UO Stratics Alchemy Guide: Training The Alchemist

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Professions: The Alchemist

Overview | General Advice | Don't Be In A Rush | What to Make

Training Overview

There are many different schools of thought about the best way to raise your alchemy skill. Although some of them seem to work better than others, you should first think about what your goals are. Someone who simply wants to become a Grand Master alchemist as quickly as possible with no concern for the cost will take a very different path from someone who wishes to play an itinerant alchemist learning his trade as he travels through the land.

Some of these articles may present more information than you want to know. Read the descriptions and decide if you want to use the knowledge that others have gained by investing their time, or if you want to make discoveries yourself and by experimentation perhaps develop a new understanding of how our world works. As with anything, you'll have to try these ideas and see what works for you. Your own experimentation is of more use than anything you will learn here. If you would like to contribute to this section, please see the Submission Guide.

Available Articles:

General Advice - Sie Ming (10/08/00)
Three things to keep in mind for alchemists of all skill levels. This article gives you general guidelines, rather than specific instructions on what to make.
Don't Be In A Rush - Dermott
How to improve by just playing the game. Mules and Macroers don't even bother.
What to Make - Sie Ming (10/08/00)
Advice to alchemists of all levels on which potions to grind. This in character account attempts to point alchemists of all skill levels in the right direction.

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