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'''Alchemy''' is process in which new items can be created from existing ones in {{Main Series}} games.

Alchemy debuts in the series as a plot element mentioned in {{IV}} in relation to {{Meena}} and [[Maya Mahabala]]'s father, the esteemed [[Mahabala]].  He is said to have found a way of creating gold using alchemy. This breakthrough lead to the rediscovery of the [[Secret of Evolution]], and the demise of the alchemist at the hands of his [[Balzack|apprentice]].

Alchemy debuts as a player-controlled feature in the eighth game. King [[Trode]] repairs the [[Alchemy pot]] he salvaged from the ruins of his [[Trodain|castle]] before the game begins, and presents it to the player aboard the ship sailing to [[Peregrin Quay]]. At first, only two ingredients can be combined but the pot will be upgraded to handle three at once after the [[Pickham]] incident. In the original {{PS2}} version of the game, the pot will boil as the player walks through towns and the over world but not in dungeons where the [[Wagon]] cannot traverse safely; the pot can be upgraded to instantly complete a concoction as a reward for defeating the [[Lord of the Dragovians]]. In the {{3DS}} and [[Cell phone]] port the recipe will finish immediately once the ingredients are added, and this feature has been removed from the Lord of the Dragovian's prize list.

Alchemy recopies can be found by reading books and speaking with townsfolk, though some are never fully alluded to and remain up to the player to experiment with the system to discover. In the original version most formulas taken from tomes only hint towards their required reagents, but in the 3DS port all ingredients are listed in the recipe book once the player gets the initial hint.

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