Apothecary
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What is Apothecary?
Apothecary is the ability to turn herbs and other materials into potions, vials, philters and serums which can augment any characters' abilities or replenish health, mana and energy reserves. Some are needed in order to complete certain quests and others are required reagents for other professions (a money making opportunity).
It's best paired with Foraging.
How do I become an Apothecary?
You can train to four levels of proficiency and each has certain prerequisites that you need to meet before you are able to progress to the next rank of proficiency. The table below details the specific requirements for training to each rank within Apothecary.
| Level | Skill Level Required | Cost to Learn |
|---|---|---|
| Novice | 0 | 10 Silver |
| Skilled | 75 | 50 Silver |
| Expert | 150 | 2 Gold. 50 Silver |
| Master | 225 | 12 Gold. 50 Silver |
Below is a list of locations with links to maps which pinpoint exactly where the Trainer can be found. Coordinates are in parentheses which you can find in game via the map (press m) mousing over the terrain with your cursor.
Defiant Zones
Novice Apothecary
- Illestro Thindel - Kelari Refuge, Freemarch (6554,4589)
Expert Apothecary
- Jeef Alimor - Lantern Hook, Droughtlands (7715,6263)
Master Apothecary
- Ajax Mellas - The Manufactory, Meridian (5963,5212)
- Sage Rua'mus - The Sagespire, Scarwood Reach (2605,3548)
Apothecary Recipes
These NPCs only sell certain special recipes to learn but they can not train you in Apothecary ranks.
- Raye Farseer - The Manufactory, Meridian (6014,5253)
Guardian Zones
Novice Apothecary
- Endral Rollen - Argent Glade, Silverwood (6080,2988)
Skilled Apothecary
- Zatalia Blackroot - Gloamwood Pines, Gloamwood (5139,3219)
Expert Apothecary
- Jeef Alimor - Lantern Hook, Droughtlands (7715,6263)
Master Apothecary
- Armond Santiago - Bahralt Street, Sanctum
- Sage Rua'mus - The Sagespire, Scarwood Reach (2605,3548)
Apothecary Recipes
These NPCs only sell certain special recipes to learn but they can not train you in Apothecary ranks.
- Fiachghan - Bahralt Street, Sanctum
Do I need any special equipment?
You will need to locate a laboratory and be next to it in order to create concoctions. These are located next to Apothecary trainers.
How do I learn recipes?
You can buy them from an Apothecary Trainer (as listed above) who, for a fee, will train you in recipes up to his own level of expertise. A Novice Apothecary Trainer can not train in you in the same recipes as a Master for example.
You can also purchase some recipes from Recipe Vendors (as listed above) with Artisan Marks, Planarite and Apothecary Plaques that are earned doing daily profession quests.
How do I get the supplies I need?
- You will be best to use the Foraging gathering skill which you can train in also. This will allow you to find plants for yourself in the wilderness and gather them. Check this link for a list of all the plants and where to find them.
- Other components can be bought from an Apothecary Supplier.
- You can also trade with other players for ingredients.
There isn't anything Apothecaries need that are exclusively obtained from another crafting professions.
What things can I create with Apothecary?
There's a huge array of different types of 'pots' that you can make. Below is a table detailing the different types.
| Type | Mechanics | Effects | Global 3 min Cooldown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potions | Instant | + Health/Mana/Absorb | Yes |
| Tonic | Over time | + Health/Mana | Yes |
| Serum | Instant | + to Attributes | No |
| Philter | Instant/Duration | + Party Attributes or Damage Target | Yes & No |
| Vial | Instant (lasts through death) | + Attributes | Yes |
| Elixir | Instant | Purges Effects | ? |
| Bottles | Instant | + Critical Hits | ? |
| Dyes | Instant | Colours armour | No |
The full list of potions can be found here.
How do I make potions?
All recipes require you to be next to a Laboratory. These can be found in cities and other settlements and will be located next to an Apothecary trainer.
How do I level up Apothecary?
All recipes have skill levels requirements to perform and depending on your skill level in Apothecary you will gain levels crafting the recipe. Check the image on the right to give you an example of how your recipe interface will look. Below is a table showing what each colour means.
| Colour | % Chance to level up |
|---|---|
| orange | 100% |
| yellow | 70% |
| green | 30% |
| Grey | 0% |
The maximum level in Apothecary is 300.
Levelling Route
This is the route I took to level up my Apothecary. I have used the easiest root which was partly determined by where I was playing at the time and the plants available. I tried not to use recipes that required obscure (and therefore expensive at the auction house) reagents such as Bloody Fangs and Pristine Femur. I could have of course tapped my guildmates for reagents or money to buy them at the auction house but that doesn't make a very useful guide.
If you want a list of all the potions to make up your own mind here is a comprehensive list of potions that lists, skill level and reagents needed all on one page.
NOTE: Some recipes may not be the most efficient option but as they form part of your Workorders (daily quests to earn Artisan Marks) I chose to make them. A list of the Apothecary#Apothecary Workorders is below.
Jump to the Shopping List at the bottom in order to see what plants you will need and that way you can keep an eye out for them at the auction house and snap up any bargains ahead of time.
Level 1 - 20
1 x Grieveblossom Petals x 19
Recipe turns from yellow at skill level 10
Therefore, it could be quicker or slower than listed here. It turns green at skill level 20 so success rate is even slower and it may be more cost effective to move onto Minor Explosive Philter which you can buy at that point and that will be orange so successful each time you craft.
You can do Lesser Healing Potion too if you wish to stock up on health but they take 2 Coastal Glorys per go so a little more costly. However, they form part of the Apothecary daily quest routine (Workorder) which require you to make 3 a day in exchange for Artisan's Marks.
Level 21 - 40
1 x Creeperbrush Roots x 22
Recipe turns yellow at 30
You can train Minor Venom Philter at this point but that requires 2 Rotting Canine. If you do not have the money to buy these at the Auction House or time and patience to grind for them you can stick with the Philter to get you to slvl 40 at which point the recipe turns green.
Level 41 - 60
2 x Creeperbrush Roots OR 2 x Grieveblossom Petals x 27
Both recipes level at the same rate, turning yellow 50 and green at 60.
The Mana Potion uses Grieveblossom which is more abundant in the starting areas than Creeperbrush so it's more efficient to go for those rather than the Healing Potion. Don't bother learning the new recipes when you hit 50, they require more resources.
Level 61 - 80
2 x Grieveblossom Petals x 24
This turns yellow at 70
Stick with it until 80 because the recipes in between require Cracked Ribs too.
Don't forget to train at level 75!
Level 81 - 100
2 x Coastal Glory x 25
Turns yellow at 90
This recipe also forms the second Workorder you get (Craft 4 Healing Tonics) so you can earn some Artisan's Marks along the way.
Level 101 - 110
2 x Razorbrush Leaves OR 2 x Duskglory Petals x 10
They bother turn yellow at 110
At this point you have the choice of two depending on which zone you're in and what you're foraging for or what's selling the cheapest in the Auction House. I went for Mana potion.
Level 111 - 120
4 x Golden Nettle Stems OR 2 x Golden Nettle Stems and 1 x Wyvernspurr Stems
Both turn yellow at 120
It's a toss up between these two now. Golden Nettles are level 80 so easier to come by than Wyvernspurr which are level 115 Foraging but you require twice as much for the Intelligence potion as for the Strength. Making either or a mix of both of these will see you to Apothecary level 120. Both potions are required for Workorder quests too. Workorder: Basic Intelligence Serum and Workorder: Basic Strength Serum so keep some of those to one side.
Level 121 - 140
1 x Wyvernspurr Stems
Turns yellow at 130
I had to buy 1 platinum's worth of Wyvernspurr Stems to supplement what I was foraging myself unfortunately and it took 25 crafts to raise 20 levels. That left some over for the next stage however.
Level 141 - 150
2 x Wyvernspurr Stems
Turns yellow 1t 150
Getting to 140 meant I was able to learn Basic Healing Tonic whose ingredients are a lot easier to get hold of.
Don't forget to train at level 150!
Level 151 - 160
1 x Roc Orchid Petals OR 2 x Tattertwist Leaves
Turn yellow at 160
I found Tatterwist Leaves more easily than Roc Orchid and also I had the Workorder: Basic Healing Potions (Defiant) or (Guardian) which required 6 which is only two crafts because each craft creates 3 potions but still, it's a daily quest so it's worth doing Basic Healing Potion up to skill level 160 and earning the Artisan Marks for your trouble.
Level 161 - 170
2 x Tattertwist Leaves OR 2 x Wyvernspurr Stems
Both turn yellow 1t 170
You probably have 5 orange trainer recipes by now but the two least expensive are Basic Philter of Restoration and Basic Philter of Vigor.
At this point you will have a decent amount of Artisan Marks to buy recipes from vendors but these require more obscure reagents too. So if it's about simply levelling up Apothecary these are your two best bets. Wyvernspurr Stems is available to harvest 30 levels before Tattertwist Leaves so if that's a factor still then your choice is easy. I had managed to pick up some cheap Tattertwist but had only collected 13 Wyvernspurr Stems from Scarwood Reach.
A lot of Tattertwist is needed in the next stage so I used up most of my Wyvernspurr on 5 Philters of Vigor first and crafted 5 Philters of Restoration to take me to skill level 170 when both recipes turned yellow.
Level 171 - 180
4 x Tattertwist Leaves
Turns yellow at 180
Although Greater Strength Serum requires half the amount of Tattertwist Leaves as Greater Intelligence Serum, it also requires Drakefoot Stems which is a bit of a pain in the rear to find. If you're having to supplement your supply by using the Auction House you will pick Tattertwist up for less than Drakefoot.
Level 181 - 190
2 x Bloodshade Petals
Turns yellow at 190
Of the three orange recipes available now Drakefoot Stems were needed in two and as they are harder to come by than the Bloodshade and more expensive at the auction house I went for Greater Warding Potion. If you do have Drakefoot however Greater Wisdom Serum is the best as it only requires 1 piece each.
Level 191 - 200
2 x Drakefoot Stems
Turns yellow at 200
At this point it steps up a gear because the recipes available all require rarer reagents. Dark Sky Blue Dye needs Bloody Fangs, Greater Agility Serum requires Pure Distillate, Greater Endurance Serum and Greater Fortification Serum both require Pristine Femur and most also require Drakefoot Stems. However, Greater Healing Tonic requires just the Drakefoot Stems. As they are also required for a Workorder this is the best potion to make for this level. Greater Endurance Serum is also required for a Workorder but because I didn't have any Pristine Femurs I couldn't make them.
Level 201 - 210
Greater Philter of Restoration OR Greater Philter of Vigor OR Greater Healing Potion OR Greater Mana Potion
2 x Basiliskweed Stems, 2 x Drakefoot Stems OR 2 x Bloodshade Petals for both healing and mana potions.
All turn yellow at 210
None of the next available recipes are needed for Workorders so it really comes down to which ingredients you have. As the next stage requires Bloodshade Petals I decided to save those so that left the other two (Greater Philter of Restoration and Greater Philter of Vigor) and I was able to do 5 of each which took me to 210.
Don't forget to train at level 225!
Level 211 - 230
1 x Bloodshade Petals
Turns yellow at 220
This is by far the easiest recipe to learn at this stage. It needs a single unit of Bloodshade and High Grade Sulfur which is cheap at the Apothecary Trainer. Other recipes at this level require Bloody Fangs, Distillates and bones. I did this one until I was skill level 230 because the alternative was to do Bottles of Critical Strikes or Spellstrikes both of which require Pristine Distillate. If you're short on Bloodshade Petals they are cheaper to buy at the auction house than Pristine Distillate, if you don't have that recipe yet, which I did not at this stage.
Level 231 - 240
2 x Drakefoot Stems and 1 x Basiliskweed Stems
Turns yellow at 240
I could have gone for Mighty Intelligence Serum but that required 4 Drakefoot Stems each go and they were more expensive at the auction house than Basiliskweed and as I didn't have enough materials I had to resort to paying for them. Mighty Strength Serum are also part of a Workorder. I bought up quite a bit of Basiliskweed as it's also needed for the next 20 levels.
Level 241 - 250
1 x Basiliskweed Stems
Turns yellow at 250
This is the cheapest as far as plants are concerned. You could go for Mighty Dexterity Serum which requires 2 x Basiliskweed per time if a Dexterity is much more useful to you. It didn't matter to me as both the potions required level 40 to use and I was too low and going to sell the potions so I took the cheapest option.
Level 251 - 260
2 x Basiliskweed Stems
Turns yellow at 260
Pretty straight forward here. Again, it's the cheapest as far as plant material is concerned.
Level 261 - 270
2 x Basiliskweed Stems
Turns yellow at 270
Pretty straight forward here. Again, it's the cheapest as far as plant material is concerned.
Level 271 - 280
2 x Tempestflower Stems
Turns yellow at 280
Pretty straight forward here. Again, it's the cheapest as far as plant material is concerned.
Level 281 - 290
2 x Twilight Bloom Roots
Turns yellow at 290
Apothecary gets quite greedy from here on. Needing all sorts of obscure ingredients that are of course very expensive at the auction house. It was a bonus that the cheapest recipe was also a healing based one which you're always going to need to keep a pile off in your bag.
Level 291 - 300
1 x Twilight Bloom Roots
Turns yellow at 300
Surprisingly there is still a relatively cheap recipe to take you to the max level and even though I don't use mana myself I made these and gave them away to guildies.
And that's it. You have reached the pinnacle. No potion is too complex for you to handle, no elixir too tricky to concoct. Shower your guildmates which gifts or make a fortune at the auction house.
Shopping List
Here's the list of reagents I used so if you want to make it really easy for yourself just buy or beg for the following list then follow the above and bish, bash, bosh, you're done.
- Grieveblossom Petals x 121
- Creeperbrush Roots x 22
- Coastal Glory x 50
- Duskglory Petals x 20
- Golden Nettle Stems x 20
- Wyvernspurr Stems x 65
- Roc Orchid Petals x 10
- Tattertwist Leaves x 50
- Bloodshade Petals x 44
- Drakefoot Stems x 50
- Basiliskweed Stems x 70
- Tempestflower Stems x 20
- Twilight Bloom Roots x 30
Tips
- Keep an eye on the Auction House and plan ahead. Sometimes you will find a bargain. At one point I noticed two batches of 50 Tattertwist up for 1p each (2g each unit) and even I didn't need them yet I snapped them up for later. More often than not they were on at upwards of 10g a unit, so it was well worth planning ahead.
- Another thing with the auction House. I was scouring the Auction House for bargains and I noticed someone selling single units of Wyvernspurr Stems for 75g each and I knew I would need some later on but would never be able to afford that so I snuck into Scarwood Reach a few levels before I should and camped a few nodes (dying a few times along the way of course). Got 20 pieces and put them on the Auction House 5 single pieces at a time over 4 days at 10 gold a unit. The average price then went down to around 16 gold a unit for as long as I was keeping an eye on the Auction House.
- Harvest nodes you don't need. There is a theory that there is a node limit in each area. If you're waiting for a certain node to spawn make sure nearby ones are harvested or it could be those that are stopping yours from spawning. It's a theory and has never been confirmed by TRION but if you're desperate to get the plant and move on you'll do anything right, even do the /chicken if they asked you.
Apothecary Workorders
Below is a list of the daily Apothecary Workorders you can receive and the character levels they become available at.
- Basic Healing Tonics (character level 1)
- Mighty Bottle of Critical Strikes (1)
- Healing Tonics (7)
- Lesser Mana Potions (7)
- Healing Tonics (23)
- Basic Intelligence Serums (29)
- Basic Strength Serums (29)
- Basic Healing Potions (35)
- Greater Endurance Serums (41)
- Greater Healing Tonics (41)
- Mighty Intelligence Serums (47)
- Mighty Strength Serums (47)
Can I unlearn Apothecary?
Yes. Any profession trainer can perform 'Unlearn'. Select 'I'd like to unlearn a skill...' from the trainer's menu and then the profession you would like to unlearn.
To recap on the Apothecary basics:
- It's a crafting profession.
- Will count as one of your three profession limit.
- Requires a laboratory in order to concoct.
- Works best coupled with the gathering profession Foraging.
- Can do daily quests in order to be rewarded with Artisan Marks and supplies.
- Potions are not Bind on Pickup (BoP) and therefore can be given away or auctioned.
- Can not runebreak any pots.
- Potions that affect party/raid members will not do so if they already have a buff of the same type active.
Patch changes to Professions
Version 1.2 - 10th May
- Order of Mathos Workorder: Mighty Bottle of Critical Strikes has been changed to Workorder: Mighty Healing Tonic, which does not include Pristine Distillate as an ingredient, and requires 250 skill to receive this quest.
- Workorder: Basic Healing Tonics and Workorder: Mighty Healing Tonics (previously Mighty Bottle of Critical Strikes) are no longer set as level 1 quests.
- Bottle of Spellstrikes and Bottle of Critical Strikes now trigger the effect ‘Bitter Aftertaste’, which prevents another such potion from being used for 60 seconds.
- Death Warding Potions have been renamed to Unholy Warding Potions.
- Recipe: Exalted Bottle of Tricks: Now requires notoriety with the Arcane Hand, who sell the recipe.
- Tweaked node respawn rates in Shimmersand, Moonshade, Scarlet Gorge, Scarwood Reach, Iron Pine Peak, and Stillmoor. Adjusted respawn rates and frequency of Orichalcum, Shadethorn, and Twilight Bloom.
General Profession Related
Crafting Rifts
- Lures for Crafting Rifts and are obtained by completing the new weekly crafting quests in addition to the tradeskill-specific Plaque the quest awards.
- These Rifts drop raw materials, Augments, and other goodies for crafters.
- Reaching the final stages gives a chance of obtaining an additional plaque!
- Crafting Rift lures open a Rift of appropriate level for the zone. In addition, materials awarded are also based on the zone level where the Rift is opened.
- All levels of crafting Rifts give a chance for an additional plaque from the bonus stages, even below your character level.
- Bring your friends and spread the wealth!
- New weekly crafting quests have been added for all six production skills. Each awards a plaque as well as a Rift Lure that can be used to open a ‘Crafting Rift’ (details above).
- The recipe window now has a Search feature! Search recipe names, ingredient names, equipment slots, and Rune ‘usable on’ slots for recipes that your character knows. You can also filter by the type of modification a Rune provides (Strength, Spell Power, etc).
- For each production skill, one Master workorder has been bumped up to 250 minimum skill instead of 230.
- Slightly increased the drop rate of all crafting quest items. In addition, they can now be found on a wider variety of mobs and resource nodes.
- Enchanted Cores and Evergreen Cores can now be found in both Silverwood and Freemarch.
Version 1.1 30th March
- Endgame Apothecary recipes no longer use Minor Catalyst as an ingredient. Recipes that previously used Rift essences or augments now use consumable items gained from Rifts instead.
- Bottle of Spellstrikes, Bottle of Critical Strikes, and Philter of Power now have a potion cooldown of 3 minutes. Each of these also apply a 1 minute immunity after use, so a player can only be affected by one of these effects for each minute.
- Many vials that did not last through a death now persist. Rejoice!
- Fixed an issue where all potions were on the same cooldown. They are now divided into three major groups based on their effects: Healing/Positive, Damage/Negative, and Buffs.
- Greater Rootcatch Brew is now a single target potion, while the Heroic Rootcatch Brew is now area effect.
- Fixed Rootcatch Brew items, which were using a healing effect rather than functioning as a snare.
General Profession Related
- New zone-specific drops come from monsters in the following zones, and are used in recipes from each zone:
- Gnarled Core – Scarwood Reach
- Evergreen Core – Freemarch
- Enchanted Core – Silverwood
- Stone Core – Stonefield
- Shadow Core – Gloamwood
- Rusty Core – Scarlet Gorge
- Cracked Core – Droughtlands
- Glowing Core – Moonshade Highlands
- Gnarled Core – Scarwood Reach
- A large number of recipes from notoriety vendors have been adjusted. Recipes that were previously Uncommon are now Rare and have their stats adjusted accordingly. Ingredients used in these recipes require the Cores mentioned above or have had their other ingredients and quantities updated.
- Crafting related actions should no longer trigger abilities that proc on criticals.
- Crafting trainers in Fortune’s Shore, Shimmersand, now teach Master level crafting instead of Novice.
- Adjusted harvest nodes in Abyssal Precipice and Charmer’s Caldera – nodes before the first bosses can no longer be stealthed to.
- Additional adjustments to many resource nodes across the world. New locations have been added, and many nodes will now respawn faster than they did before.
Version 1.0.1 - 11 March 2011
- Expert Dungeons now drop recipes for Apothecary and Runecrafting.
- Recipes purchased from Planar faction merchants can no longer be resold for silver.
- The Apothecary recipes offered by the Arcane Hand, Dragonslayer Covenant, Order of Mathos, and Icewatch have been changed. Heroic Manasurge Vial, Heroic Fortified Vial, and Heroic Enduring Vials have been removed. New recipes for Heroic Warding Potion, Heroic Philter of Power, Sheepish Concoction, and Exalted Bottle of Tricks have been added in their place.
- Removed faction requirement to purchase Runecrafting and Apothecary Artisan recipe scrolls.
- Fixed an issue where the Light Seafoam Dye recipe scroll required 90 skill to use instead of 110, which was the recipe's actual requirement to craft.
- Recipe: Fireworks: Now teaches the intended recipe.
- Fixed rare cases where you could be double-charged when learning a new recipe from a trainer.
Beta
The Apothecary profession received an overhaul in a new alpha build released on 18th January 2011.
- Several ranks of Mana Potions, Healing Potions, Healing Tonics, and Mana Tonics have been removed.
- All other potions have been either removed, or replaced with revised versions or new potion types.
- Flasks have been replaced by Vials.
- New potions include: Serums, new Philters, Brews, Elixirs, Bottles, Warding Potions, Concoctions, etc.
- All potions have had their power and level requirements adjusted. There are now fewer ranks of potions covering wider ranges of power, and more lenient use-level requirements.
- Recipe Changes: If you were an Apothecary, your recipe list has been updated. Old recipes have been removed and when applicable, replaced with a new recipe. All new recipes are available from the Apothecary trainer. Previously gained dropped/faction/artisan recipes have, unfortunately, been lost.
- All Apothecary daily quests have been updated to require the new crafted items. In some cases, daily quests have lowered minimum skill requirements to match new recipe spreads.
- All notoriety vendors have been updated to sell new recipe scrolls.
- The Artisan store now offers a wider variety of Rare and Epic potions and vials.
- Planar Faction vendors in Meridian and Sanctum now offer new recipe scrolls for sale. These merchants offer planar Warding Potions and Resistance Vials.
- There is a new water-based plant called Krakenweed which can be found in Scarlet Gorge, Stonefield, Freemarch, and Gloamwood. This plant is used in an item coming with an upcoming patch.
- With the exception of certain ranks of Healing and Mana potions, all previously crafted Apothecary items will still be available in game. Go ahead and use them up, since they will be removed in a future patch.
