Baldwin is an elderly male Earth[1]Bogsneak alchemist whose brewing stand can be found at the Trading Post. Baldwin's special cauldron can transmute items into alchemical compounds that can be used to materialize brand new ones.
Transmuting and creating items yields alchemy experience. The higher a player's alchemy level, the more recipes available to their clan. The current maximum alchemy level is 28.
Baldwin only has one cauldron, so one can either transmute an item or create a new one; it isn't possible to do both at once.
Baldwin's Bubbling Brew was introduced on June 8th, 2015, as part of Flight Rising's second anniversary.
Remember, alchemical compounds aren't predictable—the outcome is determined randomly! Each item category will produce its own type of transmutation material, but in varying colors and degrees of rarity.
Transmuting an item takes 30 minutes and produces a random color of transmutation material, depending on the type of item provided:
Food gives Goo
Materials give Ooze
Apparel gives Slime
Familiars give Muck
Trinkets give Sludge
Green Goo
Yellow Goo
Orange Goo
Red Goo
Purple Goo
Blue Goo
Green Ooze
Yellow Ooze
Orange Ooze
Red Ooze
Purple Ooze
Blue Ooze
Grey Slime
White Slime
Black Slime
Copper Muck
Silver Muck
Gold Muck
Green Sludge
Yellow Sludge
Orange Sludge
Red Sludge
Purple Sludge
Blue Sludge
Percentages[]
The rarity of the item thrown in doesn’t matter, only the item type (Food, Material, Apparel, Familiar, or Trinket). The resulting material color is random.[2] This ensures that no item is more valuable than another when transmuting; a shiny-star Jungle Mantis has the same chance of resulting in Purple Goo as a one-star Clover does.
Percentages come from here and are rounded to the nearest whole number:
Use of Baldwin's Bubbling Brew yields experience points towards increasing one's alchemy level, with new item recipes unlocking at higher levels. Reducing any item yields 15 XP, and crafting recipes yields a range of XP. Experience is awarded upon collecting a completed brew. Upon release, the maximum level was 5.
Level
XP to Reach (from previous level)
1
0
2
200
3
400
4
700
5
1,100
6
1,600
7
2,200
8
2,900
9
3,700
10
4,600
11
5,600
12
6,700
13
7,900
14
9,200
15
10,600
16
12,100
17
13,700
18
15,400
19
17,200
20
19,100
21
21,100
22
24,400
23
25,400
24
27,700
25
30,100
26
32,600
27
35,200
Item Recipes[]
In addition to the items needed, each recipe requires a certain amount of treasure. How long the item takes to be brewed is listed along with the level at which the recipe is unlocked. Additionally, each recipe grants a certain amount of experience points.
The site's staff deliberately chooses a variety of items for recipes, spanning the gamut from simple to challenging to procure, both to balance the game and to give "vendor-trash" items new value.[3]
To view the items that can be crafted, click "Expand". There is also a separate reference list of all ingredients.
These recipes are only available at certain times of the year for a limited time. They will come back again the following year during their specified event/holiday.
Holiday Currency Available at Level 1 during the appropriate elemental holiday 35 minutes to brew - Gives 20 XP
These are recipes that are only brewable for a short time before or are no longer available to be made at Baldwin's and are listed here for archival purposes.
Anniversary Items[]
Dripcave Deputy Was available at Level 1 from Saturday, June 8th, 2019 through Tuesday, June 11th, 2019 at 10:00 server time Took 3 hours to brew - Gave 900 XP
Loga Was available at Level 1 from Monday, June 8th, 2015 through Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 at 22:00 server time Took 1 hour and 20 minutes to brew - Gave 120 XP
Scene: Remembrance Was available at Level 2 from Monday, June 8th, 2020 through Friday, June 12th, 2020 at 10:00 server time Took 4 hours to brew - Gave 750 XP
Baldwin's Bubbling Brew was introduced on June 8th, 2015.[4]
Baldwin had been known about long before his release. Here is a thread talking about Baldwin in 2013.
Baldwin was originally a Pearlcatcher. However, on September 14th, 2016, an accident in his lab occurred that resulted in his steady transformation into a Bogsneak,[5] which completed on September 19th, 2016.[6]
September 15th - Teeth grew in, horn became smaller, and whiskers disappeared.
September 16th - Crest of fins replaced ears.
September 17th - Finned crest became larger, belly became smoother, horn disappeared completely. Now sports a forked tongue.
September 18th - Hind feet have become pawlike. Tail ends at the pearl, and has no tuft. Eyes are now set lower in his skull.
September 19th - Finished his transformation into a Bogsneak dragon.
On June 3rd, 2022, Baldwin's art received another update.[8]
Trivia[]
Aequorin confirms that when transmuting familiars, the entire familiar isn't being transmuted—only certain parts such as scraps of fur, a piece of horn, or a handful of leaves are actually being transmuted.[9]
Baldwin appears to wear the Alchemist Eyewear, although without the accompanying smoky substance. Two familiars creatable at the cauldron can be seen with him: a Leftover Residue and a Cheerful Residue.
The best estimation of Baldwin's colors are basic Honeydew and Moss, with Crocodile Underbelly.[10]
Though male Pearlcatchers have two horns, Baldwin was referred to as male despite having had only one horn before his transformation. Xhaztol, the artist behind Baldwin,[11] has confirmed that he lost one horn and half of his second while working with the brew.[12]
Aequorin further confirms this, stating he was a "little more cavalier about proper lab safety. He knows better now."[13]
The Ghost tertiary was previously planned to be crafted at Baldwin's.[14] For its official release, however, it ultimately released to the Marketplace.
Baldwin still has his pearl. It is visible on his shelf in the Create New Items menu:
Both his old Pearlcatcher and Bogsneak art are images featured in the Jigsaw game in the Fairgrounds: