UO Alchemy Skill Guide

Alchemy is the trade of brewing potions from harvested reagents in Ultima Online. Standing beside a mortar and pestle, an alchemist combines herbs and other components to produce healing, curative, offensive and utility potions that any adventurer can carry into battle. Higher skill unlocks stronger recipes and raises the odds of a successful mix, so the trade rewards steady training. Alchemy also pairs naturally with Magery, since many of the same reagents are used, and with Glassblowing for crafting empty bottles.

You gain skill by crafting potions using reagents and bottles at an alchemy table or with a mortar and pestle.

Beyond simply making potions, invested Alchemy skill directly boosts the potency of several offensive and utility brews when you throw or drink them:

• Explosion potions gain +1 damage for every 5 points of Alchemy the thrower has.
• Conflagration potions gain +1 damage for every 13 points of Alchemy.
• Invisibility potions last 1 second longer for every 10 points of Alchemy.
• The Enhance Potions item property stacks on top of these effects, further increasing potion output.

Note that explosion potions cannot be thrown while you are frozen (for example, during a paralyze).

The table below lists the standard alchemy recipes, the reagents each one consumes and the minimum skill needed to attempt it. Success is never guaranteed until your skill is comfortably above the requirement, and some brews such as poisons, cures and heals come in escalating tiers (Lesser, standard, Greater and Deadly) that each demand more skill. Several entries are crafting components rather than drinkable potions, feeding into systems like cannonry, imbuing, dyes and glassblowing.