Alchemy Guide for Midnight

As has been the case since the start of World of Warcraft, Alchemy will be responsible for creating most of the consumables used in the end game, as well as some rare materials, through transmuting. Thaumaturgy and its ability to convert between basic materials is gone, making transmutation the sole focus of the new Transmutation Authority talent tree.

Besides short-duration combat potions, such as Light's Potential, Alchemists can also make long-duration combat Flasks, such as Flask of the Shattered Sun, profession Phials, such as Haranir Phial of Finesse, and transmute many items, such as the new key item for crafting Cauldrons and House Decor items, Wondrous Synergist.

Alchemy is also one of the few professions that provide combat bonuses, in the form of double duration Flasks with just 15 profession knowledge points required in the Fluent in Flasks base tree node.

The Primal Philosopher's Stone is a new bind on pickup starter crafted trinket option which can be created through Crafting Orders at a decent item level by using Adventurer or Veteran crests and Alchemists are still able to create the epic Magister's Alchemist Stone with sparks as usual.

Due to its personal benefits, Alchemy is an excellent choice for any character that cares about min-maxing its Raid and Mythic+ performance.

If you are a Horde player, Goblin will grant you +5 skill points, while Alliance players can be Kul'Tiran for +2 skill points but for the most part you will want to have it on whatever character(s) you play the most.

Alchemy can make great use of all four stats, but you might want to focus on specific stats for different playstyles. We go into detail with Alchemy stats and the gear you can use to boost them in the specialized guide below:

Increasing your skill is done by crafting items that grant skill points as usual, and in order to be efficient, we recommend trying to get as many first-craft bonuses while leveling as possible, which also grant experience if you are not at maximum level.

Remember to learn new recipes from the Alchemy Research cauldron in Silvermoon as you unlock their requirements (account wide), as they are likely to be more efficient for leveling than pure trainer recipes, especially once you hit the later skill levels.

In order to obtain Stabilized Derivate, which is a critical component for learning most recipes, for cauldrons, and for transmutes, you will have to Recycle any spare flasks or potions you have with you, destroying them in the process.

You will be able to track all weekly and one-time sources of profession knowledge with Myu's Knowledge Points Tracker, which has been converted to an addon in Midnight!

There are also eight treasures around the world that you can loot to gain up to 24 extra knowledge. You can find them all easily in-game with the aforementioned addon.

If you are going into Alchemy for the personal benefits or for Flask crafting, unlock Fluent in Flasks, assign knowledge up to 15/30 and continue into Sin'dorei Specialist, where you should assign 10/30 in order to unlock Flask Abundance, which is the best node to allocate points for gold making purposes as they multiply the power of your Multicraft.

The rest of the points in this tree are also excellent for crafting maximum rank Flasks and Phials with Concentration, as they grant massive Ingenuity and reduce concentration usage.

After unlocking the personal benefits for Flasks or if you want to focus on Potions instead, unlock Potion Prowess, assign knowledge up to 10/30 and continue down quickly in order to unlock one of the Prolific Potioneer nodes, which are the Multicraft focused nodes of the potion tree, with the rest of the tree also being helpful for optimizing Concentration usage later.

The Transmutation Authority tree boosts the power of transmutations, which are mostly used for creating Wondrous Synergist, a core reagent in Cauldron and House Decor crafting, as well as the Magister's Alchemist Stone craft. This special reagent is likely to be extremely valuable and points in this tree grant massive Multicraft and Ingenuity bonuses to crafting it.

It is also of note that the charge-based nature of transmuting synergizes perfectly with the need to wait for Concentration recharging when using base materials to create maximum rank Wondrous Synergists!

Finally, Alchemical Mastery is notable for providing skill increases that apply to every Alchemy craft, and also for its three nodes Recycle, Reuse, and Reduce which grant large Resourcefulness bonuses with flasks/phials, potions, and other craft types, respectively.

Ideally, Alchemy allows you to convert cheap materials into expensive Potions, Phials, Flasks, House Decor, and other reagents. You will initially have to use Concentration in order to get maximum Rank items, stopping you from mass producing them, but eventually with maxed gear, talents, and skill you will be able to produce natural maximum ranks, although doing so might not be profitable, depending on the price of the maximum rank materials used in the process.

Due to the commodity producing nature of Alchemy, it is very likely that the consumable market will quickly get loaded with potions that are only marginally more expensive than the materials used to create them, especially once mass maximum Ranks can be produced, so focusing on Concentration usage alongside base Rank materials on multiple alts is usually the most profitable way to play for casual goldmakers where margins are critical to success.

We have a specialized guide for Midnight gold-making below, which contains a gold-making tier list and goes deeper into techniques and habits for successful gold making, as well as websites and addons that can help you on your journey!