Verb:ALCHEMY

The ALCHEMY verb allows for the use of the alchemy guild skills. There are several options for this verb, which allow for the completion of various tasks required for alchemy. Skills available through this verb include Examine, Seal, Boil, Simmer, Chant, Distill, Extract, Infuse, Refract, and Channel.

Note that the effects of Haste (535) are ignored by all variations of the ALCHEMY verb.

Usage:
    ALCHEMY {option}

Where {option} is one of the following:
    SEAL        Seal a solution to create a finished product.

    SIMMER      Simmer a solution.
    BOIL        Boil a solution.
    CHANT       Chant the incantation of a spell into a solution.
    DISTILL     Distill a liquid using an alembic.
    EXTRACT     Extract a substance using a crucible.
    INFUSE      Infuse mana into a solution.
    REFRACT     Refract light through a gem lens into a solution.
    CHANNEL     Channel spirit into a solution.

    EXAMINE     Examine an item to determine if it is a valid ingredient.

Taught at Starting Ranks of Alchemy

ALCHEMY EXAMINE

Allows a character to examine the alchemical properties of an ingredient.

ALCHEMY BOIL

Used to boil the ingredients within the cauldron. Used as an intermediate step in many recipes.

ALCHEMY SIMMER

Used to simmer the ingredients within the cauldron. Used as an intermediate step in many recipes.

ALCHEMY SEAL

Used to complete the recipe.

ALCHEMY CHANT

Used to include a spell in the recipe. The spell must be known to the alchemist. (This results in many alchemy recipes being profession-specific.) Uses the same quantity of mana that casting the spell would.

Taught at Advanced Ranks of Alchemy

ALCHEMY EXTRACT

Used to produce intermediate ingredients. Must be done in one of the alchemy workrooms. Eligible items include any item skinned from a troll, ayanad crystal (and its variants), vials of sea water, and a few others.

Taught at rank 15, General Alchemy

ALCHEMY DISTILL

Used to produce intermediate ingredients. Must be done in one of the alchemy workrooms.

Taught at rank 15, General Alchemy

ALCHEMY INFUSE

Used to infuse mana into ingredients. This will slowly drain a small amount of mana (generally 10-20 points) spread over several bursts during a single hard roundtime.

Taught at rank 30, General Alchemy

ALCHEMY REFRACT

Used to refract light into ingredients. Refracting will result in recipes being make-able only in daytime or nighttime.

Taught at rank 45, General Alchemy

ALCHEMY CHANNEL

Used to channel spirit points into advanced recipes. Consumes 2 spirit points per attempt.

Taught at rank 50, General Alchemy