Alchemy

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Alchemy is an unlockable mechanic, allowing the Knight to brew potions, craft alchemy-related accessories, and become a dope zeal wizard.

To unlock this mechanic, you need to buy the Slums key from Lizz for 2000 Swirlies, and then use the key to enter Crowley's Lab.

## Introduction

*This is an often confusing mechanic; because of such, this is made to be a comprehensive guide for the entire mechanic.*

FIrstly, you need crystals from the Kobold Mines. Then, you need rare stones from breaking rocks.

With those, you can craft Fleeting Zeal; you can stack this in the Zeal Stacker for a number of uses:

* to gain more from Zeal
* If you put them in the cauldron, you can get EX potions, which permanently raise the drinker's stats.
* You can craft them for potions and accessories.

## Zeal

Three fleeting zeal can be made into one solid zeal. Alternatively, you can use Feather to get zeal from swirlies.

### Zeal Stacking

Once you collect 99 zeal from the zeal stacker, you cannot hold anymore, so the rest overflows and lingers, meaning once you run out of 99 zeal in your pocket, you can just go up to some lingering zeal and fill up your pockets with zeal once more.
However: The less zeal that lingers, the less zeal that appears in the overworld.

Zeal is also naturally spread around the world as it overflows, meaning that there's more than 99 for you to keep in your pocket.

*Note : It is speculated making more than one Alchemy Ring is useless.*

## Stones

This is a short list containing information on the rare stones used for Alchemy.

You can get these stones from breaking rocks.

Alternatively, you may purchase them from R-005TY in the Ancient Battlefield during Kobold Princess's Route.

* You need to go to the Ancient Battlefield and give cogs to a him. Upon choosing the option for him to be a blacksmith, he will travel to the Kobold Reign to sell the rare stones for presumably a day.

Base rare stones have the ability to raise stats by 1, and depending on the color of the stone is the stat it raises.

## Potions

Potions are used for a number of things, like giving out buffs to the player, giving out buffs to those in their party, defeating enemies, or affecting mechanics.

To craft potions, you first need a *potion recipe*.
You can get these potion recipes from killing a reign's troops in battle as a rare enemy drop.

*Note: This is sorted by how they appear in the knight's inventory.*

## EX Potions

EX potions are permanent-buff potions you can brew by putting zeal into the cauldron, and waiting a day.

Depending on the amount determines how many - and how powerful - the potions are.

## Related NPCs

### Feather

Feather is a Patron NPC that greatly helps the Knight perform alchemy.

Feather converts swirlies into alchemy materials. You can use Crowley's Lab to wake her up, and make her officially recruitable one you obtain the Hero Banner.

In older builds, Feather would be able to upgrade stones with crystals. It wasn't doing much, going from being able to permanently raise a stat by 1, to being able able to permanently raise a stat by either 2 or 5; thus, it was changed. She was also presumably able to sell potions.

### Chain Princess

Zeal is a prerequisite to recruiting Chain Princess.

You need 600 zeal overflowing to unlock Chain Princess.

A short guide on recruiting her goes as follows:

* Overflow your zeal to 600.
* A zeal trail going from the human reign to gazer prison will be completed, meaning you can obtain Chain Princess if you go there.
* Visit the Gazer Prison, get some head.
* Head to Hammerhead Port. She will turn up there.