Guide to chemistry

This guide will primarily be useful for chemists but may come in handy to any player and especially traitors.

What's all this new stuff then?

Confused by all the new strange stuff? Where's your tricordazine? Recently, we added a whole bunch of special chemicals, mostly taken from Goonstation. These are either weaker, more specialised, or vastly more powerful than the old chems, usually being made in several stages. A few of the older chemicals have remained, but Tricord, Rytalin, Doctor's Delight, Dexalin, Bicaridine, Dex Plus, Kelotane, Dermaline, and more are all gone. Use the new ones.

Mixing these special chemicals often requires a new tool called the Chem Heater. With this, you enter a given temperature (in degrees Kelvin) to heat or cool a beaker and its reagents. This can sometimes result in dangerous reactions, so be careful!

Additionally, the chemical dispenser has four new reagents. Stable Plasma, Welding Fuel, Iodine, and Bromine.

Important: Chems in the heater will not mix until ejected. Be real careful when making the more volatile chemicals!

Chemicals

The building blocks of chemistry are aluminium, bromine, carbon, chlorine, copper, ethanol, fluorine, hydrogen, iodine, iron, lithium, mercury, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, radium, silicon, silver, sodium, stable plasma, sugar, sulphur, sulphuric acid, and water. These can be produced from the Chem Dispenser in Chemistry.

You have all sorts of things here, and can make so much. You can make medicines, foam, flash powder, poisons, space lube, window hardener, and so much more. The limit on combinations is a limit that exists only in your creativity (and the game engine). Be sure to be careful though, mixing the wrong chemicals can be bad for your health and please make sure you know what a chemical does before you use it. Experiment at your own risk.

Some pure chemicals are lethal or will cause heavy toxin damage if injected or ingested in their pure form.

Grinding minerals from mining will also get you:

• Plasma
• Uranium

The NanoMed Plus is your main source of generic toxin.

Active Pure Chemicals

A.K.A. what happens when you eat these. Chemicals unmentioned don't have any effect.

• Chlorine: Causes minor physical damage to various body parts.
• Ethanol: The most potent alcoholic "beverage", with the fastest toxicity.
• Fluorine: Causes minor toxin damage.
• Lithium: Causes twitching, drooling, moaning and not being able to walk straight.
• Mercury: Causes brain damage, twitching, drooling, moaning and not being able to walk straight.
• Radium: Causes irradation.
• Sugar: Gives nutrition.
• Sulphuric Acid: Causes minor toxin damage and instant brute damage to one body part when ingested. Destroys head-wear and causes burn damage when sprayed on someone.
• Plasma: Causes major toxin damage.
• Uranium: Causes slight irradiation.
• Toxin: Causes moderate toxin damage.

Components

These are very basic chemicals that you'll use in a lot of other more complicated chems. They can still be toxic, though.

Name	Formula	Description
Ash ▮	1 part Oil temperature 480 K	Basic ingredient in a couple of recipes.
Carpet ▮	1 part Space Drugs 1 part Blood	Creates a dirty carpet on the floor.
Oil ▮	1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen	Burns in a small smoky fire, mostly used to get Ash.
Phenol ▮	1 part Water 1 part Chlorine 1 part Oil	Used for certain medical recipes.
Acetone ▮	1 part Oil 1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Oxygen	Common ingredient in other recipes.
Diethylamine	1 part Ammonia 1 part Ethanol	A very potent fertilizer, and the base component of some medicines.

Medicines

"And that's how I lost my medical license!" Don't be this guy. Make these. Lots of these.

See Guide to Medicine for more information on what to use when.

Core Healing Medicines

These healing drugs form the "core" drugs used to heal the most common forms of damage. All other medical drugs outside of this section are either harder to make upgrades, or highly specific forms of healing for rarer situations.

Name	Recipe	Treatment for	Description	Metabolism Rate	Overdose Threshold	Addiction Threshold
Silver Sulfadiazine▮	1 part Ammonia 1 part Silver 1 part Sulfur 1 part Oxygen 1 part Chlorine	Burn	On touch, quickly heals burn damage. Basic anti-burn healing drug. On ingestion, deals minor toxin damage.	2 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Styptic Powder▮	1 part Aluminium 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Oxygen 1 part Sulfuric Acid	Brute	On touch, quickly heals brute damage. Basic anti-brute healing drug. On ingestion, deals minor toxin damage.	2 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Saline-Glucose Solution▮	1 part Sodium Chloride 1 part Water 1 part Sugar	Brute, burn	Has a 33% chance per metabolism cycle to heal brute and burn damage.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Synthflesh▮	1 part Blood 1 part Carbon 1 part Styptic Powder	Brute, burn	Has a 100% chance of instantly healing brute and burn damage. One point of the chemical will heal one point of damage Touch based only	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Charcoal▮	1 part Ash 1 part Sodium Chloride temperature 380 K	Toxin	Slowly heals toxin damage, will also slowly remove any other chemicals.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Salbutamol▮	1 part Salicylic Acid 1 part Lithium 1 part Aluminium 1 part Bromine 1 part Ammonia	Suffocation	Quickly heals oxygen damage while slowing down suffocation. Great for stabilizing critical patients!	0.2 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Cryoxadone▮	1 part Stable Plasma 1 part Acetone 1 part Unstable Mutagen	All types	Required for the proper function of cryogenics. It heals all types of damage (including clone damage) very swiftly, but only when in a very cold environment.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Mannitol▮	1 part Hydrogen 1 part Water 1 part Sugar	Brain	Heals brain damage effectively. Use it in cyro tubes alongside Cryoxadone.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A

Superior Healing Medicines

These healing drugs are harder to make than the core healing drugs, however they are significantly better at healing.

Also, many upgraded drugs can be overdosed with, leading to a negative outcome. Be sure to monitor how many units of chemicals someone is injected with.

Name	Recipe	Treatment for	Description	Metabolism Rate	Overdose Threshold	Addiction Threshold
Salicyclic Acid▮	1 part Sodium 1 part Phenol 1 part Carbon 1 part Oxygen 1 part Sulfuric Acid	Brute	If you have less than 50 brute damage, there is a 50% chance to heal one unit. If overdosed it will have a 50% chance to deal 2 brute damage if the patient has less than 50 brute damage already.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	25 units	N/A
Omnizine▮	Grown from Ambrosia Deus	Brute, burn, toxin and suffocation	Heals 1 of each damage type a tick, no side effects or restrictions. Found in Ambrosia Deus. If overdosed it will deal significant amounts of each damage type.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	30	N/A
Pentetic Acid▮	1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Chlorine 1 part Ammonia 1 part Formaldehyde 1 part Sodium 1 part Cyanide	Radioation, toxin	Reduces massive amounts of radiation and toxin damage while purging other chemicals from the body. Has a chance of dealing brute damage.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Perfluorodecalin▮	1 part Hydrogen 1 part Fluorine 1 part Oil temperature 370 K	Suffocation	Heals suffocation damage so quickly that you could have a spacewalk, but it mutes your voice. Has a 33% chance of healing brute and burn damage per cycle as well.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Atropine▮	1 part Ethanol 1 part Acetone 1 part Diethylamine 1 part Phenol 1 part Sulphuric Acid	Brute, burn and suffocation	If patients health is below -25 it will heal 3 brute and burn damage per cycle, as well as stop any oxyloss. Good for stabilising critical patients. If overdosed it will deal toxin damage.	0.2 units per 3 ticks	35	N/A
Calomel▮	1 part Mercury 1 part Chlorine temperature 374 K	Purge	Quickly purges the body of all chemicals. If your health is above 20, large amounts of toxin damage is dealt.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Mutadone▮	1 part Unstable Mutagen 1 part Acetone 1 part Bromine	Genetic	Heals your genetic defects.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A

Unique Healing Medicines

These healing drugs preform a unique function that is not commonly used or seen in game.

Name	Recipe	Treatment for	Description	Metabolism Rate	Overdose Threshold	Addiction Threshold
Potassium Iodide▮	1 part Potassium 1 part Iodine	Radioation	Reduces low radiation damage very effectively.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Ephedrine▮	1 part Diethylamine 1 part Sugar 1 part Oil 1 part Hydrogen	Stun	Reduces stun times, increases run speed, and stabilizes crit. If overdosed it will deal toxin and oxyloss damage.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	45	30
Diphenhydramine▮	1 part Oil 1 part Carbon 1 part Bromine 1 part Diethylamine 1 part Ethanol	Histamine Overdose	Purges body of lethal Histamine and reduces jitteriness while causing minor drowsiness.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Morphine▮	None: Can be either ordered from Cargo, grown from Botany or found in a NanoMed Plus	Movement Speed	Will allow you to walk faster. Will eventually knock you out if you take too much. If overdosed it will cause jitteriness, dizziness, force the victim to drop items in their hands and eventually deal toxin damage	0.4 units per 3 ticks	30	25
Oculine▮	1 part Charcoal 1 part Carbon 1 part Hydrogen	Eye	Cures blindness and heals eye damage over time.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Epinephrine▮	1 part Phenol 1 part Acetone 1 part Diethylamine 1 part Oxygen 1 part Chlorine 1 part Hydrogen	Stun + Brute, burn, suffocation and toxin	Reduces most of the knockout/stun effects, minor stamina regeneration buff. Attempts to stop you taking too much oxygen damage. If the patient is in low to severe crit, heals toxins, brute, and burn very effectively. Will not heal patients who are almost dead. If overdosed will stun and deal toxin damage	0.2 units per 3 ticks	30	N/A
Antihol▮	1 part Ethanol 1 part Charcoal	Alcohol	Helps remove Alcohol from someone's body, as well as eliminating its side effects.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Stimulants▮	None: Ask virology	Stun	Increases run speed and eliminates stuns, can heal minor damage. If overdosed it will deal toxin damage and stun.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	60	N/A
Insulin▮	None	Sugar Dependency	Increases sugar depleation	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Strange Reagent▮	1 part Omnizine 1 part Holy Water 1 part Unstable Mutagen	Death	A miracle drug that can bring a dead body back to life! If the corpse has suffered too much damage it will explode in a shower of gore however. If used on a living person it will deal Brute and Burn damage.	0.4 units per 3 ticks	N/A	N/A
Life▮	1 part Strange Reagent 1 part Synthflesh 1 part Blood	Life	Can create a life form, however its not guaranteed to be friendly. May want to have Security on hot standby.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Narcotics

Narcotics are highly addicitve drugs that can aggressively, or passively, provide a benefit. Be wary as its very easy to become addicted, or overdose, on a narcotic.

As a general rule of thumb, the more of a positive effect (or any effect) a narcotic can provide, the easier it is to get addicted or overdose on it.

People who overdose or get addicted to Narcotics tend to usually end up dying to the negative effects or requiring immedient medical attention. Take in moderation.

Name	Recipe	Description	Overdose Threshold	Addiction Threshold
Nicotine▮	None! Automatically starts in cigarettes.	Slightly reduces stun times. If overdosed it will deal toxin and oxygen damage.	35	30
Krokodil▮	1 part Diphenhydramine 1 part Ammonia 1 part Lithium 1 part Sulfuric Acid 1 part Welding Fuel temperature 390 K	Provides messages of calmness and protection. If overdosed it will deal significant Brain and Toxin damage. If addicted too it will begin to deal fatal amounts of Brute damage as the subjects skin falls off.	20	15
Crank▮	1 part Diphenhydramine 1 part Ammonia 1 part Lithium 1 part Sulfuric Acid 1 part Welding Fuel temperature 390 K	Reduces stun times by about 200%. If overdosed or addicted it will deal significant Toxin, Brute and Brain damage.	20	10
Methamphetamine▮	1 part Ephedrine 1 part Iodine 1 part Phosphorus 1 part Hydrogen OR 1 part Muriatic Acid 1 part Caustic Soda 1 part Hydrogen Chloride	Reduces stun times by about 300% and allows the user to quickly recover stamina while dealing a small amount of Brain damage. If overdosed the subject will move randomly, laugh randomly, drop items and suffer from Toxin and Brain damage. If addicted the subject will constantly jitter and drool, before becoming dizzy and losing motor control and eventually suffer heavy toxin damage.	20	10
Bath Salts▮	1 part ???? 1 part Saltpetre 1 part Nutriment 1 part Cleaner 1 part Enzyme 1 part Tea 1 part Mercury	Makes the subject nearly impervious to stuns, however the subject will suffer Toxin and Brain damage, constant hallucinations and will lost motor control. If overdosed the subject will lost even more motor control, drool and drop items in their hand. If addicted the subject will suffer very severe Brain damage, severe hallucinations, complete loss of motor control and eventually fatal amounts of Toxin damage.	20	10
Aranesp▮	1 part Epinephrine 1 part Atropine 1 part Morphine	The subject will think they are "amped", however the drug typically cause the subject to suffocate to death.	N/A	N/A
Space Drugs	1 part Lithium 1 part Mercury 1 part Sugar	An illegal compound which induces a number of effects such as loss of balance and visual artefacts.	N/A	N/A

Narcotic Ingredients

Some Narcotics require unique ingredients to manufacture.

Name	Recipe	Description
Muriatic Acid▮	1 part Mutadone 1 part Salicylic Acid	Ingredient for Methamphetamine
Caustic Soda▮	1 part Cola 1 part Salicylic Acid	Ingredient for Methamphetamine
Hydrogen Chloride▮	1 part Hydrogen 1 part Chlorine	Ingredient for Methamphetamine
Saltpetre▮	1 part Potassium 1 part Nitrogen 3 parts Oxygen	Ingredient for Bath Salts

Pyrotechnics

The manipulation of fire and matter.

Name	Recipe	Description
Chlorine Trifluoride▮	1 part Chlorine 3 parts Fluorine	When detonated it will create a temporary 3x3 fireball.
Sorium▮	1 part Mercury 1 part Oxygen 1 part Nitrogen 1 part Carbon	When detonated it will send any moveable object or person flying away from the detonation point.
Liquid Dark Matter▮	1 part Stable Plasma 1 part Radium 1 part Carbon	When detonated it will suck in any moveable object or person.
Black Powder▮	1 part Saltpetre 1 part Charcoal 1 part Sulfur	Generates a violent explosion on detonation.

Other Recipes

These are either pure reactions that typically leave nothing remaining or other chemicals that have non-medicinal uses. Many of these are useful in the manufacture of grenades, but many can be quite dangerous.

Name	Formula	Description
Ammonia	3 parts Hydrogen 1 part Nitrogen	An effective fertilizer which is better than what is available to the botanist initially, though it isn't as powerful as Diethylamine (results in 3 units instead of 4).
Chloral Hydrate	3 parts Chlorine 1 part Ethanol 1 part Water	A powerful sedative which causes death in doses around 30 units (results in 1 units instead of 5).
Condensed Capsaicin	1 part Capsaicin Oil 5 parts Ethanol	A chemical agent used for self-defense and in police work (results in 5 units instead of 6).
Cryptobiolin	1 part Oxygen 1 part Potassium 1 part Sugar	Causes confusion and dizziness. This is essential to make Spaceacillin.
EMP	1 part Iron 1 part Uranium	This reacts immediately on mixing, it creates a large electromagnetical pulse which affects all electronical thingies; very useful for causing chaos.
Explosion	1 part Potassium 1 part Water	This explodes immediately on mixing, which may knock you over or even kill you. Only useful in grenade production.
Flash Powder	1 part Aluminium 1 part Potassium 1 part Sulphur	Creates a flash similar to that of a flashbang immediately on mixing. Only useful in grenade production.
Fluorosulfuric Acid	1 part Fluorine 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Potassium 1 part Sulphuric Acid temperature 380 K	A highly caustic and dangerous substance. Keep away from faces and valuable equipment. Used in some other recipes.
Foaming Agent	1 part Hydrogen 1 part Lithium	Makes foam such as that required in metal foam grenades (results in 1 unit instead of 2).
Foam Surfactant	2 parts Carbon 2 parts Fluorine 1 part Sulphuric Acid	Creates a large cloud of foam when mixed with an equal amount of water.
Glycerol	3 parts Corn Oil 1 part Sulphuric Acid	Requires blended corn, so thus help from the botanist. This is only useful in other reactions (results in 1 unit instead of 4). Slippery like water.
Impedrezene	1 part Mercury 1 part Oxygen 1 part Sugar	A narcotic that impedes one's ability by slowing down the higher brain cell functions. Causes massive brain damage (results in 2 units instead of 3).
Lexorin	1 part Hydrogen 1 part Nitrogen 1 part Plasma	Temporarily stops respiration and causes tissue damage. Large doses are fatal, and will cause people to pass out very quickly.
Metal Foam	3 parts Iron/Aluminium 1 part Foaming Agent 1 part Fluorosulfuric Acid	Creates lightweight metal foam walls. These can be easily torn through, but may be useful for plugging hull breaches. Can be made with either iron or aluminium.
Mindbreaker Toxin	1 part Anti-toxin 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Silicon	A potent hallucinogenic compound that is illegal under space law. Formerly known as LSD, but was renamed so people understand that it is not a "fun time".
Mute Toxin	2 part Uranium 1 part Water 1 part Carbon	Makes the subject unable to speak for some time.
Napalm	1 part Aluminium 1 part Plasma 1 part Sulphuric Acid	Creates a large fire immediately on mixing. Only useful for grenades (results in 1 unit instead of 3).
Nitroglycerin	1 part Glycerol 1 part Fluorosulfuric Acid 1 part Sulphuric Acid	A heavy, colourless, oily, explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol. Explodes immediately on mixing (results in 2 units instead of 3).
Pest Killer	1 part Toxin 4 parts Ethanol	Kills pests in hydroponics trays, causes minor toxin damage to humans.
Plant-B-Gone	1 part Toxin 4 parts Water	A potent herbicide which is useful to replace the limited supply the botanist starts with. Causes minor toxin damage to humans.
Plasma Solidification	20 parts Plasma 5 parts Iron 5 parts Frost Oil	Solidifies a large amount of plasma into a bar.
Sleep Toxin	1 part Chloral Hydrate 4 parts Sugar	Not at potent as its preceding chemical, merely makes you narcoleptic rather than comatose.
Smoke	1 part Phosporous 1 part Potassium 1 part Sugar	This creates a large cloud of smoke that will take on the properties of everything (if anything) in the container of the reaction. Very useful if you want to make a chloral hydrate smoke grenade for riot control.
Sodium Chloride	1 part Sodium 1 part Chlorine	Commonly known as salt, Sodium Chloride is often used to season food.
Space Cleaner	1 part Ammonia 1 part Water	This is able to clean almost all surfaces of almost anything that may dirty them. The janitor is likely to appreciate refills.
Space Lube	1 part Oxygen 1 part Silicon 1 part Water	Space Lube is a high performance lubricant intended for maintenance of extremely complex mechanical equipment (results in 4 units instead of 3).
Sterilizine	1 part Anti-Toxin 1 part Chlorine 1 part Ethanol	Theoretically helps the patient when used during surgery, or decontaminates objects and surfaces that bear pathogens. Currently does nothing whatsoever.
Thermite	1 part Aluminium 1 part Iron 1 part Oxygen	A mixture that becomes extremely hot when ignited, and which can burn straight through walls when applied and ignited. Causes minor burn damage to humans when ingested.
Unstable Mutagen	1 part Chlorine 1 part Phosphorus 1 part Radium	Causes mutations when injected into living people or plants. High doses may be lethal, especially in humans. Only useful for Botany and Virology.
Virus Food	1 part Water 1 part Milk	A chemical which allows viruses and bacteria to quickly grow.
Weed Killer	1 part Toxin 4 parts Ammonia	Kills weeds, causes minor toxin damage to humans.

Toxins

The deadliest of deadly chemicals. You can get a bunch of these through the traitor uplink, but if you don't wanna waste telecrystals you can mix it. Why would you mix it when you're not antagonist? Why?

Name	Recipe	Damage dealt	Description
Food Poisoning▮	From eating poorly made food	Toxin	Will deal a minor amount of Toxin damage
Polonium▮	Traitor Uplink	Radiation	Cause significant Radiation damage over time.
Histamine▮	Traitor Uplink	Brute, toxin, oxyloss and eyesight	Causes a moderatre amount of Brute damage over time, will also impair eyesight If overdosed (30 units) it will also deal a significant amount of Brute, Toxin and Oxyloss damage.
Formaldehyde▮	1 part Ethanol 1 part Oxygen 1 part Silver temperature 420 K	Toxin	Causes a moderatre amount of Toxin damage over time. Has a chance to turn into 10 to 15 units of Histamine.
Venom▮	Traitor Uplink	Brute, toxin	Will deal scaling amounts of Toxin and Brute damage over time. Has a chance to turn into 5 to 10 units of Histamine.
Neurotoxin▮	1 part Space Drugs temperature 200 K	Toxin, brain	Will deal Toxin and Brain damage up to around 60 points of damage each, if the drug is not removed after around 17 cycles it will knock the user unconscious.
Cyanide▮	1 part Oil 1 part Ammonia 1 part Oxygen temperature 380 K	Toxin, oxyloss	Deals random amounts of toxin damage while slowly suffocating its target.
Zombie Powder▮	5 parts Sleeping Toxin 5 parts CarpoToxin 5 parts Copper	Fake death, stun	Paralyses people, and makes them appear dead to the most rudimentary of tests. Requires CarpoToxin, which must be harvested from Space Carp (results in 2 units instead of 15).
Itching Powder▮	1 part Fuel 1 part Ammonia 1 part Charcoal	Brute, annoyance	Will cause annoying effects, as well as a chance that the subject will scratch themselves dealing slights amount of Brute damage. Has a chance to transform into 1 to 3 units of histamine.

Beyond the Dispenser

Just because it isn't found in the dispenser or the guide above doesn't mean you can't use it! Holy water, slime cores and plenty of other things can provide limitless fun for an enterprising and curious chemist.