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If you click the recipe book in the top left you are shown the following pages: | If you click the recipe book in the top left you are shown the following pages: | ||
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| + | |+ The Recipe Book | ||
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| + | ! Recipe || Description | ||
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| + | | Page 1 | ||
| + | | With toil and trouble bound for thee, | ||
| − | + | Brew specimens of nature, three | |
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| − | + | Contrive to burn or salve the soul | |
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| − | + | TheChronomicon: your goal | |
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| − | + | The EnigmaStone will bear its fruits, | |
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| − | + | From fungus to enchanted roots | |
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| − | + | These, the tools for your new quest | |
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| − | + | Unseal the tome once laid to rest | |
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| − | + | | Bottled Soul | |
| + | | Swap this for an enemy's essence. Lovers and family will be unperturbed. You hold the bar, and your puppet will dance. | ||
| + | Screaming tree root | ||
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| + | Gossamer | ||
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| + | Precious stone | ||
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| + | | Cave Slop | ||
| + | | A benign mixture, the choice of cave-dwellers and misanthropes. No good for good men. | ||
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| + | Mix spawn of frog, fungus and arachnid excretion. Brew for as long as you want. It hardly matters. | ||
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| + | | Crimson Ichor | ||
| + | | The deep red of this elixir mirrors the rosy cheeks of youth. Drink daily to stay young and healthy. Beware full moons. | ||
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| + | Mix blood of insect, foot of hare, spine of tree dweller. | ||
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| + | | Dazzle Flask | ||
| + | | A solution to make dull objects sparkle like gemstones - common folk will be drawn to them as magpies. | ||
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| + | Blend a crystal, the scales of a fish, a magic root. | ||
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| + | | Enigmous | ||
| + | | A confounding potion. Those who imbibe its contents slowly lose their memories - then, their humanity. | ||
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| + | Forest mushroom | ||
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| + | Flowering plant | ||
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| + | Mystic root | ||
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| + | Avoid overmixing, wise men have been known to scream with madness. | ||
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| + | | Fire Balm | ||
| + | | Ward off heat for safe cooking, or to help you survive, however briefly, in a dreadful inferno. | ||
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| + | Mix root of mandrake and spider's home over a low heat. | ||
| + | Add animal quill and simmer until thick as swamp mud. | ||
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| + | | Morph Brew | ||
| + | | Like a changeling you will be, from sunset to sunrise. Your facade will wane with the moon. | ||
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| + | Chopped wolfsbane, mushroom, frog larva. | ||
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| + | | Necrotic Venom | ||
| + | | Madness in a vial. Your victim now wanders the earth as a shadow, a dark curse on his loved ones. Sorrow, plague and terror are afoot. | ||
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| + | Juiced insect, quill of echidna, diamond or similar. | ||
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| + | Do not let this potion cross your skin. | ||
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| + | | Skunk Blind | ||
| + | | Three drops and the most beautiful maiden will appear as a foul wench in your enemy's eyes. The most delicate sights become repugnant filth. A dismal curse fit only for those who suffer its effects already. | ||
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| + | Angelfish scales | ||
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| + | Beetle essence | ||
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| + | Rabbit foot | ||
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| + | | Whooping Crane | ||
| + | | Said to give flight to daydreamers. A loud crow and you will sail to the sun. Few ever come down. | ||
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| + | Use: | ||
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| + | Frogspawn | ||
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| + | Mandrake root | ||
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| + | Angelfish skin | ||
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| + | | Xeno's Arrow | ||
| + | | Time stands still for the unwitting fool who imbibes this catatonic concoction. | ||
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| + | Fish scale | ||
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| + | Echidna Spine | ||
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| + | Spiderweb | ||
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| + | | Ominous Crystal | ||
| + | | Make a crystal glow with mysterious vigour. Its full effects remain unknown, but tales tell of strong warriors bested by peasants. | ||
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| + | Common crystal | ||
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| + | Insect juice | ||
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| + | Wolfsbane | ||
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| + | | Essence of Nature | ||
| + | | Sup upon this elixir and the beasts of the wild will be at your service. Except pigs. They will bite you. | ||
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| + | One rabbit's foot, mixed briskly with a cobweb or two, followed by a mysterious forest root. | ||
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| + | | Note from Grendel | ||
| + | | Send me your discarded things, spoils from the forest or concoctions brewed. Find me in the swamp, or send things through your powers. I will return you a gift. | ||
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| + | - Grendel | ||
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| + | | Unremarkable Fish Filet | ||
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| + | | Dubious Potion | ||
| + | |} | ||
Page 1 was later updated to add links to [http://thechronomicon.com/ TheChronomicon] and [http://enigmastone.com/ EnigmaStone]. | Page 1 was later updated to add links to [http://thechronomicon.com/ TheChronomicon] and [http://enigmastone.com/ EnigmaStone]. | ||
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Revision as of 01:41, 25 November 2017
| Necromancy For Beginners | |
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| Chrono.gg's second ARG. Involving potion brewing. | |
| Type | Unofficial ARG |
| Creator | Chrono.gg |
| Discovered | 2017-24-11 |
Main Page > List of Investigations > Necromancy For Beginners
The hints
It started with a hint on the chrono.gg discord #secrets channel:
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog, Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg and howlet's wing, For a book of powerful deals, Like the blackest of Friday steals. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. See the path with a westward gaze, Thus begins a challenge for days.
This is an edited excerpt from Macbeth.
People then realized that the next ARG had begun so started looking around for clues. Immediately a URL was noticed in the deal banner for the day's sale.
Necromancy For Beginners
Upon opening, the user is shown a cauldron and an empty shelf.
If you click the recipe book in the top left you are shown the following pages:
| Recipe | Description |
|---|---|
| Page 1 | With toil and trouble bound for thee,
Brew specimens of nature, three Contrive to burn or salve the soul TheChronomicon: your goal
From fungus to enchanted roots These, the tools for your new quest Unseal the tome once laid to rest |
| Bottled Soul | Swap this for an enemy's essence. Lovers and family will be unperturbed. You hold the bar, and your puppet will dance.
Screaming tree root Gossamer Precious stone |
| Cave Slop | A benign mixture, the choice of cave-dwellers and misanthropes. No good for good men.
Mix spawn of frog, fungus and arachnid excretion. Brew for as long as you want. It hardly matters. |
| Crimson Ichor | The deep red of this elixir mirrors the rosy cheeks of youth. Drink daily to stay young and healthy. Beware full moons.
Mix blood of insect, foot of hare, spine of tree dweller. |
| Dazzle Flask | A solution to make dull objects sparkle like gemstones - common folk will be drawn to them as magpies.
Blend a crystal, the scales of a fish, a magic root. |
| Enigmous | A confounding potion. Those who imbibe its contents slowly lose their memories - then, their humanity.
Forest mushroom Flowering plant Mystic root Avoid overmixing, wise men have been known to scream with madness. |
| Fire Balm | Ward off heat for safe cooking, or to help you survive, however briefly, in a dreadful inferno.
Mix root of mandrake and spider's home over a low heat. Add animal quill and simmer until thick as swamp mud. |
| Morph Brew | Like a changeling you will be, from sunset to sunrise. Your facade will wane with the moon.
Chopped wolfsbane, mushroom, frog larva. |
| Necrotic Venom | Madness in a vial. Your victim now wanders the earth as a shadow, a dark curse on his loved ones. Sorrow, plague and terror are afoot.
Juiced insect, quill of echidna, diamond or similar. Do not let this potion cross your skin. |
| Skunk Blind | Three drops and the most beautiful maiden will appear as a foul wench in your enemy's eyes. The most delicate sights become repugnant filth. A dismal curse fit only for those who suffer its effects already.
Angelfish scales Beetle essence Rabbit foot |
| Whooping Crane | Said to give flight to daydreamers. A loud crow and you will sail to the sun. Few ever come down.
Use: Frogspawn Mandrake root Angelfish skin |
| Xeno's Arrow | Time stands still for the unwitting fool who imbibes this catatonic concoction.
Fish scale Echidna Spine Spiderweb |
| Ominous Crystal | Make a crystal glow with mysterious vigour. Its full effects remain unknown, but tales tell of strong warriors bested by peasants.
Common crystal Insect juice Wolfsbane |
| Essence of Nature | Sup upon this elixir and the beasts of the wild will be at your service. Except pigs. They will bite you.
One rabbit's foot, mixed briskly with a cobweb or two, followed by a mysterious forest root. |
| Note from Grendel | Send me your discarded things, spoils from the forest or concoctions brewed. Find me in the swamp, or send things through your powers. I will return you a gift.
|
| Unremarkable Fish Filet | |
| Dubious Potion |
Page 1 was later updated to add links to TheChronomicon and EnigmaStone.
From here onwards is working notes
The rune on the book started as a level1 and once 10 Crimson Ichors were offered it reached level2, 20 - level3 and we're now up to 23. The current theory is that we've got 17 left till this rune reaches max level, then 10 more until that rune is "finished" for a total of 50 potions per rune. The chronomicon will then highlight a new rune and asking for a new Elixir.
Links were obtained from an update to the recipe book.
