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STEP ONE

Go to Sophie's Shack. Once you get there, you may need to refresh the page. Once you've done that, click on the door of the shack to enter the lab.

1. Once you get to the lab, scroll to the bottom of the page. Sophie will have a bunch of jibberish for you to decipher...

2. Let's say she asks you to find:

Composite #1: Quantity: 5 grams
Relevant property: Enchantment
Target value: +51 +/- 5

You're probably asking yourself, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Have no fear, I will explain.

QUANTITY : This is how many grams TOTAL you will need in the final composite. What's a composite? I'll get to that.
RELEVANT PROPERTY: This is the property you need to focus on for the composite. For the first step, there's only one property, so don't worry about it yet.
TARGET VALUE Here's the most important number of the night. You're going to need to mess with your ingredients until they get to THIS NUMBER... plus or minues five points. So, in the case above, you need to reach 51 points, plus or minus 5 points, so you will need a value between 46 and 56 to make the potion work.

3. Now. Scroll back up and click on the blue words in the top left corner of the page, reading "Open basic ingredients cabinet."

4. You will open the cabinet (NO WAI) and low and behold there are ingredients for you! Click on one. Any of them. It doesn't matter, just pick one.

5. Then enter in how much you need. In this example, Sophie wants five grams, so enter 5 into the box and hit enter.

6. You now have an ingredient. It will tell you that you can do one of 4 things: Burn, Cursh, Soak or Dessicate.

7. Burn looks good. Let's click that.

8. Now sit back and wait. Wait. Wait. Hit "wait" s'more. Wait. Wait. About 300 seconds will go by before you get the message, "This ingredient cannot burn any more."

9. Hit stop.

10. You values will have gone up. Are they what you want? No? Okay, hit crush.

11. Repeat step 8. Wait longer until the ingredient "Cannot be more finely ground."

12. Look at the values. Getting closer? Move on to Soak.

13. If you're really close, you don't have to wait the full time this time before hitting stop. Hit stop, check the value, and hit soak again.

14. Repeat with soak and move on to Dessicate if needed. Keep guessing and checking until you get the right value (between 46 and 56)

15. FINALLY got that right value? Spectacular! Hit "Create new composite." DO NOT DISCARD ON ACCIDENT. You will cry if you do.

16. Once you've got that composite, check to make sure it's got the right weight and the right value.

17. Throw it into the pot.

18. Congratulations, you've just made a potion for creating Mr. Bigglesworths!

STEP TWO

1. Whoops, we need to try again. Scroll down to the bottom, Sophie will have more gibberish for you.

2. Here is an example gibberish:
Composite #1:

Quantity: 17 grams
Relevant property: Conjuring
Target value: +42 +/- 5

Composite #2:

Quantity: 25 grams
Relevant property: Enchantment
Target value: +85 +/- 5

Composite 2 cannot contain more than 10 grams of any one basic ingredient.

3. Again, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Well. It means we're basically doing the same thing as we did in the first step... only it'll take longer.

4. Let's start with composite #1. Don't worry about composite #2 for now. In the example listed, you need 17 grams. Head into your ingredients cabinet.

5. Okay. Let's grab 10 grams of one ingredient (since you can't grab more than 10 grams at a time). Any ingredient will do. People seem to like Baggus Pulp.

6. Head back to the cabinet. Now grab 7 grams (or however many more you need) of that SAME INGREDIENT. If you grabbed 10 grams of Bagguss Pulp before, grab 7 grams of Baggus pulp now.

7. Now you have two parts of the same ingredient. Mess around with them in the system of steps 7-14 above. Don't worry, I'll wait.

8. You need to make sure BOTH ingredients get to the right value. In other words BOTH ingredients must have a value of 42 +/- 5, s in the example above.

NOTE. WHEN MAKING THE FIRST COMPOSITE, IGNORE ANY NUMBERS YOU GET FOR THE OTHER VALUE. WHEN WORKING ON EACH COMPOSITE, YOU ONLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE NUMBERS FOR THE VALUE YOU NEED. IN THIS EXAMPLE WE ONLY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT CONJURING; WE ARE GOING TO IGNORE THE VALUE OF ENCHANTMENT ENTIRELY.

WHEN WE MOVE ON TO COMPOSITE TWO, WE ARE ONLY GOING TO WORRY ABOUT ENCHANTMENT AND IGNORE CONJURING ENTIRELY.

9. Got it? Cool. Now you get to combine.

10. TO COMBINE: First grab one of your ingredients-- either will do-- and make a composite. ONLY make a composite for ONE of the ingredients.

11. Click on that composite. A red arrow will pop up.

12. Scroll back up to the leftover ingredient. Hit the "combine" button at the bottom of the box.

13. You should now have one composite of the right values and weight.

NOTE. WHEN YOU COMBINE INGREDIENTS, THE RESULTING COMPOSITE VALUE WILL BE THE AVERAGE OF THE INGREDIENT VALUES.
THIS MEANS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU COMBINE A COMPOSITE WITH A VALUE OF 40 WITH AN INGREDIENT HAVING A VALUE OF 80,
THE RESULTING VALUE WILL BE THE AVERAGE(MEAN) OF THESE TWO NUMBERS. SO IT WOULD RESULT IN 60 IN THIS CASE.

QUICK AND EASY EQUATION: (Sum of values of ingredients)/(number of ingredients) = average
(40 + 80) / 2 = 60

14. Okay, moving onto composite #2. We will be doing the same thing, but with three ingredients this time.

15. In this example, we need 25 grams. Head to the potions cabinet. Grab 10 grams of one ingredient, 10 grams of another, and 5 grams of one other.

16. Repeat steps 7-14 of potion one. Keep at it (I'll wait-- I'm not going anywhere) until you get three values whose AVERAGE equals the value you need.

17. How do I figure out my average? See the above equation. You're going to need [(value 1) + (Value 2) + (value 3)] / 3 For me, I had to use (78 + 110 + 58)/3 and got an average of 82. This was within the range I needed (see example gibberish above: I needed 80-90 points)

Submitted by zoogrrl27:This time, the average is weighted!

What does that mean? Well, the average this time is a bit more difficult to figure out, because we have to look at the weight of the ingredients at well as the value. Now, we have three ingredients: Two are 10g, and one is 5g. So what we need to do is multiply the values by their corresponding weight, add those numbers together, and then divide by 25 to get our average.

QUICK AND EASY EQUATION:
Submitted by ezbird
[(10*value 1) + (10*value 2) + (5*value 3)] / 25

Pretend we need to get a value of 33, plus or minus 3 points. Also pretend have a 10g ingredient with a value of 16, another 10g ingredient with a value of 32, and a 5g ingredient with a value of 66. The equation would be as follows:

[(10*16) +(10*32) + (5*66)] / 25

[(160) + (320) + (330)] / 25

[(810)] / 25

= 32.4

18. Combine the ingredients. Make one into a composite, click on it, and combine with the second ingredient. Then click on that combined composite and click on the third ingredient.

19. You should now have two composites of the right value and weight. Toss 'em in.

20. HUZZAH! We have a two-headed cat. Onto potion #3.

STEP THREE

1. Sophie has more gibberish for us, this time asking that Composition #1 have something called "Spectral Essence."

Here is an example of what it might look like:

HOW TO GET SPECTRAL ESSENCE
Submitted by several players... hellzlena, vladrw, and cyndisue46 :)

Spectral essence
10g Bloodfern - Crush and Soak both to Max
10g Bloodfern - Crush and Soak both to max
5g Leafy Slorgblossom - Crush, Soak and dessicate to MAX

Combine everything together into one composite.
You the name of the composite should change to "Spectral Essence." :)

-Don't throw it into the cauldron until you have composite #2!

2. Let's move on to composition #2. This is a bit harder as now you're going to have to balance two values at once.

EDIT: A brilliant, universal solution has been discovered. IT INVOLVES NO MATH. (Woot!) Here is the big secret:

3. You do NOT have to have four different ingredients for this step. What Sophie says is misleading. You can four of the SAME ingredient, if you want, so long as you ONLY ADD 3g AT A TIME. Why does this make things simpler? Well, because this means we all can use four 3g of Jurpleberries! Why is this so exciting and stop you from getting headaches? Let me explain.

4. First, grab 3g of Jurpleberries out of your ingredient cabinet. Then go back and grab another 3g of Jurpleberries. Then go back again. And one last time. Okay, you should now have 4 Jurpleberries on your workbench, at 3g each.

EDIT: Submitted by xahdum8
Instead of going to the basic ingredients cabinet over and over, you can just pull out 9g of something and use the 'split' feature right under actions, then go back and grab 3g more. If this works for you, go for it!

5. Here comes the fun part. If you scroll down to look at the table at the bottom of this page, you will see the properties for Jurpleberries are rather unique. In fact, Jurpleberries are the only ingredient that will have only ONE property effected at a time, depending on whether you burn, crush, dry or soak. For example, soaking jurpleberries will ONLY make the Divination stats rise and nothing else.

BURNING Jurpleberries will raise the Enchantment value.
CRUSHING Jurpleberries will raise the Conjuring value.
SOAKING Jurpleberries will raise the Divination value.
DESSICATING Jurpleberries will raise the Power value.

-NOTE: (Submitted by share_t): Watching 4 Jurpleberries at once can get difficult, especially since the values rise so fast. If this is too hard for you, a possible solution is to withdraw 6g of Jurpleberries from the cabinet twice, so you'll have two Jurpleberries on your workbench at 6g each. Once you're done raising the stats on those, use the split command to split both of them into two parts of 3g each.

6. So, in the example above, we need a 78 in Conjuring and an 83 in Enchantment. So what we would do to achieve this is GENTLY (carefully) crush ALL the Jurpleberries until their conjuring value reaches 78. Then we would GENTLY burn all of the Jurpleberries until the enchantment value reached 83. Combine them all and violia! We have a composite will our exact needed stats!

7. Since we now have composite #1 and Composite #2, throw it all into the pot, mix up some Dr. Meowsloth brew and let's move on to step four.

Please Note: Individual solutions have been removed from the page to save clutter and time. The above solution should work for everyone. If it does not, please neomail me. Thank you to n00b_b_gone, nmagelet, rottmusi, Hellz Lena, giladriel, just_call_me_orf, snooey, daughterofearth85, ashroxmehsox, 1sannie, and tigergirl00020 for taking the time to help out.

STEP FOUR

1. Alright, so, step four. WHAT? WE'RE NOT DONE YET?! No, we're not, because TNT has a sadistic sense of humor. Sophie has yet more gibberish for us. Here is an example of what it might look like:

2. Anti-Gravitic Goo? Apparently Sophie has been having her cat name ingredients again. Here's the formula:

Take these out of the ingredients cabinet:
4g Babaa Wool
3g Crushed Jurpleberries
3g Baggus Pulp

Then burn and crush all of the above ingredients to max. (Till they can't be burnt/crushed anymore.) Combine into a new composite and it should rename itself "Anti-Gravitic-Goo.

3. Spectral Essence again? Only now it's a bit more complicated. Here's the formula (credit to angelic3217):

Take these ingredients out of the cabinet:
7g Bloodfern Loam
7g Bloodfern Loam
7g Bloodfern Loam
2g Leafy Slorgblossom

-Crush and soak all of the Bloodfern Loams to the max.
-Dessicate (dry) Leafy Slorgblossom to the max (ONLY dessicate, nothing else!)
-Combine it all into a new composite. Yay, another batch of spectral essence!

4. Alright, this one gets tricky. It's going to be different for everyone, depending on the value you need, but let's try the Jurpleberry Method again. In the above example we need an Enchantment of 67 and a Divination of 104. Let's pull out some Jurpleberries and get started.

NOTE: I've been getting a lot of e-mails from worried people about this step. You CAN use the same ingredient multiple times. I know what Sophie says, but it is misleading. So long as you ONLY add 3g of an ingredient at a time to the composition, this will work. PLEASE STOP neomailing me to "correct" this step; it's a proven method that works, I promise! Just make sure you only combine 3g of Jurpleberries at a time to the composite.

Ingredients Needed:
3g Crushed JurpleBerries (x4)
(You should end up with 4 Jurpleberries on your bench at 3g each.)

Now we're going to GENTLY burn all the Jurpleberries until the Enchantment value reaches 67. Then we are going to GENTLY soak them all until the Divinationvalue reaches 104. Be careful, the values rise fast! Check it every ten seconds or so and try to only work on one or two at a time. Once that's done, we can make them all into a new composite which should have the right values and weights.

5. Got our three composites? Wonderful! Let's throw them all in the pot and move on to step FIVE.

STEP FIVE

1. Sophie doesn't know when to quit, does she? I feel sorry for her poor cat!

Some example gibberish:

1. It's been brought to my attention by neodarako that for Composite #1, some people have "Psionic Singularity," some have "Ice Plasma," and some have "Platinum Mist," as I did. I'll post the formulas as soon as I recieve them...

Formula for Ice Plasma.
Submitted by neodarako
1g Bumroot (burn and crush to max)
1g Sharpgrass (burn and crush to max)
1g Nova essence (burn and crush to max)
7g Sharpgrass (no changes made)

Formula for Platinum Mist
(Submitted by many):
1g Sharpgrass (Do NOTHING to it)
1g Madvine Root (Do NOTHING to it)
8g Bronze Sansam (Max out everything)

Formula for Psionic Singularity
(submitted by enough neopians to break my neomail XD Thank guys!):
8g Nova Essence (Do NOTHING to it)
2g Madvine Root- (Start Dessicate, only 2 sec)

Or, alternatively for dial-up neopians: if you cannot stop the madvine root at exactly 2 seconds,then use 6g of Madvine root, dessicate for 6 seconds and then split of a section of 2g. Discard the rest.

2. Let's move onto Composite #3 for now. In this example, the values are much too high to use the Jurpleberry Method, since Jurpleberries max out at 180. However, since it wants a value of 300 in both the required values, there is still a very simple solution!

Bloodfern Loam, when it has been completely maxed out, will have +330 listed for all values. Jurpleberry, when maxed out, will have +180 listed for all values.

What does this mean for us? Well, it means all we have to do is follow the steps below:

-Get four Bloodfern Loams on your bench, 1g each
-Max out burn, crush, soak and dry on all of them
-Combine these four together into a composite
-Grab out 1g of JURPLEBERRY
-Max out everything (or just the stats you need)
-Combine it with your composite.

The Jurpleberry, which maxes out at +180 for every value, will balance the four 1g Bloodfern at +330 in every value. When all five parts are combined into a composite, the values will average out and you'll end up with +300 in every property.

You should end up with a 5g composite that has +300 in every value.

NOTE: I've been getting a lot of neomails about worry over this step. Sophie's words are misleading. You CAN use the same ingredient more than once so long as you ONLY combine 1g of it into the composite at a time. You do NOT have to have five different ingredients. The formula above WILL work!

-An alternate method is to simply use BaaBaa Wool five times at 1g each. Max out ONLY the stats you need using the table at the bottom of the page, (IE, Max out ONLY Burn or ONLY Soak, etc, depending on which stat you need to raise) and you'll end up with -1200 in one property and +300 in all the rest. Combine them all and the composite will have the same values. If this is too confusing for you, though, just use the steps above!

-If neither of the above methods are working for you, you can try the formulas listed here. (noadawn was nice enough to make these charts. :) )

3. Okay. Now let's move on to Composite #2, another Anti-Gravitic Goo.

Formula for Anti-Gravitic Goo
Submitted by neodarako

4g Babaa Wool (crush to max)
2g Bagguss Pulp (burn, crush, soak, and dessicate to max)
2g Crushed Jurpleberries (burn, crush, soak to max)
2g Crushed Jurpleberries - (crush and soak to max)

Combine all of these into a composite, and the composite should rename itself Anti-Gravatic Goo.

4. Throw it all into the pot and...

..........................

PLEASE IGNORE THIS if you don't understand what it is.

The following is a table representing the values of each ingredient when Burn, Crush, Soak or Dry has been maxed out. The following is the SAME FOR EVERY PLAYER, REGARDLESS OF WEIGHT (AMOUNT OF GRAMS)

Results for BaaBaa Wool and Bronze Sansam submitted by vladrw

Results for Madvine Root and Nova Essence submitted by them_not_us and tipsuli, edited with help from sabrina_showcase

		Conjure	Divination	Enchantment	Power
Crushed Jurpleberries	burn	0	0	+180	0
	crush	+180	0	0	0
	soak	0	+180	0	0
	dry	0	0	0	+180
Bum Root	burn	+30	+15	+15	+8
	crush	+36	+18	+18	+9
	soak	+42	+21	+21	+11
	dry	+48	+24	+24	+12
Leafy Slorgblossom	burn	+8	+30	+15	+15
	crush	+9	+36	+18	+18
	soak	+11	+42	+21	+21
	dry	+12	+48	+24	+24
Baggus Pulp	burn	+15	+8	+36	+30
	crush	+18	+9	+43	+36
	soak	+21	+11	+51	+42
	dry	+24	+12	+58	+48
Bloodfern Loam	burn	+60	-30	-30	-30
	crush	+390	+120	-90	+180
	soak	-90	-90	+90	+270
	dry	-30	+330	+360	-90
Sharp Grass	burn	+60	-6	-3	+60
	crush	-6	+60	+60	-12
	soak	+90	+90	-18	-9
	dry	-24	-12	+90	+90
Bronze Sansam	burn	+120	+150	+90	+180
	crush	+180	+240	+180	+240
	soak	+180	+270	+180	+90
	dry	+120	+240	+60	+12
Baabaa Wool	burn	+300	+300	+300	-1200
	crush	+300	+300	-1200	+300
	soak	+300	-1200	+300	+300
	dry	-1200	+300	+300	+300
Madvine Root	burn	+120	+300	+240	+660
	crush	+360	-120	+240	-480
	soak	-270	+300	+540	+480
	dry	+180	-240	-120	+60
Nova Essence	burn	-540	+420	-360	+240
	crush	+600	+420	+180	-540
	soak	+540	-360	-240	+660
	dry	+360	-120	+480	+60

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