# [Q] Where can I learn about Alchemy ingredients? **Quest Group**: 979987 **Steps**: 43 ## Summary Alchemy's all about how much of each ingredient you use. The results can be wildly different! ...Of course, that means things can go wrong sometimes... ※ Check Crafting Notes in Adventurer's Board (ExpirienceWiki) or via Menu (Cancel) - Information (Help) for materials and acquisition methods. ## Quest Text Steps ### Step 3 - **Objective**: [Q] Where can I learn about Alchemy ingredients? - **Summary**: Alchemy's all about how much of each ingredient you use. The results can be wildly different! ...Of course, that means things can go wrong sometimes... ※ Check Crafting Notes in Adventurer's Board (ExpirienceWiki) or via Menu (Cancel) - Information (Help) for materials and acquisition methods. ### Step 4 - **Objective**: [Q] Where do I get Alchemy ingredients? - **Summary**: Most ingredients come from nature! For Gathering, Zelfinith knows a lot. General Goods Vendors sell potions, and in big cities, you'll find vendors with mushrooms and plants! ### Step 5 - **Objective**: [Q] How do I get Purified Water? - **Summary**: Buy an Empty Bottle from the Material Vendor, then use it at a lake or river to collect water! Process and filter the Bottle of River Water to get Purified Water. It's a basic ingredient! ### Step 6 - **Objective**: [Q] Do I have to gather ingredients myself? - **Summary**: Workers can gather for you! Maurizio can explain the details. ### Step 7 - **Objective**: [Q] Can I use similar ingredients in Alchemy? - **Summary**: Some ingredients can be swapped, mainly animal blood with similar properties. They're usually stored in the same type of vial, so it's easy to tell. ※ Check item descriptions for alternative materials. ### Step 8 - **Objective**: [Q] How do I package alchemy items for Imperial Delivery? - **Summary**: First, you need to process your alchemy items, then package them for Imperial Delivery. The requirements are pretty strict! Grade your results, pack them in the right medicine box, and deliver them to the Imperial Crafting Delivery Manager in town. You'll get a fair price for them, but there's a daily limit. ※ Use the Processing window (Manufacture) to package for Imperial Alchemy. Deliver up to half your maximum Contribution Points per day. ### Step 9 - **Objective**: [Q] How do I package multiple medicines at once? - **Summary**: The Material Vendor or Old Moon Manager sells Heavy Duty Packaging Cord for Imperial Delivery. Use it to package medicines in bulk. Quality stays intact. Easy, right? ※ Use a Heavy Duty Packaging Cord to bundle 10 medicine boxes at once for Imperial Delivery. ※ Use 10 Heavy Duty Packaging Cords and Black Stone Powder to package 100 boxes at once. ### Step 10 - **Objective**: [Q] What's the benefit of leveling up Alchemy? - **Summary**: As you improve, you'll be able to handle complex recipes with ease! Imperial Delivery pays according to your skill, too. Sometimes, you'll get rare results! ※ Level up Alchemy to unlock more formulas and increase Alchemy Mastery. ※ Higher Alchemy Mastery increases your chance for maximum yield, extra results, and greater profit from Imperial Delivery. ### Step 11 - **Objective**: [Q] How do I graduate? - **Summary**: ※ After completing all Combat and Life Skill Courses, the graduation quest becomes available during the graduation period. Visit Justin Bartali, the Olvia Academy Headmaster, to begin the graduation quest. ### Step 12 - **Objective**: Show Mysterious Catalyst. - **Summary**: That thing in your hand... yes, that's it, Adventurer! That's the Mysterious Catalyst! ### Step 13 - **Reward**: When you're ready to begin the lesson, just come back and see me, okay? ### Step 14 - **Objective**: Alright. I want to sign up for the course. - **Summary**: Great! I've been waiting for you to say that! ### Step 15 - **Objective**: I'm not quite ready yet. - **Summary**: No worries! Just drop by whenever you're ready. ### Step 16 - **Reward**: To think your passion for Alchemy runs this deep, Adventurer! It honestly makes me so happy! ### Step 17 - **Reward**: Today I'll teach you two: Production nodes and workers. ### Step 18 - **Objective**: Production nodes and workers? - **Summary**: Yes! A production node is just what it sounds like... a place where things get made. You can activate them on the map using Contribution Points. Once that's done, you can send workers from your town to that node to get started. So no matter where you are or what you're doing, your workers will be hard at work, bringing you all kinds of materials, Adventurer! ### Step 19 - **Reward**: Even while you're out battling monsters, your workers are busy behind the scenes! ### Step 20 - **Objective**: What are workers? - **Summary**: Workers are people who can work for you. They're tied to the town where you signed their contract. Once you hire them, they'll stick around until you let them go. Just make sure to keep them fed. If they get hungry, they'll run out of stamina, and won't be able to work anymore. ### Step 21 - **Reward**: After all, we all work just to put food on the table, right? There's nothing sadder than an empty stomach! ### Step 22 - **Reward**: Let's begin with the Coastal Cave. It's a great source of Copper Ore and Powder of Flame! ### Step 23 - **Reward**: It might seem a bit tricky at first, but trust me, it'll be a huge help! ### Step 24 - **Reward**: Alright! This is your first hands-on lesson, so don't be nervous. Just give it a shot! ### Step 25 - **Reward**: Hold onto the mindset you have now, and you'll become a great alchemist! ### Step 26 - **Reward**: If you approach this like you did with the Clear Liquid Reagent, you'll pick it up in no time! ### Step 27 - **Reward**: Even though this is just the basics, you're picking things up really quickly! ### Step 28 - **Reward**: Hmm... That look on your face... I think I already know the answer! ### Step 29 - **Objective**: Yes, I have. - **Summary**: Even before you answered, I could tell from your expression... it seems like you've had some unexpected results! ### Step 30 - **Reward**: I haven't actually experienced it myself! ### Step 31 - **Reward**: If you approach this like you did with the Clear Liquid Reagent, you'll pick it up in no time! ### Step 32 - **Reward**: Helping someone through Alchemy is pretty exciting, isn't it? ### Step 33 - **Objective**: Imperial Delivery? - **Summary**: You can make Imperial Deliveries through the Imperial Crafting Delivery NPC in any major city! If you package the Elixir of Life you just made, you can deliver it as an Apprentice's Medicine Box! ### Step 34 - **Reward**: First, try packaging the Apprentice's Medicine Box! ### Step 35 - **Reward**: Great! Now you're ready! Shall we move on to Imperial Crafting Delivery? ### Step 36 - **Reward**: Your skills have already improved so much! ### Step 37 - **Reward**: For this lesson, we'll be making an Elixir of Swiftness! So, shall we get started? ### Step 38 - **Reward**: I'm already thinking about what we'll try next. Just give me a moment! ### Step 39 - **Reward**: For this lesson, we'll be making a Worker's Elixir! Alright, let's get started! ### Step 40 - **Reward**: I never imagined you'd learn this much so quickly. ### Step 41 - **Reward**: Although you'll also need another ingredient called Elixir of Time, hehe. ### Step 42 - **Reward**: We're almost at the end now. You could say this is the grand finale. ### Step 43 - **Reward**: Now then, shall we wrap things up by shouting our academy's chant?