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Alchemy

Alchemy is a processing 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.

Alchemy's products fall into a few families:

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 expedition/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 injured Creatures rather than granting a timed buff.
Reagents — Primal Essence is brewed as an ingredient for other endgame recipes (e.g. the 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 Guardian and raid fights use, so a Titan Brew or Stoneskin Elixir is a real, if brief, boost before a hard expedition.

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, 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 biome reached via Expeditions; recipes with no biome listed can be brewed anywhere.

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.

Mixture	Level	Effect	Duration	Biome	Inputs	Interval (s)	XP
Calming Tonic	1	Tranquilizer — subdues wild creatures for Taming	—		Crimson Berry×2	3.2	5
Swift Forager Tonic	4	+10% Foraging speed	20 min		Crimson Berry×2; Wild Seeds	3.3	6
Lumber Tonic	8	+10% Logging speed	20 min		Fernwood×2; Crimson Berry×2	3.5	8
Fern Poultice	10	Restorative — instantly heals one injured creature	—		Fernwood; Crimson Berry×3	3.6	9
Miner's Brew	12	+10% Mining speed	20 min		Earthroot×2; Stone×2	3.8	11
Tranquilizer Brew	15	Tranquilizer — subdues wild creatures for Taming	—		Azure Berry×2; Earthroot	4	15
Angler's Brew	18	+10% Fishing speed	20 min		Azure Berry×2; Earthroot	4.2	17
Chef's Tonic	22	+10% Cooking speed	20 min		Wild Onion; Wild Honey	4.4	20
Forager's Bounty	26	20% chance to double Foraging yield	10 min		Wild Seeds×3; Azure Berry×2	4.6	23
Mossmilk Draught	28	+1 HP regen	10 min		Gourd; Crimson Berry×2	4.8	25
Focus Tonic	30	+5% XP from all skills	20 min		Wild Honey; Azure Berry×2	5	26
Weaver's Tonic	34	+12% Crafting speed	15 min		Plains Fiber×3; Dew Melon	5.1	30
Farmhand's Philtre	36	+12% Farming speed	15 min		Sunroot; Wild Seeds×2	5.3	32
Bog Mint Tea	37	+1 HP regen	15 min		Bog Mint×2	5.5	34
Ironhide Tonic	38	+6 defense (Expeditions/Hunting)	15 min		Clay×2; Earthroot×2	5.4	34
Hunter's Brew	42	+12% Hunting speed	15 min	Murkwater Swamp	Marsh Bean×2; Azure Berry×2	5.6	38
Growth Tonic	43	+15% crop growth speed	30 min		Wild Seeds×4; Marshmelon×2	5.8	40
Alchemist's Haste	44	+12% Alchemy speed	15 min		Marshmelon; Azure Berry×2	5.8	40
Prospector's Luck	46	20% chance to double Mining yield	10 min		Silver Ore; Earthroot×2	5.9	42
Sagebind Salve	48	Restorative — instantly heals one injured creature	—		Fernwood×2; Wild Honey; Marshmelon	6.2	46
Potent Tranquilizer	50	Tranquilizer — subdues even the toughest wild creatures for Taming	—		Sunfruit; Azure Berry×3	6.5	50
Logger's Luck	52	20% chance to double Logging yield	10 min		Ginkgo Log×2; Azure Berry×2	6.7	52
Berserker Brew	54	+8 attack (Expeditions/Hunting)	10 min	Scorched Badlands	Ember Pepper×2; Crimson Berry×3	6.8	53
Forge Tonic	58	+12% Smithing speed	15 min	Scorched Badlands	Coal×2; Ember Pepper	7.1	57
Bulwark Brew	60	+10 defense (Expeditions/Hunting)	12 min		Clay×2; Frostgourd	7.3	59
Angler's Luck	62	20% chance to double Fishing yield	10 min	Cavern Depths	Dew Melon; Glowcap	7.4	62
Sage Elixir	66	+10% XP from all skills	30 min	Cavern Depths	Glowcap; Sunfruit	7.7	68
Glowcap Elixir	70	+12% Delving speed	15 min		Glowcap×2; Wild Honey	8.5	78
Verdant Elixir	71	+1 crop yield per harvest	30 min		Duskroot×2; Glowcap	8.7	80
Wrathroot Tonic	72	+12 attack (Expeditions/Hunting)	12 min	Scorched Badlands	Sulfur; Flamegrain	8.6	80
Tamer's Brew	74	+12% Taming speed	15 min	Frozen Wastes	Frost Cabbage; Wild Honey×2	8.8	82
Trollblood Tonic	78	+1 HP regen	15 min	Ashen Peaks	Sulfur; Glowcap	9.3	90
Stoneskin Elixir	82	+15 defense (Expeditions/Hunting)	6 min	Ashen Peaks	Obsidian; Clay×2	9.8	100
Primal Essence	85	Reagent — an ingredient for endgame recipes (not drunk)	—		Primal Bloom; Glowcap	31	362
Primal Balm	86	Restorative — instantly heals every injured creature in the stable	—	Skyreach Plateau	Primal Bloom; Glowcap×2; Wild Honey×3	11.2	128
Wayfarer Tonic	88	+20% Expeditions speed	15 min	Skyreach Plateau	Sky Grain×2; Sunfruit	44	545
Scholar Elixir	92	+25% XP from all skills	10 min	Skyreach Plateau	Moonstone; Glowcap×2	44	587
Titan Brew	96	+20 attack (Expeditions/Hunting)	15 min	Sundered Vale	Moonstone; Sulfur×2; Primal Bloom	57	855
Ascendant Elixir	99	+20% XP from all skills	30 min	Sundered Vale	Primal Essence; Primal Squash; Moonstone	60	975

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 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.

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

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