The King's Apothecary
Category: hard
Prerequisites: complete The Smuggler's Cove
Chain rewards
20 quests · 
32,000 gp · 
175 gems · 1 item reward
XP: 61,000 
Brewing · 5,000 
Farming
1. 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
- Reach Brewing level 30
Rewards
- 4,000 Brewing XP
2. Herb Run: Harralander
"No brew without herb. Harralander — the bitter green. Grow me a basketful."
Objectives
- Collect
Harralander ×38
Rewards
- 4,000 gp
3. 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
4. First Brew
"Crafter's Draught. Start there — the King's tailors are screaming for it."
Objectives
- Brew
Crafter's Draught ×45
Rewards
- 20 gems
5. Stock the Shelves
More harralander — Fizzwick burns through it like firewood.
Objectives
- Collect Harralander ×45
Rewards
- 5,000 Brewing XP
6. Brew More
"More draughts! The cellar laughs at thirty bottles."
Objectives
- Brew Crafter's Draught ×60
Rewards
- 5,500 gp
7. Test Batch
"Never sell a brew you haven't drunk. Drink your work."
Objectives
- Drink Crafter's Draught ×30
Rewards
- 6,000 Brewing XP
8. Bottle It Up
Fill every rack you cleared with draught. Fizzwick hums an off-key tune.
Objectives
- Brew Crafter's Draught ×75
Rewards
- 20 gems
9. Rarer Herbs
"The King's scholars want a sharper tonic. That means rarer herb. Grow on."
Objectives
- Reach Farming level 38
- Collect Avantoe ×38
Rewards
- 6,000 Brewing XP
10. Scholar's Tincture
"Scholar's Tincture. Top-shelf. You'll need a real brewer's hand for it."
Objectives
- Reach Brewing level 50
Rewards
- 7,000 Brewing XP
11. Brew the Tincture
Distil the first proper batch of Scholar's Tincture.
Objectives
- Brew
Scholar's Tincture ×60
Rewards
- 6,500 gp
12. Fizzwick's Doubt
"I don't trust a brew till I've FELT it work. Drink the draughts — every last one."
Objectives
- Drink Crafter's Draught ×45
Rewards
- 25 gems
13. A Full Rack
The scholars are insatiable. Brew tincture until the shelf groans.
Objectives
- Brew Scholar's Tincture ×75
Rewards
- 7,000 Brewing XP
14. Show Him the Tincture
Prove the Scholar's Tincture is as sharp as promised.
Objectives
- Drink Scholar's Tincture ×45
Rewards
- 7,000 gp
15. Kwuarm Cultivation
"One more herb for the master brew — Kwuarm. The rarest in the kingdom."
Objectives
- Reach Farming level 50
- Collect
Kwuarm ×30
Rewards
- 8,000 Brewing XP
16. Master Brewer
Fizzwick nods slowly. "You're nearly there. Climb the last rung."
Objectives
- Reach Brewing level 55
Rewards
- 30 gems
17. A Perfect Batch
Brew Scholar's Tincture so clean Fizzwick can't find a fault.
Objectives
- Brew Scholar's Tincture ×90
Rewards
- 9,000 Brewing XP
18. Endurance Test
Drink down the whole batch to prove its potency holds.
Objectives
- Drink Scholar's Tincture ×60
Rewards
- 9,000 gp
19. Fizzwick Convinced
One final flood of draughts for the kingdom's stores.
Objectives
- Brew Crafter's Draught ×90
Rewards
- 9,000 Brewing XP
20. 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
- Drink Crafter's Draught ×45
Rewards
Fermenter's Signet ×1- 80 gems