Powerful Alchemy Walkthrough Guide

According to the Journal, the map marks the location of the Alchemist, who is hidden in an Ancient Vault and holds great knowledge and truth over potions and spells.

1. 1

   Show the vault on the map

   In the Journal, select Powerful Alchemy and show it on the map. Select the marker for the Alchemist's Ancient Vault there, and choose Set as Waypoint.

2. 2

   Travel west from the Ancient Spire

   On the World map, the vault is west of the Ancient Spire. In our playthrough, we fast traveled to the spire, glided west from the top, and went the rest of the way on foot after landing.

3. 3

   Get past the enemies outside

   In our playthrough, plenty of enemies guarded the vault, but they were spread out across the area.

4. 4

   Wake the Alchemist on the second floor

   The Alchemist is in a room on the second floor. Interact with the pod at the back of the room to wake him. In our playthrough, two enemies guarded the room, and the objective changed to Summon The Alchemist after we woke him.

5. 5

   Summon Balthazar at your base

   Back at your base, use the Summoning Staff, choose Balthazar, and place him. In our playthrough, the quest completed as soon as he was placed.

Select Powerful Alchemy in the Journal and show it on the map. Selecting the marker for the Alchemist's Ancient Vault on the map opens its options, and Set as Waypoint is one of them.

On the World map, the vault is west of the Ancient Spire. Selecting the spire's icon shows Ancient Spire with Springlands under it. In our playthrough, Fast Travel was one of the options.

In our playthrough, we fast traveled to that Ancient Spire and glided west from the top. Harvest Homestead was charted as a new location while we were gliding, and we landed short of the vault and went the rest of the way on foot.

In our playthrough, plenty of enemies guarded the vault, but they were spread out across the area around it.

In our playthrough, Location reached appeared under Find The Alchemist in the quest tracker when we reached the vault.

We found the Alchemist in a room on the second floor. In our playthrough, two enemies guarded the room.

In our playthrough, we walked into the room and then went back out through the door. One enemy followed us, and we defeated it just outside the room with a melee weapon. The second one then came to the doorway, and we defeated it there.

Interact with the pod at the back of the room to wake him. In our playthrough, SOUL DISCOVERED! appeared for Balthazar, and the objective changed to Summon The Alchemist.

In our playthrough, waking him also unlocked recipes: Bonemeal at the Grinding Stones, and the Shroud Survival Flask along with others at the Alchemist.

The gold chest is in the vault's basement, to the left of the stairs that lead up to the second floor.

The walkway to the chest has a spike trap. In our playthrough, it was not active when we walked in, and the spikes came out as soon as we opened the chest.

After that, the spikes kept coming up and going back down along the walkway while we stayed by the chest.

In our playthrough, the chest held a Guillotine and a Rising Fighter Shield.

Instead of crossing the spikes again, we opened the map in the basement and fast traveled back to our base.

Back at your base, use the Summoning Staff to open the summoning screen, then choose Balthazar (Alchemist) from the list of craftspeople.

In our playthrough, QUEST COMPLETED appeared for Powerful Alchemy as soon as we placed him.

We then assigned him a bed at the base.

After the quest completed, the quest tracker switched to Growing Stronger Together, with the objective Find The Farmer.