Alchemy

Refine specimens and make chemical compounds.

With more than one station in the room, a command that names none goes to
the station holding your work. To pick one, use its place in line:
claim second alchemy station.

alchemy

alchemy [<station>]

Open the alchemy menu at a station.

collect

collect <specimen> [from <target>]

Collect a specimen into a carried thermos.

hopper

hopper [<station>]

Inspect the material loaded in a station.

refine

refine [<station>]

Refine the loaded specimens.

mix recipe

mix <recipe> on <station>
mix extract <herb> on <station>
mix extract <herb> with <solvent> on <station>

Select a known recipe. Load its materials, then use this command again to start it.
At an apothecary table, mix extract starts an extraction of a herb you
carry. Add with <solvent> to use a chemical you carry. See help herbalism.

mix compound

mix on <station>
mix confirm [<controls>] on <station>

Review the loaded chemicals, then confirm to make a freeform compound. The
controls are temp, ph, pressure, agitation and time, each
written as name=value, as in mix confirm temp=70 ph=6.5 on bench.

tend

tend [<station>]
tend [<module>]

Tend the active work at a station, or an active growing cycle in a farming
module (see help cultivation).

tend vessel

tend <cool/warm/vent/stir/settle> [<station>]
tend <smother/douse> [<station>]

Work the vessel while a compound mixes. Smother or douse a station that is on fire.

Example: tend cool bench

claim cut

claim [<light/heavy/wide/split>] [keep] [<station>]

Claim a refined specimen as a cut. keep leaves its impurity in the chemical.

batchcheck

batchcheck [<station>]

Check the active work at a station. Aliases: abatch and checkstation.

claim

claim [<station>]

Collect finished work from a station.

analyze

analyze <compound>
analyze <material> on <station>
analyze <recipe chip>

Inspect a carried compound or a material at a station. A recipe chip teaches its
recipe once and then goes dead.

brew

brew <recipe> on <station>
brew experiment confirm on <station>

Start a known preparation. The experiment form tests the loaded chemicals.

dose

dose <drug> [<amount>] [to <target>]

Use one dose. A tincture or a glass vessel takes an amount in measures, such as
dose flask 0.5. To give one to someone else you need their trust, unless they are
sedated, unconscious or down.

smoke

smoke <pack>
smoke <cigarette>
smoke

Take a drag from a cigarette. Smoking a pack takes out one cigarette and lights it.

formulate

formulate <compound> as <route>

Prepare a carried compound for one supported route. You cannot change the route later.

formula list

formula list

List your saved formulas.

formula save

formula save <compound> [as <name>]

Save the formula for a carried compound.

formula info

formula info <name>

Inspect a saved formula.

formula share

formula share <name> to <character>
formula accept
formula decline

Offer a saved formula to another character. They take it with formula accept
or turn it down with formula decline.

formula rename

formula rename <name> as <new name>

Change the name of a saved formula.

formula delete

formula delete <name>

Remove a saved formula from your book.

formula load

formula load <name> in <station>
formula load <name> in <station> confirm

Preview a saved formula, then confirm to load its materials.

namecompound

namecompound <item> = <name>

Name an unlabeled batch.

For gathering wild plants, see help survival.
For loading materials, see help loading.