Alchemists Stone
 

Reading the description it says that it is a 50% reduction in Alchemy. (The Manual)

When reading the description when clicking on the object it says that you get more 'Money' when alchemizing.

It says nothing about 50% on gem reduction on Alchemy....BIG difference.

As I have never used it, can anyone clear this up for me please.

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I'm under the impression that it doubles the gold return from alchemizing fire/earth gems.

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only gold I think

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It's only gold.

If only it DID reduce gem-cost in alchemy. Then it would be 1 for 1.

-_-

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It is a fairly worthless artifact. You get the same from hiring independent alchemists.

I think this one needs improvement

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no, it's handy, if you don't have alclhemists

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No, it is useless, it just doubles the return in gold, and gems->gold alchemy is not something done often anyway

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Actually, it stacks with alchemists.

If it were more expensive it would be a bad deal, but at only 6 gems with a hammer, it has plenty of niche. Even in normal games, there is often the need to alchemize the occasional fire gem to make ends meet, and in some extreme cases (late game post Armageddon, la Rl'yeh or Ermor) gold alchemy can be quite significant.

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It isn't worth being an artifact

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So first you're saying it's useless, and now you're saying everybody should have one? :)