Choose a step to read · 12 steps
- Apply and deliver the item set
- Raspuchin's calculation exam
- Calculation set A
- Calculation set B
- Calculation set C
- Choose experiments or the flower shortcut
- Six potion-making answers
- Receive the task and meet Morgenstein
- Answer the reagent questions
- Nicholas's hidden words
- Help with the Juno experiment
- Change class and receive a creation guide
Before you start
- Be a regular Merchant with Job Level 40 or higher.
- Spend all Skill Points before changing class.
- The application costs 50,000 Zeny. The normal route requires another 2,000 Zeny for the Juno research.
- Job Level 50 skips only the calculation exam when you first reach Raspuchin's stage. It does not skip the application fee or initial items.
Class change is available once. Retry failed calculation and word exams. A failed potion test requires new materials. Juno research is a repeatable follow-up quest, but one experiment followed by returning to Nicholas is sufficient for class change.
What to prepare
Set A: one possible assignment · 1 items
Deliver these to Parmy after paying the application fee.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Berserk Potion | 657 | 7 | Find drops ↗ |
Set B: one possible assignment · 1 items
Deliver these to Parmy after paying the application fee.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mini Furnace | 612 | 100 | Find drops ↗ |
Set C · one randomly assigned set · 1 items
Deliver these to Parmy after paying the application fee.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Fire Arrow | 1752 | 7,500 | Find drops ↗ |
Alternative to the initial item set · 2 items
Both items are consumed instead of the random set. You still pay 50,000 Zeny.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Old Magicbook | 1006 | 1 | Find drops ↗ |
 Hammer of Blacksmith | 1005 | 1 | Find drops ↗ |
Darwin's experiment materials · 5 items
All materials are consumed before the potion-making answers. A failed attempt requires a new set.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Medicine Bowl | 7134 | 3 | Find drops ↗ |
 Empty Bottle | 713 | 3 | Find drops ↗ |
 Red Herb | 507 | 1 | Find drops ↗ |
 Yellow Herb | 508 | 1 | Find drops ↗ |
 White Herb | 509 | 1 | Find drops ↗ |
Optional shortcut past the later experiments · 1 items
Give Darwin an Illusion Flower after he requests the materials to proceed directly to Vincent. You can skip Van Helmont, Nicholas and Juno.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Illusion Flower | 710 | 1 | Find drops ↗ |
Morgenstein introduction · choose one reagent · 1 items
Show Louitz 1 Detrimindexta or Karvodailnirol. The introduction does not consume it.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Detrimindexta | 971 | 1 | Find drops ↗ |
Morgenstein introduction · alternative reagent · 1 items
Use this instead of Detrimindexta. You do not need both.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Karvodailnirol | 972 | 1 | Find drops ↗ |
Additional supplies for Juno · 2 items
Also bring 2,000 Zeny. Nicholas provides 1 Mixture, 5 Burnt Tree, 5 Fine Sand, 3 Rough Oridecon and 3 Rough Elunium.
| Items | ID | Quantity | Inspect details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini Furnace | 612 | 5 | Find drops ↗ |
 Coal | 1003 | 5 | Find drops ↗ |
Step-by-step walkthrough
- 01
Apply and deliver the item set
Speak to Parmy, choose I want to become an Alchemist. and apply. Pay 50,000 Zeny, receive a random set A–C and deliver the entire assigned set.
After receiving the assignment, carrying 1 Old Magicbook and 1 Hammer of Blacksmith lets Parmy accept and consume those two before checking the random set. Then visit Raspuchin.
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Raspuchin's calculation exam
One of three exams is assigned. Sets A and C require 10 answers; set B actually requires 11. Your first attempt allows at most 1 wrong answer. After a failure, at most 2 are allowed. Enter the listed numbers each time.
If you first reach this stage at Job Level 50, speaking to Raspuchin passes it without an exam. Starting and failing before Job Level 50 does not qualify a later retry for this first-visit shortcut.
Some profit questions have unclear prices. Use the answers accepted by the NPC below; they are not general item pricing formulas.
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Calculation set A
1. 12 + 23 + 34 + 45 → 114
2. 1000 − 36 − 227 − 348 → 389
3. 14 × 17 × 3 → 714
4. 9765 ÷ 3 ÷ 5 ÷ 7 → 93
5. (47 × 28) − (1376 ÷ 4) → 972
6. (2646 ÷ 7) + (13 × 28) → 742
7. 12 Red Potion, 1 Butterfly Wing and 5 Fly Wing after a 24% discount → 909
8. Weight of 3 Scimitar, 2 Helm and 1 Long Coat → 450
9. Total defense of Biretta, Mantle, Opera Mask, Ribbon, Muffler, Boots and Ear Muffs → 20
10. Profit from buying 5 Helm at a 24% discount and selling as described → 8800
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Calculation set B
1. 13 + 25 + 37 + 48 → 123
2. 1000 − 58 − 214 − 416 → 312
3. 12 × 24 × 3 → 864
4. 10530 ÷ 3 ÷ 5 ÷ 2 → 351
5. (35 × 19) − (1792 ÷ 7) → 409
6. (2368 ÷ 8) + (24 × 17) → 704
7. (2646 ÷ 7) + (13 × 28) → 742
8. 15 Green Potion, 6 Magnifier and 4 Trap after a 24% discount → 934
9. Weight of 3 Ring Pommel Saber, 4 Cap and 2 Boots → 550
10. Total defense of Buckler, Long Coat, Gas Mask, Big Ribbon, Cute Ribbon, Sakkat and Glasses → 16
11. Profit from buying Tights at a 24% discount and selling as described → 8520
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Calculation set C
1. 12 + 23 + 34 + 45 → 114
2. 1000 − 58 − 214 − 416 → 312
3. 14 × 17 × 3 → 714
4. 10530 ÷ 3 ÷ 5 ÷ 2 → 351
5. (47 × 28) − (1376 ÷ 4) → 972
6. (2646 ÷ 7) + (13 × 28) → 742
7. 6 Red Potion, 7 Green Potion and 8 Fly Wing after a 24% discount → 798
8. Weight of 2 Ring Pommel Saber, 3 Cap and 3 Boots → 480
9. Total defense of Mirror Shield, Mr. Smile, Leather Jacket, Silk Robe, Wedding Veil, Muffler and Eye Patch → 12
10. Profit from buying 4 Padded Armor at a 24% discount and selling as described → 7680
- 06
Choose experiments or the flower shortcut
Speak to Darwin and choose I want to learn how to experiment. First let him request 3 Medicine Bowl, 3 Empty Bottle and 1 each of Red Herb, Yellow Herb and White Herb.
On your next conversation, carrying Illusion Flower makes him ask for it. Choose I brought it to give to you. This consumes 1 flower and lets you visit Vincent immediately, skipping the experiments and research after Darwin.
For the normal route, store Illusion Flower before speaking. Refusing to give it ends the conversation; remove it from your inventory and speak again.
- 07
Six potion-making answers
On the normal route, submit the experiment materials, which are consumed before the test. Choose: Prepare the Medicine Bowl. → Put some Herbs in the Medicine Bowl. → Crush the Herbs. → Pour clean water. → Continue crushing the Herbs. → Pour it in an empty bottle.
All six answers must be correct. One mistake consumes your materials and requires a new set. Passing awards 1 Red Potion, 1 Yellow Potion and 1 White Potion. Then visit Van Helmont.
- 08
Receive the task and meet Morgenstein
Speak to Van Helmont and choose I want to become an Alchemist. followed by Teach me something. He asks you to learn about Counteragent and Mixture.
If you have not met Morgenstein, carry at least 1 Detrimindexta or Karvodailnirol to Louitz and ask about the reagent. Visit Aure Dupon and choose Ask About Morgenstein. Then speak to Morgenstein and ask about his research.
You do not need to pay or commission reagents for Van Helmont. Complete Morgenstein's introduction in order. The reagent shown to Louitz is not consumed. If you already completed the introduction, visit Morgenstein or return to Van Helmont.
- 09
Answer the reagent questions
Return to Van Helmont and ask to become an Alchemist. Ingredient not used for Counteragent → Karvodailnirol; ingredient not used for Mixture → Detrimindexta. Both answers must be correct.
Counteragent uses Alcohol, Detrimindexta and Empty Bottle. Mixture uses Alcohol, Karvodailnirol and Empty Bottle. These are the facts needed for the answers; you do not need to deliver or make either reagent.
Retry if you answer incorrectly. If the NPC presents choices without these reagents, finish Morgenstein's introduction first.
- 10
Nicholas's hidden words
Nicholas assigns one of three sets containing 4 questions worth 10 points each. You need all 40 points. Use the letter groups and answers below. Speak again to retry after a mistake.
Set A: t m y a n y e o b n e g p r i → Brigan?; o n c u t a p j l e r s v m u → vendor; t v a r m e g p h e u b o y l → party; q z a h n a i n b r d p t n c → partizan
Set B: m p d i c f a r o g n k w a s → packman; u g n i s j e k c e o g n d p → opening; r o e h n r o m c a i n p t t → potionmerchant
Set C: s m i e x b w u n e t a g l r → tiger; n i e g b o p d s o a u w r v → endure; l r m g r e x t a v i n e d e → evergreen; r o e h n r o m c a i n p t t → potionmerchant
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Help with the Juno experiment
After passing the word test, speak to Nicholas again with at least 137.0 units of spare weight capacity. He gives 1 Mixture, 5 Burnt Tree, 5 Fine Sand, 3 Rough Oridecon and 3 Rough Elunium.
Add 5 Mini Furnace, 5 Coal and 2,000 Zeny. Take all supplies to either Bain or Bajin in Juno.
The experiment rolls one of 10 outcomes. Either researcher may award 5 Iron Ore or 5 Scarlet Dyestuffs. Bain may award 2 Star Crumb; Bajin may award 3 Elunium. Another outcome awards nothing and consumes no materials or money, but still counts as completing the research task.
Other outcomes consume all materials and 2,000 Zeny. After one experiment, return to Nicholas for approval, then visit Vincent. You do not need to roll a valuable reward.
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Change class and receive a creation guide
After receiving approval, or giving Darwin the flower, visit Vincent. Spend all Skill Points and speak to change class.
Job Level 50 receives 1 Condensed Potion Creation Guide (7133). Job Levels 40–49 receive one of the six guides listed under rewards.
Completion rewards
- Change class to Alchemist
- Job 50: Condensed Potion Creation Guide (7133) 1
- Job Levels 40–49: one random Alcohol Creation Guide (7127), Bottle Grenade Creation Guide (7128), Acid Bottle Creation Guide (7129), Plant Bottle Creation Guide (7130), Marine Sphere Creation Guide (7131) or Potion Creation Guide (7144).
- Darwin's experiment route: 1 each of Red Potion (501), Yellow Potion (503) and White Potion (504).
- Juno research route: a random outcome of 5 Iron Ore (1002), 5 Scarlet Dyestuffs (723), 2 Star Crumb (969) from Bain only, or 3 Elunium (984) from Bajin only. Another outcome awards no item.