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Alchemy Lab

The Alchemy Lab is an advanced crafting building that transmutes items into higher rarity ones, other items of the same rarity, or farmable ascension materials into non-farmable ones. The Lab can be converted at Stronghold level 23 (from any non-storage building of level at least 5). It was released in June 2019 along with several other advanced buildings after first announcement in December 2018 and much anticipation (see the original Idea/Suggestion thread). Some original criticisms were improved in version 30 (June 2020). However, the Alchemy Lab has several limitations unlike the other crafting buildings such as the Training Camp, Forge or even Hunter's Lodge:

  • Level 10 requires Gems to use.
  • Transmutation can't be sped up with Gems.
  • The output is random. For conversions within the same rarity, it can be influenced in varying degree because it is guaranteed to be different from all of the ingredients.
  • The number of queued transmutations of one kind is capped at 100, limiting its use for "banking" food.

The term "farmable" (3*) Ascension Materials is used for those four that can be found as Battle reward on the Map: Battle Manual, Chainmail Shirt, Scabbard, and Tall Boots. The non-farmable (the game uses term "scarce") are the other seven available much less often only as loot from special events: Compass, Fine Gloves, Hidden Blade, Orb of Magic, Sturdy Shield, Trap Tools and Warm Cape.

Upgrading[]

Upgrade Costs (research in Food)
Lvl Iron Time Research Cost
1st/X←|→2nd/U
Res.
Time
1 2367k    10s  510k  652k 1d
2 2479k 1d 8h  729k  897k 1d
3 2495k 2d  988k 1199k 1d
4 2502k 2d 22h 1232k 1409k 3d
5 2521k 4d 2h 1511k 1625k 3d
6 2531k 5d 13h 1839k 1951k 3d
7 2551k 7d 9h 2163k 2306k 7d
8 2562k 9d 6h 2576k 2688k 7d
9 2573k 11d 2709k 2809k 7d
10 2594k 12d 13h 3105k 3127k 7d (U) /
14d (X)

Each level unlocks two recipes; with the exception of Level 9 and 10, the first (i. e. higher in the menu and cheaper, at least to research) is for transmutation on the same level, marked here X, and the second upgrade to higher rarity, marked U (the game uses icons of intertwined horizontal arrows and a wide arrow pointing up).

At higher building levels, several concurrent transmutations are allowed, similar to Hero Academy: there can be two transmutations going on between levels 5–9 and three on level 10.

Alkashards[]

The Alchemy Lab introduced a new inventory item called Alkashards. These are a by-product of every transmutation in varying amounts (see table below). When collecting the transmutation results, the produced Alkashards can be supplemented in exchange for gems (again, see below for ratios).

1000 Alkashards can be combined into some desirable and scarce items, chosen from a selection of 6. As soon as 1000 Alkashards are reached, the selection is made randomly and stays the same until the Alkashards are combined, even if one waits for the second or further thousands. This is indicated by an Alkashard icon above the Alchemy Lab building on Base screen, which takes precedence over a cauldron icon for transmutation results being ready. Rewards are:

  • Slot 1: 90%: 3-star ascension material, 10%: 4-star ascension material
  • Slot 2: 3-star ascension material
  • Slot 3 & 4: 30 Class Emblems
  • Slot 5 & 6: 5 five-star Battle Item

Usage[]

Transmutation details (X: Convert within same rarity, U: Upgrade to higher rarity)
Lvl/
type
Item Type Input Input Count Cost Food Output Alka-
shards
Time Boost
1 X Crafting 1 star  4 4k 1 star 2 1h 1 Gem → 1 AS
1 U Crafting 1 star 12 1.8k 2 star 2 1h
2 X Battle 1 star  4 10k 1 star 4 2h 1 Gem → 2 AS
2 U Battle 1 star 10 3.6k 2 star 4 2h
3 X Ascension 1 star  4 15.5k 1 star 7 3h 3 Gems → 6 AS
3 U Ascension 1 star 18 7k 2 star 7 3h
4 X Crafting 2 star 4 32k 2 star 15 6h 5 Gems → 12 AS
4 U Crafting 2 star 8 15k 3 star 15 6h
5 X Battle 2 star 4 67k 2 star 30 12h 5 Gems → 12 AS
5 U Battle 2 star 7 30k 3 star 30 12h
6 X Ascension 2 star 4 93.3k 2 star 41 15h 7 Gems → 14 AS
6 U Ascension 2 star 15 45k Farmable 3* 41 15h
7 X Crafting 3 star 4 170k 3 star 67 1d 11 Gems → 23 AS
7 U Crafting 3 star 5 94k 4 star 67 1d
8 X Battle 3 star 4 372k 3 star 135 2d 21 Gems → 45 AS
8 U Battle 3 star 5 220k 4 star 135 2d
9a X Crafting 4 star 4 627k 4 star 225 3d 35 Gems → 75 AS
9b X Battle 4 star 4 641k 4 star 225 3d
10 U Ascension Farm. 3* 12 125k + 100 Gems 95% scarce 3*, 5% 4* 1050 7d 150 G → 350 AS
10 X Ascension 4 star  1 225k + 200 Gems 4 star 1050 7d
Alkashard attainment rates (without gem-boosting)
Lvl + type Item Type AS /hr Days to 1000 Nr of Trans. Total Inputs Total Food Food /day
1 X Crafting 2 20d 20h 500 2,000 2,000k 96k
1 U Crafting 2 20d 20h 500 6,000 900k 43.2k
2 X Battle 2 20d 20h 250 1,000 2,500k 120k
2 U Battle 2 20d 20h 250 2,500 900k 43.2k
3 X Ascension 2.33 17d 21h 143 572 2,216.5k 124k
3 U Ascension 2.33 143 2,574 1,001k 56k
4 X Crafting 2.50 16d 18h (16d 16h) 67   268 2,144k 128k
4 U Crafting 2.50 16d 18h (16d 16h) 67   536 1,005k 60k
5 X Battle 2.50 17d (16d 16h) 34 136 2,278k 134k
5 U Battle 2.50 17d (16d 16h) 34 238 1,020k 60k
6 X Ascension 2.73 15d 15h (15d 7h) 25 100 2,332.5k 149.28k
6 U Ascension 2.73 15d 15h (15d 7h) 25 375 1,125k 72k
7 X Crafting 2.79 15d (14d 23h) 15 60 2,550k 170k
7 U Crafting 2.79 15d (14d 23h) 15 75 1,410k 94k
8 X Battle 2.81 16d (14d 20h) 8 32 2,976k 186k
8 U Battle 2.81 16d (14d 20h) 8 40 1,760k 110k
9a X Crafting 3.125 15d (13d 8h) 5 20 3,135k 109k
9b X Battle 3.125 15d (13d 8h) 5 20 3,205k 213.7k
10 U Ascension 6.25 7d (6d 16h) 1 12 125k (+100 G) 17.86k
10 X Ascension 6.25 7d (6d 16h) 1 1 225k (+200 G) 32.14k

The third column "Days to 1000 Alkashards" list "gross" values, i. e. the fifth "Number of transmutations" times transmutation duration – how much it takes from zero to achieve (and often surpass signficantly: like 5 three-day transmutations on Level 9 will bring 1125 Shards) the thousand. Where relevant, there are also lower "net" values, reciprocal to the second column "Alkashards per hour", which may be useful in long-term average running many consecutive transmutations. For Level 3, the difference is negligible 26 minutes.

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