Rashid
03-21-2012

where i can learn this skill?

Port Official
03-21-2012

nowhere
you need to change job to alchemist to learn this skill

Etta
05-12-2012

great guide to acquiring this job by Nivlac on NM forum
and also a great guide by Montador to grind the skill.

such a shame that one would advise people to look up the words Honesty, Itegrity, Morality and Community, after having lied through his teeth about recent events...

nivlac
06-30-2012

hi?

nivlac
06-30-2012

hi?

Erda
06-30-2012

FYI, the Academic Tam, the reward hat you get for 100 reports to Oxford, has a +1 alchemy boost

Kicker
07-22-2012

yeah so you need oxford title to use +1 alchemy tam, and then alchemist title to use +1 alchemist outfit. so can only choose one or the other

Kicker
07-22-2012

yeah so you need oxford title to use +1 alchemy tam, and then alchemist title to use +1 alchemist outfit. so can only choose one or the other

Jafar
09-14-2012

this alchemy made me crazy :'(

Francine
12-28-2012

looking for an alchemist who can make me 100 deff hands paying 1B

Li Yue
12-28-2012

my ign is linbau forgot to add this to my post

Maria
12-29-2012

Guys, this alchemy rank max is R13 for get the Adept title?

Hans
12-30-2012

Yes, r13 for adept, and you can't go beyond r13 base.

Meng Meng
12-30-2012

Thanks Hans

Emma
12-30-2012

R13 + 5 (Aide + Hat + Robe + Master Alchemist Job + Staff)

WOoW

Wen zhi
12-30-2012

This skill is really special, just R13 max rank

Erda
12-30-2012

Cannot use Adept Robe with Academic Tam, both require different titles.

Misun
12-30-2012

aww, that not good :(
Thanks Erda,

Misun
01-11-2013

Guys, grind alchemy so anooying, I'm sick :(

Lena
01-11-2013

actualy is fun to grind alchemy ,
but its always losing money .. @_@

Sophia
01-11-2013

Its 1.5 skill prof for a month, also grinding alchemy from r7 and hope to reach r10 or maybe higher depends on playing time. :)

Misun
01-11-2013

Me neither, if I can't get R10, R9 should be enough for me, So, I can do experiment R13 recipe, Master Alchemist + Aide + Staff and + The Hat

Cornelia
02-20-2013

Under the recipe section for alchemy, its only until r12 but I heard there are r13 recipes for this skill, anyone can confirm if its true?

Igor
02-20-2013

look under advanced alchemy section

Nekos
02-25-2013

To change to alchemist cost 3.6 million and take alchemy skill cost 2.5 million, no 250k

Theo
04-19-2013

What skills are a MUST to grind this skill, despite the quests, thanks in advance

Sophia
04-19-2013

There are many different ways to grind alchemy; different methods would require different skills. See the netmarble forums for a few.

Rashid
04-19-2013

Well, i have seen them, specially nivlac and montador, but ive seen most wares - ores - sundries - casting and Handicrafts, but any other tip, or info ive been missing?

Hans
04-19-2013

Seasoning, medicine, metal, and wares trading.

Shirin
11-22-2013

This must be the hardest skill in the game to rank. r10 - r11 making enhanced lab bench I used around:

2400 alchemy pots
1800 mcct
48 processed lumber

and I only gained around 2200 sp and I need 10k to reach r11. :(

George
11-22-2013

It's not unheard of for players to take months real time to fully max out Alchemy, mainly due to a lack of effective recipes and slow building skill points. The best advice I can give you is fully take advantage of any 2x boost events because you will need all the help you can get.

Meng Meng
11-22-2013

Only the true dedicated can make this.

Gridlocked
01-15-2014

I have the job.. Have the first book, says I do not have the skill when I try to produce anything.. Any clues?

Gridlocked
01-15-2014

Never mind ... forgot to get the skill...

Beatrice
01-25-2014

New alchemy+1 theology+1 alchemy accesory available in game now.

Xiaois
01-25-2014

Emerald tablet.

ReaD
01-25-2014

Emerald Tablet

that one?

B
01-25-2014

Beatrice, how do you get that accessory?

ReaD
01-25-2014

treasure hunt....rank 8 theme named "grimoire"...

Meng Meng
01-26-2014

WTS> Emerald tablet +1 alch/+1theo 5b IGN:EK1337

Xiaois
01-26-2014

lol price of emerald tablet shouldnt even worth so much considering that anyone can get it, easily if u understand the treasure hunt system

Liza
01-26-2014

To tell you the truth if you arent a high lvl adventurer you cant get it. You can try, gl.

Donce
01-28-2014

The quest for Emerald Tablet is called Trismegistus.
r9 search, r11 theology, and r7 appraisal
Southeast Jaffa, click on Large Boulder in the center of the map.

ReaD
01-28-2014

correction...it is relic 2 theme "grimoire" and reach clue rank 16...for the skill, look at Donce post...

Donce
02-08-2014

You can get emerald Tablet each and every day. I already got 4 of them. Nice extra money for an adventurer :)

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Guilder
03-23-2016

Just a reminder: with the recent release of Gran Atlas Chapter 4, we're that much closer to the next UWO expansion: Atlantis. During which, Alchemy will be greatly changed in much the same way Ship Building was changed by Ship Fusion.

Firstly, Alchemy (the skill) will have its level raised to 15 during an Atlantis expansion called "Mediterranean Sea" (set between Chapter 1 and 2 of Atlantis):

Source: gamecity.ne.jp/dol/developer/new_updata2015_05.htm

But the more impressive change will come in Chapter 2: Solar Barca. Alchemists will be able to greatly enhance existing equipment; items can be produced which will have effects such as increasing your walking speed on land, augmenting your power in melee or land battle... there'll even be equipment which will contain Adept of the Ages titles built into them (one piece for all periods of a single century), among other promising things.

Source: gvo.gamedb.info/wiki/?Skill/Product/Alchemy/ItemBoost

Thirdly, Private Farms will be tweaked as well. Ascension Island will be able to produce Mandrake goods, for example, while a new fifth farm island is going to be added that has the potential to yield Mandrakes, Sulphur, Silver, Cinnabar... and perhaps other things not yet recorded by Japanese players as of this posting.

Source: gvo.gamedb.info/wiki/?Privatefarm

Now, it's still probably a few months away, and no official announcements on its release have been made yet. With GAMA being a free-to-play server, there is a chance KOEI will decide not every feature be added in (I think I see forging-style options to raise attack and defense stats on equipment; sounds fine to me, but that's been controversial to some folks in the past), much like the Aide Skill addition Alchemy-based recipe which has never materialized on GAMA. Just the same, most, if not all of these features are sure to come in the very near future.

UWO being the sort of game that rewards long-term strategies, Alchemists of old, and those just now starting out, would do well to begin preparing for the upcoming Atlantis expansion now. Your profession has always been a costly and time consuming one, but take heart: it's going to begin to benefit not only you, but your friends, as well as your fellow voyagers (and probably your bank accounts, heh) in ways we never could've imagined.

Cheers, and good voyaging to you all.

H.-Gazi
03-24-2016

Heya Guilder,

I've read them before and really appraciate that you're explaining the Summary regarding Alchemy in the future update :) I am really wondering as well what features applies to GAMA since not every server receive all of them.

The maximum rank of alchemy is 15 at chapter 1 (p.2) of Atlantis and rank 16 at chapter 2 of Atlantis.

Sources:
gvo.gamedb.info/wiki/?Update%2F150512
gvo.gamedb.info/wiki/?Update%2F15BarcaSolar

Again, thank you for keeping the recent updates :-)

Guilder
03-26-2016

A bit late, but thank you for the corrections/extra info. They're much appreciated.

Donce
08-19-2016

Alchemist Hood
50 durability
15 defence power
+1 Alchemy
+1 Wares Trading
+1 Mineral Trading
5000 total fame required, no title required

can be made via Transformation of Adept's Biretta.

Materials are:
30 Gold
5 Gaseous Drug
1 Suspicious Lump

Needs Alchemy r12 and Sewing r12.

Nekos
06-07-2017

You can't refine alchemy

Guilder
09-02-2017

There's a couple other Alchemy boost items not listed here. Not being an alchemist or owning them personally, I'll put their Google Translated names/stats here, until someone else comes along to tidy up with their real names.

Body: "Alhimisto Palt" +2 Medicine trading, +1 Metal trading/Alchemy, 50k fame to equip, and no title required to equip. Produced using Adept's Robe in Transmutation Alchemy (R12 Alchemy/Sewing). Can be upgraded to EX form; this adds "Equipment effect: Trade purchase increase R8" to the already impressive (and cool looking) outfit.

"Genius robe" Storage 2, Textile trading/Alchemy +1. Uses an Adept's robe as a base ingredient; requires Alchemy Meister (R15 base Alchemy skill) title to equip, and R15 Alchemy/Sewing to produce (among other things). Technically EX as well, as it gives the Equipment effect: "Reducing Behavior Power Reduction R5."

Hand: "Nigred Gloves" +1 Alchemy. Obtained by completing the Memorial Album, "The Power of Orichalcum", which requires creating one each of the Orichalcum weapons through Transmutation Alchemy. They are:

Atromitos (base weapon: Zweihander )
Blitz (base weapon: Lunar-crested Knife )
Flugbahn (base weapon: Composite Bow )
Sanctus (base weapon: Bourdon Lance )
Hexagon (base weapon: Morgenstern )
Valoroso (base weapon: Battle Axe )
Penetrare (base weapon: Western Rifle, only made through R13 Casting via Home Production and a 19th Century Adept of Ages title)

Accessory: St. Germain's Secret Book. +2 Archaeology, +1 Alchemy, 5k to equip. Obtained through the 19th Century Treasure Hunt theme, Bizarre Rumors, but since those titles are exclusively related to unlocking San Francisco, Grimoire TH theme is much easier and quicker to obtain an accessory from, in my opinion.

Weapon: This next one's courtesy of Tammer from the Memorial Album comments section. Quote:

New MA: "Alchemy Experiment Result (No.1)

Adept's Robe
Adept's Biretta
Gold Sword
Gold Short Sword
Turquoise Green Ring
Indigo Ring
Flame Red Ring
White Marble Ring
Trained Rosewood Plating
Trained Iron Plating

Reward is "Forbidden Alchemy Book". It is a +1 alchemy item which goes in the weapon slot, has 100 dura and no effect, and requires only 20k fame to equip. It has Equipment Effect Increase Nanban Rates r15.

... Well, that's all. I'm leaving recipe ingredients out since I'm unsure what may or may not have changed in GAMA. Forgive any typos or the like on my end. Cheers.

Source: gvo.gamedb.info/wiki/?BoostItem/mer3 (equipment boosts), rabbilog.blog46.fc2.com/blog-entry-301.htm (Alhimisto/Genius equipment info/screenshots)

rokr
09-03-2017

Does anyone know how I can get orichalcum?

Guilder
09-03-2017

Three ways that I know of.

1. Combine Mysterious Gold through Transmutation Alchemy. M.Gold is only obtainable from treasure chests in the Labyrinth, specifically boss rooms after defeating the Minotaur, who rarely appears as it is. (M.Gold was available through past bottle drops once, but that was a while ago.) I hear the process is neither cheap nor easy; haven't done it myself, though.

2. Pick up Orichalcum from treasure chests in the Temple of Poseidon, located in the Acropolis of Atlantis. You must defeat a party of boss NPCs who look like living statues; Talos squadrons, one friend calls them. Not easy to do, but not impossible either; Orichalcum can even rarely be found in normal treasure chests on random dungeon floors, but not in large enough quantities to work with, and the boss room chest drops are more consistent.

3. Ori can randomly spawn from Ancient Tech. Research reward boxes too; the more points you get from "ATR", the better the box reward will be, and the more Orichalcum it can potentially drop (x5 Ori is the best possible drop rate, apparently).

However.... Atlantis is not in the game right now, and therefore you cannot get Ori through method #2 right now. It will appear sporadically in the future, for one month at a time, then disappear again. If GAMA follows the Japanese model, you can look for it to show up in October. Maybe.

Having said that, there are some players who stockpiled Orichalcum and would be willing to sell it. Guess that'd be four ways, then? The price varies, but it's usually expensive; 200m is the highest I've seen it sell for. Prices always vary from seller to seller, of course, so check around.

You can find more detailed information on Orichalcum and Atlantis here (OGP login required): nforum.ogplanet.com/uwo/forum_posts.asp?TID=655058

Guilder
09-07-2017

Since recipes are a bit dated on the DB, here's a new alchemy recipe, courtesy of Huseyin-Gazi:

Explorer's Household Medicine
This can be made now through Alchemy at Paracelcus Estate in Venice.

Requirement: R11 Alchemy and R11 Handicraft
Ingridients: 1x Gaseous Drug + 10x Honey + 10x Digitalis
Quantity per production: 4 ~ 5

This is also one of the best way to grind Alchemy. :-)


And as reported by Aguirre, Fool's Feet can be strengthened to 100 Defense via John Dee's recipe, "Forging Fool's Feet". See more details under the article page's comments.


Lastly, there is a +1 to Alchemy/Linguistics Original Ship skill called Special Lab. It requires R4 Management to be activated. Think that's all... cheers.

cristina
09-07-2017

gaseous drug seems hard to obtain

Aguirre
09-07-2017

Gaseous drug requires seals of slyph, flask, and green ore. To make seal of slyph, you need seals of sorcery, eagle wings, and salt. To make seal of sorcery, you need salt, mandrake, and silver.

The madness of alchemy...

YoGolan
09-11-2017

I grinded alchemy from R8 to r13, doing experiments with metal work, processed lumber, colored ores and making 100 defence gloves and fool feets.

Is a waste imo to grind alchemy using recipe with Gaseous Drug, instead this, go and try making gloves/boots 100 defence.

Now, at certain colonies can buy colored ores for 10-12k each, r20 mineral let you to buy over 200 of each. Actually this is the best way to grind alchemy!

rokr
09-11-2017

Im using this to grind Alchemy:
London - John Dee(Town's mans Recipe)
Advancement of alchemy(r12): x1gold + x15 Rare books + x15Mercury -> 4x Gold

Guilder
09-11-2017

Cool ideas. There's no right or wrong way to play/grind; it's just a good idea to include tips like that here where they can help others. Thanks to each of you for contributing. Cheers.

Wsp
10-16-2018

There is a new MA for alchemy crazies titled: Depths of Alchemy.
Need to craft 5 x r17 alchemy recipes.

Reward is Philosopher's Hat (think green academic tan)
Alchemy+1
Jewellery trading +2
req 10k fame

h t t p s://yukimiiro.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-417.html

Nekos
12-03-2018

You can get the skill at
Merchant Guild - St Petersburg. The guy behind the desk.
John Dee - London

Cost 100k

Requeriments.
Level Adventure 7 or more
Level Trade 15 or more
Casting 2 or more

Production cost = 10 vigour

Guilder
03-08-2019

For your voyaging convenience, please recall that all EX Effect skills (including those from transmutation alchemy or otherwise) can be viewed from the new Skill section currently located above recently posted comments on the front page via "Others(1)" -- you should find equipment links on each page as well. Hope that helps. Cheers, and great online voyaging to you.

CaliCaddy
03-09-2019

Do you need colored ores? An Amsterdam company ACME_Corporation colony in New France is offering Red Ore Blue Ore Green Ore Yellow Ore White Ore in large quantities, make sure to bring a toon with high Mineral Trading and perhaps a Alchemist Robe EX to take maximum advantage of the output. You can register the colony using "Improved_rope" toon that usually bazaars in Seville between the company office and the fountain.

Lush_
02-01-2020

02-01-2020So, i just got a r13 alchemy Quest from Athens that i could not find anything even in Jap wiki. I could not finish it because need to do transmutation alchemy and i'm not familiar with it. I'll post what i have so maybe help someone.

Athens Merchant's Guild - 9 Star Difficulty
Quest Name: The Musket made form Legendary Metal
Requeriments: Italian / Alchemy r13 / Egypt and Atlantis (Pre-Quest)
Quest Details: This is something i heard from Paracelsus in Venice, but, you've done "transmutation alchemy", right?.
If you have, will you attemps producing 'a musket that demonstrates the true value of a legendar metal,' or something like that? i have no clue how you're supposed to do this. but if you can, please take it to Paracelsus.

Reward : 3.000.000 D


I tryed to talk to Paracelsus but nothing happened, so i suppose that you must have this legendary musket in hands.

If someone knows how to do the musket and if theres another reward by completing this quest and want to share, we will be very glad to hear!

I didn't know how to creat a page, so i posted it there.

Lush_
02-01-2020

02-01-2020So, i just got a r13 alchemy Quest from Athens that i could not find anything even in Jap wiki. I could not finish it because need to do transmutation alchemy and i'm not familiar with it. I'll post what i have so maybe help someone.

Athens Merchant's Guild - 9 Star Difficulty
Quest Name: The Musket made form Legendary Metal
Requeriments: Italian / Alchemy r13 / Egypt and Atlantis (Pre-Quest)
Quest Details: This is something i heard from Paracelsus in Venice, but, you've done "transmutation alchemy", right?.
If you have, will you attemps producing 'a musket that demonstrates the true value of a legendar metal,' or something like that? i have no clue how you're supposed to do this. but if you can, please take it to Paracelsus.

Reward : 3.000.000 D


I tryed to talk to Paracelsus but nothing happened, so i suppose that you must have this legendary musket in hands.

If someone knows how to do the musket and if theres another reward by completing this quest and want to share, we will be very glad to hear!

I didn't know how to creat a page, so i posted it there.

Guilder
02-01-2020

Unless I'm much mistaken, the legendary musket in question is this one: Penetrare EX

Quests of this nature apparently exist for other Orichalcum-based weapons as well. Observe:

(g.t.)A sword made of a ring of metal / gvdb.mydns.jp/db/module/QuestDB/action/QuestShow?id=5355


I have no idea what happens if you try to take the quest while carrying the weapon(s); nobody I've talked to so far has been willing to risk sacrificing their fancy weapons due to what a pain it is to try and craft them compared to Japanese servers where SPBs are not needed to make transmutation alchemy toys.

The quest I linked above that leads to GVDB seems to suggest your sole reward is the ducat amount listed for the quest; if so, it's hardly worth the trouble of running said quest. Hope that helps. Cheers.

Guilder
02-28-2020

Some unlisted boosts.

Body: Alchemist Robe / Alchemist Robe EX +1

Head: Alchemist Hood / Alchemist Hood EX +1

Hand: Nigredo Gloves +1

Weapon: Philosopher's Sacred Sword +1

Accessory:
Emerald Tablet +1
St. Germain's Secret Book +1

There actually are some others, including +2 weapons and +1 shoes. Unfortunately, they were part of a series of crossover events with the Atelier JRPG franchise and can currently only be found on East Asian servers; their chances of being released on Maris are probably not good. You can preview them here:

www.gamecity.ne.jp/dol/topics_cms/event/5971.html
www.gamecity.ne.jp/dol/topics_cms/event/11452.html
fashionamagiya.blog.fc2.com/?tag=アトリエシリーズ

Well, who knows. Maybe if we ask nicely in suggestions or support tickets... in any case. I hope that helps you budding alchemists out there a little bit. Cheers, and try not to lose your sanity- I mean, great online transmuting to you.

Guilder
03-02-2020

Forgot one.

Head:
Philosopher's Hat +1

Guilder
03-04-2020

And another.

Body:
Millionaire Suit +2 (extremely high-level title required)

Guilder
04-29-2021

Accessory: Ancient Priest's Knowledge Book +2

Guilder
08-05-2022

+2 head: Mermaid Accessory

+1 weapon: Pharaoh's Staff

shoelace
08-12-2022

+2 clothes:
Pumpkin Wear
Pumpkin Wear

+2 head:
Intersecting Hairpin

CA-RvZ
11-21-2022

+2 Accessory: Ancient Aromatic Oil Glass Bottle

CA-RvZ
03-07-2024

+2 Hand-Wep: Seraph's Wings

CA-RvZ
03-07-2024

+2 Hand-Wep: Stuffed Crocodile

Govinda
10-03-2024

+1 Head Occultism Hat

Govinda
10-03-2024

+2 Body Occultism Robe