Guide to Chemistry

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

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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, plasma, sugar, sulphur, sulphuric acid, 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 when hacked.

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, has a chance to reduce stuns, and has a rare chance to decay into a small amount of epinephrine. Overdosing on this will put you into diabetic shock.
• 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 temperature 374 K	A very potent fertilizer, and the base component of some medicines.
Saltpetre▮	1 part Potassium 1 part Nitrogen 3 parts Oxygen	Ingredient for Bath Salts and Black Powder.

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 cycle	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 cycle	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 cycle	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 cycle	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 cycle	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 cycle	N/A	N/A
Cryoxadone▮	1 part Plasma 1 part Acetone 1 part Unstable Mutagen 1 part Cryostylane	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 cycle	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 cycle	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 cycle	25 units	N/A
Omnizine▮	Grown from Ambrosia Deus	Brute, burn, toxin and suffocation	Heals 1 of each damage type a cycle, no side effects or restrictions. Found in Ambrosia Deus. If overdosed it will deal significant amounts of each damage type.	0.4 units per cycle	30	N/A
Pentetic Acid▮	1 part Welding Fuel 1 part Chlorine 1 part Ammonia 1 part Formaldehyde 1 part Sodium 1 part Cyanide	Radiation, 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 cycle	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 cycle	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. It also aggressively purges sarin.	0.2 units per cycle	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 cycle	N/A	N/A
Mutadone▮	1 part Unstable Mutagen 1 part Acetone 1 part Bromine	Genetic	Heals your genetic defects.	0.4 units per cycle	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	Radiation	Reduces low radiation damage very effectively.	0.4 units per cycle	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 cycle	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 cycle	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 cycle	30	25
Oculine▮	1 part Atropine 1 part Spaceacillin 1 part Salince-Glucose	Eye	Cures blindness and heals eye damage over time.	0.4 units per cycle	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	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 cycle	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 cycle	N/A	N/A
Stimulants▮	None: Ask virology	Stun	A traitor only reagent; it makes the user impervious to stuns and rapidly heals their body; when it wears off it deals tox and brute damage in addition to a stun.	0.4 units per cycle	60	N/A
Insulin▮	None	Sugar Dependency	Increases sugar depletion	0.4 units per cycle	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 cycle	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
Rezadone▮	1 part Carpotoxin 1 part Cryptobiolin 1 part Copper	Clone Damage Healing	Heals Clone damage, only way besides Cyroxadone. Can melt your face and be poisonous if left in the body for a long time.	0.4 units per cycle	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 temperature 374 k	Reduces stun times by about 200% 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 Food Poisoning 1 part Saltpetre 1 part Nutriment 1 part Cleaner 1 part Enzyme 1 part Tea 1 part Mercury temperature 374k	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	Cause a significant stamina regeneration boost per cycle-however the drug causes toxin damage in addition to having a chance to induce heavy oxygen damage.	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

Pyrotechnics

The manipulation of fire and matter.

Name	Recipe	Description
Stabilizing Agent	1 part Iron 1 part Oxygen 1 part Hydrogen	When mixed with certain pyrotechnics, it stabilizes the reaction and prevents the reaction for usage later. This does not work on everything, so be warned!
Foam Surfactant	2 parts Carbon 2 parts Fluorine 1 part Sulphuric Acid	Creates a large amount of foam when mixed with an equal amount of water. This foam carries any reagents along with it in the container, allowing you to apply reagents to large areas at a time. The foam will apply any carried reagents to any walls, floors, objects, or people and animals in the area of the foam.
Smoke	1 part Phosphorous 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. The smoke will transfer the contained reagents into any mobs caught within the smoke cloud, and will apply the reagents to the mobs. Great for distributing toxins in a crowded area.
Flash Powder	1 part Aluminium 1 part Potassium 1 part Sulphur	Flashes in a radius that scales up with the amount detonated. Can be stabilized with Stabilizing Reagent. If stabilized, heat to 374K to activate.
Phlogiston	1 part Phosphorus 1 part Sulphuric Acid 1 part Plasma	Turns into a spreading fireball if not stabilized during mixing. Makes you burn longer, and ignites you. Deals increasing fire damage based on how much you're burning up to 4 fire damage every 3 seconds. Can be stabilized with Stabilizing Reagent.
Napalm	1 part Sugar 1 part Welding Feul 1 part Ethanol	A substance that burns for much longer then other fuels. Inject it into someone and then apply heat for a warm toasty fireball human.
Sonic Powder	1 part Oxygen 1 part Cola 1 part Phosphorus	Deafens in a radius that scales up with the amount detonated. Can be stabilized with Stabilizing Reagent. If stabilized, heat to 374K to activate.
Pyrosium▮	1 part Plasma 1 part Radium 1 part Phosphorus	Comes into existence at 20K. As long as there is sufficient oxygen for it to react with, Pyrosium slowly heats all other reagents in the container up. Useful for delayed reactions.
Cryostylane▮	1 part Water 1 part Plasma 1 part Nitrogen	Comes into existence at 20K. As long as there is sufficient oxygen for it to react with, Cryostylane slowly cools all other reagents in the container down. Useful for delayed reactions.
Chlorine Trifluoride▮	1 part Chlorine 3 parts Fluorine	When created it will create a temporary 3x3 fireball. Comes into existence at 1000K. A flammable substance so dangerous it can burn through the hull of the station. It lights you on fire when it comes into contact with you, and if it gets inside of you will burn you from the inside out. It metabolizes out of your body extremely fast, however.
Sorium▮	1 part Mercury 1 part Oxygen 1 part Nitrogen 1 part Carbon	When detonated it will send any movable object or person flying away from the detonation point. Can be stabilized with Stabilizing Reagent. If stabilized, heat to 374K to activate.
Liquid Dark Matter▮	1 part Plasma 1 part Radium 1 part Carbon	When detonated it will suck in any movable object or person. Can be stabilized with Stabilizing Reagent. If stabilized, heat to 374K to activate.
Black Powder▮	1 part Saltpetre 1 part Charcoal 1 part Sulfur	Sparks, and then creates a violent explosion when heated to 474K.
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).
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.

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).
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.
Foaming Agent	1 part Lithium 1 part Hydrogen	Used in Metal Foam production. Creates 1 unit instead of 2.
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.
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.
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".
Sodium Chloride	1 part Sodium 1 part Chlorine 1 part Water	Commonly known as salt, Sodium Chloride is often used to season food.
Space Cleaner	1 part Ammonia 1 part Water 1 part Ethanol	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.
Sulfuric Acid	1 part Sulfur 1 part Oxygen 1 part Hydrogen	An acid that's utilized as a building block in a lot of medical chemicals. It's also useful for etching circuits....etching permanent scars in your coworker's face.
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 Plasma 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 1 part oxygen	A chemical which allows viruses and bacteria to quickly grow.
Atrazine	1 part Chlorine 1 part Hydrogen 1 part Nitrogen	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
?????▮	From eating poorly made food	Toxin	Will deal a minor amount of Toxin damage
Initropidril▮	Traitor Uplink	Cardiac Arrest	33% chance to hit with 5-25 toxin damage every 3 seconds, and a 5-10% chance to either stun, cause lots of oxygen damage, or cause your heart to stop. Combat it with electric shocks from grilles and doors in a pinch, or a defib for more reliable methods.
Polonium▮	Traitor Uplink	Radiation	Cause significant Radiation damage over time.
Pancuronium▮	Traitor Uplink	Paralysis and Suffocation	Paralyses you after 10 cycles, with a 7% chance to cause 3-5 seconds of loss of breath.
Sodium Thiopental▮	Traitor Uplink	Knockout and Stamina	Knocks you out after 10 cycles, and destroys your stamina.
Sulfonal▮	1 part Acetone 1 part Diethylamine 1 part Sulfur	Knockout and Toxin	Deals toxin damage and knocks you out after 22 cycles.
Amantin▮	Traitor Uplink and Amanita Mushrooms	Delayed Toxin Damage	On the last second it is in you, it hits you with a large stack of toxin damage based on how long it was in your system. Larger doses means a longer waiting period but more damage.
Lipolicide▮	1 part Mercury 1 part Diethylamine 1 part Ephedrine	Weight Loss	+1 toxin damage unless you have nutriment in you. It also will help you lose weight if you've overstuffed yourself.
Coniine▮	Traitor Uplink	Toxin and breath loss	+2 toxin damage and +5 seconds of loss of breath.
Curare▮	Traitor Uplink	Knockout, Oxygen, and Toxin	Does 1 unit of toxin and 1 unit of oxygen damage and knocks you out after 11 cycles.
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. If injected into corpses, it will prevent them from decaying.
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. If there's over 40 units in someone's blood stream it has a chance to gib the person outright.
Neurotoxin▮	1 part Space Drugs temperature 200 K	Toxin, brain	Deals toxin damage every cycle. It additionally deals 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.
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.