do i need anything other than calcinator

[OnceUponaTime]

im surprised how much cheaper a masters calcinator is than a masters mortar and pestel, since the calc makes everything stronger do i Need anything else?????

i know i can jump n steal in balmora but im tryin to Play a bit more ''according to guidelines''

buit why shouldnt i just settle for a 240 masters calc instead of a thousands costing mortar n p?

[psychotron666]

All of the apparatus add bonus on alchemy.

From the wiki :

Mortar and Pestles are the only required instrument and determine the initial potion strength.

Alembics decrease the magnitude and duration of all negative ingredient effects.

Retorts increase the magnitude and duration of all positive ingredient effects.

Calcinators increase the magnitude and duration of all ingredient effects.

[OnceUponaTime]

since i plan on making all my potions have exclusively positive or negative effects wouldn't it be best for me to just use the calcinator? I'm just confused that a calcinator is so much cheaper than a mortar and pestel or do i Need a mortar and pestal and an apparatus (I've been assuming i could use just a calcinator and wouldnt Need a m and p)

[psychotron666]

No you need a Mortar and Pestle regardless, everything else is optional. A skooma pipe does substitute as a Mortar and pestle, but it sucks.

But no, you want the other ones to increase the effects. If you make potions, youre gonna want a retort to make the positive effects better and longer.

If you want an easy good alchemy set to get go to Caldera mages guild, there's a side door on the main floor, go through it and there's stairs that take you way up. Go up there and on top of some crates is an entire master alchemy set, for free. Yes it will count as stealing, but nobody is around to see you take them

[OnceUponaTime]

thank you very much!