Materials

> *"Discover a variety of materials in different areas. Materials can be used in trades, quests and alchemy."*
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**Materials** are items with a low chance to appear each Cycle and are unlocked in the BLC Shop for  250k 250k. They have a wide range of uses, most notably in Quests,  Alchemy, and upgrading  Tools.

Materials collected appear in a new tab on the top bar. Hover over a material to see its spawn location, spawn chance, materials per hour, and current quantity. The quantity also shows the its max quantity, ie. your current **material storage** capacity.

Materials DO NOT despawn. There can only be 50 on screen at one time, then all materials will stop spawning until some/all are collected. A specific material will not spawn if your storage for that material is full. All materials begin with a base spawn chance of .50%.

*Material Inspector* from the  BLC Coin Shop shows each material's spawn location and chances in their descriptions.

## Materials That Spawn

1. ↑ Given by NPCs in The Cheese Pub and Kokkaupunki.
2. ↑ All spawnable materials *(ie. everything except essences)* also spawn in The Dark Glade, although their spawn chances are reduced.

## Increasing Spawnable Materials

To maximize idle collection, equip  Toucano,  Ducko and  Butterflyo. Toucano will keep gathering even when the screen is full.

Each Tool upgrade increases base spawn chance by 0.10% for an individual material. The initial upgrade costs 100 of that material. All upgraded tools will provide blower enemy damage and a few provide an extra unique bonus. Tools **do not** need to be equipped in order to receive the material spawn chances.

Shovelling with the auto dig gem shop upgrade can also net materials faster. Furthermore, materials can be traded for other materials at Kokkaupunki.

Spawnable materials can also be gained through Daily Rewards.

## Essences

Alchemical Essences are brewed and are ingredients for brewing other things.  Hippo and  Crafting bonuses such as *Brew Crit Chance* are important for gaining more essences.

### Simple Essences

* Brewed from Materials —  Ducko helps.
* Dropped by the Witch — *Witch Essence Multiplier* Crafting bonus recommended.
* Each is required for brewing  Dark Essence (costs 30 / makes 5).
* Each has an NPC in Kokkaupunki that provides materials for that type in exchange for quest items.

 Earth Essence
 Leaf Essence
 Water Essence

### Compound Essences

* Brewed from simple essences.
* 1 given by Heikki in Kokkaupunki for each trade.

 Alchemy:Shards (costs 200 / makes 2).
 Alchemy:Shards (costs 100 / makes 2).
 Alchemy:Shards (costs 5 / makes 2).
  Light Essence
 Alchemy:  Strange Essences (costs 3000 (3e3) / makes 1).
 Alchemy:  Iridescent Essence (costs 1500 (1.5e3) / makes 1).

**Compact Essences**

* Brewed from compound essences.

 Alchemy:  Iridescent Essences (costs 750 / makes 1).

**VERY Compact Essences**

- Brewed from compound and compact essences.

 Alchemy: Souls

## Related Pets & Unique Leaves

  Toucano | Gain 2 random materials per minute
  Material Leaf | * Get random materials: +0.02/s
* Material spawn chance: +1%
 Unique Unique (+25%)

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Effects are doubled at level 10