Dream Dust
Dream Dust is the powder you need to summon a fairy, and the first thing you make with alchemy. Albert, the Plague Doctor, tells you how in the Abandoned Tower, and in Sweet Dreams he asks to see one.
It is made at a Laboratory I from ingredients whose runes add up to one green and one blue. The obvious pair is one Water (green) and one Blood (blue), and the chest in the tower laboratory holds 3 of each. Both have to be studied at the Study Table first, 1 Science each. Each mix uses one flask from the Flask shelf.
How to obtain
Mix
Runes 11 ·Crafted at Laboratory I
| Ingredient |
|---|
 Peat |
 Ash |
 Alchemic Powder   |
23 ingredient combinations reach these runes — see how mixing works →
Traders
| Name | Tier | Stock |
|---|---|---|
| Alchemist · town building — build it first | Tier I | 5 |
| Alchemist · town building — build it first | Tier II | 10 |
| Alchemist · town building — build it first | Tier III | 10 |
Used for
Ingredient for
| Workbench | Ingredients | Outputs | Mastery | Duration | Tech points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formulation Bench | Peat ×2  Dream Dust ×1 |  Crop Boosting Fertilizer I × 1 ( Compost Chemist +1 ) |  2 | 3 | 2 |
| Formulation Bench |  Melted Fat ×1  Fragrance ×1 Dream Dust ×1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Kitchen Table Kitchen Table II | Dream Dust ×1  Comet's Tail ×1  Tooth ×1 | — |  3 | 3 | 2 |
Study
| Study requires: | Tech points | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Science ×5 | 50 | 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.
Notes
- Albert only looks at it. You keep the Dust after Sweet Dreams.
- One ingredient is enough if it carries both runes. Peat and Ash each have one green and one blue rune, so either one alone makes Dream Dust. Peat has to be studied first too (2 Science and 1 Faith).
- Studying Dream Dust gives 50 blue for 5 Science, which is most of a beginner’s blue budget in one go.
- Its other uses come later. Summoning the fairy also needs a Comet’s tail and a tooth, and the remaining recipes are made at the Formulation Bench.