You must be a Merchant at Job Level 40 or higher to become an Alchemist. The Alchemist Union is in Al De Baran. You will pay an application fee, gather items or substitutes, answer quiz questions from multiple NPCs, and complete a brewing practical.
💡Use all your skill points before starting. Parmy will not accept your application with unspent points.
Apply with Parmy Gianino at the Alchemist Union.
Travel to Al De Baran and enter the Alchemist area.
Tell Parmy you want to become an Alchemist. She will accept you if you are Job Level 40 or higher, then ask for a 50,000 zeny application fee.
After paying, she assigns you one of three random item tasks. The NPC will tell you which one:
- Option A: 7x Berserk Potion (Berserk Potion)
- Option B: 100x Mini Furnace (Mini Furnace)
- Option C: 7,500x Fire Arrow (Fire Arrow)
Shortcut: If you bring 1x Old Magicbook (Old Magic Book) AND 1x Hammer of Blacksmith (Hammer of Blacksmith), Parmy accepts those instead of the item task above, and you skip straight to the next step.
Hand in your items and meet Raspuchin.
Return to Parmy with your items (or the shortcut items). After accepting them, she sends you to Raspuchin Gregory, a Fastidious Alchemist elsewhere in the area.
Raspuchin quizzes you on Alchemist knowledge, potion-making theory, and in-game chemistry. Answer his questions correctly to advance.
Study with the NPCs in the Alchemist building.
Raspuchin sends you to three more researchers inside the Alchemist complex: the Studying Man, the Experiment Expert, and the Chief Researcher. Each one asks you a round of questions or gives you practical tasks.
Talk to each NPC in order. They test you on potion ingredients, elemental properties, brewing procedures, and basic chemistry. Answer as best you can. If you fail a round, you can try again.
Complete your training with Master Vincent Carsciallo.
After all three researchers approve you, proceed to the Master Alchemist for your final evaluation.
Vincent reviews your results and completes your job change.
You are now an Alchemist.
Rewards:
Alchemist class, access to Pharmacy, Potion Pitcher, Homunculus, and more
1x Slim Potion Create Book (if Job Level 50), or a random potion-crafting book at lower levels
At lower job levels: also receive 1x Mixture, 5x Burn Tree, 5x Fine Sand, 3x Oridecon Stone, 3x Elunium Stone
What to do next as an Alchemist
- Pharmacy (Prepare Potion) lets you brew potions from raw materials. Your main income source and party utility.
- Potion Pitcher lets you throw potions directly at allies. Extremely powerful in parties.
- Homunculus allows you to hatch and raise a pet creature that fights beside you.
- At Base Level 99 and Job Level 50, you can transcend to Creator for Acid Demonstration and Summon Marine Sphere.