Editing Comprehensive guide to potion making (section)

== Leveling ==
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Once you get to levels where you can profitably create [[Potion of Spirit Restoration|Potions of Spirit Restoration]] you are all set for a career as a potion maker. Have a look at the notes on [[#Potions|other potions]] below to see why you're best off using these and True sight potions for leveling.

=== Potions of Spirit Restoration ===
These are the pots you will most likely make the most, at least until you can make [[True Sight Potion]]s, depending on your playing style and preferences probably afterwards as well. Obviously you will have to start with getting the supplies:
* [[#Mortars and pestles|mortars and pestles]],
* [[#Vials|vials]],
* [[#Wine Quest|wine]],
* [[Blue Star Flower]]s (2); there's a patch close to [[Judith]] the [[Morcraven Marsh]] storage,
* [[Blue Quartz]]; there's a nice deposit in the [[Nordcarn]] market square or if you have the [[Monster Magnetism Perk]] [[Thelinor]] offers a good spot at and inside the city wall.
* and the [[#Food|food]] of your choice. You should remember that 9 is a divisor of 45, so using only feasting potions will have 5 food go to waste per feasting potion. Use a combination of feasting potions and toadstools or bones to maximize food use.
Of course you can also buy the ingredients and get straight to mixing. Rinse and repeat.

==== Alternative ways to make Potions of Spirit Restoration ====
* You can also try mixing them on site.
* You can mix them while training attack and defense while on spawn, however, since you don't get the vials back and the weight of the ingredients is greater than the weight of the finished potion this doesn't seem to be a good idea. If you want potion experience during a/d training, you should consider and try [[Potion of Mana|Potions of Mana]].

=== True sight potions ===
You have to determine a good level to start using the [[Guides/Probability|probability]] guide. We'll start out again with getting the ingredients. It's much more profitable for True sight potions to buy the ingredients than it's for Potions of Spirit Restoration, so if you find yourself in need of more ingredients and without motivation to harvest here you'll find a good investment opportunity. You will need
* [[#Mortars and pestles|mortars and pestles]],
* [[#Vials|vials]],
* [[Mead]] (2), taverns are the only place to get these, [[Emerald Valley Trade Route]] has the the closest tavern to a storage,
* [[Henbane]]s (3), a good spot is in [[South Redmoon]] just outside of storage,
* [[Toadstool]]s (7), same as for henbane but to the east,
* [[Wormwood]]s (9), see henbane (seriously), north of storage and
* [[#Food|food]]. Now with True sight potion you will experience the annoyance of making [[#High food items|high food items]] if you are using feasting potions or other food with [[cooldown]]. One way to partially get around this is waiting for a [[Special Days#Day of Joule|Day of Joule]] and then use a combined food source.

True sight potions give roughly twice the experience as Potions of Spirit Restoration do, but the latter is still a very good item to level with even at high levels, especially if you harvest your own ingredients. The reasons for this are obviously ingredients and food requirements (see high food items above).

Since True sight potions sell to [[Derzelas]] at 60gc, this potion will provide a nice and steady income for you.

=== Leveling alternatives ===

==== Alternatives for Potions of Spirit Restoration ====
The only alternative to Potions of Spirit Restoration are [[Potion of Body Restoration|Potions of Body Restoration]] due to market and ingredients reasons: you can sell them to NPC at a similar price as Potions of Spirit Restoration - they weight less and stack, so selling to NPC is actually better than with Potions of Spirit Restoration, which is what you'll mostly have to do as demand is low. The disadvantages of Potions of Body Restoration compared to those of Spirit Restoration are the much longer harvest times if you harvest yourself (no double [[Sunflower]] patches and [[Rose Quartz]] seems to be longer than [[Blue Quartz]]) as well as the higher food demand, which will have the mixer waiting on [[cooldown]] more often than when making Potions of Spirit Restoration. If you buy the ingredients you will most likely be able to make similar experience and money per hour as with Potions of Spirit Restoration. On the other hand, you can consider the XP gain during a marathon grinding session. Compare 4000 mixes of SR's and BR's, and the 40k xp difference between the two potion types will seem to accommodate the extra harvesting time. This equates to roughly 570 fewer sets of ingredients (wine, quartz, vials, food, time...). Above all, 15gc per sale buys three empty vials from one BR potion, thus increasing your stock for the next phase of grinding. 

Other potions around these levels (until you can start considering True sight potions) are unsuited for leveling due to either animal ingredients or no demand in combination with no NPC market.

==== Alternatives for True sight potions ====
Currently, the only potion which offers a similar cost-performance ratio is [[Poison Antidote]]. While the recipe calls for two more purchased items ([[ale]]), the other ingredients are harvested as opposed to roadkill ([[Deer Antlers]]). The extra cost may be a significant decision point when one considers that [[Deer Antlers]] don't stack while [[Poison Antidote]] do. This wasn't true before, however that was then.