🧪 Brewing

Overview

Brewmaster Hops in Prontera (147,166, beside Gardener Fern on the west side of the main avenue) brews. Every brew takes 3 herbs from the Herb Garden, one monster material and a 20,000 zeny fee for the fire. Brews are tradable: sell them to other players.

More brews arrive each update; the list below is every brew on sale now.

The brews

Scholar's Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. Drinking another restarts the 60 minutes (it does not add to them).
• It changes only the EXP of @ac kills. Hand kills pay what they always paid. Drops, mob zeny and the rest of @ac are unchanged.
• It stays through a Token of Siegfried or Yggdrasil Leaf revive and through a relog, and it ends on its own after 60 minutes.
• The Old Magicbook drops from Rideword (Glast Heim, Thanatos Tower), Bathory, Marduk and Zenorc.
• It costs you 20,000 zeny, so the value is for players who farm on @ac for hours: on a 60-minute session it is +20% EXP over the 75% default.

Sower's Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. Drinking another restarts the 60 minutes (it does not add to them).
• For 60 minutes every kill rolls the Herb Garden band seed at double the usual chance (10% by hand, 5% on @ac).
• The MVP Starpetal Seed chance is unchanged.
• It stays through a Token of Siegfried or Yggdrasil Leaf revive and through a relog, and it ends on its own after 60 minutes.
• Sticky Mucus drops from Poporing, Zombie, Hydra, Pupa and Deniro, among others.
• It costs you 20,000 zeny, so the value is for players who farm seeds for hours: it doubles your own seeds and nobody else's.

Packmule Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. Drinking another restarts the 60 minutes.
• For 60 minutes your weight limit is 1,000 higher, in the bag you carry and the 50% / 90% weight marks that follow it.
• When it ends nothing is taken from you: if you carry more than the normal limit allows, you are simply overweight by the usual rules (no HP/SP regeneration at 50%, no item use or attacking at 90%) until you drop something.
• It stays through death and a relog, and it ends on its own.
• Animal's Skin drops from Wolf, Smokie, Yoyo, Coco, Bigfoot, Caramel and others.
• It costs you 20,000 zeny, so it is for a long farm or a vend run where a full bag would end your session.

Second Wind Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. Drinking another restarts the 60 minutes (it does not add to them or give a second revive).
• The first time you die while Auto Attack (@ac) is running in those 60 minutes, you stand up again where you fell with full HP and SP, the brew is used up, and the session carries on. You are told in chat.
• It does nothing if you die by hand (with @ac off), and it is gone once the 60 minutes pass.
• Order of revives on an @ac death: Token of Siegfried, then Yggdrasil Leaf (if you turned it on), then the Second Wind Brew, then the save point. It does not stack with a Token: a Token is used first and the brew waits for your next death.
• It stays through a relog and ends on its own after 60 minutes unused.
• Rotten Bandage drops from Mummy, Ancient Mummy, Verit, Skeleton Prisoner and Zombie Prisoner.
• It costs you 20,000 zeny, so it is cheaper insurance than a Token on a long overnight session.

Forager's Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. Drinking another restarts the 60 minutes (it does not add to them).
• For 60 minutes the monster drops of @ac kills keep 75% of their rate instead of 50%, so the Auto Attack start line reads "Drop: 75%".
• It does nothing for hand kills (they always drop at the full rate), and it does not lift cards, extra drops granted by your gear or MVP drops: those stay as they are.
• It stays through a Token of Siegfried or Yggdrasil Leaf revive and through a relog, and it ends on its own after 60 minutes.
• Burnt Parts drops from Alicel, Aliot and Constant in Kiehl.
• It costs you 20,000 zeny, so it pays for players who farm on @ac for hours: it is +50% drops over the 50% default.

Starchaser Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. Drinking another restarts the 10 minutes (it does not add to them).
• For 10 minutes you walk 25% faster, on top of your gear and skills, like a pair of speed boots. It is the premium brew: the fee is 50,000 zeny, and a Starpetal Herb only grows from the rare MVP seed.
• On a PvP map, a battleground and in WoE castles the speed is switched off and the brew keeps running: walk back out and the speed returns, the timer never stops.
• It stays through death and a relog, and it ends on its own after 10 minutes.
• Soft Feather drops from Owl Baron, Owl Duke, Tengu and Gryphon, among others.
• You are told in chat when you drink it and where it does nothing.

GTB Tonic

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. Drinking another restarts the 30 seconds (it does not add to them).
• For 30 seconds 30% of your magic gets through a player wearing the Golden Thief Bug Card. Without it the card blocks all of your spells; with it the target takes 30% of the damage, and a bolt no longer shows as a miss.
• It works on your spells only: it does nothing for what other players cast, and it does not change the card's SP cost for its wearer.
• It stays through death and a relog, and it ends on its own after 30 seconds, so drink it as the fight starts.
• Insect Feeler drops from Thief Bug Male, Dustiness, Porcellio, Kukre and others. The Tonic is brewed only: no NPC sells it, and it is tradable.
• It costs you 20,000 zeny. A Starpetal Herb only grows from the rare MVP seed, so each tonic is a small investment for a mage who has to hit a wall of GTB wearers.

Gatherer's Brew

• It is not drunk: click a growing Garden Plot with the brew in your bag and choose "Pour Gatherer's Brew". The plot's time left is halved at once (4 h left becomes 2 h), and the plot tells you the new time.
• One brew per plot per growth: a plot that already took one says so, and the next brew stays in your bag. Harvest and plant again, and the plot takes one more. Watering still works beside it (each is its own once-per-growth step).
• An empty or ready plot takes no brew, and nothing is used up there.
• Stem drops from Mandragora, Green Plant, White Plant and Flora, among others. The brew is brewed only, never sold by an NPC, and tradable.

Rally Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. For 3 minutes you and every living party member on the same map within 9 cells of you have +5% Max HP and +5% Max SP. Alone, or with nobody in reach, only you get it.
• Only the people within 9 cells at the moment you drink are covered: a member who walks up later, or stands 10 cells away, gets nothing. Each of them is told who rallied them, and you are told how many were covered.
• It works everywhere, in towns, dungeons, PvP and WoE alike. Your current HP and SP stay as they were; only the maximum grows.
• Drinking another restarts the 3 minutes (it does not stack to 10%). It stays through death and a relog, and ends on its own.
• Brigan drops from Raydric, Injustice, Dark Frame, Gryphon and Ancient Worm, among others. The brew is brewed only, never sold by an NPC, and tradable. It costs 20,000 zeny, so a party drinks one between them.

Starlit Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. For 60 minutes every kill pays +5% base EXP and +5% job EXP, on manual and @autoattack kills alike (an @autoattack kill is first cut to its usual share, then the 5% is added).
• You also glow: a starlight effect plays on you every few seconds and every player who sees you sees it. It is a separate effect, so your worn aura (@auras, Aura Keeper) stays exactly as it was.
• It works everywhere, in towns, dungeons, PvP and WoE alike. Drinking another restarts the 60 minutes (it does not stack to 10%). It stays through death and a relog, and ends on its own.
• Star Crumb drops from Stalactic Golem, Majoruros, Caterpillar, Dark Frame and Bathory, among others. The brew is brewed only, never sold by an NPC, and tradable.

Clearmind Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. For 60 seconds you resist Silence, Sleep and Blind by an extra 30%. It is the sister of the Ironwill Brew, which covers Stun, Freeze and Stone Curse.
• It adds to your gear: a card or armor that already resists these ailments stacks with it, up to the same 100% cap.
• It works everywhere, in castles, the PvP arena and the field, with the same numbers. After a brew you wait 2 minutes before the next one (a second drink inside the delay is refused and stays in your bag). It shares that delay with the Ironwill Brew.
• Poison Spore drops from Poison Spore, Black Mushroom and Red Mushroom. The brew is brewed only, never sold by an NPC, and tradable.

Siegebreaker Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. For 60 seconds every hit you land on an Emperium does 15% more damage, weapon, skill and magic alike.
• It works only in a castle while a WoE session is running. Against any other monster, in the field, in the PvP arena, in a castle outside WoE and against players it does nothing. It never changes the damage players take, so a defending guild is not hit harder by it: it only shortens a challenger's break.
• It does not stack: drinking another restarts the 60 seconds. After a brew you wait 5 minutes before the next one (a second drink inside the delay is refused and stays in your bag). It stays through death and a relog, and ends on its own.
• Burning Heart drops from Lava Golem, Blazer, Explosion, Kasa and Magmaring, in the Magma Dungeon and Thor's Volcano among others. The brew is brewed only, never sold by an NPC, and tradable. It costs 20,000 zeny, so a guild drinks one per breaker.

Guardward Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. For 3 minutes every hit a castle Guardian (the Soldier, Archer and Knight Guardians a guild buys at its castle) lands on you does 20% less damage, weapon, skill and magic alike. A hit never drops below 1.
• It does nothing against players, the Emperium or any other monster, and nothing to the damage you deal. It works only where a Guardian hits you, so it lets a challenger reach the Emperium alive: a holding guild loses nothing it earned.
• It does not stack: drinking another restarts the 3 minutes. After a brew you wait 5 minutes before the next one (a second drink inside the delay is refused and stays in your bag); it does not share that delay with the Siegebreaker Brew. It stays through death and a relog, and ends on its own.
• Solid Shell drops from Hunter Fly, Anolian, Killer Mantis, Giant Spider, Cornutus and more. The brew is brewed only, never sold by an NPC, and tradable.

Wardbark Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. You are told in chat what it does.
• For 3 minutes every hit a Boss-class monster lands on you does 10% less (MVPs and mini-bosses). Normal monsters hit you as before.
• It works on monsters only: damage from other players is never reduced, on any map (PvP, WoE and battlegrounds included).
• After a brew you wait 3 minutes before the next one, the same as its length, so none is wasted: a second drink inside the delay is refused and stays in your bag. It does not share that delay with the other brews.
• It ends on its own after 3 minutes, so drink it as the boss fight starts.
• Tough Vines drops from the Dryad in Umbala. The brew is brewed only, never sold by an NPC, and tradable.
• It costs 20,000 zeny: a small edge for a party that farms bosses, not a way to tank them.

Bulwark Brew

• Drink it, and the status icon with its time left appears. You are told in chat what it does.
• For 30 seconds every hit another player lands on you does 5% less damage, weapon, skill and magic alike, on any map where players can fight (the PvP arena, castles, battlegrounds). A hit never drops below 1.
• It does nothing against monsters, and nothing to the damage you deal. It stacks with the Bulwark Card: the card's cut applies first, then the brew's 5% on what is left.
• After a brew you wait 3 minutes before the next one (a second drink inside the delay is refused and stays in your bag), so it never stacks with itself. It shares that delay with Bubble Gum only, no other brew. It stays through death and a relog, and ends on its own.
• Turtle Shell drops from Permeter, Assaulter, Soldier, Heater and Freezer on Turtle Island. The brew is brewed only, never sold by an NPC, and tradable.
• It costs 20,000 zeny: a small edge for one fight, so drink it as the fight starts.

How it works

1. Talk to Brewmaster Hops and choose Brew.
2. The list shows each brew with its fee. Green means you can brew it now, amber means you are short of a herb, a material or zeny.
3. Pick a brew to see exactly what it needs and how many of each you hold. Choose Brew, then how many (up to 100 at a time).

• Everything is checked again right before the brew: if you no longer have enough, nothing is taken.
• A full or heavy bag is refused before anything is taken.
• If you are short, the Brewer shows what is missing and takes nothing.
• Herbs come from the Garden (seeds drop from monsters, 4 real hours to grow). The monster material of each brew is listed on its page in the Brewer's menu.

The Veil Brewer

The Veil Brewer (Halloween event) used the same brewing loop. It left with the event; Veil brews already made keep working.