Editing Alchemist/Guide

This guide covers multiple methods.

''<small>note: Strategies are still being theory-crafted/tested by contributors to the Wiki and Brighter Shores players. Everything is subject to change.</small>''

==Gameplay loop==

# Making potions requires [[Reagents]], which may be obtained through training other [[professions]] or purchased from the [[Potion Reagents|Reagents shop]].

# It is always much faster to purchase reagents from the shop, with a higher cost than gathering them.

# Reagents are turned into [[preparations]] at the [[Reagent Preparation Station]], requiring 2 specific reagents for each type of potion (except 10% Potion Healing, which only has 1). Each preparation takes 5 seconds to make, or 60 seconds for a full inventory of reagents.

# Preparations are brewed into [[potions]] at the [[Standard Potion Station]], requiring one preparation and one [[bottle]] per potion. Preparations cannot be banked, so brewing should happen immediately after preparing. Each standard potion takes 7.5 seconds to make, or 87 seconds for a full inventory of reagents.

Knowledge points can only be spent on a profession if it is Level 20, and so they have not been included in this level range.

* The first time a potion is crafted, it will grant an experience bonus as the potion gets added to the [[album]].

* Time taken takes into account: Running to Potion Reagents, buying the reagents, running to make all the potions, selling them at Ebsworth and repeating if necessary.

* Time cost is based on; Running from [[Ebsworth]] to the [[Potion Reagents|Potion Reagents shop]], buying, running back to make potions, selling to [[Ebsworth]], which is slightly different for some potions (follow strategy below).

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!XP Needed

It takes 19 trips for this reach level 20.

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![[Coins|Cost (Keeping Pots)]]

![[Coins|Cost]] (Selling Pots)

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|+Least cost to reach level 20

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Upon reaching level 20, [[Knowledge]] and [[Passive training]] methods are unlocked.

The amount of XP gained by spending knowledge is 25% of the amount needed to level up that profession, or 6.25% for professions above level 200. Making potions awards 1 knowledge point for every 72 potions made (6 inventories, or 3 inventories of 10% healing), so making 288 potions will give 4 points of knowledge for 1 level up of any profession under level 200. It can be spent on Alchemist to speed up training, or on another profession which is more annoying or slow to train. At the above stated rate of 227 standard potions per hour, Alchemist training is able to earn 3.18 knowledge points per hour.

The highest level Alchemist passive acitivity that a player has the Alchchemist level to access will give full experience, however any lower levelled passive activities will only award half experience, rounded down. This is true even for passive activites that have not yet been unlocked by spending knowledge. Therefore it is recommended to always unlock the highest level of passive activity for each profession that the player wishes to train passively.

The fastest experience in Alchemist is always earned by making the highest level potion available to the player.

However, the potion that gives the fastest experience will sometimes be very expensive to make, and so the cost of each potion should also be taken into account. Few potions are actually profitable to make, but it may be preferable to train with a lower levelled potion to save coins.

For levels 20 - 200, assuming that the highest level potion is made, it takes approximately 2.3 to 3.5 hours of making one type of potion, before the next potion is unlocked. Reaching level 200 requires 28.4 million XP. With this method it takes ~80 hours of making potions this way and costs ~{{currency|70000000}}.

Starting at level 35, some potions have "Potent" in their name and are brewed differently, serving as a more intensive (but more rewarding) alternative to standard potion making. Potent potions are usually unlocked a few levels after a comparable standard potion, but use different reagents, have stronger effects, and are often lower cost. The other three steps of the gameplay loop are the same, however the brewing step makes use of the [[Potent Potion Station]] instead of the standard potion station.

# Repeat steps 2-6 until all potions have been produced. Step 2 may be skipped once all preparations have been loaded into the station.

This process produces one potent potion every 25 seconds, which is the minimum time possible.

==Profitable potions==

All potions are profitable if the reagents are gathered manually, however even if all reagents are purchased then there are 5 potions which are still profitable to make, all of which are Potent potions.