Artifact recipe

Artifact recipe
One of these will be required (without the medkit)
General Characteristics
Icon
Type	Devices
Weight	0.0 kg
Base cost	varies
Statistics
Lost Alpha	Recipes come with no warranties..
Developer's Cut	No further recipes added (v1.4002)

The Artifact recipe is introduced for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Lost Alpha and is usually not found in other canon S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games unless modified.

“

Yeah, I am working on a process called "transmutation." To merge artefacts you need a specific hand-held scanner, free of any radiation. The scanner will allow you to merge artifacts... or "Artifact Merging." Basically, this device will mix the components you put into it and produce a new chemical compound. That chemical compound will then be exposed to sonic sound on specific frequencies. Finally, ultraviolet rays will cover the substance's surface... oh, what am I talking about? All will be fine friend... do you want to buy some recipes for merging? - Sakharov

”

Overview

• Due to the fact that "Transmutation" or 'Artifact Merging' has been introduced into the Lost Alpha, there is a set of recipes that the player will need to exercise discretion in purchasing from a suitable vendor.
• Random mixing of ingredients is not allowed.
• Combination without the recipe is not allowed.
• The 'grammar' or 'algebra' of the recipes is pretty much arbitrary in LA (unlike magic spell mixtures in games like Ultima, for example) and not suitable for guesswork. Bottom line:- buy the recipe.

Notes

• For all game versions to v1.4005 there are only 11 Artifact recipes available to the player. This is reduced to an altered set of 6 recipes in v1.4007.
• They may be purchased from either Sakharov or Deedee.
• All recipes have a failure rate of around one in three attempts, see Artifact Merger for exploits in this area.
• All synthetic artifacts have a recipe, as detailed in the 'af_trans.ltx' gamefile, but only the following are available to the player in versions 1.3003 through to 1.4005:

Recipes (v1.3003 to 1.4005)

Recipe name	Ingredients	Duration	Base Price	Failure artifact
Bubble	1x Pellicle 2x Wrenched	4h	4000	Blue Parasite
Bouquet	2x Jellyfish 1x Stone Flower	4h	3500	Green Parasite
Compass	1x Mica 1x Crystal Thorn 1x Doughboy	5h	6000	Blue Parasite
Cuttlefish	1x Jellyfish 1x Gravi	4h	5000	Green Parasite
Electra	1x Flash 3x Dog Tail 2x Sparkler	1h	3500	Blue Parasite
Sauron's eye	1x Droplets 2x Hand of a zombie 1x Flash	6h	6000	Green Parasite
Flame	1x Fireball 1x Night Star 1x Stone Flower	6h	5000	Green Parasite
Firefly	1x Wrenched 1x Slug 1x Stone Blood	3h	3500	Blue Parasite
Snowflake	1x Moonlight 1x Sparkler 1x Flash	4h	6000	Blue Parasite
Liver	1x Mica 1x Soul 1x Bloodsucker tentacles	3h	4000	Blue Parasite
Rock	1x Soul 1x Stone Blood 1x Snork foot	3h	4000	Green Parasite

Recipes (v1.4007)

• A totally different set of SIX recipes are available in v1.4007.
• None will make the player 'rich'.
• All will contribute to a net loss of resources.
• Claimed failure rates of 30% may be incorrect, this may be the success rate.

Recipe name	Ingredients	Duration	Base Price	Failure artifact
Mercury ball	1x Fireball 1x "Kolobok" 1x Night Star	8h	4000	N/k
"Discharge"	1x Jewel 1x Twinkle 2x Sparkler	8h	6000	N/k
Gold beads	1x "Knot" 1x Flame 1x Cuttlefish	8h	6000	Blue Parasite
Crystal	1x "Crystal Flower" 1x "Heart" 1x Stone Flower	8h	6000	N/k
Brown Beads	2x Wrenched 1x Soother 1x Gravi	8h	6000	N/k
Pupil	2x Droplets 1x Bubble 1x "Eye"	8h	6000	Green Parasite

Restricted Recipes (v1.4007)

• A further FOUR recipes are coded but not issued by Sakharov or Deedee:

Recipe name	Ingredients	Duration	Base Price	Failure artifact
Toadstool	1x Jellyfish 1x "Sea Urchin" 2x Boar's hoof	4h	N/a	N/k
Lightning	3x Flash 3x Dog Tails	3h	N/a	N/k
Blue beads	1x Brown Beads 1x Moonlight	3h	N/a	N/k
Green beads	1x Brown Beads 1x Green Parasite	1h	N/a	N/k

Infoportions

• Using the LA: Tools Kit to add the infoportion for the recipe to the player's game is considered to be cheating. It is after all, just a derivative of cheating the actual target item itself with the same kit.
• The basic structure of the recipe infoportion consists of "recipe_info°" with the internal code for the synthetic artifact appended thus:

"recipe_info_af_eye" gives a recipe for Eye - previously given as Sauron's eye.

• The following list was extracted from "gameroot/config/gameplay/infoportions/info_portions_af_merger.xml" (similar coding existed within all previous versions)
• The complete list of defined recipes coded for v1.4007 is as follows:

Artifact recipe for	Infoportion	For sale in game?	Notes
Eye	"recipe_info_af_eye"	No	test
Compass	"recipe_info_af_compass"	No	Time = 16h!!
Snowflake	"recipe_info_af_ice"	No	test
Flame	"recipe_info_af_fire"	No	test
Bubble	"recipe_info_af_baloon"	No	test
Bouquet	"recipe_info_af_bouquet"	No	test
Firefly	"recipe_info_af_glass"	No	test
Rock	"recipe_info_af_rock"	No	test
Liver	"recipe_info_af_liver"	No	test
Cuttlefish	"recipe_info_af_cuttlefish"	No	test
Ball of Twine	"recipe_info_af_twine"	No	test
Soother	"recipe_info_af_soother"	No	test
Quartz	"recipe_info_af_quartz"	No	test
Jewel	"recipe_info_af_jewel"	No	test
Glass Ball	"recipe_info_af_glass_ball"	No	test
Ivory	"recipe_info_af_ivory"	No	test
Devil's guts	"recipe_info_af_devils_guts"	No	test
Red beads	"recipe_info_af_red_beads"	No	test
Spine	"recipe_info_af_spine"	No	test
Crescent	"recipe_info_af_crescent"	No	test
Cake	"recipe_info_af_cake"	No	test
Accumulator	"recipe_info_af_accumulator"	No	test
Mercury ball	"recipe_info_af_mercury_ball"	Yes	test
Discharge	"recipe_info_af_electra"	Yes	test
Gold beads	"recipe_info_af_gold_beads"	Yes	test
Crystal	"recipe_info_af_crystal"	Yes	test
Brown Beads	"recipe_info_af_brown_beads"	Yes	test
Pupil	"recipe_info_af_pupil"	Yes	test
Toadstool	"recipe_info_af_fungus"	No	test
Lightning	"recipe_info_af_white_sun"	No	test
Blue beads	"recipe_info_af_blue_beads"	No	test
Green beads	"recipe_info_af_green_beads"	No	test

Trivia

• Despite what is claimed about the "Pupil" being worth a lot of money, Sakharov will not buy it from the player.