Resists Alchemy Guide

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In this guide I will be showing you how to level your Alchemy skill cheapy, fast and with as little effort as posible. Everything in my guide can be stacked making them easy and fast to sell or store!

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Synthesis Image Support NPCs
Synthesis image support temporarily raises your skill by 1 point. Advanced support raises your skill by 3 points, and requires a small fee based on your crafting rank, but also lasts much longer. Synthesis Image Support can be obtained from the following Guild representatives:

Duration and cost of Adv. Synth. Image Support is as follows.


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Guild Test Items
Every ten skill levels, you are required to prove to the guild that you "have what it takes" by crafting (or buying) an Alchemic item of the guild's choosing. This item can be turned in once you have reached an "8" in skill (8, 28, 48, etc.) or higher skill (up to the cap). Once you have the requisite skill, speak with the Guild Master, Abd-al-Raziq.
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Amateur - Starting off

 * Level 1-6



Tsurara

Crystal:
 * 2 x Distilled Water
 * 1 x Rock Salt

This is a great cheap synth. Buy 5 or so stacks of Ice Crystals. So now you can go to either Windurst or San d'Oria. San d'Oria is easier but Windurst works too if you want to.

San d'Oria: We are going to a standard merchant, much better than a guild merchant because they don't have days off or close at night, also dont run out of stock. Find Benaige in Southern San d'Oria (F-7), you can buy both Rock Salt and Distilled Water from her.

Windurst: Head to Windurst Waters (E-8) the Cooking Gulde Shop and buy about 5 stacks of Rock Salt from Chomo Jinjahl then head just over to the road to Ness Rugetomal in Windurst Waters (F-10) and buy about 10 stacks of Distilled Water.

This should get you through to level 6 and if it doesn't quite make you level 6 then just grab some more crystals or buy extra to start. If you make enough to sell them as 12 tool bags trade the your 99 x Tsurara to Ominous Cloud with a Wijnruit for each 99 stack and he will give you a tool bag. Most you can trade at a time is 7 x Wijnruit and 7 x 99 Tsurara. Note that Ominous Cloud will appear in the city in 1st place of conquest, so check that before you go to him, he will also not appear if there is a tie 1st place, very annoying but doesn't happen too much.


 * Level 6-10



Poison Dust

Crystal:
 * 2 x Yellow Globe

Although this caps at level 12, it is better to move onto the next synth at level 10 because it is much cheaper. This is a very simple synth, you can fish the Yellow Globe but it will take along time and wont save you that much money. So you can either buy them from Auction House or from a NPC, I would recomend checking Babubu a fishing guild merchant in Port Windurst (C-8) to see what price he is selling his Yellow Globes, might be better than Auction House prices. If not just buy 12 or so stacks from Auction House and get synthing. Dont worry about over buying as we will be using them in the next synth anyway. Save all of these as we will be using them shortly to make Poison Potions.

Once you reach level 10, you will need to turn in you guide item so that you can advance past level 10. So grab yourself an Animal Glue and head to Abd-al-Raziq the Alchemy Guild Master in Bastok Mines (L-7) and trade him the Animal Glue, now your good untill level 20!

Recruit

 * Level 10-16



Mercury

Crystal:
 * 4 x Cobalt Jellyfish


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 * 4 x Denizanasi

This is a great synth, easy and very cheap if you're lucky or willing to wait. So you can do this synth with Cobalt Jellyfish or Denizanasi doesn't make a difference. So you can buy Cobalt Jellyfish from several different NPC prices vary from 288gil a stack to 1980gil a stack, which is almost alway cheaper than Auction House and you can normally get it at the lower end of the price range if you look around, couple of easy ones to check are Babubu in Port Windurst (C-8) or Gathweeda in Aht Urhgan Whitegate (G-5). There is only one NPC that sells Denizanasi its Wahnid in Aht Urhgan Whitegate (H-11) for about the same price as the Cobalt Jellyfish, if you buy a shop out of stock of the Cobalt Jellyfish or Denizanasi then don't wait for the next day and new stock because it will cost alot more, more to a different shop. Make the same amount of these as Poison Dust if you can, and save these for our next synth! If you match the number Poison Dust with Mercury before you get to level 18 just move onto the next synth.

Remeber this synth and the NPCs because you'll be doing this synth every time you have to make any kind of potion.


 * Level 16-18



Poison Potion

Crystal:
 * 1 x Poison Dust
 * 1 x Mercury

So get your Poison Dust and Mercury from your previous synths, and buy enough to finished all of your items. You can farm  from Crawlers' Nest if you really need to save the money, just go down to the circle room on map 3 these are about level 52-54 so you probably need a level 70+ to be able to farm them, or you can try Jugner Forest they are alot weaker there but water weather doesn't come as much. But they are cheap on Auction House so probably won't need to farm them, again don't worry about over buying or farming them as we will be using them in the next synth. Once you have finished these, sell them off and make some of your money back. I would wait for all of these to sell before you start on the next synth unless you have an abundance of space.

So now you're level 18 Alchemy, so grab one of your Poison Potions and head to Abd-al-Raziq the Alchemy Guild Master in Bastok Mines (L-7) and trade him a Poison Potion, now your good untill level 30!

Initiate

 * Level 18-24



Silent Oil

Crystal:
 * 1 x Slime Oil
 * 2 x Beeswax

This is quite a pricey synth to buy, but if you farm it it's a great way to level your skill, it will take about 4-6 stacks on average to get the 4 levels. So you can farm the Slime Oil from Jellys in Korroloka Tunnel, they are level 23-27 and have a 40% drop on Slime Oil but can drop upto three at a time. For the Beeswax you will need to farm Beehive Chip, I recommend West Sarutabaruta on Starfall Hillock killing Giant Bees, you can also kill  Crawlers to get Silk Thread as a bit of a bonus. Take about 12 stacks of Fire Crystals and Distilled Water out with you to synth the  Beehive Chips into Beeswax, this will save alot of inventory space, you can buy Distilled Water from Ness Rugetomal in Windurst Waters (F-10) north map. The Beeswax synth is a level 5 Alchemy so you shouldn't have a problem might even HQ some, it takes a, 3 x Beehive Chip and 1 x Distilled Water. This will take some time to farm and synth, if you want to cut the time then only farm the Beeswax, but in the end either way you will make a nice profit. Once you have all of your items ready, buy your Water Crystals and get synthing.Again don't worry about over buying  Water Crystals as we will be using them and more Beeswax in the next synth.


 * Level 24-29



Silent Oil

Crystal:
 * 1 x Olive Oil
 * 2 x Beeswax

More Silent Oil?!?!?! Yes, but a slighly different synth, cheaper too! So away with the Slime Oils, and out with the Olive Oil, these can be bough cheap from  NPCs so don't look at Auction House. Again we will be farming Beehive Chip to make Beeswax, or you can buy it, it's upto you really but it can get expencive! So get 12 or so stacks of Fire Crystals and farm all of your Beehive Chip to synth Beeswax.

So now you have your 12 or so stacks of Beeswax, get your 6 or so stacks of. You can buy Olive Oil on two different practical places Aveline in Southern San d'Oria (F-7) or Malfud in Aht Urhgan Whitegate (F-8). If you want to get Synthesis Image Support and plan to buy the Olive Oil as you synth because of inventory space then Aht Urhgan Whitegate is the best for that as you can get Synthesis Image Support there. If you're not going to use Synthesis Image Support then Aveline in Southern San d'Oria (F-7) sells Olive Oil. Or if you have enough space to buy all you need then you can go to the Alchemists' Guild (Bastok) in Bastok Mines (K-7) for Synthesis Image Support.

Once you've done all of them you should be level 29! And have more Silent Oil then you could ever use, so sell them off and make some nice gil. I would recommend selling all of these before you start you next synth so you don't get too blocked up with items.

You're level 29 Alchemy now, you'll need to give the guild a Blinding Potion to be able to advance past level 30. So buy a Blinding Potion from Auction House or synth it if you really want to. Head to Abd-al-Raziq the Alchemy Guild Master in Bastok Mines (L-7) and trade him your Blinding Potion, and you can relax till level 40.

Novice

 * Level 29-37



Jusatsu

Crystal:
 * 1 x Black Ink
 * 1 x Beastman Blood
 * 1 x Bast Parchment

This WILL break alot for the first couple of levels, but as you will be making a profit on this anyway you should break even in the end. The reason we are doing this so early is because although there are other synths that we can do the bridge the gap, they arn't profitable and will take up alot more inventory space and time.

Okay, so you can craft the Black Ink but don't, it's rarely worth it as higher levels sell these on Auction House cheaper than you can craft them. You can buy all of these items from Auction House or if you want to farm then you can farm the Beastman Blood, I would recommend Thread Leechs in Pashhow Marshlands they have a 18% drop rate, 17 spawn points and only 5 minutes respawn time, they are level 18-22 but leaches are generally tougher than their level, so bear that in mind. If you farm then you will make a very nice profit, but if you just buy them from Auction House then you can make a small profit or atleast break even.

I would definately recommend getting Synthesis Image Support atleast for the first two ro three levels. If you make enough to sell them as 12 tool bags trade the your 99 x Jusatsu to Ominous Cloud with a Wijnruit for each 99 stack and he will give you a tool bag. Most you can trade at a time is 7 x Wijnruit and 7 x 99 Jusatsu. Note that Ominous Cloud will appear in the city in 1st place of conquest, so check that before you go to him, he will also not appear if there is a tie 1st place, very annoying but doesn't happen too much.


 * Level 37-41



Vitriol

Crystal:
 * 2 x Treant Bulb

This synth caps at 43, but we'll only be doing it until 41 as we will be using them in the next synth don't want to have more than we'll need to cap out our next synth. And the next synth wont be losing us money.

This is a simple synth, you will lose a bit of money on it BUT you will make it back and some when you use them to make Acid Bolt Heads as our next synth. I wouldn't bother farming these, they are dirt cheap and bit of a waste of time farming. But if for some reason you want to farm them here is what I would recommend, Walking Saplings in North Gustaberg and South Gustaberg, the 22-30% drop rate and in the two zones there are a whapping 89 spawns! You can also get Grain Seeds and Vegetable Seeds which are worth 7k-10k each stack.

If you plan to buy them or farm them, do it in Bastok. There is generally more of them in Bastok Auction House and most of the time they are cheaper too, and as a bonus you are right beside the guild if you use the Auction House in Bastok Mines.

Once you reach lvl 38, buy or synth a Firesand and trade it to Abd-al-Raziq the Alchemy Guild Master in Bastok Mines (L-7) so you can get past level 40. And carry on with your Vitriol!

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Smithing Subcraft!
Now we take out some time to level our smithing if you havn't already. When making money with Alchemy most of the time you will be making boltheads, and boltheads have a level 14 Smithing subcraft.

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Yeah. . . I know what you're thinking. "This sucks" and it does, you'll probably spend more money that you wont get back on these 14 levels than from 1-50 Alchemy. But you need to do it if you ever want to make money on bolts with Alchemy.

Smithing - Amateur

 * Level 0-2



Bronze Ingot

Crystal:
 * 3 x Copper Ore
 * 1 x Tin Ore

So lets get this over with, goto Metalworks (E-9) the smithing guild. Take some Fire Crystals, you will be using alot of  Fire Crystals for these levels so don't worry about over buying. Here you can buy Copper Ore for 9-26gil each, and Tin Ore for 30~. So make these until you hit level 2, save all of these. If you buy a shop out of stock of the any items then don't wait for the next day and new stock because it will cost alot more, move to a different shop, there are three Smithing Guilds Al Zahbi (H-9), Metalworks (E-9) and Northern San d'Oria (E-5) so take your pick.


 * Level 2-4



Bronze Sheet

Crystal:
 * 1 x Bronze Ingot

Use the Bronze Ingots you made earlier to make these until level 4. Easy peasy! Save any Bronze Ingots that you don't use for this synth for our 10-14 synth.


 * '''Level 4-10



Bronze Scales

Crystal:
 * 1 x Bronze Sheet

Again use the Bronze Sheets we made in the last synth. These arn't worth much but better this than something that doesn't stack and takes forever to sell, so put these on sale to get rid of them or sell them to an NPC if you don't want to wait.

To advance past level 10 you will need to trade a Xiphos to Ghemp in Metalworks (E-7) (Bastok).

Smithing - Recruit

 * Level 10-14



Bronze Bolt Heads

Crystal:
 * 1 x Bronze Ingot

Use up the Bronze Ingots you made and didn't use earlier, and buy any extra you need from the guild if it's cheaper than Auction House they can cost from 684 gil to 4188 gil a stack, if not buy them from Auction House they are normally around 3000 gil a stack. Again if you buy a shop out of stock of the any items then don't wait for the next day and new stock because it will cost alot more, move to a different shop.

Congradulations! You're all done with smithing, you can sell the Bronze Bolt Heads or save them to level your Woodworking, upto you.


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Apprentice

 * Level 41-45



Acid Bolt Heads

Crystal:
 * 1 x Vitriol
 * 1 x Bronze Ingot
 * 1 x Animal Glue

Now we use up the Vitriol we made eariler, also can use the Bronze Ingots if you have any left over. Buy them from the Smithing Guild, there are three Smithing Guilds, Al Zahbi (H-9), Metalworks (E-9) and Northern San d'Oria (E-5) so take your pick. The prices at the guild vary from 684 gil to 4188 gil a stack, so check it's cheaper than Auction House before you start.

Animal Glue!!! You could craft these and save a little gil, but its not really worth it, so buy them from Auction House. If you really want to make them yourself, buy Bone Chips from Bastok Auction House or farm them from several different Skeleton in Gusgen Mines first map, there is a circle you can run on map 1. For the Rabbit Hide you can buy them from Cletae in Southern San d'Oria (D-8) for 540 gil - 3312 gil a stack, or you can farm them from Forest Hare in East Ronfaure and West Ronfaure, there are 161 spawn points with a 20% drop rate on Rabbit Hide and can drop upto 2 at a time. Or buy them from San d'Oria Auction House.

Sell these or save them to make into bolts if you do Woodworking, or sell them at Auction House.


 * Level 45-51



Holy Water

Crystal:
 * 1 x Distilled Water

Nice simple synth, not much to say about this. Buy the when they are cheap, or farm them from Ru'Aun Gardens but you will need a 75ish BLM, RDM or SCH so you can use nuke / sleep method of killing.

When you get to level 48, 49 or 50 buy or make a Fire Sword and take it to Abd-al-Raziq the Alchemy Guild Master in Bastok Mines (L-7).

Journeyman

 * Level 51-56



Sleeping Potion

Crystal:
 * 1 x Chamomile
 * 1 x Sleepshroom
 * 1 x Poison Flour

This synth can be a bit of a pain, but it's good if you do it right. Both the Chamomile and Poison Flour can be bought from NPCs so you don't need to worry about them.

Firstly the Sleepshroom can either be bought from Auction House, best San d'Oria or Jeuno/Aht Urhgan Whitegate Auction House as they will have them in stock more. But if you don't want to buy them and want to farm them here's the how-to. You are going to be farming from Jugner Funguars in Jugner Forest, there is a spot on the map called "Spore Hollow" (K-6) were there are about 15 spawns of the  Jugner Funguars very close together! It's a great place to farm Sleepshroom, the drop rate is about 37% and they also drop Woozyshroom that sell for 2.5k or so a stack as a little bonus. If you are going to train these and kill them, bear in mind that the drop rate is better when killed individually rather than using AOE magic or WSs. Once you have all the Sleepshroom you need, head to Upper Jeuno and buy enough Chamomile to match your Sleepshroom, they will cost from 1404 gil - 1620 gil a stack. Buy the Water Crystals you need and go to Lower Jeuno (H-10) talk to Pawkrix to buy the Poison Flour for 515 gil each, these don't stack so it's best to do all of your crafting here.


 * Level 56-60/61



Venom Dust

Crystal:
 * 2 x Scorpion Claw

I'll point out that this is when Alchemy skill really starts to slow down so a crawl. But never the less if you are level alchemy to 60 then you are almost done, so lets crack on. There are several different recipies for Venom Dust and none of them will make you any money, unless you farm them so that is what we are going to do. And unless you have a high fishing skill, then this is the best way to go!

Farming the Scorpion Claws will take along time and they wont be worht much when we make them into Poison Dust and will be worth even less when we make them into  Venom Potions. You can buy Scorpion Claws from the Bonecraft Guild, but the price varies greatly and is rarely worth it. You can also buy them from Auction House but they generally cost much more than they are worth, so we will be farming them. There are three different places you can farm these depending on your level.

Low level 30~: You can in Maze of Shakhrami from Maze Scorpions or  Labyrinth Scorpions, both have a 50% or so drop rate on the  Scorpion Claws. Also bear in mind that the the Labyrinth Scorpions are a few levels higher than the  Maze Scorpions. Mage jobs might want to wait until a slightly higher levels to farm here, depending on your skill levels and solo skills.