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# VIII-ALCHEMY

With dozens of inhabited and uninhabited worlds, Arcadia boasts thousands of unique items, ranging from strange mushrooms and weird animals to peculiar artifacts and colorful insects.

<figure><img src="/files/0BxHCDPY3NwQ5W20hvFH" alt=""><figcaption><p>Overview of the material section of the Arcadex, enabling players to visualize items they have discovered.</p></figcaption></figure>

It is up to each player to collect as many materials as they can using various strategies to bring them to the Alchemy Lab. There, the Alchemist, a strange savant possessing the technology to mix materials, can attempt to create something both unique and powerful!

The concept behind Alchemy is both simple and exciting: the first player who manages to identify a working combination automatically patents it. The recipe then becomes public, and other players can use it. However, they must pay a 12.5% royalty fee to the owner of the patent. Patents are NFTs that can be transferred, sold, or bought by other players.

But before crafting Isotonics, players must gather materials, which are stored inside a particular device called the 'Arcadex'