The King's Apothecary
Category: hard
Prerequisites: complete smugglers_cove
The Empty Cellar
Fizzwick the court brewmaster gestures at bare cellar racks. "The feast cleaned me out and the King wants tonics for EVERYONE. Faster brews, more brews. You in? You're in."
Objectives:
- LEVEL:
Rewards:
- ✨ 4,000
Brewing XP
Herb Run: Harralander
"No brew without herb. Harralander — the bitter green. Grow me a basketful."
Objectives:
- COLLECT: Harralander ×38
Rewards:
- 4,000 gp
Herb Run: Avantoe
"And Avantoe — fussier, finer. The good stuff. Bring some of that in too."
Objectives:
- COLLECT: Avantoe ×30
Rewards:
- ✨ 5,000
Farming XP
First Brew
"Crafter's Draught. Start there — the King's tailors are screaming for it."
Objectives:
- BREW: crafters_draught ×45
Rewards:
- 💎 20 gems
Stock the Shelves
More harralander — Fizzwick burns through it like firewood.
Objectives:
- COLLECT: Harralander ×45
Rewards:
- ✨ 5,000 Brewing XP
Brew More
"More draughts! The cellar laughs at thirty bottles."
Objectives:
- BREW: crafters_draught ×60
Rewards:
- 5,500 gp
Test Batch
"Never sell a brew you haven't drunk. Drink your work."
Objectives:
- USE_POTION: crafters_draught ×30
Rewards:
- ✨ 6,000 Brewing XP
Bottle It Up
Fill every rack you cleared with draught. Fizzwick hums an off-key tune.
Objectives:
- BREW: crafters_draught ×75
Rewards:
- 💎 20 gems
Rarer Herbs
"The King's scholars want a sharper tonic. That means rarer herb. Grow on."
Objectives:
- LEVEL:
- COLLECT: Avantoe ×38
Rewards:
- ✨ 6,000 Brewing XP
Scholar's Tincture
"Scholar's Tincture. Top-shelf. You'll need a real brewer's hand for it."
Objectives:
- LEVEL:
Rewards:
- ✨ 7,000 Brewing XP
Brew the Tincture
Distil the first proper batch of Scholar's Tincture.
Objectives:
- BREW: scholars_tincture ×60
Rewards:
- 6,500 gp
Fizzwick's Doubt
"I don't trust a brew till I've FELT it work. Drink the draughts — every last one."
Objectives:
- USE_POTION: crafters_draught ×45
Rewards:
- 💎 25 gems
A Full Rack
The scholars are insatiable. Brew tincture until the shelf groans.
Objectives:
- BREW: scholars_tincture ×75
Rewards:
- ✨ 7,000 Brewing XP
Show Him the Tincture
Prove the Scholar's Tincture is as sharp as promised.
Objectives:
- USE_POTION: scholars_tincture ×45
Rewards:
- 7,000 gp
Kwuarm Cultivation
"One more herb for the master brew — Kwuarm. The rarest in the kingdom."
Objectives:
- LEVEL:
- COLLECT: Kwuarm ×30
Rewards:
- ✨ 8,000 Brewing XP
Master Brewer
Fizzwick nods slowly. "You're nearly there. Climb the last rung."
Objectives:
- LEVEL:
Rewards:
- 💎 30 gems
A Perfect Batch
Brew Scholar's Tincture so clean Fizzwick can't find a fault.
Objectives:
- BREW: scholars_tincture ×90
Rewards:
- ✨ 9,000 Brewing XP
Endurance Test
Drink down the whole batch to prove its potency holds.
Objectives:
- USE_POTION: scholars_tincture ×60
Rewards:
- 9,000 gp
Fizzwick Convinced
One final flood of draughts for the kingdom's stores.
Objectives:
- BREW: crafters_draught ×90
Rewards:
- ✨ 9,000 Brewing XP
The Fermenter's Gift
Fizzwick twists a soot-blackened ring off his finger. "My old master's signet. Wear it and one brew in ten gives the herbs right back — even the ones you botch. A tenth of every leaf, over a lifetime, is a whole garden. The cellar's yours now, friend. Don't let the King run dry."
Objectives:
- USE_POTION: crafters_draught ×45
Rewards:
Fermenter's Signet ×1- 💎 80 gems