Alchemy Guide [Complete!]

Alchemy was introduced in beta v3.2.3! See what the developers first wrote about it here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/371970/announcements/detail/1753492327004925920
In this guide, I've exposed all of Alchemy's secrets!

Intro

Here is the developers' brief blurb on Alchemy from when it was first added in Feb, 2019:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/371970/announcements/detail/1753492327004925920 You can view some details on your current Alchemy skill by mousing-over the skill name in-game.

Prior to finding an Alembic (see below), you can still work towards your Alchemy:
-Saving potions (and empty bottles) for once you do have an Alembic.
-Filling empty bottles from faucets and fountains
-Drinking any potion type for the first time (even the bad ones) will:
--Level up Alchemy by 1 point
--Add it to your list of known Base/Secondary ingredients if applicable

In order to craft using Alchemy, you must find or buy a new item called an Alembic.
You can use an Alembic to "Experiment" or "Brew". It seems like you can cram anything together with Experiment to see what the result is, and Brew will only allow you to craft known potions.

Potion Lists

Potions that do not get added to the Base or Secondary lists upon drinking, and trying to Experiment/Brew with them will always(?) result in Sickness:
Extra Healing
FireStorm
Healing
IceStorm
Levitation
Paralysis
Strength
ThunderStorm

Base ingredients (alphabetical):
Acid
Booze
Fruit Juice
Invisibility
Polymorph
Water

Secondary ingredients (alphabetical):
Blindness
Confusion
Cure Ailment
Polymorph
Restore Magic
Sickness
Speed
Water

Global Recipes

Global Recipes (some exceptions noted below):
Water + X or X + Water = chance to duplicate potion, or lose both, increases with skill.
Polymorph + X or X + Polymorph = random potion
Using a potion that is not a Base or Secondary ingredient = Sickness
Using Acid in an invalid recipe = explosion (not 100% confirmed)

Recipes by Base Ingredient

Recipes (alphabetical by base):
Acid + Blindness = IceStorm
Acid + Confusion = Fruit Juice
Acid + Cure Ailment = FireStorm
Acid + Restore Magic = IceStorm
Acid + Sickness = FireStorm
Acid + Speed = ThunderStorm
Acid + Water = explosion that burns you, breaks your alembic, and gives you an empty bottle.
Booze + Blindness = Strength
Booze + Confuse = Acid
Booze + Cure Ailment = Speed
Booze + Restore Magic = Blindness
Booze + Sickness = Confusion
Booze + Speed = Paralysis
Fruit Juice + Blindness = Cure Ailment
Fruit Juice + Confuse = Confuse (will be changing to Booze according to dev)
Fruit Juice + Cure Ailment = Restore Magic
Fruit Juice + Restore Magic = Healing
Fruit Juice + Sickness = Booze
Fruit Juice + Speed = Invisibility
Invisibility + Blind = Polymorph
Invisibility + Confuse = Paralysis
Invisibility + Cure Ailment = Levitation (reported as Confusion by one user)
Invisibility + Restore Magic = Extra Healing
Invisibility + Sickness = Blindness
Invisibility + Speed = Restore Magic

Recipes by Resulting Potion

Recipes (alphabetical by result):
Acid = Booze + Confuse
Blindness = Booze + Restore Magic
= Invisibility + Sickness
Booze = Fruit Juice + Sickness
Confusion = Booze + Sickness
= Fruit Juice + Confuse
Cure Ailment =Fruit Juice + Blindness
Extra Healing = Invisibility + Restore Magic
FireStorm = Acid + Cure Ailment
= Acid + Sickness
Fruit Juice = Acid + Confusion
Healing = Fruit Juice + Restore Magic
IceStorm = Acid + Blindness
= Acid + Restore Magic
Invisibility = Fruit Juice + Speed
Levitation = Invisibility + Cure Ailment
Paralysis = Booze + Speed
= Invisibility + Confuse
Polymorph = Invisibility + Blind
Restore Magic = Fruit Juice + Cure Ailment
= Invisibility + Speed
Speed = Booze + Cure Ailment
Strength = Booze + Blindness
ThunderStorm = Acid + Speed

Outro

If you've discovered some other recipes (or corrections!), comment below to help with the guide. Thanks!

Here's the Alchemy skill with all ingredients discovered

And here is a new book you can find in-game hinting at some recipes:

[!Supreme Grand Wizard Yoodiv]

Enjoy! Try the tinkering next, it's super cool and I also made a guide for that.

[Rodberto]

thanks for the guide, i really like throwing potions at my enemies

[Reboot]

nevermind, i think its cause i wasnt experimenting

[!Supreme Grand Wizard Yoodiv]

If anything has changed, I didn't know about it. What's not working? Be specific.

[Reboot]

is this guide outdated? im not playing qod and these recipes dont work

[!Supreme Grand Wizard Yoodiv]

See the very first potion list.....

[Dick Biscuit]

Huge question, what is the most consistent way to make sickness potions? I seriously don't know what a good combo is for them.

[!Supreme Grand Wizard Yoodiv]

Thank you! As mentioned in my last comment, I found the Tinkering to be even more fun than Alchemy! Check out the guide on that here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1951881469

[Dirk3K]

Guide is awesome! Good work!

[!Supreme Grand Wizard Yoodiv]

You're welcome. I enjoyed Tinkering a lot more than Alchemy and wrote a guide for that as well!