Ingredients are used to cast Alchemy in Secret of Evermore. With 3 exceptions, most can be bought from at least one merchant in the game. All ingredients are used in at least one alchemy formula. Each alchemy formula is made on the spot by combining the necessary ingredients to create a reaction. Every alchemy formula uses a combination of two ingredients, requiring at least one of each but no more than three of either and no more than four ingredients total.
Ingredients can be found by having the Dog sniff for them in the environment, found inside of containers, and purchased from merchants across Evermore. Which ingredients are offered vary, as do the prices.
Table of Ingredients[]
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Acorn |
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Ash |
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Atlas Amulet |
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Bone | ||
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Brimstone |
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Clay | ||
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Crystal |
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Dry Ice | None | |
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Ethanol |
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Feather |
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Grease |
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Gunpowder |
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Iron |
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Limestone | ||
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Meteorite | ||
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Mud Pepper | ||
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Mushroom |
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Oil |
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Root |
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Vinegar |
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Water |
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Wax |
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Trivia[]
After having defeated Vigor, it is possible for the player to obtain at least 1 of each ingredient, before killing any other bosses. This is due to the fact that the Great Pyramid has all 6 Gothica and both Omnitopia ingredients in pots. The other ingredients can all be obtained by looting chests or by buying from shops.
Blimp is one of a few merchants that sell an ingredient that no other merchant sells. But he is the only merchant that sells 3 of those ingredients. Limestone, Bone and Mud Peppers. This makes his shop one of the most useful and visited in the game.
The maximum amount of total ingredients the player can carry would be 22 × 99 = 2,178 in theory. In practice it is possible to exceed that amount, by abusing certain in game mechanics. Although the player can only obtain a maximum of 5 Atlas Amulets and 13 Dry Ice (and not 99 of both), they can in fact exceed the cap of 99 for Mud Peppers and Meteorites, up to 255. This is because the player can receive them in a hardcoded fashion, unlike the other ingredients which must be bought from shops. Beyond 255, the number rolls back to 0 due to the amount being stored by an 8 bit integer (2^8 = 256). This results in the maximum amount being (255 + 255 + 5 + 13 + (18 × 99)) = 2310.
Formulas
Prehistoria: Acid Rain - Cure - Defend - Flash - Hard Ball - Heal - Levitate - Speed
Antiqua: Atlas - Crush - Double Drain - Drain - Escape - Fireball - Revealer - Revive - Sting Gothica: Barrier - Corrosion - Explosion - Fire Power - Lance - Lightning Storm Miracle Cure - One Up - Regrowth - Slow Burn - Super Heal Omnitopia: Call Up - Energize - Force Field - Nitro - Reflect - Stop Unused: Laser Ingredients
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