Has anyone figured out a quick method to raise the alchemy skill? I love the mini game, its great for when you actually want to craft a potion you need! But creating potions just to level it up is soooo tedious.
Someone mentioned a trick for lock picking once you had enough cash was to buy a whole bunch and keep attempting a very hard difficulty lock or door cause even if you fail you got a lot of experience and leveled up very quickly. So maybe try just brewing potions and failing the steps quickly to see if you still get xp from it and make a bunch of junk potions to farm xp
Hmm could be worth a try, Iāll let you know if it works!
Sweet, sounds good
I did some messing around and from what I can see every potion gives you 40xp (tried 3 different recipes). Failed potions didnāt give me any experience so thatās a no go. But creating poison seems to be a really quick recipe! Quickest of the ones Iāve done anyway.
Boil 1 thistle for one turn
Leave to cool (which it usually does not long after the turn anyway)
Add 2 herb Paris
And finished.
I might try some other recipes in case thereās any that are quicker. Still seems like itāll be a bit of a grind whichever way though.
Good to know, you donāt happen to know when you can just auto brew potions do you? Thatās one of the loading screen hints Iāve seen several times.
Yeah itās actually a perk you can get at level 13 alchemy. Iām hoping to get it sooner rather than later.
Just curious, how did you get the recipes? Also, after you create a recipe, does it go into some kind of recipe book for reference when you do it the next time?
You can buy recepies and you can just make potions blind and if you make a āāworkingāā one you get the recpy on the recipie book thatās next to all the alch tables
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would you be able to give a little example of how to make a simple potion? I never tried it yet. One time I was at the herbalist hut (the on that sold the potion to the 3 women) anyway, I tried to use her alchemy station. I clicked on the book, THEN, I started to elevate straight up in the air. I pressed the back button, but, I fell to the ground and died. Next time I try an alchemy station, I will do it when I wake up and have done NOTHING else. So, if something goes wrong, I wonāt loose any progress that I made in the game. Thank you for your reply.
You can just google potions if you want. hereās a link the the Marigold potion. one of the better ones and easy to make. letās you get health back and gives you a bit of nutrients and energy. http://kingdom-come-deliverance.wikia.com/wiki/Marigold_decoction
At level 5 Alchemy you get a perk that allows you one more mistake, in doing so you can make Marigold potions without boiling the nettle meaning you do as follows.
Water
Nettle
Marigold
Marigold
Vial
Get Potion
This is the fastest potion creation Iāve found and has gotten me a lot of exp and potions, keep it in mind for other potions as well, itās not a āmistake fixerā itās a āstep skipperā 
btw LONG LIVE KCD!!
EDIT: I also recommend this one because itās so MASSIVELY useful (hp potionsā¦) Marigold is plentiful in a lot of gardens and around the Monastery, and Nettle is literally everywhere and is commonly used to level Herbalism meaning you likely have a metric crap ton of it 
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Great idea, thanks!