Alchemy

Alchemy is a skill introduced in The Sims 3: Supernatural, where Sims 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.

Skill Description
''[Your Sim's name] has taken the first step into the mystical magical world of alchemy. There are lots of elixirs to create, each with their own unique power to transform a Sim's life. Those elixirs won't mix by themselves so get cracking!''

Guide
To start Sim's alchemy skill, buy an Aleister’s Alchemy Station from Buy mode under Hobbies & Skill. It is a 2x2 object, so find a space that can place the alchemy station in, preferable to have a 1 square barrier around the station. Once placed, your Sim can now start learning the skill.

There are two 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.

The first elixir Sims will learn and be able to mix is the Vial of Bliss. As they gain the skill by researching alchemy, they will learn to create more elixirs on the way.

To make an elixir, Sims can Mix Elixir. A table-like window will appear and you can choose what elixir he need to mix. He must have the ingredients required for the elixir in his inventory. To check what he needs, you can find them at the "Ingredients" column from the window. However, your Sim's mixing of an elixir may fail. He will lose the ingredients for the elixir as he already added in and occasionally he can experience any negative moodlet such as the Nauseous moodlet.

If your Sim successfully mixed the elixir, he can:
 * keep it in his inventory for future use.
 * place it on a Elixir Display Case for display. There are two different elixir display cases added in the pack.
 * drink it for himself.
 * throw it to other Sims.

Finding ingredients can be a tough job. Here are some tips to let your Sim get the ingredients, even the ingredients that are hard to get:
 * If your Sim have the Gatherer trait, he has a better chance at finding rare ingredients that he needs, making the process of finding faster.
 * It is advisable for your Sim to have some skills such as Fishing and Gardening levelled up to the highest level (10) so that he can get the ingredients quicker and more easily.
 * Your Sim can find a werewolf. Werewolves can help Sims to find collectables they are looking for easier and faster. He must be friends with the werewolf before asking the werewolf for helping him to find the collectables. The werewolf will then Hunt Solo for collectables he needs.
 * Your Sims' pets can also help find the collectables he needs. You need Pets to do so.
 * Your Sim can buy some ingredients at the elixir consignment shop.

At level 6 of the Alchemy skill, for every elixir your Sim will mix, he may have a chance to produce 2-3 bottles at one mix.

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

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.

Trivia

 * Witches and Sims with the Supernatural Fan trait gain Alchemy skill faster than other Sims, both normal and Supernaturals.