Alchemist

The Alchemist is an important craftsperson you will use from the start of the game up to and during the end game.

Which Services the Alchemist Provides

• Craft Elixirs and Incense
• Transmute body parts to summon Varshan who can be farmed for particular unique items
• Transmute Resplendent Sparks to create a handful of different Uber Uniques

Elixir Crafting

You can have one Elixir active at a time. Drinking another elixir will replace the existing elixir. Some affect just you others will affect nearby players too. You can however trade Elixirs.

Elixirs increase your statistics or buffs and also increase the rate at which you earn experience points by 5% - 8% and last at most 30 minutes. The effects of the Elixir persist after death.

They are crafted mostly from plants that you can gather but also other Crafting Materials such as Veiled Crystal and gem fragments.

Elixirs you can craft and some that you can't (listed here) will also drop as rewards from caches and Helltide chests and they are automatically stacked in your inventory. You can trade them with other players.

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Advantage: + Attack Speed & Lucky Hit Cold Resistance: + Cold Resist Destruction: Overpower & Vulnerable Fire Resistance: + Fire Resist Fortitude: + Maximum Life Monster Health: + Monster Health (Hollows)		Iron Barb: + Armor & Thorns Lightning Resistance: + Lightning Resist Poison Resistance: + Poison Resist Precision: + Critical Strike Chance & Critical Strike Damage Resource: + Resource Cost Reduction & Max Resource Shadow Resistance: + Shadow Resist

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Elixir Lvl Description Cost Elixir of Advantage 10 Increases Attack Speed by 7% and Lucky Hit by 7%. Experience gained increased by 5% for 30 minutes. 5 Bundled Herbs 1,000 Gold Elixir of Advantage II 50 Increases Attack Speed by 15% and Lucky Hit by 15%. Experience gained increased by 8% for 30 minutes. 10 Bundled Herbs 10 Angelbreath 2,000 Gold Elixir of Cold Resistance 40 Increases Cold Resistance by + 5%. Experience gained is increased by 5%. 20 Bundled Herbs 300 Sapphire Fragment 3,000 Gold Elixir of Cold Resistance II 50 Increases Cold Resistance by + 15%. Experience gained increased by 8%. 10 Bundled Herbs 10 Angelbreath 300 Sapphire Fragment 2,000 Gold Elixir of Destruction 10 Increases Overpower damage by 7% and Vulnerable damage by 7%. Experience gained increased by 5% for 30 minutes. 5 Bundled Herbs 1,000 Gold Elixir of Destruction II 50 Increases Overpower damage by 15% and Vulnerable damage by 15%. Experience gained increased by 8% for 30 minutes. 10 Bundled Herbs 10 Angelbreath 2,000 Gold Elixir of Fire Resistance 40 Increases Fire Resistance by + 5%. Experience gained increased by 5%. 20 Bundled Herbs 300 Ruby Fragment 3,000 Gold Elixir of Fire Resistance II 50 Increases Fire Resistance by + 15%. Experience gained increased by 8%. 40 Bundled Herbs 30 Angelbreath 300 Ruby Fragment 6,000 Gold Elixir of Fortitude 20 Increases Maximum Life by 5% and Experience gained by 5% for 30 minutes. 10 Bundled Herbs 200 Skull Fragment 2,000 Gold Elixir of Fortitude II 50 Increases Maximum Life by 10% and Experience gained by 8% for 30 minutes. 20 Bundled Herbs 20 Angelbreath 200 Skull Fragment 4,000 Gold Elixir of Hollow Unmaking 35 Increases damage to Hollows and Hollow-infected monsters by 10%. Experience gained increased by 8%. 50 Bundled Herbs 35 Angelbreath 150 Emerald Fragment 1,000 Gold Iron Barb Elixir 20 Increases Armor by + 250 and Thorns by 150. Experience gained is increased by 5% for 30 minutes. 10 Bundled Herbs 100 Diamond Fragment 2,000 Gold Iron Barb Elixir II 50 Increases Armor by + 500 and Thorns by 250. Experience gained is increased by 8% for 30 minutes. 20 Bundled Herbs 20 Angelbreath 200 Diamond Fragment 4,000 Gold Elixir of Lightning Resistance 40 Increases Lightning Resistance by + 5%. Experience gained increased by 5%. 20 Bundled Herbs 300 Topaz Fragment 3,000 Gold Elixir of Lightning Resistance II 50 Increases Lightning Resistance by + 15%. Experience gained increased by 8%. 40 Bundled Herbs 30 Angelbreath 300 Topaz Fragment 6,000 Gold Elixir of Poison Resistance 40 Increases Poison Resistance by + 5%. Experience gained increased by 5%. 20 Bundled Herbs 300 Emerald Fragment 3,000 Gold Elixir of Poison Resistance II 50 Increases Poison Resistance by + 15%. Experience gained increased by 8%. 40 Bundled Herbs 30 Angelbreath 300 Emerald Fragment 6,000 Gold Elixir of Precision 10 Increases Critical Strike Chance by 4% and Critical Strike Damage by 25%, and Experience by 5% for 30 minutes. 5 Bundled Herbs 1,000 Gold Elixir of Precision II 50 Increases Critical Strike Chance by 6% and Critical Strike Damage by 35%, and Experience by 8% for 30 minutes. 10 Bundled Herbs 10 Angelbreath 2,000 Gold Elixir of Resourcefulness 20 Grants 10% Resource Cost Reduction and 10 Maximum Resource. Experience gained is increased by 5% for 30 minutes. 20 Bundled Herbs 2000 Gold Elixir of Resourcefulness II 50 Grants 20%, Resource Cost Reduction and 25% Maximum Resource. Experience gained increased by 8% for 30 minutes. 10 Bundled Herbs 10 Angelbreath 2,000 Gold Elixir of Shadow Resistance 40 Increases Shadow Resistance by + 5%. Experience gained increased by 5%. 20 Bundled Herbs 300 Amethyst Fragment 3,000 Gold Elixir of Shadow Resistance II 50 Increases Shadow Resistance by + 15%. Experience gained increased by 8%. 40 Bundled Herbs 30 Angelbreath 300 Amethyst Fragment 6,000 Gold

• See all Elixirs (crafted, bought and found)

Incense Crafting

Incense is a great way to boost stats and increase the rate at which you earn experience points.

You will need to collect Crafting Materials out in the world from bushes and slaying monsters. You take these materials to the Alchemist who can craft them into Incense. These processes will also cost you gold.

There are 3 categories of Incense:

• Core Stat Incense
• Defensive Incense
• Resistance Incense

Incense are a great way to boost stats and increase the rate at which you earn experience points.

Many of them are crafted by an Alchemist and will require you to collect Crafting Materials out in the world from bushes and slaying monsters. Some can be purchased from the Dark Citadel Vendor.

• Can have 1 Incense from each of the 3 categories active at the same time
• They last 30 minutes and persist through death
• They affect you and nearby players (grouped or ungrouped)
• Buffs stack with any Elixir you have active and Incense burned by other nearby players (grouped or ungrouped)
• The 5% Experience bonus from Incense doesn’t stack with bonuses from other Incense, whether used by you or nearby players. However, it does stack with the Experience bonus granted by an active Elixir.
• Some can be traded with with other players.
• Full list of Incense including those the Alchemist can not create.

• The Incense bought from the Vendor in the Dark Citadel only last for 20 minutes and are not crafted but purchased with Citadel Coins

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Incense Type Req Lvl Description Cost Song of the Mountain Defensive 45 Increases Armor by + 10% for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 55 Bundled Herbs 1 Veiled Crystal 30 Skull Fragment 1,500 Gold Ancient Times Core 50 Increases Strength by 100 for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 60 Bundled Herbs 2 Veiled Crystal 35 Ruby Fragment 2,500 Gold Blessed Guide Core 50 Increases Willpower by 100 for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 60 Bundled Herbs 2 Veiled Crystal 35 Amethyst Fragment 2,000 Gold Queen's Supreme Core 50 Increases Dexterity by 100 for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 60 Bundled Herbs 2 Veiled Crystal 35 Emerald Fragment 2,000 Gold Sage's Whisper Core 50 Increases Intelligence by 100 for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 60 Bundled Herbs 2 Veiled Crystal 35 Topaz Fragment 2,000 Gold Desert Escape Resistance 55 Increases Fire, Cold and Shadow Resistances by + 7% for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 70 Bundled Herbs 4 Angelbreath 3 Veiled Crystal 50 Amethyst Fragment 50 Sapphire Fragment 2,500 Gold Storm of the Wilds Resistance 55 Increases Lightning,Cold and Poison Resistances by + 7% for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 65 Bundled Herbs 4 Angelbreath 3 Veiled Crystal 50 Emerald Fragment 50 Topaz Fragment 2,500 Gold Reddamine Buzz Defensive 60 Increases Maximum Life by 750 for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 75 Bundled Herbs 5 Angelbreath 4 Veiled Crystal 140 Ruby Fragment 3,000 Gold Spiral Morning Core 50 Increases All Stats by 60 for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 80 Bundled Herbs 6 Angelbreath 6 Veiled Crystal 3,500 Gold Scents of the Desert Afternoon Defensive 50 Increases Thorns by 400 for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 80 Bundled Herbs 7 Angelbreath 6 Veiled Crystal 160 Emerald Fragment 4,000 Gold Soothing Spices Resistance 50 Increases Resistance to All Elements by + 5%, and Armor by + 5% for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 85 Bundled Herbs 8 Angelbreath 7 Veiled Crystal 85 Diamond Fragment 85 Skull Fragment 4,500 Gold Spirit Dance Defensive 50 Increases chance to Dodge by 5% for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 30 minutes. 90 Bundled Herbs 9 Angelbreath 9 Veiled Crystal 5,000 Gold The Creatures of Night 3 N/A Increases the damage of Hit Effects by 100% for all nearby players and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 20 minutes. N/A Chorus of War - Archive 3 50 Increases All Stats by 40 and Critical Strike and Overpower damage by 5% for every nearby player and increases Experience by 5%. Lasts 20 minutes. 100 Bundled Herbs 10 Angelbreath 10 Veiled Crystal 100 Ruby Fragment 100 Sapphire Fragment 6,000 Gold

Crafting Materials

These are things the Alchemist can craft that can be used for other crafting.

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Material Quality Description Cost to Craft Obducite Cache - Archive Magic A Cache crafted by the Alchemist that contains 5 Obducites to be used during Masterworking at the Blacksmith. 1 x Ingolith Ingolith Cache - Archive Rare A Cache crafted by the Alchemist that contains 5 Ingolith to be used during Masterworking ranks 5 to 8 at the Blacksmith. 1 x Neathiron 600 Gold

Summoning Items

There are quite a few Summoning Items in Diablo 4 and the Alchemist is involved in just a few of them, detailed below. Read the Summoning Items page for all items associated with summoning members of the Boss Ladder and others.

One of each of these body parts is required to summon Varshan in the Malignant Burrow at the Tree of Whispers. You can find the body parts in Caches rewarded at the Tree of Whispers for completing Whispers_of_the_Dead but the Alchemist can also craft them for you.

If you have lots of one particular body part you can use them at the Alchemist to craft a different random part in a Malignant Body Cache.

These materials must be in your bag, not your stash, for the Alchemist to use them.

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Name Type Description Where to Find/Cost to Craft Blackened Femur Summoning/Crafting Assembled beneath the Tree of Whispers (Map) within the Malignant Burrow to summon the Echo of Varshan. A Whisper Caches and Legion Events. 1 Malignant Heart 4 Coiling Ward 15 Veiled Crystal 50,000 Gold Gurgling Head Summoning/Crafting Assembled beneath the Tree of Whispers (Map) within the Malignant Burrow to summon the Echo of Varshan. Whisper Caches and Legion Events. 1 Malignant Heart 4 Abstruse Sigil 15 Veiled Crystal 50,000 Gold Trembling Hand Summoning/Crafting Assembled beneath the Tree of Whispers (Map) within the Malignant Burrow to summon the Echo of Varshan. Whisper Caches and Legion Events. 1 Malignant Heart 4 Baleful Fragment 15 Veiled Crystal 50,000 Gold Name Type Description Cost to Craft Malignant Body Cache Summoning Contains either a Gurgling Head, Blackened Femur or Trembling Hand used for summoning The Echo of Varshan in the Malignant Burrow at the Tree of Whispers (Map). 1 Gurgling Head/Blackened Femur or 1 Trembling Hand 1 Abstruse Sigil/Baleful Fragment or 1 Coiling Ward 5 Veiled Crystal 20,000 Gold

Transmute Resplendent Sparks

If you have been farming Uber Uniques from Duriel and Andariel that you do not need you can salvage them at the Blacksmith for Resplendent Sparks which can then be used at the Alchemist to craft into other Uber Uniques listed below.

Each recipe requires:

• 4 Resplendent Sparks
• 50,000,000 Gold
• Requires Level 35

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Andariel's Visage The horrific whispers of the Maiden of Anguish flicker through your mind, pushing you ever closer to madness... Type: Mythic Unique Helm Class: All Classes Description: Lucky Hit: Up to a 20% chance to trigger a poison nova that applies 6,000 Poisoning damage over 5 seconds to enemies in the area. +666.0% Poison Resistance Affixes: (Item Power 800) +30% Attack Speed +110 All Stats +86 Life On Hit +10% Maximum Poison Resistance Ahavarion Spear of Lycander "The angel Lycander left us a portion of her power in this spear. It is all the proof I need that she watches over us still." - Oracle Argoysni Type: Mythic Unique Staff Class: Druid, Sorcerer Description: Gain a random Shrine effect for 20 seconds after killing an Elite enemy. Can only occur once every 30 seconds. +159.5% Critical Strike, Vulnerable, and Overpower Damage Affixes: (Item Power 800) +18% All Stats +33% Movement Speed +0.66% Resistance to All Elements Lucky Hit: Up to a 15% Chance to Restore +66% Primary Resource Doombringer Whenever this ancient sword has reappeared throughout history, it portends a time of great strife, as well as a devastating loss of life. Type: Mythic Unique Sword Class: Barbarian, Druid, Necromancer, Rogue and Sorcerer Description: Lucky Hit: Up to a 25% chance to deal 900 Shadow damage to surrounding enemies and reduce their damage dealt by 20% for 5 seconds. +100% Damage Affixes: (Item Power 800) +160 All Stats 10% Damage Reduction Lucky Hit: Up to a 15% Chance to Heal +500 Life 35% Maximum Life Harlequin Crest "This headdress was once worn by an assassin disguised as a court mage. Her treachery was unveiled, but not before she used its magic to curse the king's entire lineage." - The Fall of House Aston Type: Mythic Unique Helm Class: All Classes Description: Gain 20% Damage Reduction. In addition, gain +4 Ranks to all Skills. Affixes: (Item Power 800) 20% Cooldown Reduction +800 Maximum Life +18 Maximum Resource +350 Armor The Grandfather An unbroken lineage of unwavering strength. Type: Mythic Unique Two-Handed Sword Class: Barbarian, Necromancer Description: Increases your Critical Strike Damage by 100%[x]. The other properties on this weapon can roll higher than normal. +150% Damage Ignore Durability Loss Affixes: (Item Power 800) +220 All Stats +300% Damage +1,800 Maximum Life +20 Maximum Resource Melted Heart of Selig "Do not allow your passions to become obsessions. Fuel the fire that burns within you, but it is madness to allow yourself to become ash to please an uncaring universe." - Last words of Master Selig Type: Mythic Unique Amulet Class: All Classes Description: Gain 60 Maximum Resource. When taking damage, 75% is Drained as 2 Resource for every 1% of Maximum Life you would have lost. +3% Max Resistance to All Elements +30% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 800) 15% Damage Reduction while Healthy +15% Lucky Hit Chance +25% Movement Speed 15% Resource Generation Ring of Starless Skies "Yours is the power to pluck the stars from the heavens with the ease of a child gathering fruit from the bough." - Unknown Type: Mythic Unique Ring Class: All Classes Description: Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource cost of your skills and increases your damage by x10% for 3 seconds, up to x50%. +12.5% Resistance to All Elements +12.5% Resistance to All Elements Affixes: (Item Power 800) +17.5% Attack Speed +12.5% Critical Strike Chance +12.5% Lucky Hit Chance +2 to Core Skills Tyrael's Might "Thus Tyrael, a perfect aspect of Justice, came to be. None were more vehement against the forces of hell. All demonic entities learned to shudder at Justice's might." -The Books of Jarl, Volume I Type: Mythic Unique Chest Armor Class: All Classes Description: While at full Life, your Skills unleash a divine barrage dealing 195 damage. Ignore Durability Loss Affixes: (Item Power 800) 20% Damage Reduction +16.5% Movement Speed +60% Resistance to All Elements +7.5% Maximum Resistance to All Elements

Uber Unique Crafting

Alchemist Locations

Alchemists are found in the following locations:

Fractured Peaks

• Kyovoshad, Desolate Highlands ([Map])

Scosglen

• Cerrigar, The Emerald Chase ([Map])

Dry Steppes

• Ked Bardu, Kotama Grasslands ([Map])

Hawezar

• Wejinhani, Dismal Foothills ([Map])
• Zarbinet, Umir Plateau ([Map])

Kehjistan

• Gea Kul, Southern Expanse ([Map])

Changes to Alchemist

Patch 2.5.0, ETA December 2025

• The Alchemist ability to upgrade Healing Potions has been removed from the game. Old details have been archived.
• Incense recategorised into 3 categories, Core, Defensive and Resistance. Duration increased from 20 to 30. Stats increased on all.

Patch 1.5.0, August 6, 2024

• Can now consume elixirs when Crowd Controlled.

Patch 1.4.3, June 17, 2024

• Minor Healing Potion - Initial healing increased by 50%.
• Light, and Moderate Healing Potions - Initial healing increased by 100%.
• Strong, Greater, Major, and Superior Healing Potions - Initial healing increased by 200%.

Patch 1.4.0, May 14, 2024

Elixirs

• Complete reworking of Elixirs with some removed, others combined and adding some new ones including rare.

Resource Upgrades

• Removed Gallowine, Blightshade, Biteberry, Lifesbane, Howler Moss and Reddamine. Replaced with Bundled Herbs that do not need upgrading.
• Removed Silver Ore and Superior Leather.

Transmute

• Added Tyrael's Might
• Reduced level requirement from 60 to 35

Patch 1.3.2, February 13, 2024

• Uber Unique Items can now be salvaged to provide a new resource, Resplendent Sparks. Players can bring 5 Resplendent Sparks to the Alchemist and Transmute an Uber Unique of their choice.
• The Refine Resources tab at the Alchemist has been renamed Transmute, and the option to craft an Uber Unique item can be found under that tab.
• Note that the preview window for crafting an Uber Unique won't display the item’s affixes.