Alchemist

Introduction

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Masters of Science and Nature, the devilish and the divine, alchemists ensure their livelihood through the transmogrification of mundane materials into wondrous waters─from curative concoctions to potent potables.
The Ul'dahn school only recently came to be recognized in scientific circles as a valid branch of alchemical orthodoxy. It is based on fundamental principles originating in the Near East tradition, but draws heavily upon esoteric elements of both Lalafellin herbalism and Miqo'te occultism as well.

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Alchemists (ALC) are Disciples of the Hand that transform materials into potions and elixirs. For example, Alchemists can create consumables such as potions, ethers, elixirs, stat buffs, status cures and status inducers. They can also make wands for Conjurers, grimoires for Arcanists and Summoners, arms for Scholars, and much more. They can additionally make Orchestrion Rolls.

General Information

Guild

Any player with at least one level 10 Disciple of War or Magic is eligible to become an Alchemist. The Alchemists' Guild is located in Ul'dah. Speak with the receptionist to start the first quest.

Tools

See also: List of Alchemist Primary Tools

See also: List of Alchemist Secondary Tools

Alchemists utilize alembics as their primary tool and mortars as their secondary tool. Alembics are primarily crafted by Armorers, while mortars are primarily crafted by Blacksmiths.

Quests

Alchemist Class Quests

Main Article: Alchemist Quests

Crystarium Deliveries: The Facet of Nourishing (Shadowbringers)

Main Article: Crystarium Deliveries#The Facet of Nourishing

Studium Deliveries: Faculty of Medicine (Endwalker)

Main Article: Studium Deliveries#Faculty of Medicine

Levequests

Main Article: Alchemist Levequests

Actions

Main Article: Alchemist Actions

Regular actions

Action		Level	CP	Description
Basic Synthesis		1	0	Increases progress. Efficiency: 120% Success Rate: 100%
Basic Touch		5	18	Increases quality. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100%
Master's Mend		7	88	Restores item durability by 30.
Hasty Touch		9	0	Increases quality and requires no CP. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 60% Additional Effect: Grants Expedience for 1 step
Rapid Synthesis		9	0	Increases progress. Efficiency: 500% Success Rate: 50%
Observe		13	7	Do nothing for one step.
Tricks of the Trade		13	0	Restores 20 CP. Can only be used when material status is "Good" or "Excellent".
Waste Not		15	56	Reduces loss of durability by 50% for the next four steps.
Veneration		15	18	Increases efficiency of Synthesis actions by 50% for the next four steps.
Standard Touch		18	32	Increases quality. Efficiency: 125% Success Rate: 100% Combo action: Basic Touch Combo bonus: CP cost reduced to 18
Great Strides		21	32	Increases the efficiency of next Touch action by 100%. Effect active for three steps.
Innovation		26	18	Increases efficiency of Touch actions by 50% for the next four steps.
Final Appraisal		42	1	The next action that would complete item synthesis will instead leave one progress point remaining. Effect active for five steps.
Waste Not II		47	98	Reduces loss of durability by 50% for the next eight steps.
Byregot's Blessing		50	24	Increases quality. Inner Quiet effect ends upon use. Efficiency: 100% plus 20% for each count of your Inner Quiet stack, up to a maximum of 300% Success Rate: 100% Requires at least one stack of Inner Quiet.
Precise Touch		53	18	Increases quality. Additional Effect: Increases Inner Quiet stack by one (up to 10) Efficiency: 150% Success Rate: 100% Available only when material condition is Good or Excellent.
Muscle Memory		54	6	Increases progress. Efficiency: 300% Success Rate: 100% Additional Effect: Efficiency of your next Synthesis action is increased by 100% Available only on the first step. Additional effect is active for five steps.
Careful Synthesis		62	7	Increases progress. Efficiency: 180% Success Rate: 100%
Manipulation	1	65	96	Restores 5 points of durability after each step for the next eight steps.
Prudent Touch		66	25	Increases quality at half the durability cost. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100% Unavailable when Waste Not or Waste Not II are active.
Advanced Touch		68	46	Increases quality. Efficiency: 150% Success Rate: 100% Combo action: Standard Touch or Observe Combo bonus: CP cost reduced to 18
Reflect		69	6	Increases quality. Efficiency: 300% Success Rate: 100% Additional Effect: Increases Inner Quiet stack by one (up to 10) Availabe only on the first step.
Preparatory Touch		71	40	Increases quality at greater cost to durability. Additional Effect: Increases Inner Quiet stack by one (up to 10) Efficiency: 200% Success Rate: 100% Durability Cost: 20
Groundwork		72	18	Increases progress at greater cost to durability. Efficiency decreases by half when durability is below durability cost. Efficiency: 360% Success Rate: 100% Durability Cost: 20
Delicate Synthesis		76	32	Increases both progress and quality. Synthesis action efficiency: 150 Touch action efficiency: 100 Success Rate: 100%
Intensive Synthesis		78	6	Increases progress. Efficiency: 400% Success Rate: 100% Available only when material condition is Good or Excellent.
Trained Eye		80	250	Increases quality by 100%. Available only on the first step. Recipe level must be at least 10 levels below yours. Cannot be used with expert crafting recipes.
Prudent Synthesis		88	18	Increases progress at half the durability cost. Efficiency: 180% Success Rate: 100% Unavailable when Waste Not or Waste Not II is active.
Trained Finesse		90	32	Increases quality at no cost to durability. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100% Available only when Inner Quiet stack size is 10.
Refined Touch		92	24	Increases quality. Efficiency: 100% Success Rate: 100% Combo Action: Basic Touch Combo Bonus: Increases Inner Quiet stack by one (up to 10)
Daring Touch		96	0	Increases quality and requires no CP. Efficiency: 150% Success Rate: 60% Can only be executed while under the effect of Expedience ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Immaculate Mend		98	112	Restores all item durability.
Trained Perfection		100	0	Reduces durability loss of next action to 0. Can only be used once per synthesis.

Specialist actions

Action		Level	CP	Description
Careful Observation	1	55	0	Do nothing for one step, preserving the status of any actions presently in effect. A crafter's delineation is used upon execution. Can only be used up to three times per synthesis. This action does not increase step count.
Heart and Soul	1	86	0	Allows the execution of Precise Touch, Intensive Synthesis, or Tricks of the Trade regardless of material condition. Effect ends if the aforementioned actions are executed when material condition is not "Good" or "Excellent". A crafter's delineation is used upon execution. Can only be used once per synthesis. This action does not increase step count.
Quick Innovation	1	96	0	Grants Innovation for 1 turn. Cannot be executed while under the effect of Innovation. A crafter's delineation is used upon execution. Can only be used once per synthesis. This action does not increase step count.

Traits

Main Article: Alchemist Traits

Trait	Acquired		Level	Effect
Inner Quiet	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		11	Gain a stack of Inner Quiet with every increase in quality, up to a maximum of 10. Grants a 10% bonus to the efficiency of Touch actions for each stack.
Practice Makes Perfect	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		15	Allows you to execute trial synthesis.
Basic Synthesis Mastery	ALC		31	Efficiency is increased to 120%
Quality Assurance	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP	1	63	Slightly increases chances of material condition becoming good.
Rapid Synthesis Mastery	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		63	Efficiency is increased to 500%
Careful Synthesis Mastery	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		82	Efficiency is increased to 180%.
Groundwork Mastery	ALC		86	Efficiency is increased to 360%.
Delicate Synthesis Mastery	ALC		94	Efficiency is increased to 150%.
Expedience	CUL ALC WVR LTW GSM ARM BSM CRP		96	Grants Expedience for 1 step upon using Hasty Touch. Expedience Effect: Upgrades Hasty Touch to Daring Touch.

Recipes

Main Article: Alchemist Recipes

Level 1 - 9	Level 10 - 19	Level 20 - 29	Level 30 - 39
Level 40 - 49	Level 50	Level 51 - 59	Level 60
Level 61 - 69	Level 70	Level 71 - 79	Level 80
Level 81 - 89	Level 90

Achievements

Main article: Alchemist Achievements

This class is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
'Tis True without Lying I	5	Achieve alchemist level 10.	-	2.0
'Tis True without Lying II	5	Achieve alchemist level 20.	-	2.0
'Tis True without Lying III	5	Achieve alchemist level 30.	-	2.0
'Tis True without Lying IV	5	Achieve alchemist level 40.	-	2.0
'Tis True without Lying V	5	Achieve alchemist level 50.	-	2.0
'Tis True without Lying VI	5	Achieve alchemist level 60.	-	3.0
'Tis True without Lying VII	5	Achieve alchemist level 70.	-	4.0
'Tis True without Lying VIII	5	Achieve alchemist level 80.	-	5.0
'Tis True without Lying IX	5	Achieve alchemist level 90.	-	6.0
Mixing It Up: Amateur	5	Successfully synthesize 50 times for level 1-10 alchemy recipes.	-	2.0
Mixing It Up: Initiate	5	Successfully synthesize 300 times for level 11-20 alchemy recipes.	-	2.0
Mixing It Up: Apprentice	5	Successfully synthesize 750 times for level 21-30 alchemy recipes.	-	2.0
Mixing It Up: Journeyman	5	Successfully synthesize 1,500 times for level 31-40 alchemy recipes.	-	2.0
Mixing It Up: Artisan	10	Successfully synthesize 3,000 times for level 41-50 alchemy recipes.	Of the Golden Lead	2.0
An Alchemist's Life for Me	30	Obtain the first five “Mixing it Up” achievements.	Alembic of the Luminary	2.0
Mixing It Up: Adept	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 51-60 alchemy recipes.	-	3.0
Mixing It Up: Veteran	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 61-70 alchemy recipes.	-	4.0
Mixing It Up: Master	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 71-80 alchemy recipes.	-	5.0
Mixing It Up: Genius	10	Successfully synthesize 1,000 times for level 81-90 alchemy recipes.	-	6.0
I Made That: Alchemist I	5	Craft and record completion of 30 unique alchemist recipes.	-	2.1
I Made That: Alchemist II	5	Craft and record completion of 60 unique alchemist recipes.	-	2.1
I Made That: Alchemist III	10	Craft and record completion of 110 unique alchemist recipes.	Master Alchemist's Ring	2.1
I Made That: Alchemist IV	10	Craft and record completion of 170 unique alchemist recipes.	-	3.0
I Made That: Alchemist V	10	Craft and record completion of 270 unique alchemist recipes.	Blessed Cauldronkeep's Alembic	3.5
I Made That: Alchemist VI	10	Craft and record completion of 370 unique alchemist recipes.	Blessed Cauldronking's Alembic	4.5
An Eye for Detail: Alchemist I	5	Craft 100 high-quality items as an alchemist.	-	2.1
An Eye for Detail: Alchemist II	5	Craft 500 high-quality items as an alchemist.	-	2.1
An Eye for Detail: Alchemist III	10	Craft 3,000 high-quality items as an alchemist.	-	2.1
An Eye for Detail: Alchemist IV	10	Craft 5,000 high-quality items as an alchemist.	-	3.0
An Eye for Detail: Alchemist V	10	Craft 10,000 high-quality items as an alchemist.	Master Alchemist	3.0
Skyward Science I	5	Earn 50,000 points toward your skyward score as an alchemist.	-	5.21
Skyward Science II	5	Earn 150,000 points toward your skyward score as an alchemist.	-	5.21
Skyward Science III	10	Earn 500,000 points toward your skyward score as an alchemist.	Panacea of the Firmament	5.21
The Height of Alchemy	10	As an alchemist, craft and submit 100 expert recipe items for the second phase of the Ishgardian restoration.	The Nest's Own Alchemist	5.21
Alchemists of a Feather	10	As an alchemist, craft and submit 100 expert recipe items for the third phase of the Ishgardian restoration.	Featherfall's Finest Alchemist	5.31
An Ode to Alchemy	10	As an alchemist, craft and submit 100 expert recipe items for the fourth phase of the Ishgardian restoration.	The Risensung Alchemist	5.41
Retooled: Resplendent Cauldronfiend's Alembic	10	Obtain a resplendent cauldronfiend's alembic.	-	5.5

Notable Alchemists

• Severian
• Nidhana

Gallery

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  Alchemist Armor in A Realm Reborn (2.0)

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  Alchemist Armor in Stormblood (4.0)

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  Alchemist Armor in Shadowbringers (5.0)

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  Alchemist Armor in Endwalker (6.0)

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