🎲 [v2] Alchemy Lab FAQ & Discussion

[Guvnor]

Kinda maybe yes…

Shards

The Shard Rewards are really the biggest winner out of the rebalancing. Previously you could get EITHER a 4* mat OR 50 emblems (nobody really chose the other options) for 10,000 shards.

NOW for the same price you can get 90x emblems & a good chance of the 4* mat too.

Which Levels?

A really great read is the guide by @TheEyes: A Guide to the New Alchemy Lab (v30, 2020-06-17)

In terms of which levels to use, it depends largely on your gem availability… If you have some gems available, AL19 (Level 10A) is a pretty good investment. Essentially generates enough shards for you to cash-in each week & while also giving you a shot at the 4* mat each week from the transmutation.

AL20 (Leve 10B) is OK, again if you have some gems to burn, and will give you another shard cash-in per week. If you have 1x spare mat you can essentially keep putting it in & out each week… just keep turning it over.

@TheEyes suggests that the “sweet spot” in terms of shards/food & shards/time (particularly if you don’t have gems to burn) is in the middle ranks (as expected):

@TheEyes

• In terms of efficiency there’s a sort of sweet spot at 4B, 5B and 6B: roughly 1k food per shard, 2.5-2.7 shards per hour.
• It’s important to note that 5B also costs the Iron needed to craft the uncommon battle items in the first place: 7 bear banners costs 40530 iron (since I’m assuming you’re going to throw bear banners into this rather than something more expensive). It does, however, output a 3* battle item which is either more expensive or costs food to produce, so frankly that’s pretty much a wash; no one is substantively short on iron in the late game anyway, and being able to effectively purchase Revive scrolls and Super Antidotes using iron is a pretty good deal.