sAlchemy is one of the skills in The Age of Decadence.
Alchemy screen
The mystical art of transforming mundane organic and non-organic elements into magical items, like healing salves, potions that destroy metal, liquids that burn, and black powder fireballs. A must-have skill for mad scientists!
Introduction to Alchemy
You can use the Alchemy system to create various potions that can temporarily improve or modify you character's abilities, poison to coat your weapons, and flask/bombs that can be thrown at your enemies.
While in the full game you will acquire techniques and reagents from NPCs or through exploration, in the beta you'll receive all techniques and reagents without restrictions for testing purposes. Talk to the alchemist at the inn when you start the game. You can't fail in making the item and lose your ingredients.
There are seven different techniques, plus two modifiers for each technique. You can create (level required):
- Healing salve (2) - Cassava root
- Restorative Liniment (4) - Cassava root + Goldenberry
- Regeneration potion - Cassava root + Amaranthus Extract
- Berserk potion (2) - Blood mushroom
- Berserk potion (extended) (5) - Blood mushroom + Emoryl rootss
- Berserk potion (hemostasis) (5) - Blood mushroom + Fennah berries
- Poison (2) - Kadura leaves
- Poison (potent) (9) - Kadura leaves + Emoryl root
- Antidote (3)- Kadura leaves + Avatera sprouts
- Neurostimulant (3) - Quicksilver roots
- Neurostimulant (extended) (4)- Quicksilver roots + Emoryl root
- Neurostimulant (eagle eye) (6) - Quicksilver roots + Dragon's Blood Extract
- Acid (5) - Sulfur
- Acid (strong) (9) - Sulfur + Salt petraes
- Acid (splash) (6) - Sulfur + Fool's gold
- Liquid fire (3) - Rock oil
- Liquid fire (strong) (6) - Rock oil + Sulfur
- Liquid fire (burning) (8) -Rock oil + Quicklime
- Black powder bomb (4) - Black powder
- Black powder bomb (strong) - Black powder + Salt petrae
- Black powder bomb (fragmentation) (?) - Black powder + Iron balls
To create an alchemical item you need a base reagent. For example, to create a basic bomb, you need the black powder (drag it to the first slot on the alchemy screen). To create a fragmentation bomb that works better against armored opponents, you need to add iron balls (drag them to the second slot).
Keep in mind that it's not just the raw damage that matters. The bomb, for example, can knock down your enemies, while the liquid fire can separate them, which is an invaluable ability.
Alchemy reagents
- Avatera sprouts
- Amaranthus Extract
- Black powder
- Blood mushroom
- Cassava root
- Dragon's Blood Extract
- Emoryl root
- Fennah berries
- Fool's gold
- Goldenberry
- Iron balls
- Kadura leaves
- Quicklime
- Quicksilver roots
- Rock oil
- Salt petrae
- Sulfur
Learning alchemy techniques
You can learn alchemy techniques from:
- Coltan - poison