Alchemy
Alchemy Skill in Ultima Online
Alchemist Tools
To practice Alchemy, you'll need a mortar and pestle, which can be purchased from NPC Alchemists or crafted if you have tinkering skills. Mortar and pestles wear out, so having several is advisable. You'll also need empty bottles, available from NPC Alchemists, and potion kegs, which can be crafted by player carpenters or tinkers.
Making Potions
Ensure you have a mortar and pestle and an empty bottle in your inventory. Double-click the mortar and pestle to bring up the crafting menu. Clicking on an item will display the required skill level, success chance, and necessary reagents. Once you have the required resources, you can start crafting.
Filled bottles stack in your inventory but weigh 2 stones each. To reduce weight, drop a bottle onto a potion keg; the potion will transfer to the keg, and the empty bottle returns to your inventory. A full keg holds 100 potions, weighing 100 stones. Dyeing kegs with a furniture dyetub helps identify contents at a glance.
Alchemy Recipes
Certain advanced potions require specific recipes obtained through quests or events. These recipes unlock unique potions:
- Quests from Tinker NPCs in Heartwood:
- Invisibility Potion
- Parasitic Poison Potion
- Darkglow Poison Potion
- Quest Reward from 'The Zealotry of Zipactriotl':
- Barrab Hemolymph Concentrate
- Jukari Burn Poultice
- Kurak Ambusher’s Essence
- Barako Draft of Might
- Urali Trance Tonic
- Sakkhra Prophylaxis Potion
Enhance Potions Property
As your Alchemy skill improves, you gain an "Enhance Potions" bonus that enhances the effectiveness of potions you create. For every 3.3 skill points gained, you receive a 1% increase in potion potency, up to 30% at skill level 99. This bonus stacks independently of any enhancement bonuses provided by your equipment, allowing for a maximum overall bonus of 80%.
Since Publish 73, your Alchemy skill also guarantees a minimum "Enhance Potions" effectiveness equal to half your current skill level, ensuring consistent potion quality regardless of equipped gear.
Bulk Orders
Introduced in late 2016, Bulk Orders for Alchemy offer additional rewards and challenges detailed in the game's documentation.
Training the Skill
Follow this suggested training path to reach Grandmaster Alchemist:
- 0% - Purchase basic potions from NPC Alchemists.
- 25% - Craft poison potions using Nightshade.
- 35% - Greater Agility potions using Bloodmoss.
- 45% - Greater Strength potions using Mandrake Root.
- 55% - More potent poisons with Nightshade.
- 75% - Greater Cure potions with Garlic.
- 90% - Greater Conflagration potions with Grave Dust.
- 98% - Deadly poisons using Nightshade.
Additional Tips
- Alchemists can identify potion contents in kegs by removing a potion.
- Crystal Balls of Knowledge aid in skill development.
- Ensure ample kegs, mortars, and reagents for efficient training and crafting.
Alchemy Craftables
| Potion | Ingredients | Base Effects | Required Skill | Success Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agility | 1 Blood Moss | +10 Dexterity | 15 | 100.0% |
| Greater Agility | 3 Blood Moss | +20 Dexterity | 35 | 100.0% |
| Barrab Hemolymph Concentrate | 1 Bottle, 20 Ginseng, 5 Plant Clippings, 5 Myrmidex Eggsacs | +100 Hit Point Regen for 10s, +10 Hit Point Increase for 5min, Cannot be used if poisoned or under certain effects | 51 | 95.0% |
| Barako Draft of Might | 1 Bottle, 20 Spider’s Silk, 10 Bottles of Liquor, 5 Perfect Bananas | +10% Physical Resist for 10min, +5% Cold Resist for 10min | 51 | 95.0% |
| Black Powder | 1 Charcoal, 6 Saltpeter, 1 Sulfurous Ash | Used in Fusecord and Powder charges | 65 | 70.0% |
| Bottle of Ichor | 1 Darkglow Poison Potion, 30 Spider’s Silk | Imbuing resource for nightsight property | 90 | 20.0% |
| Color Fixative | 1 Silver Serpent Venom | Used in making Dyes | 75 | 50.0% |
| Conflagration | 5 Grave Dust | 2-4 Damage Fire Field | 55 | 90.0% |
| Greater Conflagration | 10 Grave Dust | 4-8 Damage Fire Field | 70 | 60.0% |
| Confusion Blast | 5 Pig Iron | Confuses Monsters | 50 | 100.0% |
| Greater Confusion Blast | 10 Pig Iron | Confuses Monsters | 65 | 70.0% |
| Crystal Dust | 4 Broken Crystal | Component of Gorgon Lens | 75 | 50.0% |
| Crystal Granules | 1 Shimmering Crystal | Component of Soulstone Fragment | 75 | 50.0% |
| Lesser Cure | 1 Garlic | Cures Poison | 0 | 100.0% |
| Cure | 3 Garlic | Cures Poison | 25 | 100.0% |
| Greater Cure | 6 Garlic | Cures Poison | 65 | 70.0% |
| Darkglow Poison | 5 Luminescent Fungi | Loss of 15-20% HP every 4s | 65 | 70.0% |
| Elixir of Rebirth | 1 Medusa Blood, 3 Spider’s Silk | Used to resurrect pets | 65 | 70.0% |
| Lesser Explosion | 1 Sulfurous Ash | 5-10 Area Damage | 5 | 100.0% |
| Explosion | 5 Sulfurous Ash | 10-20 Area Damage | 35 | 100.0% |
| Greater Explosion | 10 Sulfurous Ash | 20-40 Area Damage | 65 | 70.0% |
| Fuse Cord | 1 A Ball of Yarn, 1 Black Powder, 1 Potash, 1 Water | Used to fire ship cannon | 55 | 90.0% |
| Lesser Heal | 1 Ginseng | 6-8 Healing | 0 | 100.0% |
| Heal | 3 Ginseng | 13-16 Healing | 15 | 100.0% |
| Greater Heal | 7 Ginseng | 20-25 Healing (10s delay on reuse) | 55 | 90.0% |
| Hovering Wisp | 4 Captured Essence | Decorative | 75 | 50.0% |
| Invisibility | 4 Blood Moss, 3 Nightshade | 20s Invisibility | 65 | 70.0% |
| Jukari Burn Poultice | 1 Bottle, 20 Black Pearl, 10 Vanilla, 5 Lava Berry | +10% Fire Resist for 10min, +10 Stamina Increase for 5min | 51 | 95.0% |
| Kurak Ambusher’s Essence | 1 Bottle, 20 Blood Moss, 1 Blue Diamond, 5 Tiger Pelts | +200% Damage vs. creatures in Myrmidex pits | 51 | 95.0% |
| Natural Dye | Color Fixative, Plant Pigment | Versatile dye from decorative plants | 75 | 50.0% |
| Nexus Core | 5 Crushed Glass, 5 Dark Sapphire, 10 Mandrake Root, 10 Spider’s Silk | Component of Exodus Altar | 90 | 20.0% |
| Nightsight | 1 Spider’s Silk | Light until dawn | 0 | 100.0% |
| Parasitic Poison | 5 Parasitic Plant | Loss of 25-35% HP every 5s | 65 | 70.0% |
| Plant Pigment | 1 Plant Clippings | Made from plant clippings | 75 | 50.0% |
| Lesser Poison | 1 Nightshade | Loss of 5-10% HP every 2s | 0 | 100.0% |
| Poison | 2 Nightshade | Loss of 10-15% HP every 3s | 15 | 100.0% |
| Greater Poison | 4 Nightshade | Loss of 15-20% HP every 4s | 55 | 90.0% |
| Deadly Poison | 8 Nightshade | Loss of 25-35% HP every 5s | 90 | 20.0% |
| Potash | 1 Board | Used in Fusecord | 0 | 100.0% |
| Refresh | 1 Black Pearl | 25% Stamina | 15 | 100.0% |
| Total Refresh | 5 Black Pearl | Full Stamina | 25 | 100.0% |
| Sakkhra Prophylaxis Potion | 1 Bottle, 20 Nightshade, 10 Bottles of Wine, 5 Blue Corn | +10 Poison Resist for 10min, +5 Energy Resist for 10min | 51 | 95.0% |
| Scouring Toxin | 1 Toxic Venom Sac | Softens Reeds | 75 | 50.0% |
| Smoke Bomb | 1 Egg, 3 Ginseng | Allows Ninjas to hide while in combat | 90 | 33.4% |
| Strength | 2 Mandrake Root | +10 Strength | 25 | 100.0% |
| Greater Strength | 5 Mandrake Root | +20 Strength | 45 | 100.0% |
| Urali Trance Tonic | 1 Bottle, 20 Mandrake Root, 10 Sea Serpent or Dragon Scales, 5 River Moss | +10 mana per second for 10s, +10 Mana Increase for 5min, Slows casting equivalent to "Protection" spell | 51 | 95.0% |
| Vial of Vitriol | 30 Nightshade, 1 Parasitic Poison Potion | Imbuing resource for elemental slayer property | 90 | 20.0% |