Lol that's hilarious

I tried saving some directional recipes, but they didn't fit my playstyle very well. If I'm making a new recipe, I like to start from scratch. Since my starting path is always slightly different, there is no way to really make passageway recipes, unfortunately. And lol, my recipe book is full, but I wouldn't call it cluttered. It's very organized other than the recipe in progress section on the bottom of the left page, which I haven't cleaned out since one of my previous videos. At some point, I should change my book to fit with the new update, though. I don't need my previous alchemy system anymore if the release notes are to be believed.

Honestly, once you got to a certain point in the old version, you didn't have to worry about the expense because the merchants came by often enough, and that point came pretty quickly. We all just like to try and make potions efficient for the challenge, lol. But the type of efficiency depends on the type of challenge each player sought out, e.g., highlander vs. lowlander. I hate doing the multiple effects orders, though, so I just give them my salt potions. But my salt potion recipes were from my early game days, so they are very inefficient

Yeah, sometimes I like to see if I can catch some books since I have to waste the ingredients anyway lol

@fractalgem Before the garden update, this is all we had for decorating XD Spend points instead of hoarding them?? 😱😱 perish the thought! But yes, that upgrade was very necessary for me lol.

@fractalgem it's great to hear the game's community is still growing! Your comment made me realize just how different a newcomer's potion craft experience will be, for some reason it didn't really sink in until now that many people will only ever experience the game as the 2.0 version lol. I should definitely start using thunder thistle again, although I get what you mean about it being more difficult. Probably because the straight lines don't really work well with the organic shapes of the death fields in that area. When straight diagonal lines are more appropriate though, I usually prefer boom bloom over thunder thistle if I have the starting space. Nice recipe btw, it's great when a challenging path comes together. Do you think it is better or worse that there is less of an initial struggle to survive?

@Rhapsody116 its more that the straight line is TOO perfectly aligned with the lighting effect, so if your positioning is even a leeeeeettle bit off, no tier 3 for you unless you spend another ingredient. Maybe ill try starting a short run where i don't harvest from the garden after the tutorial, see if i can get to the alchemy machine upgrade. That should be pretty close to how things used to be right? Im not sure. It seems to discourage engaging in what was a huge portion of the game, but a lot of people may not be interested in juggling the prices of 50 ish different ingredients and would rather focus on navigating the map.

@fractalgem that makes sense, I can understand why it is so satisfying when it works correctly! That would be interesting to see! It would be similar, although we did get a random collection of ingredients from the gardens every day. Never crystals, but the basic mushrooms and herbs. I'm guessing both ways of playing have pros and cons, but I'm glad that with the update, the garden stays relevant now

Thanks! I love having opportunities to use phantom skirts in a recipe. It's like what you described with the thunder thistles, so satisfying. If you like it here you should check out the other video I use it in...although now I don't remember if I actually recorded that recipe...anywho, if I ever need multiple effect for either flight or invisibility (I forgot which one) there is a really great trick using phantom skirt and it's so fun to do. Well, depending on your definition of fun. Do you enjoy wanting to cry and tear your hair out at the same time? Bashing your head against a wall? I'll check on that recipe and see if I have it recorded next time I play.

Thank you!

@Wiktor_Klugowski aw thanks! I'll stop deleting them for videos then.

Thanks! The update is pretty nice. They added a lot of features I was hoping for, and everything they added seems to have been done well. I only noticed a few things I had reservations or concerns about. I hope you are able to meet all of your deadlines and play it yourself soon! Let me know what you think of the update when you do!

Right? It's so exciting! Yeah, I noticed that the update would probably be better experienced in a new save, but I think I'm going to stick with my save because of all the memories and work I put into it. I also don't want to have to redo all my recipes, lol. I'm looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of the update in the Discord, though! I think they did really well with the changes they made

Love it!! I hope you are enjoying the game :)

@Rhapsody116 thank you! I am super hahaha

@KylaMarie12345 yay! Have you joined the Discord? They do fun challenges and have a good community

Glad I could help! Thanks for watching :)

For example at 18:30 your starting point is at the center of a bottle, and your 'end point' is almost directly below that; you can approximately tell that when you reach the point on the path that we called 'end point', you will actually end up directly in the middle between your starting point and the shown exit from the swamp (between 18:34 and 18:35) - and you won't be able to reach the T3 effect. It saved my potion many times when I did something on the oil, and it really helps with your pathing - I hope it will help you as well!

It's also shown much much better at 20:18 and 20:24 - you start at the potion and 'exit' before the last long horizontal part and you end up directly in the middle (with the last horizontal part to go further left)

Thank you for doing the math so I don't have to! Y'all are so smart, I'm getting so much great information in the comments for this video!

XD

You are a lifesaver

Hi!

@@rachelmarsh2044 thank you!

Thanks for watching, I'm glad the recipe worked well for you!

Thanks for the support and the recipes!

Love it! Thanks for the recipe :D

@@Rhapsody116 Thank YOU for this great channel! I'm really enjoying learning from you. :)

Thanks! I'm glad you found the channel! I always appreciate hearing new recipes, so it's been fun seeing your comments

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked the video :)

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@@Rhapsody116 Carrot

@@Henry-qk5li So it would seem

@@Rhapsody116 carrot

Me too! You are so elegant commenter!

@@Torrost Well thank you! But let's not forget that Rhapsody116 is the real elegant speaker!

@user-ij9hp1tk7e I highly recommend checking the game out. And thanks for the support lol

@Torrost you are hilarious, Torrost, but of course, correct. The person above is a very elegant speaker. I'm enjoying your Minecraft Twitch streams, btw. Do you stream any other games?

@@AdamBechtol thanks for watching! It's a really fun game called Potion Cradt: Alchemist Simulator. I highly recommend it 👍🏻

Thanks! I appreciate all of your feedback! It's been really helpful. I'm glad I'm not alone with the Healer's Heather thing lol. Thank you! I'm glad it wasn't as rocky as I thought it was, lol. It wasn't as scary as I was expecting either, so that helped. That's a really good idea! My schedule has been a bit unpredictable lately, but I'll definitely try to do that next time. As for self-promotion....yeah I should do that XD it just seems so strange to randomly tell a bunch of people to look at my videos, but it's probably good to learn to do that and get out of my comfort zone. Anywho, I'm glad you liked the video!

Thanks! I'm glad it's not too much lol. I actually submitted a recipe for one of the monthly challenges a while back, but I haven't been as active in the Discord for a while now. I love the creativity in that community

Thanks for watching!

Also also, the discord has a media channel where people can promote their videos on Potion Craft; it does have some dedicated optimization threads as well but the server itself is much less optimization-centered than I thought, people there are mainly fellow game lovers hanging out (also also also, the gardening & wine map update is estimated for december this year)

Oh wow, that's strange, I have comment moderation turned off for that video. Thanks for going through that trouble! I'm glad to hear you joined the Discord! It's such a great resource, and it's fun to talk with others who play the game. And yeah, I guess the problem with posting a video about the prices of ingredients when the prices change based on certain upgrades is that they will be wrong for a lot of people. I should probably go through them again to make sure the prices haven't changed from a patch or something like that, too, lol. I'll double-check the ones you mentioned to make sure I record the numbers correctly from the merchants

Ah yes...I should definitely utilize that, and probably get better at promoting my channel in general lol. Once I make another video, I'll think about mentioning it in the media channel. Thanks for letting me know! Edit: ALSO oh my goodness!!!! That's so exciting!!!!! I stopped monitoring the devlogs because it seemed like it would be a while. I can't wait!!! Thanks for letting me know! How are you feeling about it?

​​@@Rhapsody116honestly I try not to think about that as to have no major expectations for the update and experience it when it comes out and THEN have my mind blown away lol - I really like not wondering what to expect, the only thing I'm thinking is "RIP the earth mound near the tree, you will be missed lol"

The one certain thing that will happen at the update time is the server will definitely liven up, as people are waiting for new content and for updates to existing game-related stuff (e.g. potion crafting optimization helper app update) - and I'm strangely most hyped-up about that lol? Though I'm certain I will lose my mind over the in-game new additions when they arrive :)

I'm glad you are playing again! I just returned to the game as well. Nice recipe! It's so cheap! Does it have 2 or 3 terraria? I love it when recipes use dryad's saddle because it's difficult to find opportunities where that is the most efficient ingredient. It makes it really good for my supplies when I can use that one instead of one of my favourite ingredients

@@Rhapsody116 in total 3 terraria.

Terraria + poopshroom + terraria + lifeleaf, all fully ground, it gets there ^^

Aw thanks!!! That means a lot. I was worried about leaving it in the videos because often, people don't pick up on my sense of humor. Will do!

Thank you for the support! I enjoy reading your comments (with the help of Google translate 😂) and seeing the cool recipes you create. Speaking of, that looks like a really good recipe!!! I'll have to try it out next time I play Potion Craft

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Although I did speed this video up x3, so our speeds might be more similar than you think. In areas of the map where I've traveled a lot, I'm more comfortable moving really fast bc I know how far I can go through the skull fields, but the necromancy hellmaze terrifies me lol. I think 9 ingredients is really good for this potion! Like I said, hellmaze. Terrifying. Happy crafting!

Thank you so much for the kind words! It took a lot of practice and long hours testing recipes, lol. Although in this video, I got help for one of the recipes from @user-ev4sg4sc4k. I would like to continue making these videos, too. I burned myself out of potion craft for a bit, but the game is so good, I don't think I'll be able to keep away for much longer, especially once I'm done with school.

@@Rhapsody116 I had played it before the game was fully released and now that it has been released I'm playing it again and I'm relatively close to finishing it, I just need to create the philosopher's stone and salt with the philosopher's stone, but I have a hard time making the potions that are far away on the map and you help me a lot with your videos

@@gaaabialm I'm glad I could help you get to that goal! And yeah, the ones on the outside are intimidating at first (and for a while after that lol). It's so cool that you were involved in the game's pre-release! I only found out about it after it released, so it is interesting to hear the experiences of people who played it before then

Hi, thanks for watching my videos! I played too much potion craft in too short of a time and burned myself out a bit, but I'll be making more eventually (or at the very least, I will publish my recipe book). I have two videos, though, that I can publish probably in the next few months, necromancy and enlargement

It sounds like your potion is dying in one of the skull fields while using a portal? I have that issue too sometimes. If you move the potion farther along the path before using heat, you should be able to get through

The grind is definitely tough, lol. If you are still working on this potion (or struggling with a different one), what ingredients do you have going in the potion effect's direction? I might be able to make recommendations

Hi again! I'm taking a break, but I hope to return to it once I'm done with school and settled into life. I have two videos I recorded but haven't edited yet. Those might come out before I actually start making videos again, but I don't know when that might be

I've only published the ones on my KZbin channel so far, and I've been taking a break from making videos to focus on school, but I eventually hope to make videos for all of them. If I don't do that though, I will at least make a video just flipping through my recipe book. I'm glad to hear you're getting into Potion Craft! Lol it's hard at first, but if you keep buying ingredients when they are on sale, you will eventually build up stock. Bartering is also very important. Also, make sure your potions don't all rely on the same ingredients. Give free potions to merchants when they ask. Fulfill a lot of orders. Save your recipes. Improve your recipes. That's the gist of how I got a lot of stuff

Hi! You should have access to this feature from the start, so it may be because you're using a switch. On PC, I click the notes section to type. Maybe you can navigate to it using the joystick and then click it?

Glad it was helpful!