Alchemy Guide for Season of Discovery (SoD) Phase 8
Luxrah • Updated June 7, 2025
Phase 8 of Season of Discovery retains the 300 skill cap introduced in Phase 3 for professions, allowing players to max out all of their crafting and gathering skills in case they haven’t already done so. For the Alchemy profession, that means you’ll be able to brew up almost any potion or elixir in the game, as well as a few new recipes that have been added for this season.
Alchemy Leveling & Trainers
Check out our Classic Alchemy Guide for trainer locations, a leveling guide, and more. Everything in that guide applies to Season of Discovery except for the level requirements for higher skill ranks (level 26 for Expert and level 41 for Artisan). There are some new recipes that are exclusive to Season of Discovery which we’ll cover in this guide, but they aren’t needed for leveling.
Learning Artisan Alchemy
From Phase 3 onward, players were able to level their professions all the way to 300 skill, or Artisan level – the maximum skill for Vanilla WoW.
Artisan Alchemy can only be learned from these specific trainers:
Kylanna Windwhisper at Feathermoon Stronghold in Feralas (32.6, 43.8)
Rogvar at Stonard in Swamp of Sorrows (48.5, 55.9)
Alchemy Specializations
Upon reaching 275 Alchemy skill, Alchemists are now able to pick up two crafting specialization quests that will increase the yield of their crafting recipes.
These quests are Mixology for Fun and Profit, which increases the number of potions and elixirs you’ll craft, and Master of Transmutation, which increases the number of items you’ll produce with transmutation recipes.
For a walkthrough of these quests, check out our Alchemy Specialization Quests Guide.
New Alchemy Recipes for Season of Discovery
Several new recipes have been added to the Alchemy profession for Season of Discovery.
- Phase 8 added one new recipe for Alchemy, obtained from a quest in New Avalon:
- Phase 7 did not include any new Alchemy recipes.
- Phase 6 added four new flasks and four new elixirs:
- Phase 5 did not add any new recipes.
- Phase 4 added the ability to purchase Vanilla flask recipes with Tarnished Undermine Real currency from Pix Xizzix:
- Recipe: Flask of Petrification – 50 x Tarnished Undermine Real
- Recipe: Flask of the Titans – 50 x Tarnished Undermine Real
- Recipe: Flask of Distilled Wisdom – 50 x Tarnished Undermine Real
- Recipe: Flask of Supreme Power – 50 x Tarnished Undermine Real
- Recipe: Flask of Chromatic Resistance – 50 x Tarnished Undermine Real
- Phase 3 added three new flasks to the game:
- Flask of Everlasting Nightmares is a reusable Bind-on-Pickup consumable item for physical damage dealers
- Flask of Restless Dreams is a reusable Bind-on-Pickup consumable item for casters and healers
- Flask of Nightmarish Mojo can be traded for new shoulder enchantments on Yojamba Isle
- Phase 2 brought the following new recipes:
- Mildly Irradiated Rejuvenation Potion is a Bind-on-Pickup item for Alchemists that provides a powerful personal buff
- Insulating Gniodine is a component used by other crafting skills
- Lesser Arcane Elixir is a new elixir for caster dps
- Phase 1 added one new Alchemy recipe to the game:
- Elixir of Coalesced Regret is used for crafting some level 25 epic items for Blacksmithing and Tailoring
Phase 8 Alchemy Recipes
Here are the best Alchemy recipes you can craft in Phase 8 of Season of Discovery, sorted by type.
Flasks
Vanilla flask recipes can now be easily acquired from Pix Xizzix. You may still continue to gain the recipes in the traditional Vanilla Wow way by looting recipes dropped from level 60 bosses, although this method is far more time-consuming considering the drop chances. There are also new flask recipes for Phase 6 that require the old flasks as an ingredient.
You may still acquire the previous available Flask recipes which were tied to the Phase 3 Sunken Temple raid chain quest even in Phase 8.
In Phase 8, there is a new Alchemy Lab in New Avalon, found in the basement of the keep. That means you can craft flasks without having to clear a path to the tables in Scholomance or Blackwing Lair.
Elixirs
For this guide, we’ve categorized elixirs as consumables that last for more than a few minutes.
Protection Potions
Most of the Greater Protection Potions will be out of reach this phase since their recipes require killing very high-level elites and bosses. You’ll be able to craft the basic versions of these potions, however.
Potions
For this guide, we’ve categorized potions as any consumable that lasts five minutes or less.
Oils
Alchemists can craft two different kinds of weapon oil plus the unique consumable Oil of Immolation.
Item | Recipe | Materials |
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Oil of Immolation | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Firebloom x1 Goldthorn x1 Crystal Vial x1 |
Frost Oil | Recipe: Frost Oil Sold by Bro’kin in Alterac Mountains | Khadgar’s Whisker x4 Wintersbite x2 Leaded Vial x1 |
Shadow Oil | Recipe: Shadow Oil Sold by: ![]() Bliztik in Duskwood | Grave Moss x1 Fadeleaf x4 Leaded Vial x1 |
Transmutes
High-level Alchemists gain access to transmutation recipes, which allow them to transform one item (such as a metal bar or an elemental essence) into another of the same kind. Most of these recipes have a shared cooldown of one day.
Transmutation is the only way to get Arcanite Bars, which will be needed to craft the highly-sought after Nightfall and Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker weapons at level 60. This transmutation will put all of your transmutes on cooldown for two days.
Components
These are materials that can be crafted by Alchemists for use in other recipes.
Item | Recipe | Materials |
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Flask of Nightmarish Mojo | Earned by completing the epic crafting quest chain for Phase 3 | Nightmare Seed x5 Flask of Atal’ai Mojo x5 Crystal Vial x1 |
Insulating Gniodine | Recipe: Insulating Gniodine Sold by Ziri “The Wrench” Littlesprocket in Gnomeregan | Crate of Tainted Gniodine Solution x5 Leaded Vial x1 |
Goblin Rocket Fuel | Taught by: Nixx Sprocketspring in Tanaris Vazario Linkgrease in The Barrens | Firebloom x1 Volatile Rum x1 Leaded Vial x1 |
Ghost Dye | Recipe: Ghost Dye Sold by: ![]() ![]() | Ghost Mushroom x2 Purple Dye x1 Crystal Vial x1 |
Stonescale Oil | Taught by:![]() ![]() | Stonescale Eel x1 Leaded Vial x1 |
Fire Oil | Taught by any Alchemy trainer | Firefin Snapper x2 Empty Vial x1 |
Blackmouth Oil | Taught by any Alchemy trainer | Oily Blackmouth x2 Empty Vial x1 |
Philosopher’s Stone | Recipe: Philosopher’s Stone Sold by Alchemist Pestlezugg in Tanaris | Iron Bar x4 Black Vitriol x1 Purple Lotus x4 Firebloom x4 |
so nightelf priest alchemist is good to go. nice.
Recently went to take a gander at Trade, and I saw listed some of the potions that are in Phase 2, how is that possible?
It depends which potions they are. I have some listed in both phases since they will still be relevant in phase 2. Some potions like the healing & mana potions might be found as loot even in Phase 1, but won’t be craftable with Alchemy yet.