In the Exiled Lands, raw muscle only gets you so far. Sooner or later a sandstorm of scorpions, a venomous spider, or a brutal boss fight will leave you bleeding out and reaching for a potion. Alchemy is the survival backbone of Conan Exiles, turning humble aloe leaves and lotus blossoms into healing draughts, antidotes, and stat-boosting elixirs. This guide walks you through the Alchemist’s Bench, the full aloe extract ladder, healing wraps, antidotes, and the elixirs every serious exile keeps in their hotbar.
Getting Started: The Firebowl Cauldron and Alchemist’s Bench
Alchemy begins at the Firebowl Cauldron, the feat for which unlocks around the mid-teen levels and costs feat points to learn. The cauldron is where you produce your first batches of Aloe Extract and, crucially, the Alchemical Base used in almost every advanced recipe. Once you have the cauldron feat, you can craft the dedicated Alchemist’s Bench from wood, stone, and iron bars. The bench is faster and more efficient, and it’s where the higher-tier potions and elixirs come together.
Place a captured Alchemist thrall in the bench to cut crafting costs and speed up production. Upgraded benches (Improved, Precision, Trade) reduce material requirements further, which matters a great deal once you’re brewing potions in bulk for a war party or a populated community server.
Aloe Extract: The Healing Workhorse
Aloe Extract is the bread-and-butter healing potion of Conan Exiles, brewed from Aloe Vera Leaves harvested off the green aloe plants that grow along riverbanks and oases. It heals over time rather than instantly, so you’ll often drink it before or during a fight rather than as an emergency button. There’s a full tier ladder, with each rank unlocking at a higher level and requiring more leaves (and eventually Alchemical Base):
| Aloe Extract Tier | Key Ingredients | Healing (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Weak Aloe Extract | A few Aloe Vera Leaves | ~80 HP over time |
| Aloe Extract | ~10 Aloe Vera Leaves | ~120 HP over time |
| Concentrated Aloe Extract | Aloe Leaves + Alchemical Base | ~160 HP over time |
| Pure Aloe Extract | Many Aloe Leaves + Alchemical refinement | ~200 HP over time |
The numbers above are approximate and have shifted across patches, so always confirm the current values on your own server, but the principle holds: the higher the tier, the bigger the pool of health restored over its duration. Pure Aloe Extract is the gold standard for boss fights and dungeon runs, while Weak and standard Aloe Extract are cheap enough to spam during everyday exploration. If you’re stockpiling for tough content, pair this with our Conan Exiles bosses guide to know which fights demand the strongest brews.
Healing Wraps: Bandages That Stop Bleeding
Healing Wraps are the other half of your recovery kit. Crafted from Leather and Aloe Vera Leaves, they heal a solid chunk of life over several seconds. Their real value is the secondary effect: bandages remove the Bleeding status instantly on use. Many dangerous enemies and PvP weapons apply bleed stacks that drain you fast, so a wrap can be the difference between walking away and bleeding out in the sand. Keep a stack in your hotbar alongside your aloe extract so you can cleanse bleed and trigger a heal in one action.
Antidotes: Curing Poison and Venom
Poison is a constant threat in the Exiled Lands, especially around the spider-infested dungeons like the Dregs. The standard Antidote is crafted from a Water-filled Glass Flask, an Alchemical Base, and Grey Lotus Powder, and it instantly purges poison debuffs. There’s also a more potent Set Antidote, available to worshippers of Set who unlock the Acolyte of Set recipe through the religion system. If you frequently delve venom-heavy areas, brew antidotes in advance, our Conan Exiles dungeons guide flags which delves hit hardest with poison.
Elixirs: Temporary Stat Boosts
Elixirs are buff potions that temporarily enhance your character’s attributes, crafted at the Alchemist’s Bench from a Water-filled Glass Flask, an Alchemical Base, and various Lotus Powders (frost, grey, purple, crimson, and so on). The core attribute elixirs include:
- Elixir of Might — boosts your Strength for harder-hitting melee.
- Elixir of Grace — boosts Agility for ranged and light-armor builds.
- Elixir of Vigor — improves survivability and health.
- Elixir of Enduring — raises your effective armor and toughness.
- Elixir of Numbing — increases carrying capacity for big farming runs.
These are perfect for stacking before a major fight, a heavy harvesting session, or a PvP raid. Because the lotus powders come from refining lotus blossoms, growing a steady supply is worth the effort, see our resource farming guide for efficient gathering routes. Beyond combat stats, the bench also produces the Violet Curative, which clears poison-type effects — Poisoned, Food Poisoning, and Alcohol Poisoning — in one gulp (it does not remove bleeding or corruption).
Stocking Up on a Community Server
Alchemy scales beautifully on multiplayer servers: one player running a maxed Alchemist’s Bench with a named thrall can keep an entire clan supplied with healing potions and elixirs. If you run a clan or community, a stable host with admin tools makes managing benches, thralls, and bulk crafting far smoother. You can spin up a dedicated world on our Conan Exiles server rental, and the step-by-step setup instructions live in our Conan Exiles hosting documentation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where do I craft Aloe Extract in Conan Exiles?
You can craft basic Aloe Extract at the Firebowl Cauldron once you’ve unlocked its feat, and all tiers at the dedicated Alchemist’s Bench. The bench is more efficient and is required for the advanced potions and elixirs that use Alchemical Base.
What’s the difference between Healing Wraps and Aloe Extract?
Both heal over time, but Healing Wraps (made from leather and aloe) also instantly remove the Bleeding status, making them ideal mid-fight. Aloe Extract is a pure healing potion with a tier ladder from Weak up to Pure for progressively larger heals.
How do I cure poison?
Craft an Antidote at the Alchemist’s Bench from a Water-filled Glass Flask, Alchemical Base, and Grey Lotus Powder to instantly clear poison. You can also brew the stronger Set Antidote once you learn the Acolyte of Set knowledge — which any player can pick up (for example from Mek-kamoses at his spire), regardless of your chosen religion.
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