Beer

Beer is the demo’s everyday cure for insanity: drinking a bottle takes 12 off your insanity. In the demo you cannot brew it. It comes from Januarius, who keeps 10 bottles for sale, and there is one in the chest in your yard.

Insanity builds up as you do grim work, and every point of it lowers your maximum energy. An ordinary night’s sleep does not bring it down, so Beer is what keeps your energy bar long. See Energy, Sleep and Insanity for the other ways to lower it.

Effect on use

How to obtain

Traders

Name Tier Stock
Januarius Tier I 10

Found in

Name Where ×
Simple Chest Yard 1
Other sources, not in the demo (10)

Craft

Workbench Ingredients Mastery Duration Tech points
Brewing Stand
Hops ×5
Water ×5
Fuel ×10
6 6 1

Traders

Name Tier Stock
Januarius Tier II 20
Januarius Tier III 30
Tavern · town building — build it first Tier I 20
Tavern · town building — build it first Tier II 30
Tavern · town building — build it first Tier III 50
Brewery · town building — build it first Tier I 10
Brewery · town building — build it first Tier II 15
Brewery · town building — build it first Tier III 20
Tier I 5

Used for

Study

Study requires: Tech points Duration
Science ×10 3010 6 ( Researcher −2 )

Each item is studied once, on the Study Table. Studying does not use the item up. With the Scientist perk, a 30% chance of a Story.

Other uses, not in the demo (5)

Ingredient for

Workbench Ingredients Outputs Mastery Duration Tech points
Distillation Cube
Beer ×1
Clay Urn ×2
Fuel ×20
Alcohol × 2 ( Cube distillations +1 · Dead distiller +1 )
3 8 11
Kitchen I
Kitchen II
Beer ×12
Supply: Beer ×1
3 6 1
—
Beer ×1
Aqua Vitae ×1
Energy Potion ×2
Energy Potion ×1 Chance Alchemist +0.6 · Dead alchemist +0.6
— 6 11
—
Beer ×1
Aqua Vitae ×1
Camphor ×1
Energy Potion II ×2
Energy Potion II ×1 Chance Alchemist +0.6 · Dead alchemist +0.6
— 6 12
—
Beer ×1
Catalyst ×1
Camphor ×1
Energy Potion III ×2
Energy Potion III ×1 Chance Alchemist +0.6 · Dead alchemist +0.6
— 6 22

Notes

  • Lack of sleep halves it. While you have it, a bottle only takes 6 off.
  • Drinking counts toward two inspirations: Chill Guy (3 beers for the first level) and Bottle Tester (15 drinks).
  • Studying Beer is expensive: 10 Science for 30 green and 10 blue, less than half of what most items give per Science.
  • In the full game you brew it at a Brewing Stand from Hops and Water, and Toast with onions gives “Beer thirst”, which doubles what the next beers take off for one in-game day.