Alustin’s Alchemy Journal is part of the “Shakatu Merchants’ Archive” within the “Adventure Log Bookshelf”. It arrived in Black Desert Online on Oct 21, 2020. Alustin’s Adventure Log requires you to exchange alchemy items you craft or purchase. In return, you get 500 Caphras Stones.
Alustin Journal Requirements:
- Requirements:
- Lv. 57+
- Black Spirit quest “[Adventure Log] Shakatu Merchants’ Archive”
- View Alustin’s Alchemy Menu: press Esc → Adventure → Adventure Log Bookshelf → Shakatu Merchants’ Archive → Alustin’s Alchemy Volumes 7 to 9
Alustin’s Alchemy Journal contains 3 books that cost silver or mats, but reward 500 total Caphras Stones. Most of the ingredients can currently be found in the Marketplace.
Alustin’s Adventure Log Basics:
- Completing one Book, opens up the next Book in the series
- When an Adventure Log’s Goal (quest) is completed, it will receive a sparkly highlight. Click it to receive your reward.
- A completion stamp will cover the reward, if you have already received it.
- Goals can be completed in any order within a Book.
Alustin’s Alchemy Journal Basic UI
You can craft or purchase the alchemy items. They are given to Alustin. Alustin has several locations. Alustin in Alejandro Farm (NW of Heidel) or Alustin (Velia location). Also in Glish, Port Epheria, Keplan, The Great Library of Calpheon, etc.
Interact with Alustin (R) and select the “Chat” option. Have the items in your inventory. You do NOT get to keep the items.
Alustin <Alchemist>
Location: Velia and other cities
Adventure Log Bookshelf
- Shakatu Merchants’ Archive
- 1 to 6 → Deve’s Encyclopedia
- 7 to 9 → Alustin’s Alchemy
- 10 to 11 → Dorin Morgrim’s Secrets
- Crow Merchants’ Records
- 1 → Rulupee’s Travels
- 2 to 5 → Caphras’ Record
- 6 to 8 → Fughar’s Road to Success
- 9 → Lamute Gang’s Adventures
- Old Moon Logs:
- 1 to 2 → Book of Margahan
- 3 to 6 → Herald’s Journal
- 7 to 10 → Pavino Greko
- Igor Bartali’s Adventures:
- 1 to 15 → Igor Bartali’s Adventures
Caphras Stones from Alustin’s Adventure Log
- Book 1:
- #1: +10 Caphras Stones
- #2: +20 Caphras Stones
- #3: +20 Caphras Stones
- #4: +20 Caphras Stones
- #5: +30 Caphras Stones
- Book 2:
- #1: +20 Caphras Stones
- #2: +30 Caphras Stones
- #3: +30 Caphras Stones
- #4: +30 Caphras Stones
- #5: +40 Caphras Stones
- Book 3:
- #1: +30 Caphras Stones
- #2: +50 Caphras Stones
- #3: +50 Caphras Stones
- #4: +50 Caphras Stones
- #5: +70 Caphras Stones
———— TOTALS ———–
- Book 1: +100 Caphras Stones
- Book 2: +150 Caphras Stones
- Book 3: +250 Caphras Stones
- TOTAL: +500 Caphras Stones
Alustin’s Alchemy Journal Item List
Alustin’s Alchemy Journal requires many different alchemy ingredients to craft your recipes.
NOTE: This list does NOT reflect the average Alchemy recipe yield of 2.5 per recipe, if you have Artisan 2 or greater Alchemy.
Some of the ingredients can be quite rare and you should start planning ahead to get them. (Ex. Fir Sap and Rough Stone)
If you have trouble finding herbs, you can purchase them at the herb vendor for 500 silver.
Nieves <Herb Vendor>
| Ingredients: Books 1 & 2 | Qty |
|---|---|
 Black Stone |
6 |
 Ancient Spirit Dust |
30 |
 Trace of Nature |
500 |
 Melted Iron Shard |
750 |
 Pure Powder Reagent |
1000 |
 Wise Man’s Blood |
1000 |
 Bloody Tree Knot |
1000 |
 Rough Stone |
1000 |
 Salt |
1500 |
 Sugar |
1500 |
 HP Potion (Small) |
2000 |
 MP Potion (Small) |
2000 |
 Sheep/Deer/Pig Blood |
2000 |
 Clear Liquid Reagent |
2250 |
 Wild Grass (or Weeds) |
3000 |
 Powder of Flame |
3000 |
 Fir Sap |
3000 |
 Fox/Weasel Blood |
4000 |
 Purified Water |
9000 |
 Fire Flake Flower |
75000 |
 Dry Mane Grass |
75000 |
 Silk Honey Grass |
75000 |
 Silver Azalea |
76500 |
 Sunrise Herb |
79500 |
Alustin’s Log Chapter & Caphras Reward List (Detailed)
The recipes below use the Alchemy Life Skill, requiring you to install an Alchemy Tool inside your residence. (Except for the Simple Alchemy recipes.)
NOTE: You do NOT have to have a high Alchemy Life Skill to create the recipes required for Book 1. A new alchemist can make them with Beginner 1 level.
| Chapter | Caphras | Alustin’s Goal Text | Alchemy Recipe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 10 | Obtain Caphras Stone x1 |
Processing (L) > Simple Alchemy: Ancient Spirit Dust x5 |
| 1 | 2 | 20 | Hand over Clear Liquid Reagent x1,500 to Alustin | Salt x1 Sunrise Herb x1 Purified Water x1 Wild Grass or Weed x1 |
| 1 | 3 | 20 | Hand over Resurrection Elixir x1,000 to Alustin | Clear Liquid Reagent x1 HP Potion (Small) x2 Sunrise Herb x3 Purified Water x3 |
| 1 | 4 | 20 | Hand over Elixir of Energy x1,000 to Alustin | Pure Powder Reagent x1 MP Potion (Small) x2 Fox, Weasel. OR Raccoon Blood x4 Purified Water x3 |
| 1 | 5 | 30 | Hand over Pure Powder Reagent x1,500 to Alustin | Sugar x1 Silver Azalea x1 Purified Water x1 Wild Grass or Weed x1 |
| Alustin’s Adventure Log Book 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | 20 | Obtain Caphras Stone x5 |
Processing (L) > Simple Alchemy: Ancient Spirit Dust x5 |
| 2 | 2 | 30 | Hand over Fisher’s Elixir x1,000 to Alustin | Fir Sap x3 Powder of Flame x2 Sunrise Herb x6 Wise Man’s Blood x1 |
| 2 | 3 | 30 | Hand over Sinner’s Blood x1,000 to Alustin | Bloody Tree Knot x1, Powder of Flame x1, Clear Liquid Reagent x1, Deer, Sheep, Ox, Waragon, OR Pig Blood x2 |
| 2 | 4 | 30 | Hand over Metal Solvent x250 to Alustin | Melted Iron Shard x3 Trace of Nature x2 Clear Liquid Reagent x1 Rough Stone x4 |
| 2 | 5 | 40 | Hand over Tenacious Origin of Life x1,500 to Alustin | Sunrise Herb x50 Silver Azalea x50 Fire Flake Flower x50 Dry Mane Grass x50 Silk Honey Grass x50 |
| Alustin’s Adventure Log Book 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 30 | Craft Caphras Stone x10 |
Processing (L) > Simple Alchemy: Ancient Spirit Dust x5 |
| 3 | 2 | 50 | Hand over Oil of Corruption x1,000 to Alustin | Sinner’s Blood Spirit’s Leaf Fruit of Nature Powder of Darkness |
| 3 | 3 | 50 | Hand over Oil of Fortitude x1,000 to Alustin | Clown’s Blood Monk’s Branch Fruit of Nature Powder of Flame |
| 3 | 4 | 50 | Hand over Elixir of Remarkable Will 1,000 to Alustin | Pure Powder Reagent x1 Sunrise Herb x4 Wolf, Flamingo, Rhino, Cheetah Dragon Blood x6 Purified Water x3 |
| 3 | 5 | 70 | Hand over Fierce Demihuman Hunting x1,000 to Alustin | Sinner’s Blood x1 Arrow Mushroom x4 Fir Sap x4 Black Stone Powder x3 |
Alustin’s Log: Book 1.1 | Alustin
Requirement:
- Obtain Caphras Stone x1
Reward:
- 10x Caphras Stones
Caphras Stones via Gathering:
Gathering has a small chance of giving a Caphras Stone or Ancient Spirit Dust. Gathering includes Skinning, Mining, Butchering, Lumbering, Fluid Collection, and gathering with a hoe.
Caphras Stone Recipe:
Craft using Processing > Simple Alchemy.
Alustin’s Log: Book 1.2 | Struggle to Break Free
Requirement:
- Hand over Clear Liquid Reagent x1,500 to Alustin
Reward:
- 20x Caphras Stones
Clear Liquid Reagent Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence.
Alustin’s Log: Book 1.3 | Vanished Like Dust
Requirement:
- Hand over Resurrection Elixir x1,000 to Alustin
Reward:
- 20x Caphras Stones
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence.
Alustin’s Log: Book 1.4 | A Rope Right Before It Snaps
Requirement:
- Hand over Elixir of Energy x1,000 to Alustin
Reward:
- 20x Caphras Stones
Alustin’s Log: Book 1.5 | The Alchemist
Requirement:
- Hand over Pure Powder Reagent x1,500 to Alustin
Reward:
- 30x Caphras Stones
Pure Powder Reagent Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence.
Alustin’s Log: Book 2.1 | Quiet Town, Velia
Requirement:
- Obtain Caphras Stone x5
Reward:
- 20x Caphras Stones
Caphras Stone Recipe:
Craft using Processing > Simple Alchemy.
Alustin’s Log: Book 2.2 | The Line Between God and Humans
Requirement:
- Hand over Fisher’s Elixir x1,000 to Alustin
Reward:
- 30x Caphras Stones
Fisher’s Elixir Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence. (Apprentice 1 Alchemy level)
Alustin’s Log: Book 2.3 | Unfortunate Child
Requirement:
- Hand over Sinner’s Blood x1,000 to Alustin
Reward:
- 30x Caphras Stones
Sinner’s Blood Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence. (Apprentice 1 Alchemy level)
x2 Pig Blood Blood Group 2Alustin’s Log: Book 2.4 | No Such Thing as a Useless Ingredient
Requirement:
- Hand over Metal Solvent x250 to Alustin
Reward:
- 30x Caphras Stones
Metal Solvent Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence. (Apprentice 1 Alchemy level)
For Each:
Alustin’s Log: Book 2.5 | Kindness Fosters Virtue
Requirement:
- Hand over Tenacious Origin of Life x1,500 to Alustin
Reward:
- 40x Caphras Stones
Tenacious Origin of Life Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence. (Skilled 1 Alchemy level)
For Each:
Alustin’s Log: Book 3.1
Requirement:
- Craft Caphras Stone x10
Reward:
- 30x Caphras Stones
Caphras Stone Recipe:
Craft using Processing > Simple Alchemy.
For Each Stone:
Alustin’s Log: Book 3.2
Requirement:
- Hand over Oil of Corruption x1000 to Alustin
Reward:
- 50x Caphras Stones
Oil of Corruption Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence. (Skilled 1 Alchemy level)
For Each:
– 
– 
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– Alustin’s Log: Book 3.3
Requirement:
- Hand over Oil of Fortitude x1000 to Alustin
Reward:
- 50x Caphras Stones
Oil of Fortitude Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence. (Skilled 1 Alchemy level)
For Each
– 
– Alustin’s Log: Book 3.4
Requirement:
- Hand over Elixir of Remarkable Will x1000 to Alustin
Reward:
- 50x Caphras Stones
Elixir of Remarkable Will Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence. (Skilled 1 Alchemy level)
For Each:
4- Sunrise Herb
6- Wolf Blood Blood Group 1 (Wolf, Flamingo, Rhino, Cheetah Dragon)
Or Simple Alchemy:
3- 
– Blue Reagent (50k silver at Material Vendor)
Alustin’s Log: Book 3.5
Requirement:
- Hand over Elixir of Fierce Demihuman Hunt x1000 to Alustin
Reward:
- 70x Caphras Stones
Elixir of Fierce Demihuman Hunt Recipe:
Craft using an Alchemy tool in your residence. (Professional 1 Alchemy level)
For Each:
4- 4- Fir Sap
3-
Or Simple Alchemy:
3- – Blue Reagent (50k silver at Material Vendor)
Alustin’s Alchemy Journal Patch Notes
- Added Alustin’s Alchemy Journal in the Adventure Logs.
- This log holds records of Alustin, the famous alchemist of Velia.
- This Adventure Log becomes available once you reach level 61 or complete [O’dyllita] Keepsake of Ataraxia, and accept and complete Adventure Log: Alustin’s Alchemy Journal from the Black Spirit.
- Complete the objectives to obtain a large number of Caphras Stones.
Sources & Additional Info
- official patch notes: Oct 21, 2020
- bdocodex.com data searches
- Chris Poli’s youtube videos: Book 1, Book 2, Book 3
- altarofgaming.com guide
- blackdesertfoundry.com guide
Should be Fierce demihuman hunt elixir in “”Alustin’s Log: Book 3.5″” They can also be bought from the central market, no need to make them yourself
Acks!!! Thanks for catching that. It’s corrected now.
In 2.3 the name in the recipe is incorrect (wise man’s instead of sinner’s). The recipe is the right one, though.
Hello 🙂 Thanks for letting me know! It’s fixed now.