Alchemy (The Sims 3)

Alchemy

A witch making a potion

For Alchemy spells, see Alchemy (The Sims 4).

Alchemy is a skill introduced in The Sims 3: Supernatural, where Sims can craft potions called elixirs in alchemy stations. Both supernaturals and normal Sims can learn this skill, from teenager and older. Sims who have this skill can employ themselves as alchemists, a self-employed career.

Guide

To start learning the alchemy skill, buy an Aleister's Alchemy Station from Buy mode under Hobbies & Skill. It is a 3x2 object, so find a space that is large enough to place the alchemy station in. It is preferable to have at least 1 square of open space around the station. Once placed, Sims can now start learning the skill.

There are three ways to learn the skill. One is to use the alchemy station and Research Alchemy. Sims can simultaneously build the alchemy skill and discover an elixir from researching. Another way is to buy alchemy skill books. They can be bought at bookstores or at an elixir consignment shop in the town. Elixirs are not discovered automatically as the skill is improved, instead they must be learned either by researching or reading their recipe books. Sims can also attend an alchemy class at the Vault of Antiquity for §100.

Name	Level	Page	Price
Alchemy Vol. 1: Alchemy Basic	0	199	§50
Alchemy Vol. 2: Secret Motions and Super Potions	3	204	§500
Alchemy Vol. 3: Omnimustericon: The Ultimate Book of Shadows	6	225	§750

The first elixir Sims will learn to mix from their research is the Vial of Bliss. If they improve the skill by researching alchemy, they will learn to create more elixirs on the way.

To make an elixir, Sims can Mix Elixir at the alchemy station. A table-like window will appear and you can choose what elixir will be mixed. All the ingredients required for the elixir must be in the Sim's inventory. To check what he needs, you can find them at the "Ingredients" column of the window.

A Sim's attempt to mix an elixir may fail. The ingredients will be refunded and are not lost, however the Sim may gain a negative moodlet such as Nauseous or Toadified!

If a Sim successfully mixes an elixir, he/she can:

• Drink it for him/herself.
• Throw it onto other Sims.
• Mix it into "Mysterious Drink". Requires Alchemy level 5 or higher.
• Place it on an Elixir Display Case for display. There are two different elixir display cases added in the pack.
• Sell it at an Elixir Consignment Store.

Finding ingredients can be a tough job. Here are some tips to let a Sim get the ingredients, even the ingredients that are hard to get:

• If a Sim has the Gatherer trait, he/she has a better chance of finding rare ingredients that he/she needs, making the process of finding faster.
• It is useful to have a Sim with Fishing and Gardening skills at the highest level (10), so ingredients may be acquired quickly and easily.
• A Sim can find a werewolf. Werewolves can help Sims to find collectables they are looking for easier and faster. He/she must be friends with the werewolf before asking the werewolf for helping him/her to find the collectables. The werewolf will then Hunt Solo for collectables.
• Sims' pets can also help find the collectables they need. Pets must be installed for this to be available.
• Sims can buy some ingredients at the elixir consignment shop.

At level 5 of the Alchemy skill, the Sim gains an ability to mix elixirs into drinks. The resulting product is a drink in water glass named Mysterious Drink. If the Sim who mixed the elixir into drink drinks it, he/she gets a negative "Prank Backfire!" moodlet, regardless of whether the elixir has positive or negative effect.

At level 6 of the Alchemy skill, for every elixir a Sim mixes, he/she has a chance to produce 2-3 bottles at one mix.

There are seven elixirs that require a Sim to buy Alchemy Recipes from the bookstore or the elixir consignment shop and read them so that he/she can mix these elixirs.

Elixir Taught	Name	Level	Page	Price
Procreation Elixir	Procreation Elixir Recipe Book	5	30	§75
Liquid Job Booster	Liquid Job Booster Recipe Book	6	30	§132
Potent Enlightenment	Potent Enlightenment Recipe Book	7	30	§187
Potent Personality Adjuster	Potent Personality Adjuster Recipe Book	8	30	§225
Potent Zombification	Potent Zombification Recipe Book	9	30	§471
Fountain of Youth Elixir	Fountain of Youth Elixir Recipe Book	9	30	§607
Origin of the Tragic Clown	Origin of the Tragic Clown Recipe Book	10	30	§800

Statistics

Number of Alchemy Recipes Discovered: - of 44 (-%)

Shows the number of elixirs a Sim can make, out of 44 elixirs

Number of Alchemy Elixirs Created: -

Shows the number of elixirs the Sim made

Number of Alchemy Elixirs Thrown at Others: -

Shows the number of elixirs thrown at other Sims by the Sim

Number of Supernaturals Turned into Humans: -

Shows the number of supernaturals transformed into normal Sims by the Sim

Number of Sims Turned into Supernaturals: -

Shows the number of normal Sims transformed into supernaturals by the Sim

Money Earned Selling Elixirs: §-

Shows the amount of Simoleons the Sim had earned for selling elixirs he made

Challenges

Excellent Elixirs

Excellent Elixirs requires that 150 elixirs be mixed. Once you have achieved this challenge, you will be able to create 3 elixirs each time you Mix Elixirs at the Alchemy Station.

Master Alchemist

A Master Alchemist must learn all of the alchemy recipes. Once you have achieved this challenge, you will have a chance of not using up all of your ingredients when creating an alchemy recipe. Also, you will get discounts on items in the Elixir Store.

Alchemists Anonymous

In order to earn the Alchemists Anonymous challenge, you must throw 50 elixirs at other Sims. Once you have achieved this challenge, other Sims will not mind if you throw a harmful elixir at them, and they like you even more if you throw a beneficial elixir at them.

Wishes

Icon	Name	Lifetime Happiness	Description	Trigger	EP
	Learn Alchemy Skill	500	Your Sim seeks to learn something new to enrich and enlighten! Have your Sim refine a talent to perhaps pick up a new skill!		&EP07
	Improve Alchemy Skill	Varies	Learning is an exciting pursuit many Sims enjoy. Your Sim wants to improve a skill so they can do more things with the knowledge! Practice the skill until your Sim gains a level.		&EP07
	Reach Level [#] of Alchemy Skill	Varies	Learning is an exciting pursuit many Sims enjoy. Your Sim wants to improve a skill so they can do more things with the knowledge! Practice the skill and complete opportunities to improve the skill.		&EP07
	Master Alchemy Skill	5,000	Mastering a Skill takes great patience and dedication, but your Sim aspires to be the best. Have your Sim practice the skill and complete Opportunities, and great things will happen.		&EP07
	Acquire an Elixir	200	There is a specific elixir that keeps running through your Sim's head. There will be no satisfaction until your Sim can acquire it!		&EP07
	Throw an Elixir at Another Sim	150	This elixir has a particular Sim's name all over it, and your Sim is just the one to deliver it to them. Via throwing.		&EP07
	Learn a New Elixir Recipe	250	Part of Alchemy is discovery. No one has yet mapped all of the possibilities of this arcane art! Your Sim wants to learn a new elixir recipe.		&EP07
	Create an Elixir	250	Alchemy is best learned by doing. It's time for your Sim to test the limits of their Alchemical skills by creating something special.		&EP07
	Create [#] Elixirs	Varies	Now that your Sim's confidence in Alchemy is growing, it is time to mass produce the impossible. Your Sim wants to create as many elixirs as they can!		&EP07
	List a [elixir name] for Consignment	300	The trick to consignment is volunteering the things people want the most. Your Sim knows just the elixir to list for consignment.		&EP07
	Use [elixir name]	150	A true artist knows exactly when to use each specific tool. For your Sim, elixirs are tools and it's time to use one.		&EP07

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Elixirs

Many elixirs can be drank by or thrown on child Sims or older (e.g. Flask of Potent Sleep), but some have higher age requirements (e.g. Bottled SimBot Converter).

Vial	Level	Elixir	Effect	Ingredients	Type	Value
	1	Invigorating Elixir	Energy is restored by 25%, and stops dropping for 6 hours.		Beneficial, Temporary	20
	1	Flask of Sleep	Energy is reduced by 40%, and stops raising for 6 hours.		Harmful, Temporary	27
	1	Vial of Bliss	Social and Fun are restored by 25%, and stop dropping for 6 hours.		Beneficial, Temporary	16
	1	Ad Nauseum	Gives a Sim the Nauseous moodlet.		Harmful, Temporary	16
	2	Jar of Discord	The relationship between thrower and victim drops by 20 points, and the victim gets the Upset moodlet.		Harmful, Permanent	18
	2	Flask of Angry Bees	Causes a bee attack.		Harmful, Temporary	64
	2	Cure Elixir	Cancels the effects of Toadification, Zombification, Tragic Clown transformations, and Pestilence Plague.		Beneficial, Permanent	28
	2	Jar of Friendship	The relationship between thrower and target increases by 40 points, and the target gets the Brightened day moodlet.		Beneficial, Permanent	14
	3	Zombification	Turns a Sim into a zombie for 6 hours.		Harmful, Temporary	62
	3	Vampiric Sunscreen	Allows vampires to stay in the sun without negative effects for 12 hours.		Neutral, Temporary	87
	3	Vial of Enlightenment	After drinking it, makes a Sim gain a level in a random skill the next time he or she goes to sleep.		Beneficial, Temporary	68
	3	Melancholy Serum	Fun is reduced by 40%, and stops raising for 6 hours.		Harmful, Temporary	33
	4	Skill Booster	Improves by the equivalent of 2 hours of training a Sim's random skill.		Beneficial, Permanent	104
	4	Vial of Potent Bliss	Social and Fun are completely restored, and stop dropping for 24 hours.		Beneficial, Temporary	45
	4	Essence of Magic	Fully restores a Fairy's or Witch's magic power. (A Sim of a different occult status can use the elixir on themselves, but it will have no effect.)		Beneficial, Permanent	48
	4	Large and in Charge	Makes a Sim as fat as possible.		Harmful, Permanent	60
	4	Lean and Mean	Makes a Sim as thin as possible.		Beneficial, Permanent	60
	5	Personality Adjuster	Randomly changes one of a Sim's traits.		Neutral, Permanent	246
	5	Procreation Elixir	Increases fertility for 8 hours.		Beneficial, Temporary	167
	5	Potent Melancholy Serum	Fun is reduced to zero, and stops raising for 24 hours.		Harmful, Temporary	159
	5	Flask of Potent Sleep	Energy is reduced to zero, and stops raising for 24 hours.		Harmful, Temporary	90
	6	Liquid Job Booster	Improves a Sim's job performance by 25% for 24 hours.		Beneficial, Temporary	252
	6	Jar of Potent Friendship	The relationship between thrower and target increases to +100, the target gets the Brightened Day moodlet, and the thrower gets the New Friend moodlet.		Beneficial, Permanent	328
	6	Jar of Potent Discord	The relationship between thrower and victim drops to -100, and the target gets the Upset moodlet.		Harmful, Permanent	268
	6	Potent Invigorating Elixir	Energy is completely restored, and stops dropping for 24 hours.		Beneficial, Temporary	257
	7	Vial of Potent Enlightenment	After drinking it, makes a Sim gain two levels in a random skill the next time he or she goes to sleep.		Beneficial, Temporary	295
	7	Opposite Personality	Randomly replaces one of a Sim's traits with its opposite.		Neutral, Permanent	295
	7	Bottled Mummy Curse	Turns a Sim into a mummy.		Neutral, Permanent	1413
	7	Bottled Vampire's Bite	Turns a Sim into a vampire.		Neutral, Permanent	1475
	7	Potent Cure Elixir	Same as Cure Elixir, but also cures any occult life state.		Beneficial, Permanent	664
	8	Potent Personality Adjuster	Randomly changes all of a Sim's traits.		Neutral, Permanent	432
	8	Bottled SimBot Converter	Turns a Sim into a SimBot.		Neutral, Permanent	1862
	8	Bottled Curse of the Lycan	Turns a Sim into a werewolf.		Neutral, Permanent	1937
	8	Clone Drone	Clones a Sim.		Neutral, Permanent	856
	8	Age of Instant	Instantly ages a Sim.		Beneficial, Permanent	462
	9	Potent Zombification	Turns a Sim into a zombie forever.		Harmful, Permanent	655
	9	Fountain of Youth Elixir	Allows a Young Adult, Adult or Elder to return to the beginning of Young Adulthood.		Neutral, Permanent	597
	9	Potent Skill Booster	Improves a random skill, as if the Sim had trained at the skill for 4 hours.		Beneficial, Permanent	554
	9	Vial of Bottled Genie	Turns a Sim into a Genie.		Neutral, Permanent	2039
	9	Bottled Witches' Brew	Turns a Sim into a Witch.		Neutral, Permanent	1964
	10	Origin of the Tragic Clown	Gives a Sim the Tragic Clown's clothing and negative (-40) moodlet. Sims near the clown also get a negative (-20) moodlet. Lasts for 24 hours.		Harmful, Temporary	836
	10	Wish Enhancing Serum	The rewards for fulfilled wishes are doubled for 24 hours.		Beneficial, Temporary	1238
	10	Bottled Blessing of the Fae	Turns a Sim into a Fairy.		Neutral, Permanent	2114
	10	Midas Touch	Allows a Sim to turn objects and other Sims into gold. Lasts for 6 hours.		Beneficial, Temporary	1627

Videos

The Sims 3 Supernatural All Elixirs-1

The Sims 3 Supernatural All Elixirs

Trivia

• Witches and Sims with the Supernatural Fan trait gain Alchemy skill faster than other Sims, both normal and Supernaturals.
• It is possible to receive elixirs as a gift even if Supernatural is not installed.^{[confirmation needed]}
• Sims with the Supernatural skeptic trait gain Alchemy skill slower than all non-witch sims and all normal sims without the trait.