Apothecary

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Learn the Apothecary skill at the capital city of your realm. The "Apothecary" NPC will teach you the specialization. Pair this with the skills Cultivating or Butchering.


Apothecary Window In Game

Apothecary

The Apothecary Crafting Skill will allow you to create potions. This Crafting skill benefits most from being paired with either Cultivating or Butchering Gathering skills.

To get started, first head to the Apothecary NPC located in any of the Capital Cities, and speak to them to learn the profession.

Apothecary is the key source of both long-lasting buff potions and also instant health and AP potions, all of which are useful in combat.

Crafting a Potion

To create a potion, you'll need a Container, a Main Ingredient, and then Supplemental Ingredients to stabilize and strengthen the potion.

  • Start by opening your Apothecary window, then right click the container you'd like to use.
  • Next, right click a Main Ingredient to add it, and then right click to add up to three supplemental ingredients.
  • Finally, click Brew! to create your potion.

Volatility

Volatility Meter In-game

Volatility is the primary hurdle you need to overcome when creating potions. The stronger the main ingredient you add, the more volatile the potion will be by default.

To make the potion less volatile, you'll add Stabilizers, like Zoic Gore or Arboreal Resin.

The bar on the right of the Apothecary window will show you how Stable or Volatile a potion is. Make sure the bar has reached the green section near the top to ensure a successful potion!

Containers

Containers are the vials you'll use to store your potions. Higher level containers will boost both the stability and the power of a potion you create. Expand the section below for a list of Containers.

Apprentices Glass Vial.png
Journeymans Glass Vial.png
Craftsmans Glass Vial.png
Artisans Glass Vial.png
Master Apothecarys Ampoule.png

You can buy most containers from the Craft Supply Merchant in either Altdorf or the Inevitable City.

Main Ingredients

Plants & Spores

When you harvest a seed with Cultivating, you get a plant according to the type/level of the seed.

Butchering

Butchering can also grant a number of main ingredients, each based on the mob you butcher. Their strength is based on the level of the enemy mob killed.

Ingredients

Stabilizer

  • Stabilizers are needed for most potions, and reduce their volatility. Volatile Potions created without enough stabilizers may go wrong, and can grant negative effects.

Extender

  • Extenders are used to increase the time a potion is active. The maximum time a crafted potion can be active is 1 hour. Use these for Armor Potions and potions that buff key stats.

Multiplier

  • Multipliers are used to increase the amount of potions you gain from a single craft. If you have a spare slot while crafting, use these to increase your overall potion yield.

Stimulant

  • Stimulants increase the chance of a critical craft occurring. Critical crafts boost the strength of the potion(s) you make even further.

Fixer

  • Fixers are used in the creation of Dyes. At the time of updating this Wiki page, these do not function within the game.

Leveling Apothecary

  • 1. Make sure to use Main Ingredients as close to your level as possible. (After Level 25, use Level 25 Main ingredients. After hitting 50, use level 50 Main Ingredients, etc.)
  • 2. If you're in guild above Rank 21, you can get special Containers and ingredients by talking to the Quartermaster in the Guild Hall in your capital city. (Order: Sigmar's Hammer, Southwest Altdorf. Destro: The Viper Pit, North Inevitable City)
  • 3. If you're missing ingredients, you can purchase most from other players via the Auction House, or use another character to gather them and mail them over.

Gaining Multiple Potions at level 200

The stronger the ingredient for a potion, the more unstable it will be, and the more stabilizers you'll need to balance it.

  • For level 200 Ingredient potions, you can utilize both Majestic Goldweed from Cultivating or Brutal Zoic Gore from Butchering mobs, which has a small multiplier on top of the stabilizer.
  • By using Goldweed or Gore to stabilize, you can net 2 potions per craft for level 200 ingredients.
  • Example: For creating level 38 Armor Potions, you'd use 2x Stabilizers (Goldweed or Gore), and 1x level 200 Extender. Because of Goldweed / Gore's small multiplier, this will create two armor potions at once.

If you're curious to see the exact numbers for stability of the potion, you can use the Value Tip add-on.


What You Get

Potions

Absorb Common Result Critical Chance
Lasting deflecting potion.png
Potent lasting deflecting potion.png
Monstrous bat wing.png
Lasting aversion potion.png
Potent lasting aversion potion.png
Note: Potions shown in this table are using extenders.
Armor Common Result Critical Chance
Thin scale.png
Lasting supporting unguent.png
Potent Lasting Supporting Unguent.png
Torn Scale.png
Lasting Buttressing Unguent fixed.png
Potent lasting buttressing unguent.png
Brittle Scale.png
Lasting Girding Unguent.png
Potent Lasting Girding Unguent.png
Glossy Chitin Shard.png
Lasting Securing Unguent.png
Potent Lasting Securing Unguent.png
Firebreath Scale.png
Lasting Stanchion Unguent.png
Potent Lasting Stanchion Unguent.png
Note: Potions shown in this table are using extenders.
Ballistic Skill Common Result Critical Chance
Woolly Thief s Nettle.png
Fleeting Potion of Perception.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Perception.png
Wiry Thief s Nettle.png
Fleeting Potion of Sight.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Sight.png
Scattered Thief s Nettle.png
Fleeting Potion of Purview.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Purview.png
Scurfy Thief s Nettle.png
Fleeting Potion of Scope.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Scope.png
Whiskered Thief s Nettle.png
Fleeting Potion of Vision.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Vision.png
Shaggy Thief s Nettle.png
Fleeting Potion of Accuracy.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Accuracy.png
Ruffled Thief s Nettle.png
Fleeting Potion of Awareness.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Awareness.png
Scrubby Thief s Nettle.png
Fleeting Potion of Precision.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Precision.png
Rugged Thief s Nettle.png
Bali Pot 38.png
Bali Pot 38 crit.png
Invigoration/Energy Common Result Critical Chance
Swaying Dandedragon.png
Refreshing Draught.png
Potent Refreshing Draught.png
Capering Dandedragon.png
Vitalizing Draught.png
Potent Vitalizing Draught.png
Tufted Dandedragon.png
Exhilarating Draught.png
Potent Exhilarating Draught.png
Wispy Dandedragon.png
Energizing Draught.png
Potent Energizing Draught.png
Wiry Dandedragon.png
Stimulating Draught.png
Potent Stimulating Draught.png
Snickering Dandedragon.png
Quickening Draught.png
Potent Quickening Draught.png
Grinning Dandedragon.png
Charging Draught.png
Potent Charging Draught.png
Blissful Dandedragon.png
Invigoration Draught.png
Potent Invigoration Draught.png
Drunken Dandedragon.png
Rejuvenating Draught.png
Potent Rejuvenating Draught.png
Strength Common Result Critical Chance
Wispy Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Pith.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Pith.png
Brittle Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Muscle.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Muscle.png
Arching Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Strength.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Strength.png
Curling Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Ruggedness.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Ruggedness.png
Pasty Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Brawn.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Brawn.png
Slimy Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Thews.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Thews.png
Blossoming Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Vigor.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Vigor.png
Milksap Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Force.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Force.png
Elder Beardweed.png
Fleeting Potion of Power.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Power.png
Intelligence Common Result Critical Chance
Motley Smedleycap.png
Fleeting Potion of Guile.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Guile.png
Blotchy Smedleycap.png
Fleeting Potion of Subtlety.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Subtlety.png
Rotting Smedleycap.png
Fleeting Potion of Wits.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Wits.png
Blighted Smedleycap.png
Fleeting Potion of Reason.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Reason.png
Crusted Smedleycap.png
Fleeting Potion of Acumen.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Acumen.png
Caked Smedleycap.png
Fleeting Potion of Knowledge.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Knowledge.png
Laughing Smedleycap.png
Fleeting Potion of Judgment.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Judgment.png
Mocking Smedleycap.png
Fleeting Potion of Subtlety2.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Subtlety.png
Hightop Smedleycap.png
(?) (?)
Corporeal Resistance Common Result Critical Chance
Pebbled Gravelnuts.png
Fleeting Corporeal Shade Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Corporeal Shade Potion.png
Jagged Gravelnuts.png
Fleeting Corporeal Block Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Corporeal Block Potion.png
Striding Gravelnuts.png
Fleeting Corporeal Defense Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Corporeal Defense Potion.png
Cantering Gravelnuts.png
Fleeting Corporeal Protection Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Corporeal Protection Potion.png
Needled Gravelnuts.png
Fleeting Corporeal Guard Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Corporeal Guard Potion.png
Sharp Gravelnuts.png
Fleeting Corporeal Shield Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Corporeal Shield Potion.png
(?) (?) (?)
(?) (?) (?)
(?) (?) (?)
Spirit Resistance Common Result Critical Chance
Wispy Spiderfrond.png
Fleeting Spirit Shade Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Spirit Shade Potion.png
Brittle Spiderfrond.png
Fleeting Spirit Block Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Spirit Block Potion.png
Vile Spiderfrond.png
Fleeting Spirit Defense Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Spirit Defense Potion.png
Noxious Spiderfrond.png
Fleeting Spirit Protection Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Spirit Protection Potion.png
Waving Spiderfrond.png
Fleeting Spirit Guard Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Spirit Guard Potion.png
Swollen Spiderfrond.png
Fleeting Spirit Shield Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Spirit Shield Potion.png
Webbed Spiderfrond.png
Fleeting Spirit Deflection Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Spirit Deflection Potion.png
Black Spiderfrond.png
Fleeting Corporeal Deterrence Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Corporeal Deterrence Potion.png
(?) (?) (?)
Healing Common Result Critical Chance
Glossy Spumepetal.png
Draught of Balming.png
Potent Draught of Balming.png
Blistered Spumepetal.png
Draught of Respite.png
Potent Draught of Respite.png
Swollen Spumepetal.png
Draught of Salubrity.png
Potent Draught of Salubrity.png
Bloated Spumepetal.png
Draught of Healing.png
Potent Draught of Healing.png
Shooting Spumepetal.png
Draught of Aid.png
Potent Draught of Aid.png
Pitching Spumepetal.png
Draught of Restoration.png
Potent Draught of Restoration.png
Heaving Spumepetal.png
Draught of Mending.png
Potent Draught of Mending.png
Launching Spumepetal.png
Draught of Remedy.png
Potent Draught of Remedy.png
Hurling Spumepetal.png
Draught of Recovery.png
Potent Draught of Recovery.png
Restoration Common Result Critical Chance
Musty Elvish Parsley.png
Fleeting Elixir of Balming.png
Potent Fleeting Elixir of Balming.png
Bitter Elvish Parsley.png
Fleeting Elixir of Respite.png
Potent Fleeting Elixir of Respite.png
Grasping Elvish Parsley.png
Fleeting Elixir of Salubrity.png
Potent Fleeting Elixir of Salubrity.png
Mordant Elvish Parsley.png
Fleeting Elixir of Healing.png
Potent Fleeting Elixir of Healing.png
Pygmy Elvish Parsley.png
Fleeting Elixir of Aid.png
Potent Fleeting Elixir of Aid.png
Dwarf Elvish Parsley.png
Fleeting Elixir of Restoration.png
Potent Fleeting Elixir of Restoration.png
Vibrant Elvish Parsley.png
Fleeting Elixir of Mending.png
Potent Fleeting Elixir of Mending.png
Aromatic Elvish Parsley.png
Fleeting Elixir of Remedy.png
Potent Fleeting Elixir of Remedy.png
Bittersweet Elvish Parsley.png
(?) (?)
Willpower Common Result Critical Chance
Petulant Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Purpose.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Purpose.png
Frowning Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Inner Strength.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Inner Strength.png
Wiry Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Volition.png
Potent Lasting Potion of Volition.png
Hairy Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Control.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Control.png
Ropy Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Will.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Will.png
Unkempt Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Iron Resolution.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Iron Resolution.png
Foaming Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Determination.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Determination.png
Frothing Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Conviction.png
Potent Fleeting Potion of Conviction.png
Bitter Grumpleaf.png
Fleeting Potion of Discipline.png
(?)
Flame Breath Common Result Critical Chance
Smoking Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Emberbreath Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Emberbreath Potion.png
Charred Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Smolder Tongue Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Smolder Tongue Potion.png
Grasping Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Blazing Howl Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Blazing Howl Potion.png
Clawing Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Ember Breath Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Ember Breath Potion.png
Curling Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Cinderwind Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Cinderwind Potion.png
Coiled Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Flame Tongue Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Flame Tongue Potion.png
Crying Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Fiery Breath Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Fiery Breath Potion.png
Weeping Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Ash Howl Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Ash Howl Potion.png
Sunstalk Argost Creep.png
Fleeting Pyrewind Potion.png
Potent Fleeting Pyrewind Potion.png

Dye

Pairing Cultivating or Butchering ?

Apothecary is a crafting skill that needs a gathering skill: Cultivating or Butchering. You can only learn one crafting skill and one gathering skill per character, so to best compliment, you'll have to choose between these two.

Cultivating

With Cultivating, you get plants and spores that you can brew to get :

  • Restoration
  • Intelligence
  • Willpower
  • Strength
  • Flame Breath
  • Molotov
  • Invigoration/Energy
  • Healing
  • Ballistics
  • Napalm
  • Corporeal resistance
  • Spirit resistance
  • Stimulant
  • Extender
  • Multiplier
  • Stabilizer

Butchering

If you enjoy chopping up dead things, you can also use Butchering to acquire ingredients for your potions. (Please see the Butchering page for a full list!)

NOTE: Ingredients like Extenders come exclusively from Cultivating, and certain main ingredients (like Scales for Armor Potions) come exclusively from Butchering. To create top-tier potions, you may need to mix ingredients from both gathering professions.

Liniments

Liniments are a special consumable usable at level 40, which lasts for 30 minutes. They require rank 200 Apothecary to craft.

Note: Players can combine effects from Offensive potions, like Liniments, alongside effects from defensive potions (like Armor Potions).

Liniment Name "Liniment of..." Liniment Buff Main Ingredient Main Ingredient Source Container
Boundless Sight +60 Wounds

+60 Initiative

Primal Vision Butchering Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
Immutable Defiance Incoming crit dmg -10 %

+20 hp / 5s

Primal Strength Butchering Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
Inexorable Aegis +180 all resists Primal Defense Butchering Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
Inspirational Winds +60 Willpower

+50 Healing Power

Violetseal Violetseal Seed Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
Peerless Defense +60 Toughness

Chance to be crit -5%

Primal Grace Butchering Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
Quickened Blades +60 Weaponskill

+5% Armor Penetration

Primal Alacrity Butchering Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
Swift Tergiversation +60 Weaponskill

Chance to be crit -5%

Primal Nature Butchering Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
The Eternal Hunt +60 Ballistic Skill

+5% Ranged Crit Chance

Nightshade Nightshade Seed Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
The Inevitable Tempest +60 Strength

+50 Melee Power

Crimson Monkshood Crimson Monkshood Seed Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
The Tolling Bell +60 Intelligence

+5% Magical Crit Chance

Azurethread Azurethread Seed Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
Unfettered Zeal +60 Strength

+50 Healing Power

White Baneberry White Baneberry Seed Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
War: Fervor +60 Wounds

+5% Ranged Crit Chance

Primal Frenzy

Red Serissa

Butchering

Red Serissa Seed

Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
War: Genius +60 Wounds

+5% Magical Crit Chance

Black Serissa Black Serissa Seed Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
War: Hunger +60 Wounds

+60 Strength

Primal Hunger

Golden Serissa

Butchering

Golden Serissa Seed

Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
War: Mercy +60 Wounds

+50 Healing Power

Primal Afinity

Pale Serissa

Butchering

Pale Serissa Seed

Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
Savage Vigor +60 Toughness

+5% Melee Crit Hit

Black Hellebore Black Hellebore Seed Artisan's Glass Vial or lower
War: Blood +60 Wounds

+5% Melee Crit Hit

Violetseal Violetseal Seed Master Apothecary's Ampoule only
War: Demise +60 Wounds

+50 Melee Power

Crimson Monkshood Crimson Monkshood Seed Master Apothecary's Ampoule only

Credit: Gaiscioch