Mastering Mixology

Mastering Mixology
Released								25 September 2024 (Update)
Type								Minigame
Members								Yes
Location								Aldarin
League region								Varlamore✓
Participants								1
Skills								Herblore
Reward currency								Mox, Aga, and Lye resin
Tutorial								Yes
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Mastering Mixology is a Herblore minigame located in Aldarin. The main goal of the minigame is assisting the Alchemical Society in filling out orders of potions, which have skyrocketed after Varlamore opened its borders to the mainland.

Participating in mixology requires level 60 Herblore, although higher levels will be advantageous as they allow for faster experience and point rewards due to having access to more potion recipes, with all potion recipes available from level 81.

Getting There

• Use the fairy ring code CKQ, then run south-east (requires partial completion of Fairytale II - Cure a Queen).
• Use the Quetzal Transport System, then run north (construction of landing site not required).
• Ship ride from Sunset Coast (requires 20 coins), then run due south.
• Teleport to your Player owned house on Aldarin, or to the portal with a Construction cape or by using a Aldarin teleport tablet, then run south.
• Charter a charter ship to Aldarin, then run south.
• Teleport to North Aldarin using a Pendant of Ates (requires completion of Death on the Isle and unlocking the teleport location), then run south-east.

Gameplay

Mastering Mixology involves refining herbs into their basic elements and using the resulting pastes to brew potions based on the order given.

Refining herbs

The first step in mixology is refining herbs into mox, lye, and aga paste. To do so, the player must put clean herbs or their corresponding unfinished potions into the refiner, located next to the bank chest in the southeast of the facility. This process happens automatically, but the player can speed up the process by spam clicking the refiner. Depositing herbs or unfinished potions will also give the player 6 experience per item.

Players must then fill the mixer with the paste they have acquired, by adding them to the hopper located next to it. The hopper can hold up to 3,000 of each paste.

Herb		Paste		Cost/paste
		Type	Qty	Herb	(unf)
	Guam leaf	Mox	10	36.80	43.80
	Marrentill	Mox	13	34.23	33.92
	Tarromin	Mox	15	30.13	35.67
	Harralander	Mox	20	36.65	36.65
	Ranarr weed	Lye	26	260.96	274.62
	Toadflax	Lye	32	111.63	120.78
	Irit leaf	Aga	30	52.27	59.23
	Avantoe	Lye	30	112.27	121.43
	Kwuarm	Lye	33	111.15	119.06
	Huasca	Aga	20	334.05	370.00
	Snapdragon	Lye	40	210.10	220.28
	Cadantine	Aga	34	90.56	99.26
	Lantadyme	Aga	40	49.33	54.15
	Dwarf weed	Aga	42	50.33	56.50
	Torstol	Aga	44	66.73	72.27

Mixing

The minigame HUD.

Entering the main area of the minigame will cause the HUD to appear on the top left of the player's game client. This shows the potion bases that must be made, how they should be processed, and how much reagents (paste) remain in the hopper. Each usage of a reagent requires 10 paste; for example, a mystic mana amalgam requires two inputs of mox and one of aga, for a total of 20 mox paste and 10 aga paste.

Players can pull the respective levers in any order, and the pastes are not consumed until the potion base is taken from the mixing vessel behind them. If all three spots in the mixer are full, then pulling any of the levers will also override the oldest element selected, which allows for correcting mistakes without wasting any paste. For example, if the currently selected mixture is mox-lye-mox, then pulling the aga lever once will remove the first mox paste and result in a lye-mox-aga mix. If the hopper does not contain sufficient paste to create the potion indicated by the inputs, the player will be prevented from taking the potion from the mixer. Lacking the appropriate Herblore level for a potion will also prevent the player from taking it out of the mixer. You are able to boost to get orders requiring higher level potions, the level requirements stop you from recieving orders of that type, and pulling out the potion out of the Mixing vessel.

Lastly, the names of each base act as a mnemonic and give a hint to their ingredient combination. For example, Marley's MoonLight is made from mox-mox-lye and AquaLux Amalgam is made from aga-lye-aga.

Each possible order has a weight value; the higher this value, the more likely the order is to be assigned. Since players can only receive orders they have the Herblore requirement for, the chance of getting any particular order can be calculated as the weight of that order divided by the sum of all available orders' weights. As such, a player at level 60 or 81 will receive orders requiring mox, aga, and lye in a 1:1:1 ratio on average, while a player at level 75 will receive orders requiring a 39:35:31 ratio of the pastes.

Players will earn only 10 mox, aga, or lye if the fulfilled order is not currently required. Players will also only get a third of the experience compared to if it was an ordered potion. This will still refresh the list of potions ordered, giving players 3 new potions. However, it is recommended to always make potions that are required.

Base		Combination	Points				Level	XP	Weight
			Mox	Aga	Lye	Total
	Alco-AugmentAtor (AAA)		0	20	0	20	60	190	5
	Mammoth-Might Mix (MMM)		20	0	0	20	60	190	5
	LipLack Liquor (LLL)		0	0	20	20	60	190	5
	Mystic Mana Amalgam (MMA)		20	10	0	30	63	215	4
	Marley's MoonLight (MML)		20	0	10	30	66	240	4
	Azure Aura Mix (AAM)		10	20	0	30	69	265	4
	AquaLux Amalgam (ALA)		0	20	10	30	72	290	4
	MegaLite Liquid (MLL)		10	0	20	30	75	315	4
	Anti-Leech Lotion (ALL)		0	10	20	30	78	340	4
	MixALot (MAL)		20	20	20	60	81	365	3

Base		Combination	Points	Level	XP	Weight
	Alco-AugmentAtor (AAA)		10 Aga	60	63	5
	Mammoth-Might Mix (MMM)		10 Mox	60	63	5
	LipLack Liquor (LLL)		10 Lye	60	63	5
	Mystic Mana Amalgam (MMA)		10 Aga	63	72	4
	Marley's MoonLight (MML)		10 Lye	66	80	4
	Azure Aura Mix (AAM)		10 Aga	69	88	4
	AquaLux Amalgam (ALA)		10 Lye	72	96	4
	MegaLite Liquid (MLL)		10 Lye	75	105	4
	Anti-Leech Lotion (ALL)		10 Lye	78	113	4
	MixALot (MAL)		10 Lye	81	122	3

Processing

An overview of the Alchemical Society's lab.

After making the unfinished potion base, players must either concentrate, homogenise, or crystalise it at the corresponding workstation (the retort, agitator, and alembic respectively) to complete the potion. Once the potion is made, complete the order by placing it on the conveyor belt. Players with a higher Herblore level will process unfinished potion bases faster.

The processing machines will progress at different rates depending on player input, as well as reward additional Herblore experience:

Workstation		Process used	Details
	Agitator	Homogenising	Click it once to begin, click again within 2 ticks of the sound/visual effect to speed up the process, click again exactly 1 tick after the previous click to speed up the process a second time. This results in 14 bonus Herblore experience for the first click, and 2 bonus Herblore experience for the second click per potion. If the player's latency is too high and keeps missing this window regularly, it can be faster to simply not click again rather than incur the progress penalty for missing the window. At the sound/visual cue, players can progress the potion completely by spam clicking.
	Alembic	Crystallising	Click it once to begin, then do so again at the same time as the player pumps the bellows for the 5th time to speed up the process. This results in 14 bonus Herblore experience per potion. If clicked too early or too late, the 14 bonus Herblore experience may still be obtained by clicking again on the 7th pump after the initial failure. The pump count resets if the player leaves the alembic and starts pumping again, though the bonus will not be awarded more than once.
	Retort	Concentrating	Click it constantly every tick to speed up the process, rewarding 2 bonus Herblore experience per click. The total amount of bonus Herblore experience gained varies, as lower-level players can get more clicks in because they take a longer time to process their potions.

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  Speeding up the homogenising process at an agitator.
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  Speeding up the crystallising process at an alembic.
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  Speeding up the concentrating process at a retort.

Depositing

After processing potions, players may deposit them on the conveyor belt to the north.

Clicking the conveyor belt will deposit up to three potions, fulfilling as many of the current orders as possible from anywhere in the player's inventory. Or, if none of the current orders can be fulfilled, the player will deposit the first potion from their inventory for reduced rewards, and in either case, all three orders will be refreshed.

Players will receive mox resin, aga resin, and lye resin and Herblore experience depending on the potion made (see the table above). If the player fulfills multiple orders, more resin is given per potion; fulfilling two orders at once rewards 20% more resin, while fulfilling all three in one go rewards 40% more resin.

If the player deposits a potion that does not fulfill any of the current orders, they will receive a third of the experience, and 10 of the resin of the highest 'tier' given by that potion (e.g. Marley's moonlight would award 10 lye resin). Rewards require a mix of all points, so players may choose to fill orders that use the type of paste they require points for.

Experience per paste varies depending on the potion, according to the table below:

Paste
MMM, AAA, & LLL	6.33	6.33	6.33
MAL	6.92	13.22	16.36
Other potions with M	5.5	10.5	13
Other potions without M	-	8	13

Note:

• Experience per aga paste decreases when mixed without mox paste.
• Mammoth-might mix yields more experience per mox paste than all other potions besides mixalot.
• The experience per paste for mixalot uses the same proportional distribution as potions with mox paste to illustrate the effectiveness of the mixture.

Therefore, to maximize experience per paste, players should only make potions that include mox paste.

Digweed

Occasionally a young digweed plant will mature and bloom into a flower in one of the corners of the room, where the spawn rate scales with Herblore level. The location of this herb is also indicated by a chatbox message. If the player collects the digweed before the plant dies, it can be added to a potion, doubling the amount of experience and resin gained from that potion. Clicking on matured digweed will allow players to collect it, even if it dies at the last second. Players must use the digweed before exiting the minigame area (4 game tiles away from the hopper, towards the bank), or the digweed will wither and die thus disappearing from their inventory. Players can take digweed outside the minigame area by dropping it, leaving the minigame area, and telegrabbing the digweed. However, players cannot bank the digweed, so there is no reason to do this. Players cannot use multiple digweed on the same potion twice, attempting to do so with give the message, This potion has already been improved with digweed.

Holding digweed in the inventory seems to stop new spawns from appearing, however, plants will still appear if digweed is dropped on the floor, or mixed into a potion (both processed and unprocessed work). Because of this, it is advisable to either mix digweed into a potion of choice for a later order or to stack digweed on the floor on a selected tile to allow digweed to continue to spawn while waiting for preferred potion orders. Digweed that is dropped on the floor does not despawn immediately if players leave the area, unlike unfinished potions or digweed in your inventory. Note that if choosing to stack on the floor, players have a 3-minute timer to pick up and drop the stack before the digweed despawns.

For those with at least 81 Herblore, one strategy to maximise resin and experience is to immediately mix any digweed into an unprocessed mixalot base. Players can then save the unprocessed base until an order for mixalot appears and process it as necessary or store it in the bank so that players don't process it accidentally. If players choose to bank the base, remember to add in the digweed before leaving the minigame area or it will decay from your inventory. In addition, bases will not stack in the bank, even if they are identical. For those who would prefer faster resin and experience or for those who do not have at least 81 Herblore, it is better to use the digweed right away on the best potion players can make for the current order. An easy-to-remember rule of thumb is that the higher experience bases use two lye paste while lower experience bases use two mox paste. Alternatively, if players need points for a specific resin, focus on bases using two of the corresponding paste with the third paste used following the same L > A > M rule-of-thumb for slightly higher experience. No matter which strategy players prefer, always avoid using digweed with the MMM, AAA, and LLL bases as they yield the least resin and experience per paste.

Rewards

Supervisor Lalo runs the store Mixology Rewards where players can spend your resin earned by playing the minigame.

Rewards		Mox resin	Aga resin	Lye resin	Approximate cost	Approximate profit	Coins per resin	Notes
	Apprentice potion pack	420	70	30	19,443.30			Requires level 60 Herblore to purchase. Gives four sets of 3-dose potions, in quantities of 2-4 each.
	Adept potion pack	180	440	70	34,907.61			Requires level 70 Herblore to purchase. Gives four sets of 3-dose potions, in quantities of 2-3 each.
	Expert potion pack	410	320	480	81,491.39			Requires level 85 Herblore to purchase. Gives four sets of 3-dose potions, in quantities of 2-4 each.
	Prescription goggles	8,600	7,000	9,350	1,643,688.33	N/A	N/A	Grants a 10% chance to save a secondary ingredient when mixing potions.
	Alchemist labcoat	2,250	2,800	3,700	617,170.61	N/A	N/A	A cosmetic item, part of the alchemist's outfit.
	Alchemist pants	2,250	2,800	3,700	617,170.61	N/A	N/A	A cosmetic item, part of the alchemist's outfit.
	Alchemist gloves	2,250	2,800	3,700	617,170.61	N/A	N/A	A cosmetic item, part of the alchemist's outfit.
	Reagent pouch	13,800	11,200	15,100	2,646,667.88	N/A	N/A	Stores up to 26 of each secondary ingredient used in herblore. Requires 81 to use.
	Potion storage	7,750	6,300	8,950	1,539,086.89	N/A	N/A	Unlocks a new part of the bank where potions can be stored without taking up slots from the main bank interface.
	Chugging barrel (disassembled)	17,250	14,000	18,600	3,277,768.18	8,135,307.82	163.20	Allows simultaneous consumption of up to five different potions when within a bank.
	Alchemist's amulet	6,900	5,650	7,400	1,309,127.46	N/A	N/A	Increases the chance of making a 4-dose potion from 5% to 15%. 50 charges are given upon purchase, and an additional 10 per amulet of chemistry used on it.
	Aldarium	80	60	90	15,373.80	64,027.20	278.38	A herblore ingredient used to make goading potions and prayer regeneration potions.

The total cost for all unique items (excluding potion packs and aldarium) is 61,050 mox resin, 52,550 aga resin, and 70,500 lye resin (or about 12,419,066.67 coins). Assuming all potions are correctly handed in this equates to 1,728,829 Herblore experience needed from resin. This also assumes the player is not gaining any bonus experience from speeding up the machines, handing all potions equally and is not gaining bonus points from utilizing the digweed when it matures.

Untradeable items from the shop can be refunded for 40% of the original resin cost.

The total cost for the 3 primary rewards (goggles, storage, and amulet) is 23,250 mox resin, 18,950 aga resin, and 25,700 lye resin.

Experience per herb comparison

Below is a table comparing the experience earned per herb making commonly used or created products against the experience gained per herb from refining herbs for Mastering Mixology. The amount of experience obtained per herb is not static, as paste has a variable value depending on the potion created.

The minimum amount of experience assumes that the paste was used to create a mammoth-might mix, alco-augmentator, or liplack liquor. The maximum amount of experience assumes that the paste was used to create a mixalot. These values are doubled if used in a potion with digweed. In reality, most experience earned per herb is in between these values, and due to the minigame mechanics allowing players to skip potions they do not wish to create, an average value cannot be calculated per herb.

However, lye paste has the highest average value per paste, and aga has a higher average value per paste than mox paste, as the potions that require multiple lye and aga give more experience than potions that require multiple mox, excluding the pure potions that require 3 of the same paste.

Herb		Paste	Product	Experience
				Paste	Product	Bonus
	Guam leaf	Mox	Guam tar	74 - 132.3	30	2.47 - 4.41x
	Marrentill	Mox	Marrentill tar	94.4 - 170.2	42.5	2.22 - 4.01x
	Tarromin	Mox	Tarromin tar	108 - 195.5	55	1.96 - 3.55x
	Harralander	Mox	Harralander tar	142 - 258.7	72.5	1.96 - 3.57x
	Ranarr weed	Lye	File:Prayer potion.pngPrayer potion	182.8 - 334.5	87.5	2.09 - 3.82x
	Toadflax	Lye	File:Saradomin brew.pngSaradomin brew	223.6 - 410.3	180	1.24 - 2.28x
	Irit leaf	Aga	File:Super attack.pngSuper attack	210 - 385	100	2.1 - 3.85x
	Avantoe	Lye	File:Super energy.pngSuper energy	210 - 385	117.5	1.79 - 3.28x
	Kwuarm	Lye	File:Super strength.pngSuper strength	230.4 - 422.9	125	1.84 - 3.38x
	Huasca	Aga	File:Prayer regeneration potion.pngPrayer regeneration	142 - 258.7	132	1.08 - 1.96x
	Snapdragon	Lye	File:Super restore.pngSuper restore	278 - 511.3	142.5	1.95 - 3.59x
	Cadantine	Aga	File:Super defence.pngSuper defence	237.2 - 435.5	150	1.58 - 2.9x
	Lantadyme	Aga	File:Antifire potion.pngAntifire potion	278 - 511.3	157.5	1.77 - 3.25x
	Dwarf weed	Aga	File:Ranging potion.pngRanging potion	291.6 - 536.6	162.5	1.79 - 3.3x
	Torstol	Aga	File:Super combat potion.pngSuper combat potion	305.2 - 561.9	150	2.03 - 3.75x

Gallery

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  Concept art of the minigame area, by Mod Jerv.
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  Original concept art of the reagent mixer, by Mod Grub.
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  Revised concept of the reagent mixer, by Mods Grub and Jerv.
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  Concept art of the processing machines, by Mod Grub.
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  Concept art of the alchemist outfit, by Mod Jerv.
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  Concept art of various minigame rewards, by Mod Jerv.

Changes

Date	Changes
[[{{#explode:9 October 2024| |0}} {{#explode:9 October 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:9 October 2024| |2}}]] (update)	Players now get bonus points for submitting multiple potions at the same time: A 20% bonus for submitting 2 potion orders in one go. A 40% bonus for submitting 3 potion orders in one go.
[[{{#explode:2 October 2024| |0}} {{#explode:2 October 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:2 October 2024| |2}}]] (update)	Level requirements, resin gain, and experience given for the potion bases have been adjusted. Rewards from the shop have had their costs reduced. The paste cap in the mixer has been increased from 300 to 3,000. Digweed spawn rates now scale with the player's Herblore level.
[[{{#explode:27 September 2024| |0}} {{#explode:27 September 2024| |1}}]] [[{{#explode:27 September 2024| |2}}]] (update)	Hotfix Players can now hand in multiple potion orders at once. Any potion hand-in will refresh all three available orders, and potion location within the player's inventory no longer matters. Players will now only receive orders that they have the Herblore requirement for. Any 'old' orders that cannot be fulfilled can be refreshed by handing in an incorrect potion. The frequency of digweed spawns was doubled. The duration of time digweed is available has been increased from 6 seconds to 20 seconds. Fixed a bug that prevented digweed from spawning in the north-west corner. An extra tick of leniency has been added to the Agitator's 'reaction' click when homogenising potions.

Trivia

• The examine text of many of the potions created in the minigame seems to imply that the Alchemical Society mainly produces cosmetics and luxury products rather than combat or skill boosting potions.
• The examine text of Mammoth-might mix is a reference to a quote by British presenter Karl Pilkington.
• The name of the Mixalot potion is a reference to the American rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot.
  • The examine text of the potion references his popular single, "Baby Got Back".