Alchemy/Production skills
[Overview]
What are alchemy skills?
Alchemy skills are item production and utility skills. They enable you to make
- Potions
- Buff scrolls
- Stones for upgrading equipment
The utility skills are
- Decomposition - make several lower quality items into higher tier items.
- Composition - make one higher quality item into several lower tier items.
How many of these skills can I choose, per character?
One character may choose only two alchemy skills. However, many players choose to use an alternative character so that they may level more than two alchemy skills. A character's level has no effect on its alchemy skill level.
Why should I learn alchemy skills?
As well as creating items useful to oneself, alchemy skills can be very profitable as all items created by them are in high demand by players. Using alchemy skills is a wonderful way to make money without having to use cash-shop items.
How do I level my alchemy skills to make higher tier items?
The only way to level your alchemy skills is to use them. See below for more details of simplest ways to level each skill. Leveling them can be is a pain in the ass, but it's definitely worth it.
What materials do I need for alchemy skills?
See below for brief lists of item types for each skill.
[Potion making]
Allows you to make potions for regaining HP, SP, curing status ailments and increasing resistance to status ailments.
HP Potion - Restores HP instantly (Higher tiers restore more HP)
SP Potion - Restores SP instantly (Higher tiers restore more SP)
HP Regeneration Potion - Regenerates HP over 15 seconds (Higher tiers restore more HP)
SP Regeneration Potion - Regenerates SP over 15 seconds (Higher tiers restore more SP)
Cure - Removes 1 disease debuff of same or lower tier as potion (Higher tiers can remove higher debuff tiers)
Antidote - Removes 1 poison debuff of same or lower tier as potion (Higher tiers can remove higher debuff tiers)
Bless - Increases curse resistance (Higher tiers increase the resistance %)
Antitoxin - Increases poison resistance (Higher tiers increase the resistance %)
Antibiotic - Increase illness resistance (Higher tiers increase the resistance %)
All potions share a cooldown time, HP/SP stones are on a different cooldown.
Uses Meat, Spirit's Nectar, Magic Crystals, Signs, Herbs.
Becomes most profitable at Tier 3 and up.
[Scroll making]
Allows you to make buff scrolls
Shield Increase - Increases defense for 60 minutes (Higher tiers increase amount of defense given)
Magical Defense - Increases magical defense for 60 minutes (Higher tiers increase amount of magical defense given)
Vitality - Increases HP for 60 minutes (Higher tiers increase amount of HP given)
Mentality - Increases SP for 60 minutes (Higher tiers increase amount of SP given)
Aim - Increases accuracy for 60 minutes (Higher tiers increase amount of accuracy given)
Nature's Agility - Increases evasion for 60 minutes (Higher tiers increase amount of evasion given)
Speed Increase - Increases travel speed for 60 minutes (is not cancelled in battle) (Higher tiers increase speed %)
Divine Magic - Dispells a curse debuff of the same or lower tier as the scroll (Higher tiers can remove higher tier debuffs)
Uses Leather, Beast Leather, Summoned Beast Leather, Beast Dogtooth, Sap, Mushrooms, Toadstools, Slime Jelly.
Becomes most profitable at Tier 2 and up.
[Stone making]
Elrue - Used to upgrade items from +0 to +3
Xir - Used to upgrade items from +3 to +6
Lix - Used to upgrade items from +6 to +9
Uses Spirit Dust, Gem Dust, Soul Dust and Ore.
Becomes most profitable at Tier 2 and up.
[Material Decomposition]
Allows you to make several lower-tier items from one higher-tier item e.g. 2 Low Quality Copper Ore from one Normal Quality Copper Ore. The number of LQ items gained varies by each item.
Is very complimentary to Potion, Scroll and Stone making, as you often get material drops above your production level. By decomposing you have a use for these items, instead of saving them for when you can make higher tiers, or selling them.
Uses any materials, and Alchemy Stones. The Tier of Alchemy Stone needed will be specified in the item recipe.
[Material Composition]
Allows you to make one higher-tier item from several lower-tier items. The number of LQ items used varies by each item.
Is very complimentary to Potion, Scroll and Stone making, as you can make outleveled materials into useful higher-tier ones, instead of throwing them away.
Uses any materials, and Alchemy Stones. The Tier of Alchemy Stone needed will be specified in the item recipe.
[How to level alchemy skills]
Potions, Scrolls, Stones
Buy Low Quality materials from Item Merchant Nina in Elderine. Stock up on as many as you can while leaving one free inventory space for the product. Afk or whatever and leave your character making tier 1 items.
Decomposition and Composition
Gather a bunch of Low Quality Copper Ore from Echo Cave, and Low QUality Mushrooms from Sea of Greed. Buy Alchemy Stones (Tier 1 for these items) from Item Merchant Nina. Decompose your items, then re-Compose them. Rinse and repeat as desired.
