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== Levels 0 - 20 ==

You will start with level 0 at 355 XP after being introduced to the profession during the tutorial quest.

You will finish with level 20 at 36,562 XP, which unlocks [[Knowledge]] for the profession and the first [[Passive activities|passive activity]], [[Grind Slugs]].

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.

Training to level up to 20 takes approximately 1 hour, regardless of the potions created.

=== Points to consider ===

* There is a balance between saving time by banking less frequently and purchasing the required reagents for each potion from the [[Potion Reagents|Potion Reagents shop]] on the [[Town Square]] in [[Hopeport]]. For example, if making a potion would take one full inventory and 2 extra potions to reach the next level, instead a second will craft a few more extra potions to offset banking time.

* 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 taken does not take into account: time spent banking.

=== Fast strategy ===

!Profit

|57 mins <small>approx</small>

| {{Currency|-85597}}

The fastest experience in Alchemist is always earned by making the highest level potion available to the player, however this often comes with a steep cost.

For each trip, the reagents are bought from the reagents shop, made into potions, and then either kept by depositing them in the Potions Bank or sold to the Apothecary Shop. For the first trip, a full inventory of 10% Potions is chosen instead of switching to 20% potions, as the increase in XP is not worth the additional time for buying additional reagents. It takes 19 trips for this reach level 20, and this number of trips is kept low by buying full inventories of reagents every time, except the final trip to hit the goal.

!Trip#

![[Potion]] and Amount

![[Reagents]] and Amount/trip

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

!Time (approx)

|0

|{{plink|Bottle}} x 223

| {{Currency|4460}}

| {{Currency|4460}}

| {{Currency|12000}}

| {{Currency|01200}}

|6 mins

| {{Currency|13200}}

| {{Currency|04320}}

|3 mins

| {{Currency|17004}}

| {{Currency|06564}}

|3 mins

| {{Currency|30784}}

| {{Currency|13344}}

|4 mins

| {{Currency|55440}}

| {{Currency|07564}}

|5 mins

| {{Currency|28332}}

| {{Currency|07564}}

|9 mins

|{{plink|5% Potion XP Hopeforest}} x 36

| {{Currency|44460}}

| {{Currency|11700}}

|9 mins

|{{plink|5% Potion XP Mine}} x 36

| {{Currency|45224}}

| {{Currency|11240}}

|9 mins

|17-19 (4)

|{{plink|5% Potion XP Crenopolis}} x 33

|{{plink|Plain White Pearl}} x 33<br>{{plink|Summerview Grapes}} x 33

| {{Currency|62073}}

| {{Currency|23133}}

|8 mins

| colspan="3" |totals

| {{Currency|257973}}

| {{Currency|85597}}

|57 mins

=== Cheap Strategy ===

|+Least cost to reach level 20

!Time Cost

!Profit

!XP Needed

|66 mins <small>approx</small>

| {{Currency|-30733}}

|35,642

Potions in levels 0-20 all give very similar XP, so choosing a more cost effective potion does not always result in a large experience loss.

For each trip, the reagents are bought from the reagents shop, made into potions, and then sold to the apothecary shop. For the final trip, a range of different potions is made to take advantage of the bonus [[album]] XP that is awarded the first time each potion is made. It is advised to have at least {{Currency|35000}} before starting this section, to have enough coins on hand to buy the potion reagents, before the cost is recovered by selling the potions.

{{Checklist|

* Buy 252 {{plink|Bottle}}s from the Alchemist shop.

* Make 5 inventories of {{plink|10% Potion Healing}} to reach level 12, and sell them back to the apothecary shop.

** Each inventory uses 24 {{plink|Brown Kelp}} to make 24 potions.

* Make 11 inventories of {{plink|3 Minute Potion Fear}} to reach level 19, and sell them back to the apothecary shop.

** Each inventory uses 12 {{plink|Veined Globeplant}} and 12 {{plink|Faded Dandelion}} to make 12 potions.

* Buy one of each of these ingredients, to make one of each undiscovered potion up to level 18.

* Make one of each of these potions for the album XP bonus, to reach level 20, and sell them back to the apothecary shop.

** {{plink|5% Potion XP Crenopolis}}}}

== Level 20+: Knowledge and Passive training ==

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

== Level 20+: Active training and cost ==

== Level 35+: Potent Potions ==