Tutorial:Alchemy Guide

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This is an overall guide for  Alchemy.

Techniques

Base Material Choice

Effective grinding for Alchemy XP usually require purchasing a large amount of a cost-effective base material through the Bazaar. There are a few options for this base material that can buy the most XP with coins:

Item	Base Bottle	Resulting Potion	Base XP for 3 Potions	Bazaar Cost Per Million XP
Enchanted Fermented Spider Eye	Water Bottle	Weakness V	45,000	2,864,600 coins
Enchanted Sugar Cane	Awkward Potion	Speed V	45,000	2,388,176 coins
Enchanted Gold Block	Awkward Potion	Absorption V	45,000	1,791,384 coins

Additional Materials

Additionally, you can add  Enchanted Glowstone Dust or  Enchanted Glowstone to the potions to increase their tier by 2 or 3, respectively.

With the XP amount only accounting the first brewing ingredient, this upgrade cannot increase the Alchemy XP. However, increasing the tier can greatly increase its NPC resell value. With the increase greater than the cost for the upgrade, the overall cost can be reduced.

Item	Potion Tier	Upgrade Material	Total Bazaar Cost of Ingredients	NPC Sell Price for 3 Potions	Profit for 3 Potions	Profit Per Million XP
Enchanted Fermented Spider Eye	Weakness V		128,907 coins	1,500 coins	-127,407 coins	-2,831,267 coins
	Weakness VI	Glowstone Dust	128,917 coins	38,700 coins	-90,217 coins	-2,004,822 coins
	Weakness VII	Enchanted Glowstone Dust	130,943 coins	39,000 coins	-91,943 coins	-2,043,178 coins
	Weakness VIII	Enchanted Glowstone	183,087 coins	107,100 coins	-75,987 coins	-1,688,600 coins
Enchanted Sugar Cane	Speed V		107,468 coins	501 coins	-106,967 coins	-2,377,044 coins
	Speed VI	Glowstone Dust	107,478 coins	17,499 coins	-89,979 coins	-1,999,533 coins
	Speed VII	Enchanted Glowstone Dust	109,504 coins	17,799 coins	-91,705 coins	-2,037,889 coins
	Speed VIII	Enchanted Glowstone	161,648 coins	86,001 coins	-75,647 coins	-1,681,044 coins
Enchanted Gold Block	Absorption V		80,612 coins	1,500 coins	-79,112 coins	-1,758,044 coins
	Absorption VI	Glowstone Dust	80,622 coins	26,001 coins	-54,621 coins	-1,213,800 coins
	Absorption VII	Enchanted Glowstone Dust	82,649 coins	26,301 coins	-56,348 coins	-1,252,178 coins
	Absorption VIII	Enchanted Glowstone	134,792 coins	94,500 coins	-40,292 coins	-895,378 coins

Brewing Session

During a brewing session:

1. Place down several rows of 64  Brewing Stands.
2. Fill in each and every brewing stands with the base bottles.
3. Place the chosen base material to each and every brewing stand.
4. Place the enchanted glowstone to each and every brewing stand.

Bingo

Aiming at a shorter term goal of Level 20 with time limit, with no access to player economy (the Auction House, the Bazaar), it can be optimal to obtain a more viable material that is cost-effective. Options are:

Item	Base Bottle	Resulting Potion	Base XP Per Potion
Enchanted Gold	Awkward Potion	Absorption III	300

Ironman, Stranded

In ♲ Ironman or ☀ Stranded modes, with no access to player economy (the Auction House, the Bazaar), players have to gather relevant resources for brewing with the following methods:

• Using a sugar cane farm setup and by collecting sugar cane
• Using a mining setup and by collecting enchanted gold block
• Using a Sugar Cane Minion or a Gold Minion

Auto-brewing

The method of brewing using hoppers, known as auto-brewing, was made popular because much fewer manual interactions with the brewing stand are required.

This method consisted of funneling materials into brewing stands using hoppers, and collecting the potion at the brewing stands when brewing is complete. This method works because the Alchemy XP was added when the player collects from the stand.