Introduction
Alchemy is an important profession/life skill in Black Desert. It is used to create MP potions, elixirs, crystal sockets, alchemy stones, etc.
Check our Recipes list for Alchemy
High Alchemy skill can be quite profitable and is a great way to make money whilst AFK. All you really need to start, is a Alchemy Tool and a house to put it in. A basic Alchemy Tool can be bought from an Alchemist for 5,000 silver, crafted using a Tool Workshop or bought from the Central Market.
After you have acquired a alchemy tool and placed it in your house, you can interact with it by pressing the R button to open the alchemy window. Here you can select ingredients or a recipe from the list highlighted in blue. The recipe list will not tell you the ingredients for items you have not prepared before.
When you prepare some items (such as elixirs), you have a chance of earning a higher item grade. Higher item grades will give you a better stats.
There are 5 item grades (lowest to highest):
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Yellow
- Orange
All items in our Alchemy recipes list are green grade items with green grade buff stats. The highest grade you can currently craft with Alchemy is blue grade.
You may also occasionally receive “trash” items, which can be exchanged for other alchemy ingredients, contribution EXP, alchemy EXP, or silver.
Alchemy Tools
Ideally you want to use Advanced Alchemy Tools for the alchemy time reduction and because of it’s high durability but this is really one of the biggest bottlenecks when it comes to alchemy because it’s even harder to make than the Advanced Cooking Utensil and can only be made in a Level 4 Tool Workshop (currently the only one is in Glish). You may have a hard time buying this off the marketplace and should make them yourself if you can. The other alternative is to use the Intermediate Alchemy Tool which has less durability but does not give the alchemy time reduction.
The base Alchemy Tool and the Balenos Traditonal Alchemy Tool can be bought from a general goods vendor for the prices listed below.
Alchemy Gear
When doing alchemy you really want to achieve the fastest possible alchemy time for your convienence. This is done using a combination of various buffs but it is much harder to achieve than with cooking because the Alchemy tool is harder to obtain.
You want to prioritise the alchemy mastery over the alchemy time, unless you really don’t have a lot of time to spend doing alchemy. Unlike with Cooking, the Alchemy Mastery clothes do give an Alchemy time reduction, but the reduction only compares to the Silver Embroidered Alchemist’s Clothes when they are at high enhancements. For example, you need +7 Loggia Clothes to even get any time reductions, and you need PEN Loggia Clothes for the -4 second reduction.
Ideally, to get 1 second alchemy time, you would want to use: Pearl store costume (-2s), Advanced Alchemy Tool (-1s), Mastery Clothing if possible or +3 Silver Embroidered Alchemist’s Clothes (-4s), Sharp Alchemy Stone of Life (-1.4s) and Seafood Cron Meal (-0.6s). If you don’t have the pearl store costume you can use the Verdure Cron Elixir instead for -1 second and a +4 Silver Embroidered Alchemist’s Clothes or high enhanced manos clothing.
How to start Alchemy production
To mass produce a recipe, you simply go to your Alchemy Tool in your house and press “R” to use it. Right-click your ingredients and make sure you enter ingredients for 1 result. (Entering more will consume all of your ingredients and only give you 1 result.
Next click “Batch Production”.
Click “Yes” then enter the amount you wish to make. You can click “Maximum quantity” or press “F” to create as many as possible. Then click “OK” and you will automatically make as many as you have ingredients or energy for.
Imperial Alchemy Boxes
Imperial Alchemy boxes must be crafted by opening your processing window (L) then selecting Imperial Alchemy. The amount of boxes you can hand in each day depends on your current Contribution Points and is shared for both alchemy and cooking.
To calculate how many you can hand in, divide your total contribution points by 2. So if you have 300 contibution points, you can hand in up to 150 boxes per day.
Imperial Alchemy boxes weigh 50 LT each and you cannot sell the boxes if you are overweight. The amount of silver listed in the rewards is a base silver reward and will increase depending on your alchemy mastery level, which is why you should wear alchemy mastery clothing when handing in these boxes and popping a Seafood Cron Meal or Savory Steak to boost your mastery if needed. More information about mastery is listed further in the guide.
Your daily turn-in limit resets with your servers daily reset. (You need to swap channels or log out/in to refresh daily turn-in limit.) The NPCs current limit resets every three hours. You can view the next reset on our website in the navigation bar and also set an alarm to be notified when the daily, or NPC limit resets
I highly recommend taking a look at this Google Sheet or Velia Inn which shows you the best boxes to make for profit. Prices are based on the EU market but you can make a copy of the sheet and change it to NA on the “Ello” tab.
You choose ONE item to pack into a box. For example, if you are making the Apprentice Alchemy Box you only need Elixir of Life x12 OR Elixir of Energy x12. You don’t need all the items listed those are just alternatives you can use!!! You can also use the procs of the items. For example, you can use Storng Ressurection Elixir, which is the proc of Ressurection Elixir and you only need 1/3 of the amount listed. So you can use Strong Ressurection Elixir x7 instead of Ressurection Elixir x21
| Item Name | Package ONE of the following Items | Reward |
|---|
Apprentice’s Alchemy Box (Alchemy Apprentice 1+) | Ressurection Elixir x21 Elixir of Life x12 Elixir of Seal x12 Elixir of Energy x12 Elixir of Mentality x15 Elixir of Will x12 | 130,000 Silver Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Alchemy] x1 |
Skilled Alchemy Box (Alchemy Skilled 1+) | EXP Elixir x21 Elixir of Shock x18 Elixir of Demihuman Hunt x18 Worker’s Elixir x24 Elxir of Human Hunt x18 Elixir of Resistance x12 | 200,000 Silver Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Alchemy] x1 |
Professional’s Alchemy Box (Alchemy Professional 1+) | Elixir of Fury x15 Fisher’s Elixir x15 Defense Elixir x15 Elixir of Wind x15 Elixir of Training x15 Elixir of Time x15 Weenie Elixir x15 | 300,000 Silver Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Alchemy] x1 |
Artisan’s Alchemy Box (Alchemy Artisan 1+) | Elixir of Swiftness x15 Elixir of Concentration x27 Looney Elixir x12 Elixir of Spells x15 Elixir of Amity x15 Elixir of Endurance x24 Elixir of Draining x18 Elixir of Labor x18 | 400,000 Silver Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Alchemy] x1 |
Master’s Alchemy Box (Alchemy Master 1+) | Elixir of Wings x27 Elixir of Assassination x15 Golden Hand Elixir x12 Helix Elixir x12 Marking Reagent x12 Elixir of Perforation x9 Elixir of Carnage x9 Elixir of Skill x9 Elixir of Mastery x9 | 550,000 Silver Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Alchemy] x1 |
Guru’s Alchemy Box (Alchemy Guru 1+) | Elixir of Death x9 Grim Reaper’s Elixir x9 Griffon’s Elixir x9 Elixir of Frenzy x9 Elixir of Sky x9 Elixir of Detection x9 Elixir of Armor x9 | 800,000 Silver Shiny Golden Seal – [Imperial Alchemy] x1 |
After crafting your alchey box, you can hand them in at an Imperial Alchemy NPC at one of the locations show below (click tabs for each location):
Alchemy Stones
You can equip one Alchemy Stone in your equipment slot, to give you a buff which will last for 3 minutes (Life Alchemy Stones last 10 minutes). It can also be reused automatically every 3 minutes, giving you a permanent buff.
There are 3 types of Alchemy Stones
- Destruction – Buff: attack, accuracy, ignore resistances, attack speed, cast speed
- Protection – Buff: damage reduction, evasion, maximum health, resistances
- Life – Buff: reduced cooking/alchemy craft time, processing success rate, weight limit increase, gathering, fishing, gathering drop rate
How to create an Alchemy Stone
Players with alchemy at apprentice level 1 or above can now try and upgrade all versions of alchemy stones.
The recipe to create an Alchemy Stone is:
Shining Powder x9, Blood of the Sinner x6, Clear Liquid Reagent x10, Pure Powdered Reagent x10, Powder of Time x7
Place the ingredients into your Alchemist Tool.
You won’t create an Alchemy Stone every time, sometimes you may fail and get a broken Alchemy Stone which can be sold to a merchant for 5,000 silver. Higher Alchemy level will increase your chances of being successful.
You can view the chances of creating each stone below based on Alchemy level:
| Destruction Stone | Protective Stone | Life Stone | Broken Stone |
|---|
| Apprentice 2 | 15% | 15% | 15% | 55% |
| Professional 2 | 20% | 20% | 20% | 40% |
| Artisan 2 | 25% | 25% | 25% | 25% |
| Master 2 | 30% | 30% | 30% | 10% |
Leveling & Grades/Rarity
You can level your Alchemy Stone to increase the level, grade/rarity, or both. In turn increasing the buff stats.
Item grade/rarity (lowest to highest):
- White
- Green
- Blue
- Yellow
- Orange
Below is a table of each level and the buffs it has.
| Icon | Level | Destruction buffs | Protection buffs | Life buffs |
|---|
 | Imperfect | Attack +2, Accuracy +1, Ignore Resistances +1%, Attack Speed +1%, Cast Speed +1% | Damage Reduction +2, Evasion +1, Maximum Health +50, Resistances +1% | Reduced Cooking/Alchemy Craft Time -5%, Processing Success Rate 5%, Weight Limit Increase +10LT, Gathering +1, Fishing +1, Gathering Drop Rate +3% |
 | Rough | Attack +3, Accuracy +2, Ignore Resistances +2%, Attack Speed +2%, Cast Speed +2% | Damage Reduction +3, Evasion +2, Maximum Health +70, Resistances +2% | Reduced Cooking/Alchemy Craft Time -7%, Processing Success Rate 7%, Weight Limit Increase +20LT, Gathering +1, Fishing +1, Gathering Drop Rate +5% |
 | Polished | Attack +4, Accuracy +3, Ignore Resistances +3%, Attack Speed +3%, Cast Speed +3% | Damage Reduction +4, Evasion +3, Maximum Health +90, Resistances +3% | Reduced Cooking/Alchemy Craft Time -9%, Processing Success Rate 9%, Weight Limit Increase +30LT, Gathering +1, Fishing +1, Gathering Drop Rate +7% |
 | Sturdy | Attack +6, Accuracy +4, Ignore Resistances +4%, Attack Speed +4%, Cast Speed +4% | Damage Reduction +6, Evasion +4, Maximum Health +110, Resistances +4% | Reduced Cooking/Alchemy Craft Time -11%, Processing Success Rate 11%, Weight Limit Increase +40LT, Gathering +2, Fishing +2, Gathering Drop Rate +10% |
 | Sharp | Attack +8, Accuracy +6, Ignore Resistances +5%, Attack Speed +5%, Cast Speed +5% | Damage Reduction +8, Evasion +6, Maximum Health +140, Resistances +5% | Reduced Cooking/Alchemy Craft Time -14%, Processing Success Rate 14%, Weight Limit Increase +50LT, Gathering +2, Fishing +2, Gathering Drop Rate +13% |
 | Resplendent | Attack +10, Accuracy +8, Ignore Resistances +6%, Attack Speed +6%, Cast Speed +6% | Damage Reduction +10, Evasion +8, Maximum Health +170, Resistances +6% | Reduced Cooking/Alchemy Craft Time -17%, Processing Success Rate 17%, Weight Limit Increase +60LT, Gathering +2, Fishing +2, Gathering Drop Rate +16% |
 | Splendid | Attack +13, Accuracy +11, Ignore Resistances +8%, Attack Speed +8%, Cast Speed +8% | Damage Reduction +13, Evasion +11, Maximum Health +210, Resistances +7% | Reduced Cooking/Alchemy Craft Time -20%, Processing Success Rate 20%, Weight Limit Increase +80LT, Gathering +3, Fishing +3, Gathering Drop Rate +20% |
 | Shining | Attack +16, Accuracy +14, Ignore Resistances +10%, Attack Speed +10%, Cast Speed +10% | Damage Reduction +16, Evasion +14, Maximum Health +250, Resistances +8% | Reduced Cooking/Alchemy Craft Time -25%, Processing Success Rate 25%, Weight Limit Increase +100LT, Gathering +3, Fishing +3, Gathering Drop Rate +25% |
To level your Alchemy Stone you must put extra materials into it to convert to EXP. Open your inventory then click the Alchemy tab at the bottom to open the menu. You then need to select the Polishing option and put the material in the top slot and your Alchemy Stone in the bottom slot. Next press “Polishing“.
Below you can see which materials you can convert to EXP
| Item | Alchemy Stone XP |
|---|
| Destruction | Pure Mythril Crystal | 142857 |
| Pure Platinum Crystal/Pure Gold Crystal | 125000 |
| Pure Titanium Crystal | 100000 |
| Pure Vanadium Crystal | 90909 |
| Pure Silver Crystal | 83333 |
| Pure Zinc Crystal | 76923 |
| Pure Iron Crystal/Pure Lead Crystal/Pure Tin Crystal | 71429 |
| Pure Copper Crystal | 66667 |
| Mythril Ingot | 47619 |
| Platinum Ingot | 41667 |
| Gold Ingot | 40000 |
| Titanium Ingot | 30303 |
| Vanadium Ingot | 28571 |
| Silver Ingot | 27027 |
| Zinc Ingot | 23256 |
| Lead Ingot | 21739 |
| Brass Ingot/Iron Ingot/Tin Ingot | 20408 |
| Bronze Ingot | 19231 |
| Copper Ingot | 18182 |
| Life | Special Strawberry | 6623 |
| Special Purple Mushroom | 6173 |
| Special Pie Mushroom | 6061 |
| Special Leccinum | 5917 |
| Special Bouquet Mushroom | 5650 |
| Special Arrow Mushroom/Special Cloud Mushroom/Special Ghost Mushroom/Special Hump Mushroom/Special Ancient Mushroom | 5495 |
| Special Dwarf Mushroom/Special Sky Mushroom/Special Tiger Mushroom/Special Fog Mushroom | 5236 |
| Special Bluffer Mushroom | 5102 |
| Special Fortune Teller Mushroom/Special Emperor Mushroom | 4950 |
| Special Amanita Mushroom | 4132 |
| Special Sunflower/Special Olive | 4000 |
| Special Grape | 3861 |
| Special Garlic/Special Paprika | 3717 |
| Special Everlasting Herb/Special Onion/Special Tomato | 3584 |
| Special Pumpkin/Special Carrot/Special Acacia Leaf | 3448 |
| Special Hot Pepper | 3378 |
| Special Pepper | 3247 |
| Special Silver Azalea | 3165 |
| Special Fire Flake Flower | 3030 |
| Special Dry Mane Grass | 2890 |
| Special Sunrise Herb/Special Silk Honey Grass | 2755 |
| Special Corn | 2618 |
| Special Wheat/Special Barley | 2481 |
| Special Potato/Special Sweet Potato | 2208 |
| High-Quality Strawberry | 1946 |
| High-Quality Purple Mushroom | 1825 |
| High-Quality Pie Mushroom | 1786 |
| High-Quality Leccinum | 1742 |
| High-Quality Bouquet Mushroom | 1664 |
| High-Quality Olive/High-Quality Sunflower | 1176 |
| High-Quality Grape | 1136 |
| High-Quality Garlic/High-Quality Nolina/High-Quality Paprika | 1095 |
| High-Quality Dalvenia Alrea/High-Quality Onion/High-Quality Tomato | 1055 |
| High-Quality Penestraria/High-Quality Pumpkin | 1014 |
| High-Quality Hot Pepper | 998 |
| High-Quality Pepper | 957 |
| High-Quality Azalea | 933 |
| High-Quality Fire Flake Flower | 893 |
| High-Quality Dry Mane Grass | 852 |
| High-Quality Silk Honey Grass/High-Quality Sunrise Herb | 812 |
| High-Quality Corn | 771 |
| High-Quality Barley/High-Quality Wheat | 730 |
| High-Quality Potato/High-Quality Sweet Potato | 649 |
| Protection | Sturdy Pine Plywood/Sturdy Cedar Plywood/Sturdy Palm Plywood/Sturdy Elder Tree Plywood/Sturdy White Cedar Plywood/Sturdy Acacia Plywood | 250000 |
| Sturdy Ash Plywood/Sturdy Maple Plywood/Sturdy Birch Plywood/Sturdy Fir Plywood/Sturdy Timber Square | 200000 |
| Acacia Plywood | 27027 |
| White Cedar Plywood | 25641 |
| Cedar Plywood | 24390 |
| Pine Plywood | 23256 |
| Fir Plywood | 21739 |
| Birch Plywood | 20408 |
| Maple Plywood | 19231 |
| Ash Plywood | 18182 |
| Elder Tree Plywood | 17857 |
| Palm Plywood | 17857 |
When your Alchemy Stone EXP is between 80-150% you can attempt to level your stone (higher EXP has a higher chance to be successful). Select the Growth tab in your Alchemy Stone menu, place a Blackstone (weapon) in the top slot and your stone in the bottom slot. Next press “Growth”.
| Level | What happens if it fails | What happens if successful |
|---|
| Imperfect > Rough | -50% of EXP | Level, Grade/Rarity or both increase |
| Rough > Polished | -50% of EXP | Level, Grade/Rarity or both increase |
| Polished > Sturdy | -50% of EXP | Level, Grade/Rarity or both increase |
| Sturdy > Sharp | Level decreases | Level, Grade/Rarity or both increase |
| Sharp > Resplendent | Level decreases | Level, Grade/Rarity or both increase |
| Resplendent > Splendid | Destroys | Level, Grade/Rarity or both increase |
| Splendid > Shining | Destroys | Level, Grade/Rarity or both increase |
Repairing Durability
To repair the durability again open your inventory then go to the Alchemy Stone menu by clicking the tab at the bottom. Click the Recharge tab at the top of the menu and add the materials in the top slot and the stone in the bottom slot. Next click “Recharge”.
As you use your Alchemy Stone, the durability will decrease. You can repair Alchemy Stones using the following materials:
Repairs 1 durability
- Clear Liquid Reagent
- Pure Powdered Reagent
Repairs 4 durability
- Clown’s Blood
- Legendary Beast’s Blood
- Sinner’s Blood
- Tyrant’s Blood
- Wise Man’s Blood
Repairs 10 durability
- Oil of Corruption
- Oil of Fortitude
- Oil of Regeneration
- Oil of Tranquility
- Oil of Storms
Alchemy Mastery
For a full look into life skill masteries I recommend taking a look at our guide which explains how to get all the gear and how many points each piece gives.
Higher Alchemy Mastery has the following benefits:
- You will receive more profit for Imperial Alchemy Delivery (up to 46%).
- The chance to obtain the maximum amount of results per recipe will increase up to 50% (e.g. if you get 1 to 4 results when creating a certain elixir, the chance to get 4 will increase)
- The chance to get extra byproducts will increase
- Regular Byproducts: up to 3.57% drop rate
- Special Byproducts: up to 1.92% drop rate
- Rare Byproducts: up to 0.23% drop rate
New Spirit Stones (Alchemy Stones) can be crafted when your Alchemy Mastery is over 500 points. The chance of getting a higher grade increases as your Alchemy Mastery increases. New alchemy recipes have also been added to create the materials needed for the new spirit stones.
| Item Name | Materials to craft |
|---|
| Flawless Spirit Stone | Relentless Origin of Life x4,
Rough Five-color Crystal x4,
Oil of Tranquility x10 |
| Tenacious Origin of Life | Sunrise Herb x50,
Silver Azalea x50,
Fire Flake Flower x50,
Dry Mane Grass x50,
Silk Honey Grass x50 |
| Rough Opulent Crystal | Translucent Crystal x50,
Mud Crystal x50,
Black Crystal x50,
Blue Crystal x50,
Violet Crystal x50 |
| Reagent of Harmonious Spirits | Obtainable from Alustin in Velia as a reward in a repeatable quest.
Requires Master Lv. 10 in Alchemy or 800+ Alchemy Mastery Points |
| Alchemy Stone | Materials to craft |
|---|
Sharp Spirit Stone of Destruction
(green grade) | Flawless Spirit Stone x5,
Mystical Spirit Powder x50,
Metal Solvent x50,
Cron Stone x5,
Reagent of Harmonious Spirits x1 |
Sharp Spirit Stone of Destruction
(blue grade) |
Sharp Spirt Stone of Destruction
(yellow grade) |
| Resplendent Spirit Stone of Destruction |
| Splendid Spirit Stone of Destruction |
| Shining Spirit Stone of Destruction |
Sharp Spirit Stone of Protection
(green grade) | Flawless Spirit Stone x5,
Mystical Spirit Powder x50,
Gem Polisher x50,
Cron Stone x5,
Reagent of Harmonious Spirits x1 |
Sharp Spirit Stone of Protection
(blue grade) |
Sharp Spirit Stone of Protection
(yellow grade) |
| Resplendent Spirit Stone of Protection |
| Splendid Spirit Stone of Protection |
| Shining Spirit Stone of Protection |
| Alchemy Stone | Effects |
|---|
Sharp Spirit Stone of Destruction
(green grade) | AP +8, All Accuracy +10 |
Sharp Spirit Stone of Destruction
(blue grade) | AP +8, All Accuracy +10, Ignore All Resistance +5% |
Sharp Spirt Stone of Destruction
(yellow grade) | AP +8, All Accuracy +10, Ignore All Resistance +5%, Attack Speed +5%, Casting Speed +5% |
| Resplendent Spirit Stone of Destruction | AP +10, All Accuracy +12, Ignore All Resistance +6%, Attack Speed +6%, Casting Speed +6% |
| Splendid Spirit Stone of Destruction | AP +13, All Accuracy +14, Ignore All Resistance +8%, Attack Speed +8%, Casting Speed +8% |
| Shining Spirit Stone of Destruction | AP +16, All Accuracy +16, Ignore All Resistance +10%, Attack Speed +10%, Casting Speed +10% |
Sharp Spirit Stone of Protection
(green grade) | All Damage Reduction +8, All Evasion +10 |
Sharp Spirit Stone of Protection
(blue grade) | All Damage Reduction +8, All Evasion +10, Max HP +140 |
Sharp Spirit Stone of Protection
(yellow grade) | All Damage Reduction +8, All Evasion +10, Max HP +140, All Resistance +5% |
| Resplendent Spirit Stone of Protection | All Damage Reduction +10, All Evasion +12, Max HP +170, All Resistance +6% |
| Splendid Spirit Stone of Protection | All Damage Reduction +13, All Evasion +14, Max HP +210, All Resistance +7% |
| Shining Spirit Stone of Protection | All Damage Reduction +16, All Evasion +16, Max HP +250, All Resistance +8% |
