Alchemist Job Change Guide
Info
- Requirements
- Base Level: None
- Job Level: 40-50
- Class: Merchant
- Item(s) (Consumed):
- Varies (Step 1)
- 3
Medicine Bowl - 3
Empty Bottle - 1
Red Herb - 1
Yellow Herb - 1
White Herb - 5
Coal - 5
Mini Furnace - Optional (4.) 1
Illusion Flower
- Rewards
- Item(s):
- Job Level 50:
Condensed Potion Creation Guide - Job Level 40-49: Random Potion Manual
- Job Level 50:
- Quest Reward(s): Jobchange to Alchemist
- Item(s):
Click the coordinates to copy them, and paste them into the game chat to be directed to the location.
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Proceed to Aldebaran. The building in the southwest corner is the Alchemist guild. Inside, talk to the to sign up to become an Alchemist. She will ask you for 50,000 Zeny and one of the following:
Item Set 1 Item Set 2 7 
Berserk Potion (Comodo Item Shop)
7500
Fire Arrow (Sunken Ship Tool Dealer)
100 Mini Furnace (Geffen Blacksmith Guild)1 
Hammer of Blacksmith
1
Old Magicbook
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Once the player has finished registering, go downstairs to a
star-shaped room. Head towards the second room on the right side wall to
talk with .
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will discuss ill-prepared Alchemists and then give a math oriented exam. This exam consists of two addition-subtraction questions, three multiplication-division questions, two questions pertaining to discount-overcharge, and three questions about the DEF and weight of certain items and armors. The player will need to answer 80% of the questions correctly to proceed.
Job Level 50 Merchants will automatically skip this part.
Question Answer 12 + 23 + 34 + 45 114 1,000 - 36 - 227 - 348 389 14 * 17 * 3 714 9,765 / 3 / 5 / 7 93 (47 * 28) - (1,376 / 4) 972 (2,646 / 7) + (13 * 28) 742 Red Potion (12), Fly Wing (5), Butterfly Wing (1) 909z 3 Scimitar, 2 Helm, Coat 450 Biretta, Manteau, Opera Mask, Ribbon, Muffler, Boots, Earmuffs 20 5 Helms 8,800 Question Answer 13 + 25 + 37 + 48 123 1,000 - 58 - 214 - 416 312 12 * 24 * 3 864 10,530 / 3 / 5 / 2 351 (35 * 19) - (1,792 / 7) 409 (2,368 / 8) + (24 * 17) 704 (2,646 / 7) + (13 * 28) 742 Green Potion (15), Magnifier (6), Trap (4) 934 3 Ring Pommel Saber, 4 Cap, 2 Boots 550 Buckler, Coat, Gas Mask, Big Ribbon, Fillet, Sakkat, Glasses 16 3 Tights 8,520 Question Answer 12 + 23 + 34 + 45 114 1,000 - 58 - 214 - 416 312 14 * 17 * 3 714 10,530 / 3 / 5 / 2 351 (47 * 28) - (1,376 / 4) 972 (2,646 / 7) + (13 * 28) 742 Red Potion (6), Green Potion (7), Fly Wing (8) 798z 2 Ring Pommel Saber, 3 Cap, 3 Boots 480 Mirror Shield, Mr. Smile, Jacket, Silk Robe, Wedding Veil, Muffler, Eye Patch 12 4 Padded Armor 7,680
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After passing the quiz, head to
who can be found going through the central, southern portal of the
star-shaped room. He will explain the basics for creating potions.You can skip the rest of the quest if you have 1
Illusion Flower!You can select the option: I want to talk about flowers. Talk to him a second time and select the first option as if to continue with the normal item-gathering quest. Talk to Darwin a third time and give the 1
Illusion Flower to him.
This will qualify the player to bypass the rest of the quest. Go
upstairs to the second floor and talk to the final NPC, Master
Alchemist, to finish the quest and job change to Alchemist.The player will need the following items for this part:
Item List 3 Medicine Bowl (can be bought on the ground floor from the )
3 Empty Bottle
1 Red Herb
1 Yellow Herb
1 White HerbHe will then ask questions regarding potion creation after he explains the process. The answers are pretty obvious, but, if you fail, you'll have to get items again.
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can be found going through the lower southwest portal of the star-shaped
room. He will ask you to seek out Molgenstein to learn how to make
solutions.For this part, you need to do the Counteragent and Mixture Quest [up to step 3.] to proceed.
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After asking Molgenstein:
- about his research
head back to Aldebaran to talk with . He'll ask the player two questions pertaining what was just learned from the quest.
For reference:
Dye Quest Counteragent 1 
Detrimindextra + 1 
AlcoholMixture 1 
Karvodailnirol + 1 Alcohol
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In the upper southwest room
will give simple word puzzles which include unscrambling names and items
in Arcadia Online and other word related puzzles.Puzzle Sets
Question Answer Q: m p d i c f a r o g n k w a s A: packman Q: g b n o p r e f a r e t a s k A: ragnarok Q: u g n i s j e k c e o g n d p A: opening Q: r o e h n r o m c a i n p t t A: potionmerchant Question Answer Q: t m y a n y e o b n e g p r i A: brigan Q: o n c u t a p j l e r s v m u A: vendor Q: t v a r m e g p h e u b o y l A: party Q: q z a h n a i n b r d p t n c A: partizan Question Answer Q: s m i e x b w u n e t a g i r A: tiger Q: n i e g b o p d s o a u w r v A: endure Q: l r m g r e x t a v i n e d e A: evergreen Q: r o e h n r o m c a i n p t t A: potionmerchant
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Once finished, talk to him again and he will give the player several items which are needed for the following part of the quest.
DO NOT SELL OR STORE THESE ITEMS.
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will tell the player to go meet Bain and Bajin in Juno. Before heading out, make sure to have the following items along with the items from Nicholas (Chief Researcher):
Item 5 Mini Furnace
5 Coal
2.000 Zeny
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Head to Juno, and enter the building in the southwestern area. Go upstairs to find the two brothers Bain or Bajin . Give them all the items and they will attempt to make Gold.
The experiment fails most of the time and the player will receive a variety of items from Iron Ores to Gold.
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Go back to and he will tell you to go upstairs.
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Head to the second floor of the Alchemist guild and talk to the
to change jobs.- (Job Level 50) : You will receive a Condensed Potion Creation Guide (worth 240,000z).
- (Job Level 40-49): You will receive a random potion manual which are worth 100,000z each and are sold by the Guild Dealer on the ground floor.
- (Job Level 50) : You will receive a