⚗️ Alchemy

Brew herbs and fish oil into tonics and bait.

Type: Artisan skill · Levels: 1–99 (XP table) · Ledger area: Sunpearl Still

Actions

Base time and XP, before tools, Expertise and other bonuses. XP/h assumes no bonuses.

Tonics

Action	Level	Time	XP	XP/h	Needs	Makes
Insight Tonic	1	3 s	8	9,600	2 × 🍃 Saltleaf, 1 × 🐟 Driftminnow	1 × 🧪 Insight Tonic
Swiftness Tonic	15	4 s	18	16,200	2 × 🍄 Bluecap, 1 × 🐠 Reef Perch	1 × 🧪 Swiftness Tonic
Fortune Tonic	30	5 s	35	25,200	2 × 🪴 Glowmoss, 1 × 🦈 Stormfin	1 × 🧪 Fortune Tonic
Strong Insight Tonic	45	6 s	58	34,800	2 × 🔥 Ember Kelp, 1 × 🐡 Lanternfish	1 × 🧪 Strong Insight Tonic
Glasseel Elixir 💠 Ledger	45	6 s	65	39,000	1 × 🪼 Glasseel, 2 × 🔥 Ember Kelp	1 × 🫙 Glasseel Elixir
Thrift Tonic	60	7 s	54	27,771	2 × 🌸 Moonpetal, 1 × 🐊 Thunderjaw	1 × 🧪 Thrift Tonic
Plenty Tonic	70	7.5 s	58	27,840	2 × 💮 Starbloom, 1 × 🌙 Moonray	1 × 🧪 Plenty Tonic
Strong Swiftness Tonic	80	8 s	62	27,900	2 × 🫚 Voidroot, 1 × 🎏 Trench Angler	1 × 🧪 Strong Swiftness Tonic
Grand Insight Tonic	90	9 s	68	27,200	2 × 🪸 Heartcoral, 1 × 🐉 Leviathan Eel	1 × 🧪 Grand Insight Tonic

Bait

Action	Level	Time	XP	XP/h	Needs	Makes
Chum Bait	10	3.5 s	12	12,343	1 × 🍃 Saltleaf, 2 × 🐟 Driftminnow	10 × 🪱 Chum Bait
Glow-bait	35	5 s	38	27,360	1 × 🪴 Glowmoss, 2 × 🦈 Stormfin	10 × ✴️ Glow-bait
Abyss Lure	75	7.5 s	59	28,320	1 × 🫚 Voidroot, 2 × 🌙 Moonray	10 × 🪝 Abyss Lure

Tonics and bait

Effects, durations and rules: Tonics and bait.

Tools

One tool slot. Tools are smithed from bars and a Carpentry handle (see tools); the tier 1 tool is also sold in the shop for 150 gold.

Tier	Tool	Level	Speed	Sell value
1	⚗️ Tidecopper Alembic	1	+5%	30
2	⚗️ Saltiron Alembic	15	+10%	80
3	⚗️ Coralsilver Alembic	30	+15%	170
4	⚗️ Duskiron Alembic	45	+20%	260
5	⚗️ Stormglass Alembic	60	+25%	420
6	⚗️ Moonsteel Alembic	70	+30%	650
7	⚗️ Deepbone Alembic	80	+35%	1,000
8	⚗️ Tidesteel Alembic	90	+40%	1,600

Ledger area: Sunpearl Still

A warm copper still that often pours a second dose.

Applies automatically for Ledger Pass holders: +10% XP, 10% chance of double output.

Ledger exclusives (never needed by free players): Glasseel Elixir (level 45).

Expertise

Every action earns its own Expertise level (1–50) as you repeat it. Milestones for Alchemy:

Expertise	Completions	Perk
10	1,300	+5% speed
20	5,379	+5% chance to save materials
30	12,011	+5% double output
40	21,089	+10% XP
50	32,539	Expert title

Full curve: Expertise.

Curios

Alchemy can turn up curios from the 🌿 Grove Wonders set: 1 in 3,000 per action, before rare-find bonuses. Only curios you are still missing can drop.