
Become a medieval alchemist in this card game. Brew deadly potions, discover ancient recipes, hire adventurers, and outwit the Inquisition. Transform your humble shack into an alchemical empire. No wands are required — just knowledge and wit.
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Ways of Alchemy is a medieval card game and alchemist simulator. Turn a handful of weeds into deadly poison, build an alchemical empire, and outwit the Inquisition. The path from humble novice to powerful master alchemist is filled with dangers and opportunities.
You start with nothing but a humble shack and basic knowledge of alchemy. But every potion can change everything — bring wealth or draw the wrath of authorities. In a world where alchemy balances between science and Inquisition persecution, every choice determines your fate.
🧪 Brew over 35 different potions
🌿 Discover and utilize more than 100 unique ingredients
🔮 Master the 5 pillars of reality — Void, Mirror, Veil, Pain and Song
🧙♂️ Choose from 15 different subclasses
🗺️ Send adventurers to 5 different regions with 24 quests
💎 Find over 70 unique rewards and artifacts
🔚 Experience 13 different endings based on your choices
⚔️ Face the consequences of your ambition with the Inquisition
Experiment freely or follow traditions with a flexible potion-crafting system. Follow proven recipes from your grimoire for reliable results, or take risks with creative experimentation for potentially more powerful effects. With over 100 ingredients connected to the 5 pillars of reality, your cauldron holds the potential for dozens of unique and powerful potions.

Work your way from an inherited shack to a thriving alchemical settlement as your reputation grows among potion buyers. Manage your estate, hire hands and balance your growing influence against the watchful eyes of local authorities. Navigate the threats of Tax Inspector and the dreaded Inquisition as your power increases.

Send adventurers on perilous quests across 5 distinct regions. Equip them with your potions and artifacts before dispatching them on 24 dangerous adventures. Discover over 70 unique treasures including powerful artifacts, ancient recipes and long-lost books to fuel your ascension.

Unlock 15 unique subclasses that shape your alchemical journey. Stay true to pure alchemy or venture into forbidden arts like necromancy and flesh-smiting. Every decision leads toward one of 13 possible endings as you work to complete the Great Making – the ultimate goal of any true alchemist.

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游戏首发入的,本来是奔着官方积极更新的态度想着后面能有更满意的答卷,目前来说不推荐 我觉得完全可以优化的体验有以下几点 1.游戏既然设计了标准配方和优化配方,能更新出一个”炼金笔记本“的道具方便收藏我推演出来的优化配方,让优化配方内置游戏中,不然玩家需要反复切换桌面文档和游戏中,严重影响游戏体验; 2.游戏中后期的繁琐操作可以设计“炼金人偶”实现全自动化,可以设计人偶效率是手动效率的70%,就算再慢,解放双手得到的游戏体验也比累死强; 3.我个人希望在有手动摆配方和材料的基础上,增加自动摆放配方和材料的功能,即我选择某药剂标准配方或者优化配方,下方有一个按钮可以自动摆入所需材料,缺失材料进行提示,真的不想背书,玩游戏还要背配方看文档真的很累!!!!(PS:我知道现在已有鼠标右键自动摆入一个材料的功能,但有时候他并不按照标准配方或者优化配方摆放,很容易自动摆入我不想用作炼金使用的材料,我需要的是我选择的标准配方或者优化配方中的固定材料!) 希望官方好好打磨,好好更新,不要摆烂了!真的很喜欢这个游戏!也真的很讨厌这个游戏!
Yule spirits (IN MAY?!) ruined the game for me. I'm at the very beginning of the game trying to figure out how everything works, familiarize myself with the game loop, mechanics, and terminology, and the frequency of yule spirits showing up and taking things is incredibly frustrating. The in game description says I need a song potion to drive them away, but I JUST STARTED THE GAME with no idea how to make anything other than the two starter veil recipes! This entire experience was frustrating. I barely dipped my toes into the alchemy side of the game which was the whole point of getting it in the first place because of these frustrations. Lacking an option to disable these negative events and npcs I do not recommend this game.
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Languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Russian
Hours played at review time, across 54 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Yuletide spirit ruins the game. You can't beat it at the time it appears (or if you can it's not in anyway obvious how to do it without dedicating the entire run or I assume cheesing it by knowing the potions in advance). I don't mind a challenge. I do mind a 'bit of fun' ruining the progress of a game because the developer didn't think things through.
这款游戏我只推荐给2种人。一是沉迷电子游戏到影响自己正常生活的极重度游戏玩家,让它作为一种唤醒你们对现实生活激情与热爱的终极疗法,如果它都失败的话那现实世界确实不再适合生存,建议重开。还有一种是三角贸易期间被农场主活活累死或者拿鞭子抽死转生到现在的黑哥们,它应该能有效治愈你们的精神创伤。至少绝大部分的奴隶主想的是剥削利益,不会单纯的为了享受你们的痛苦而让你们去生产抽自己的鞭子。
В общем игра огонь, прошел все пути. но конечно утомляет, болело плечо даже, пока готовил зелья. что то между симулятором огорода и алхимиком. интересно. желаю дальнейшего развития разработчикам!
Не играйте в неё сразу же после культиста - управление покажется вам топорным. В остальном, та же идея - творим хтонь, познаём тайные знания, скрываемся от закона. Менее душная, никуда не торопит. Свой вайб присутствует.
like cultist but cosier. edit: After more time with the game I am very pleasantly surprised with how engaging it is. The loops is addicitve and rewarding, with a lot of secrets to discover. It is well written and provides a nice alternative to cultist simulator. I thought it was better than other copies like stacklands. The Yule spirits are really not much a problem at all and very easy to deal with, no idea why reviews complain so much about them.
Добротный клон симулятора культиста. Видна работа над проблемами симулятора культиста, в целом несмотря на репетативность геймплея играется разнообразнее чем культист. Порадовала автопауза, разнообразие в вариативности крафта зелий, и зачистка данжей кем угодно, лишь бы был запас нужных зелий. Видно что разработчики именно вдохновлялись, а не копировали. С точки зрения игровой механики игры идентичны. Различия лишь в атмосфере, в культисте лавкравтовский файб, в этой деревенский зельевар. Лично мне зашли обе игры. Отличная гриндилка для аутистов, однозначно лайк!
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这种卡牌合成很有趣,但太繁琐了,配方也太难记了,没有那种内置配方大全很麻烦
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