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The Mad Alchemist
Health:	500 NG+7 7,400
Drops:	4,010 Gold 4,000 Salt NG+7 303,060 Salt The Mad Alchemist's Ear
Defences
Strike	200	Fire	50
Slash	50	Lightning	50
Poise	100	Poison	50
Block	100	Holy	50
Block Damage	100	Arcane	50
Block Magic	60

The Mad Alchemist is a Boss in Salt and Sanctuary

Once known as Ruzpin, Grand Ter of Alchemy and Salves, this mindless creature has become a murderous, mindless husk of its former glory. "Location

• The Watching Woods: Top-right side of area on a platform above a Sanctuary, past a Bloated Monstrosity.
• Coordinates: {X:21009.73 Y:18165.92}
• Flags: The Sanctuary near the Alchemist can be joined for the trophy: The Stone Roots

Combat Information

• Attack Types: Poison, Fire, Lightning, Arcane
• Weak vs: Slash / Elemental Damage
• Strong vs: Strike Damage

Phase 1

• Green Vial - Tosses green vials that spawn Poison Cytoplasms. Note that the green cloud that lingers after the Cytoplasm is spawned can (and will) rapidly fill your Poison meter up if stuck in it. You can roll to the other side and attack both Alchemist and Cytoplasm.
• Blue Vial - Tosses blue vials that create floating walls of electricity following player. These track in the general direction, so one must run to a space of the arena where they can be avoided
• Red Vial - Tosses three homing fire orbs that follow the player's initial position. Can be avoided by using the slight elevations on the room.
• Purple Vial - Tosses purple vials during a jump that spawn black clouds that throw a pair of arcing energy scythes (arcane damage) with some intervals between scythes. These try to reach the player by launching themselves in their general direction, but do not home directly.

Phase 2 (50% HP)

• His purple vials become EXTREMELY dangerous, as he drops three at once, which leads from 2 scythes a cloud to 6 scythes from three clouds. He can also do this twice, leading to an extreme amount of scythes spawned in a short amount of time.
• Becomes more aggressive, jumps around faster, and uses Purple Vials more often

Melee Strategy Video

Player Notes

• Use The Mad Alchemist's Ear to upgrade the Trident. The Mossy Key is also found to the left of the boss arena.
• This boss fight can be very hectic, but luckily The Mad Alchemist doesn't have much health. Try luring the Alchemist up onto one of the platforms to reduce the number of elements you have to contend with. 
  • If at all possible, eliminate the Cytoplasms, but only if it's safe. The zone can become a "bullet hell" shooter quite quickly in the 2nd Phase, and the less danger you have, the better.
• The Mad Alchemist does NOT have any melee attacks, which can be used to your advantage. If you find the lower section of the plaform filled with Cytoplasms on one side and you manage to get him down on their level, he will act as a wall and the Cytoplasms can't pounce on you through him. If you have a weapon with good reach, you can safely take out the Cytoplasms while hitting The Mad Alchemist.
  • However, this also means that most shields at this point in the game have partial success against him. This is not the case in ng+
• In Phase 2, his scythe cloud vials potentially become the worst thing to deal with as he grows a little more aggressive with his jumping. Don't be surprised if he gets two sets of three scythe cloud vials out in quick succession, and it's even worse if he gets them on top of you and you're cornered by The Mad Alchemist and/or Cytoplasms. A burst of three scythes can easily rip through your stamina when blocking, and once staggered, that's going to be 3-9 scythes hitting you. That's a bad, and likely fatal, situation you don't want to be in.
• It is possible to poison the boss by using Pessmud on a decent DPS weapon. The poison stacks enough damage over time that with the bosses low health, the fight is over before you know it.
• A recommended armor set is the Cook's Set, which provides fantastic poison defense, allowing you to combat the green vials more easily.
• His scythe projectiles can be parried by any shield, and you can parry more than one scythe at once if the parry frames synch with them. However, after the frames end, you're vulnerable to the rest of attacks for the remainder of the parry animation.
  • You can also spell parry its lightning orbs if timed right. His fire orbs however, cannot be spell parried.
    • This is only relevant on ng+, where you have access to shields that can spell parry.