Alchemy
On this post we will analyze the newly added profession of alchemy. An alchemist gathers herbs and uses them to brew powerful potions and elixirs. As we explained in our post about blacksmithing, we are focusing the profession system to be a great solo-play alternative, specially at high levels, where the solo content is strongly overshadowed by teamplay.
Types of potions
With the herbs that they gather, alchemists will be able to brew and create many types of products. Among these, the three most important ones are:
- Elixirs: A kind of potion that mostly has a passive effect. They last for 30 minutes and players will only be able to have one elixir active at the same time.
- Battle potions: These potions will mostly have instant or short-term effects when consumed. A player may only drink one battle potion every 5 minutes. Their cooldown is completely independent from elixirs.
- Summoning scrolls: Players will be able to use these scrolls to summon powerful allies to aid them in battle. These summons will have all sorts of roles, tanks, healers or damage dealers. Summoning scrolls will share the cooldown with battle potions.
Apart from these three main products, alchemists will also be able to craft some other types of items that do not fall under the above three categories.
How does it work?
Like blacksmiths, alchemists use two main tools.
They use scythes to gather herbs from special plants that can be found around the continents. There are several tiers of scythes, which allow the alchemist to gather more powerful plants that can be found in higher-leveled areas. Most scythes are buyable from NPCs, while some can be obtained by other means. These tools, with high similarity to the blacksmith's picks, have three main attributes.
- Extra chance: The increased probability of obtaining herbs from plants, which is added to the base chance of the plant.
- Increased drops: A multiplier that defines the amount of herbs obtained from a plant.
- Breakchance: The chance that the scythe breaks when collecting herbs.
Secondly, they use vials to brew potions. Vials are the alchemist's equivalent of the blacksmith's hammer. They are mostly obtained via quests or from creatures, and have no breakchance. Also, more powerful potions require higher a higher vial tier to be brewed.
Lastly, alchemists will also have several recipe books to look up the recipes for the potions that they are able to brew.