Quick Answer
You unlock recipes by earning tokens, buying manuals from the wandering merchant, and upgrading processing under Records, Proficiencies. Complete stone-slab tasks for tokens, then spend them on the manuals you need. Higher processing levels unlock apprentice, journeyman, and expert recipes.
How do you get manuals and unlock recipes?
You get manuals from the wandering merchant with tokens, then use them to upgrade your proficiencies.
Complete stone-slab tasks for tokens
Interact with blue stone slabs and complete their requests to earn tokens. These requests involve obtaining specific dungeon materials or completing challenges. Use the slab's request to determine what you need to bring back.
Buy manuals from the wandering merchant
Find the wandering merchant and exchange your tokens for production manuals or processing manuals. The merchant sells both types for 5 tokens each.
You can use fast travel to shorten the trip, as the merchant visit demonstrates. The merchant shown stands beside a statue; exact coordinates are being added.
Manual purchases have a limit. Each manual showed a purchase limit of 1.
Open Proficiencies under Records
Open Main Menu, then Records, then Proficiencies.
Find the processing skill you want to upgrade, such as smelting or refining. Use processing manuals to raise that proficiency.
For the broader system, see the ArcheAge Chronicles life skills overview.
Use higher processing levels to unlock recipes
Raise processing to unlock more recipes, including apprentice, journeyman, and expert recipes. For example, raising smelting lets you make better bars.
One smelting upgrade requires three processing manuals. That example does not give you a fixed cost for every upgrade. Manual requirements for other levels are being added.
How do you start making healing potions?
You can learn healing potion crafting from Hurle, east of Watchtower of Hope.
Speak with Hurle
Go east from Watchtower of Hope and speak with Hurle about learning healing potions.
Gather raspberries and return
Gather raspberries nearby, then return and speak with Hurle again.
Use the brewing furnace
Go to the brewing furnace beside Hurle to craft the potion.
For your next steps around the starting town, follow the ArcheAge Chronicles beginner guide.
FAQ
You unlock higher recipes through processing upgrades, with manuals bought using tokens from stone-slab tasks.
You buy processing manuals from the wandering merchant using tokens. The same merchant also sells production manuals.
You complete stone-slab tasks involving dungeon materials or challenges. Interact with a blue slab to read its request.
Yes, you unlock higher recipes as you raise processing, including apprentice, journeyman, and expert recipes.
No, the wandering merchant has a purchase limit on manuals.
One smelting upgrade requires three processing manuals. Requirements for other upgrades are being added.