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Making Potions Efficiently Transforming Regular Potions into Barbarian Mix Potions

Potion making usually yields 3-dose potions, but vials can hold four doses, so one option you have is to combine four 3-dose potions into three 4-dose potions. There are pros and cons to taking this step; if you decide you do want to do it, then I have a method you can use that I find is reasonably fast and keeps mouse movements and clicks to a minimum.

Here are the steps I recommend following (see Figure 159 for an illustration of the key steps):

1. Right-click the potions you want to combine, and choose “Withdraw All” to take out 28 of them.
   
   
2. Starting at the second column from the left, right-click the potion in the top row, select “Use”, and then click the potion just to its left—the one in the same row but the left-most column. You will now have one 4-dose and one 2-dose potion. Repeat for all seven potions in the second column, moving from top to bottom.
   
   
3. Your mouse is at the bottom of your inventory screen now. Leave it there but shift over to the third column from the left, right-click the potion, select “Use”, and then click the potion just to its right—the one in the same row but the right-most column. Again, you’ll make a 4-dose and a 2-dose potion. Repeat for all seven potions in the second column, going from bottom to top.
   
   
4. Now you are at the top again. Right-click the 2-dose potion in the third column of the top row, select “Use”, and click the 2-dose potion next to it in the same row but second column from the left. Repeat for all seven pairs of 2-dose potions, going top to bottom.
   
   
5. Voila: you now have 21 4-dose potions and 7 empty vials. Store them in the bank and return to step 1 to repeat the process, if needed.

This takes around 45 seconds: yes, about the same time as it takes to make 14 potions from scratch. You can combine around 2,240 3-dose potions into 1,680 4-dose potions per hour.

Note that some players like to do this immediately after making potions, but I do not. You need a multiple of four in order for combining to work properly, whereas you normally make potions 14 at a time. This means you’ll have two “leftover” potions after each batch that you’ll have to take out and combine later anyway. You can do this, of course, but I prefer to just do a full inventory at once.

The biggest nuisance with combining potions is accidentally either drinking one of the potions, or worse, emptying it out, while trying to select the “Use” option. Some players get around this by setting the game to “one-button mouse” mode (click the spanner/wrench to find this option.) Try this and see if you like it—but be warned that if you are used to being in two-button mode, it can be very hard to adjust to one-button mode! (I can’t do it, personally. J) Most of all, try to avoid going too fast, as this is what leads to mistakes, and dumping a super restore potion on the ground is really annoying…

Making Potions Efficiently Transforming Regular Potions into Barbarian Mix Potions