Chemistry Laboratory seems to be a place to make simple chemicals and compounds like gunpowder and ink
| Resource | Recipe | Upgrade? | Time | Quantity made |
| Gunpowder | 1 Charcoal, 1 Sulphur, 10 Saltpeter | No | 12 sec constitution | 10 |
| Papyrus Strip | 1 Papyrus Paper | No | 8 strips | |
| Ink | 5 Salts Of Iron, 5 Charcoal, 20 Oil | No | 7 sec constitution | 20 |
| Explosives | 50 gunpowder, 10 aluminum powder, 2 Essential Compound Extract based on strength of explosive | Yes | varies with explosive handling skill | |
| gear oil | 100 oil, 50 petroleum, 5 Essential Compound Extract based on quality of oil | ? | Six? | |
| potash ointment | 50 water, 25 acid, 5 Essential Compound Extract based on strength of ointment | ? | Seems to be six |
Even just trying to make Explosives can blow everything up. They can cause severe structural damage to all buildings within 25 co-ordinates, as well as destroying the expensive glassware in the lab.
*What effect does this 'severe structural damage' have on the buildings? Are they still usable? Do you have to repair them like an unmaintained compound? If so, what do the repairs cost? This information doesn't appear on any of the Explosives pages (that I could find)
Note: Salts of Iron are made in an Acid Bath.
Gem Pulverizing: (will only show up with gem in pockets)
| Resource | Recipe | Quantity made |
| powdered gem of that type | Huge gem | 7 |
| powdered gem of that type | Large gem | 4 |
| powdered gem of that type | Medium gem | 2 |
| powdered gem of that type | Small gem | 1 (4 for upgraded lab) |
| powdered gem of that type | Cuttable gem | 1 |
Note: Requires a wooden pestle, which randomly wears out when pulverizing gems. Install under the "Upgrade..." menu.
Alchemy
| Required Attunement | Input | Output | Number to attune |
| Ash | 49 Ash | 49 Potash | 3 people |
| Lime | 49 Limestone | 49 Lime | 4 people |
| Meld Large Rubies | 7 Large Rubies | 1 Huge Ruby | 2 people |
| Meld Large Topaz | 7 Large Topaz | 1 Huge Topaz | 2 people |
| Meld Large Sapphire | 7 Large Sapphire | 1 Huge Sapphire | 3 people |
| Meld Large Diamonds | 7 Large Diamonds | 1 Huge Diamond | 5 people |
| Meld Large Emeralds | 7 Large Emeralds | 1 Huge Emerald | 3 people |
To attune, you must visit the University of Thought - one which has Alchemy opened. You can then attune to one of the recipes above. By aligning yourself with the required number of people (yourself included), you can then make the recipe, no matter whether or not you attune yourself to a different one.
Once you have attuned to a given resource, you can then use the recipe with a Tincture Compound of 3 length. For more information, check Alchemy.
Note: If you load an item into a chemistry lab, you can then remove it if the tincture is too difficult. However, this will destroy the items loaded.
Built: in a compound, uses 19x18 cells
Skill/Tech required: Basic Chemistry
Skill/Tech required: Advanced Chemistry (2)
Several more Options
Labs can be calibrated if the glassware has particular average quality. Calibration level 3 (maximum known) requires the glass quality to have an average of exactly 8000 or 9000.