Game Mechanics

Refined Sand

Putting sand into a refiner results in refined sand. There are 6 levels of refined sand, but there is no visual indicator that tells you which it is (except for the last level, which is called Fully Refined Sand).

Each level of refinement requires half as many refiners as the previous level. Once you have fully refined sand, refine it 8 more times to get to diamond.

In total, it takes 2^14 = 16384 sand to make one diamond, costing 65536

At level 7, you can buy Quartz Ore which refines into crude shard. Using this method, the crude shard costs 44000/80 = 550 copper each. Compare that to refining from sand, which costs 4*2^7 = 512

Upgrade reset cost

You can reset your upgrade points as many times as you like, but the cost increases each time until the maximum at 10 gold.

Reset count	Cost
1	1
2	2
3	4
4	8
5	16
6	32
7	64
8	100
9	2
10	5
11+	10

Reputation

Your shop's reputation can be found at the top of your screen with the star icon. The higher it is, the more customers will come and make purchases at your shop.

• When a customer finds a product they are looking for, reputation increases
• When a customer cannot find a product they are looking for, reputation decreases.
• Reputation has a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 100.
• Try to keep most of the items stocked in order to keep your reputation high.

Contracts

Contracts are unlocked by completing sample request quests. In order to get the sample request quest to show up in your mailbox, you must be a certain level as well as having dispatched a certain number of items in the previous tier:

Item	Units per contract	Reward	Daily max	Level needed	Dispatch requirement
B Bandage	50	12	800	4	-
G Gloom Spores	50	18	1600	5	2000 bandage
P Pocket Watch	20	26	960	6	5000 gloom spores
F Fertile Catalyst	20	60	1200	7	3000 pocket watch
S Silver Amulet	10	340	480	8	4000 fertile catalyst
M Moonlit Soap	10	60	80	9	2000 silver amulet

Daily Quests

Each day at 6:00, your mailbox will have another quest for you to complete. There are 3 types:

• Random Quests: Expire in 3 days (72 real-world minutes) and give 130% market price
• Bulk Quests: Expire in 5 days (120 real-world minutes) and give 160% market price
• Urgent Quests: Expire in 1 day (24 real-world minutes) and give 200% market price

Currency System

Alchemy Factory uses a three-tier currency system:

• Copper: Base currency unit (1 copper)
• Silver: 1 silver = 1,000 copper
• Gold: 1 gold = 100,000 copper (100 silver)

Experience (EXP) System

As you level up in Alchemy Factory, the EXP required to reach the next level increases. The graph below shows the cumulative EXP required to reach each level from 0 to 100.

EXP Growth Pattern:

• EXP requirements grow gradually at lower levels
• Growth accelerates significantly at higher levels
• Getting to Level 100 requires 1,202,034 total EXP