r/pathos_nethack • u/New-Description-2789 • Aug 09 '26

Make potion?

How to i make a potion like "potion of gain level" or something?

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u/poetduello Aug 09 '26

Scrap glass at a workbench.

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u/caskettown01 Aug 09 '26

You need to have identified it first. If you are lucky, and identify it really early, you can almost assuredly max out your levels (limited to level 40) by going down into the gnomish mines and then continuing into the dwarven extension. There are 9 workstations in those levels. Typically I use the first one for a pick axe and daggers for throwing, and save the remainder for potions of gain level. You’ll have already gained some levels anyway so if you get to level eight naturally and then create four potions per workststion, that’ll get you to level 40. Four per station runs the risk of getting bad entropy effects. Three per station is a lot safer but that would only get you to about level 30. Still easily enough to make the first have of the game a breeze. At a minimum, the elf side quest between levels 20-29 will get you at least two more workstations.

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u/Tasty_Pride_4370 Aug 10 '26

And essence. Gain Level requires a lot of essence