Lye

Main / Skills / Alchemy / Natural substances / Lye

Lye

Creation
Activate ash (0.1 kg) Right-click water (1.0 kg) Open submenu "Create > Alchemy"
Result
Lye (1.00 kg)
Skill and improvement
Uses Natural substances skill Cannot be improved
Properties
Can be combined.

Made from ash and water, this is used when preparing leather.

Description

A mixture made through alchemy for making leather out of animal hide, and for creating corrosive traps and concrete. When creating, all water in the container you're using will be replaced with lye, and ash will be consumed at a ratio of 0.10kg for every full litre (1.00kg) of water.

Rare Functionality

Note: Rare functionality is still not completely understood and is an exciting aspect of the game. Most information listed is only an observation of one or more players rather than confirmed by developers.

Rare lye adds +1 to the QL of the leather produced.

Notes

• The ratio to create is 1.00kg of water to 0.10kg of ash.
• Even when using 45kg of water (a small barrel worth) and 0.10kg of lye, all water will be consumed and 1.00kg lye created.
• Quality of the lye is capped by the quality of the ash used, and affected by your skill check success in natural substances.
• Failing to create lye uses 0.10kg of water and 0.10kg of ash.
• If you try to drink it, you get the message "Eww.. the lye tastes funny and won't quench your thirst at all!"