~A Beginner's Guide Alchemy~
"...This arcane art lets you use secret formulas to combine items into volatile concoctions-- they may transmute into rare and valuable treasures, or they might blow up in your face. You can discover these formulas all over Gaia, but the simplest way is to buy them in The Bifrost shop..."
"...This arcane art lets you use secret formulas to combine items into volatile concoctions-- they may transmute into rare and valuable treasures, or they might blow up in your face. You can discover these formulas all over Gaia, but the simplest way is to buy them in The Bifrost shop..."
So, What Is Alchemy You Wonder? Alchemy Allows Several Items To Be Made Into One New Item, Each Formula Needs A Different Set Of Components To Craft A Different New Item.
And What Is A Component You May Ask? A Component Is An Ingredient, One Of The Several Items Used To Make A New Item!
Other Information Which You May Find Useful:
✦ What's The Plural Of Formula? No One Here Is Quite Sure, Some Folks Use Formulae, Whilst Most Use Formulas - And That's What We'll Stick To For The Purpose Of This Thread!
✦ How Many Formulas Are There? In The Bifrost There Are Currently 566 Formulas, Although There Are Quite Possibly Over 1,000 Throughout Gaia!
✦ If You Are Interested In Buying Alchemy Components From The Marketplace A Helpful Store Would Be [NPC] Nicolae's! Here's The Link -> [❤]
Thread Contents:
● Stuff
● More Stuff
● Even More Stuff
● Even More, More Stuff
● Lots Of Even More, More Stuff
And Onwards To The Step-By-Step Guides!
Step One: Choosing A Formula!
There Are Hundreds Of Formulas To Choose From, So Where's A Good Place To Start? Good Question! Now That Depends On Why You Are Wanting To Craft Something Today, Let's Take A Look At Our Options;
Crafting To Level Up:
Perhaps You're Trying Out Alchemy For The First Time At Level One, Or Maybe You're Stuck On A Certain Level - Fear No Longer, I Have You Covered c:
When Leveling Up In Alchemy It's A Good Idea To Stick To The "Easier" Formulas, These Are The Formulas Which Use Components Found In Philosopher's Caches To Craft Other Components That Can Be Used In Different Formulas. But What's The Best Way To Level Up? Is There Such Thing? It Can Take A Lot Of Time, Persistence And Caches, But Yes - It's Possible 4laugh
What Is A Philosopher's Cache Do I Hear You Whisper? It's One Of These Babies;
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◄That's Right, That Little Bag Is Going To Be Your Best Friend Throughout Your Leveling Progress If You Choose To Follow This Guide.
But Wait, What's That - You've Seen Different Philosopher's Caches Around? Ah, Yes, Upon Peeking Inside Our Friend The Philosopher's Cache You Will Stumble Upon 1 Of 11 Other Variations: Gold, Platinum, Topaz, Emerald, Aquamarine, Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Ruby, Amethyst And Last, But By No Means Least, The Youngest Little Chap, The zOMG Cache.
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◄Back To The Point After Our Little Tangent, A Full List Of Formulas That Only Use Cache Components Can Be Found Here -> [❤]
But, That Doesn't Tell You Which Are The Best To Craft To Aid Your Leveling Does It? Let's See, I'm Going To Show You How I Leveled Up Myself - By Crafting 10 Philsopher's Stones - If You Ventured Off To The Nothin' But Cache Thread Which I Linked To In The Above Paragraph And Scrolled To The Daunting Level 10 Formulas You May Have Noticed The Following:
Philosopher's Stone:Components From Caches Needed: None - Uses Crafted Components Only
Also Needed: Level-8 Crafted Component Eldritch Horror Tentacle
Also Needed: Level-9 Crafted Component Dark Matter
Also Needed: Level-9 Crafted Component Soul Crystals
Also Needed: Level-10 Crafted Component Hero's Heart
Also Needed: Level-10 Crafted Component b*****d's Heart
Crafting Cost: 1,000,000 Gold
Original Source: Platonix - Nothin' But Cache - Formulas That Only Use Cache Components Thread. Edited By: l K E L L Y x3 l
"Hang On, I'm Not Level 8 Yet! I Can't Craft The Eldritch Horror Tentacle Yet, Never Mind The Other Items!" Oh, But You Can! You Just Have To Work Up To Level 8, Let's See..
We Can Break Up The 5 Components Listed Above Into Their Own Components, Time For Some More Spoilers! Come On, You Know You Love Them 4laugh
Eldritch Horror Tentacle:
Eldritch Horror TentacleComponents From Caches Needed: 15 Sea Water (Aquamarine Cache), 10 Wriggling Tentacles (Garnet Cache) And 1 Unidentified Object (Gold Cache)
Also Needed: Level-1 Crafted Component Cephalopodian Artifact
Crafting Cost: 80,000 Gold
Original Source: Platonix - Nothin' But Cache - Formulas That Only Use Cache Components Thread. Edited By: l K E L L Y x3 l
See, It's Not That Scary After All Is It? As Mentioned Above For The Eldritch Horror Tentacle You Will First Need To Craft A Cephalopodian Artifact - Here's How!
Cephalopodian Artifact:
Cephalopodian ArtifactComponents From Caches Needed: 15 Sea Water (Aquamarine Cache), 5 Dried Seahorse (Emerald Cache), 5 Geoduck's Shell (Emerald Cache) 15 Calcium Scraps (Amethyst Cache), 5 Wriggling Tentacles (Garnet Cache), 2 Mermaid Scales (Gold Cache)
Crafting Cost: 2,500 Gold
Original Source: Platonix - Nothin' But Cache - Formulas That Only Use Cache Components Thread. Edited By: l K E L L Y x3 l
Remember We Are Going To Craft 10 Philosopher's Stones, Therefore You Will Need To Make 10 Eldritch Horror Tentacles, Which Means First You Need To Craft 10 Cephalopodian Artifacts! Head To The Next Spoiler To See What Else You Will Need 10 Of!
Dark Matter:
Dark MatterComponents From Caches Needed: 2 Dust Of Time (Topaz Cache), 2 Adamantium (Platinum Cache)
Also Needed: Level-3 Crafted Component Ectoplasm
Also Needed: Level-7 Crafted Component Quantum Particle
Also Needed: Level-8 Crafted Component Spice
Total Caches Needed: 7 Aquamarine, 20 Emerald, 35 Sapphire, 34 Amethyst, 16 Garnet, 16 Ruby, 15 Topaz, 10 Diamond, 17 Gold, 2 Platinum
To Make Your Life A Little Easier Here's A Full List Of The Formulas You Will Need In Numerical Order:
Level 1: Cephalopodian Artifact
Level 8: Eldritch Horror Tentacle
Level 9: Dark Matter
Level 10: Philosopher's Stone
And By The Magic Of Spoilers Here Is An Entire List Of The Cache Components Used For One Philosopher's Stone;
Does The Philosopher's Stone Not Take Your Fancy? Here Are Two Other Ways To Level Up!
And Now It's Time To Level Up! C'mon, You Got This, I Believe In You! ^-^
Crafting To Earn Gold:
Crafting For A Quest:
Crafting For Fun:
Other Reasons To Craft - Wing Quests! For Help With This See Post [Insert Number Here When Finished]!
Any Sources Used Have Been Clearly Noted And Acknowledged - If The Owner Of Any Materials Used Wishes To Have Their Information Removed Please Contact Me And It Shall Be Gone Within 24 Hours, *Poof*
http://www.hpbdforum.com/t21-list-of-special-characters-and-symbols
Planning: *Boop*
1. Choosing Formula
2. Collecting Components (Sub - Cache Chances)
3. Crafting
4. Selling Crafted Items
Also To Do:
Link Component Names To Marketplace
Cost Of Formulas?
Fill In Page References
Order Components In Formulas (And Complete Lists)
Gosh This Is Going To Take A While To Finish >.<
Progress Is Slow Because Kelly Is A Poooooop ._.
