew Angler's Luck || 62 || 7.4 || [[Biomes|Cavern Depths]] || {{Icon|dew-melon}} Dew Melon; {{Icon|glowcap}} [[Items|Glowcap]] || 62
| Forge Tonic || 58 || +12% [[Smithing]] speed || 15 min || [[Scorched Badlands]] || {{Icon|coal}} Coal×2; {{Icon|ember-pepper}} Ember Pepper || 7.1 || 57
|-
|-
| Brew Sage Elixir || 66 || 7.7 || [[Biomes|Cavern Depths]] || {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap; {{Icon|sunfruit}} Sunfruit || 68
| Bulwark Brew || 60 || +10 defense ([[Expeditions]]/[[Hunting]]) || 12 min ||  || {{Icon|clay}} Clay×2; {{Icon|frostgourd}} Frostgourd || 7.3 || 59
|-
|-
| Brew Glowcap Elixir || 70 || 8.5 || — || {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap ×2; {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey || 78
| Angler's Luck || 62 || 20% chance to double [[Fishing]] yield || 10 min || [[Cavern Depths]] || {{Icon|dew-melon}} Dew Melon; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap || 7.4 || 62
|-
|-
| Brew Tamer's Brew || 74 || 8.8 || [[Biomes|Frozen Wastes]] || {{Icon|frost-cabbage}} [[Items|Frost Cabbage]]; {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey ×2 || 82
| Sage Elixir || 66 || +10% XP from all skills || 30 min || [[Cavern Depths]] || {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap; {{Icon|sunfruit}} Sunfruit || 7.7 || 68
|-
|-
| Brew Trollblood Tonic || 78 || 9.3 || [[Biomes|Ashen Peaks]] || {{Icon|sulfur}} [[Items|Sulfur]]; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap || 90
| Glowcap Elixir || 70 || +12% [[Delving]] speed || 15 min ||  || {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap×2; {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey || 8.5 || 78
|-
|-
| Distill Stoneskin Elixir || 82 || 9.8 || [[Biomes|Ashen Peaks]] || {{Icon|obsidian}} [[Items|Obsidian]]; {{Icon|clay}} Clay ×2 || 100
| Verdant Elixir || 71 || +1 [[Farming|crop yield]] per harvest || 30 min ||  || {{Icon|duskroot}} Duskroot×2; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap || 8.7 || 80
|-
|-
| Distill Primal Essence || 85 || 11.0 || — || {{Icon|primal-bloom}} [[Items|Primal Bloom]]; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap || 125
| Wrathroot Tonic || 72 || +12 attack ([[Expeditions]]/[[Hunting]]) || 12 min || [[Scorched Badlands]] || {{Icon|sulfur}} Sulfur; {{Icon|flamegrain}} Flamegrain || 8.6 || 80
|-
|-
| Blend Primal Balm || 86 || 11.2 || [[Biomes|Skyreach Plateau]] || {{Icon|primal-bloom}} Primal Bloom; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap ×2; {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey ×3 || 128
| Tamer's Brew || 74 || +12% [[Taming]] speed || 15 min || [[Frozen Wastes]] || {{Icon|frost-cabbage}} Frost Cabbage; {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey×2 || 8.8 || 82
|-
|-
| Brew Wayfarer Tonic || 88 || 10.6 || [[Biomes|Skyreach Plateau]] || {{Icon|sky-grain}} [[Items|Sky Grain]] ×2; {{Icon|sunfruit}} Sunfruit || 122
| Trollblood Tonic || 78 || +2 HP regen || 15 min || [[Ashen Peaks]] || {{Icon|sulfur}} Sulfur; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap || 9.3 || 90
|-
|-
| Distill Scholar Elixir || 92 || 11.4 || [[Biomes|Skyreach Plateau]] || {{Icon|moonstone}} [[Items|Moonstone]]; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap ×2 || 132
| Stoneskin Elixir || 82 || +15 defense ([[Expeditions]]/[[Hunting]]) || 6 min || [[Ashen Peaks]] || {{Icon|obsidian}} Obsidian; {{Icon|clay}} Clay×2 || 9.8 || 100
|-
|-
| Distill Titan Brew || 96 || 11.8 || [[Biomes|Sundered Vale]] || {{Icon|moonstone}} Moonstone; {{Icon|sulfur}} Sulfur ×2; {{Icon|primal-bloom}} Primal Bloom || 145
| Primal Essence || 85 || Reagent — an ingredient for endgame recipes (not drunk) || — ||  || {{Icon|primal-bloom}} Primal Bloom; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap || 31 || 362
|-
| Primal Balm || 86 || Restorative — instantly heals '''every''' hurt or injured [[Creatures|creature]] in the stable || — || [[Skyreach Plateau]] || {{Icon|primal-bloom}} Primal Bloom; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap×2; {{Icon|wild-honey}} Wild Honey×3 || 11.2 || 128
|-
| Wayfarer Tonic || 88 || +20% [[Expeditions]] speed || 15 min || [[Skyreach Plateau]] || {{Icon|sky-grain}} Sky Grain×2; {{Icon|sunfruit}} Sunfruit || 44 || 545
|-
| Scholar Elixir || 92 || +25% XP from all skills || 10 min || [[Skyreach Plateau]] || {{Icon|moonstone}} Moonstone; {{Icon|glowcap}} Glowcap×2 || 44 || 587
|-
| Titan Brew || 96 || +20 attack ([[Expeditions]]/[[Hunting]]) || 15 min || [[Sundered Vale]] || {{Icon|moonstone}} Moonstone; {{Icon|sulfur}} Sulfur×2; {{Icon|primal-bloom}} Primal Bloom || 57 || 855
|-
| Ascendant Elixir || 99 || +20% XP from all skills || 30 min || [[Sundered Vale]] || {{Icon|primal-essence}} Primal Essence; {{Icon|primal-squash}} Primal Squash; {{Icon|moonstone}} Moonstone || 60 || 975
|}
|}


Each recipe produces one of its named mixture. Intervals are base times before speed bonuses.
Intervals are base times before speed bonuses. Where a mixture has a companion or set that boosts Alchemy speed, the real brew time is shorter.
 
== Notable brews ==
 
* '''Best XP-per-brew ramp''': the endgame distillations — Primal Essence (362 XP), Wayfarer Tonic (545), Scholar Elixir (587), Titan Brew (855), Ascendant Elixir (975) — carry Alchemy through the 90s, though their long intervals mean they are slow to churn.
* '''Combat prep''': Berserker Brew → Wrathroot Tonic → '''Titan Brew''' for attack; Ironhide → Bulwark → '''Stoneskin Elixir''' for defense. Stack one of each (different kinds) before a hard [[Guardians|Guardian]].
* '''XP boosters''' (all-skills): Focus Tonic (+5%), Sage Elixir (+10%), '''Scholar Elixir''' (+25%), Ascendant Elixir (+20% for a long 30 min).
* '''Taming staples''': keep [[Tranquilizer Brew]] early and '''[[Potent Tranquilizer]]''' for the high-level tames, plus '''Tamer's Brew''' (+12% Taming speed) while grinding.
* '''Farming''' : Growth Tonic (+15% growth) and Verdant Elixir (+1 yield) pair well during a planting push.
* '''Regen ladder''' (since v0.38.18): Mossmilk Draught (+1 HP, 10 min) → Bog Mint Tea (+1 HP, 15 min) → '''Trollblood Tonic''' (+2 HP, 15 min). Before that patch Trollblood matched Bog Mint Tea exactly despite costing more and needing [[Ashen Peaks]]; now every rung is a genuine step up.


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Tonics]] — the buff potions grouped by what they boost
* [[Taming]] — needs tranquilizers to capture creatures
* [[Taming]] — needs tranquilizers to capture creatures
* [[Foraging]] and [[Mining]] — supply most ingredients
* [[Foraging]], [[Logging]], [[Mining]] and [[Farming]] — supply most ingredients
* [[Skills]]
* [[Skills]]
* [[Items]]
* [[Items]]
{{Nav}}


[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:Skills]]
[[Category:Processing]]
[[Category:Processing]]
<div class="pi-pageimage" style="display:none">[[File:Icon-alchemy.png|128px]]</div>
Retrieved from "https://wiki.primalidle.com/index.php/Alchemy"