Thymesia - Potion Crafting Guide
Healing in Thymesia is a tricky business - sort of like opening a pack of digestives during an ill-fated picnic. It requires the ingestion of potions, and chugging said potions is a recipe for disaster if you pop the cap at the wrong time and you get a face full of a plague-coated scythe. You need to do it, but doing it can be fatal.
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Heck, when you first start, sipping on your lifeline straight up isn’t effective. You will quickly conclude that healing in Thymesia is a bit naff. You don’t have many potions, they don’t heal enough, and more often than not, you are going to exude a whispered curse at the state of your health bar - before and after the gulp. This is where crafting and upgrading come into play.
If you want your potions to be useful, you need to upgrade them. Upgrading potions is as easy as going to a Beacon, spending resources, and improving Capacity, Healing, and Ingredient limit. It’s straightforward, fairly self-explanatory, and the quickest way to gain longevity when exploring Thymesia.
The catch to upgrades is that you need Alchemy Enhancers, all of which are found on the hardest enemies in the game.
Alchemy Enhancers are dropped by Generals. These enemies are the mini-bosses of Thymesia and are incredibly difficult to kill. Each one is a challenge, but overcoming them is a guaranteed Alchemy Enhancer drop. This is reason enough to not only challenge them but also seek them out at all costs.
Generals become more common in later areas, but even early on, if you explore and complete Subquests, you can drastically increase the effectiveness of your potions. By the end of the second area, we managed to max out every stat of our potion, for example.
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