I've only managed to blow up my scientist twice...lol.

i've had the one where they seem to be going crazy and if had one where they are woozy!!

I had one that said "whee, what a fun potion" and another that put my villager in a trance and one other that made them "feel romantic" that was after i blew up my scientist a couple times too! lol

Yeah, a scientist blowing up... sounds messy.

Well at least he didn't splatter...lol....just kinda waved all the smoke from in front of his face and his face was covered in soot!

Anyone want to PM me on how you fix the area and make potions?

i had one that made my female scientist fertile, another that made her need to exercise, and have blown up three times

Got it, nevermind

Got blown up once, got romantic another.

Anyone keeping track of what herbs make which potions?

I am.

You are luckly. I blow up my scientists 7 times

I've just given my scientist hiccups with a potion he's been going hic for 10mins. this is after blowing him up twice no wonder the guys only got half health

i'm keeping track of potions as i don't fancy killing my wee scientist off! lol

There are some marks on the wall near the roses. Maybe it's a code for a good stew...?

I first noticed that in one of the sneak peek screenshots. It certainly looks like three flowers. Dunno what it means, though.

to fix the Alchemy room you must take your scientist to the random pots laying around the island. there are 2 larger pots, a small red one, a mortar and pestal and a chalkboard (which is rolled up and looks like a long thin item-near the entrance to the room)

The symbols are right under the gem, so I have a feeling the three symbols are for a potions for making your villagers climb or float or something. Just a hunch though... I had a potions that made them hiccup bubbles that floated up. Weird... Also I had the blannesamagawa thing happen to me too... one of my villagers is permanently retarded . Though, I found a fertility potion and healing potion and that was cool.

drinking water helps the hiccups

There's a great mix that makes all villagers who drink the potion run while they work!

I found one that gave the villager stinky breath! and he kept walking around burping

you need 3 herbs to get the key. maybe that is the directions. if you can figure out what they mean. could be. I am thinking that the trance one is for the chief--who knows.

can't wait to get the last herb to see what other potions there are. these are better than the stews in VV2. they do more things.

did you guys know that the kids can gather herbs? I love that!!!

Finally got the healing potion. Good thing, too. My poor scientist had a potion blow up in his face and wasn't doing very well. How hilarious!

Just a note to those who don't know, cause my mother didn't, that you don't have to just have your scientists run the alchemy lab. Any villager can do it. That way you don't blow up the same villager several times (Like I did my chief!) lol.

I had found a light and springy potion before and i can't remember it now... wonder if that woulda been to get the key. DRATS!!!

got it!! =)

oh my gosh too funny..i found a potion that made my villager "have to go!" had to make him drink water so that nature would quit calling! the next one made him woozy and faint..i think the poor guy's about to lead a revolt.

Exploding potions will NOt actually kill a villager, even if all health is lost. However, if health is not built back up, and the villager is in the weakened state, the normal things can kill him.

Yay I deciphered it!

Any chance you'll share the formula? I've already had to restart 5 times due to villagers dying. I keep running out of food before I can even buy any tech!

The healing potion is not very effective unless you have ample food. You really need to solve the food crisis to help your villagers.

Wow, I want to find that one!

Oooooh found one that makes them exercise and work their building skills, but they don't get stuck like in VV2!!!

The chalkboard is not something that you get to fix the room, it gets fixed once you get all 5 items. the last is a spear tip, that was hard to find as where it lay in my game was on the stone steps next to the statue in the ampitheater and it blended in really well.
I also found a potion that made people run around yelling stinky breath and green smoke came from thier mouths! It was so funny, my 2 and 4 year old were rolling and yelling the same thing. My 4 year old wanted the green breath!! Of course I was not writing any of the potions down, but the healing one is great after you blow up a few potions. When you blow up potions, your people get hurt, once I had one of my scientists almost dead until I had to feed her this potion 4 times. You cannot do it in a row, it will tell you that they cannot drink the potion so quickly, you have to wait a couple of minutes. I found that if you have them drink it right off and then a few seconds before the potion evaporates, then it will work twice.

Catus Rose Lotus is the potion for light and springy, but I am not sure which one is which.
The bottom sign looks like a sun, the middle one looks like a basketball, not sure but the top one almost resembles a baseball??

If you get it, let me know!!

could someone tell me how to do the potions, everytime i try it tells me the thing is in ruins and will not let me pick up the rose or tiger lily or anything!!!! please i need help

You need to restore the alchemy lab. Look around the village for things that might belong in a lab.

Actually, it can and will kill them. My first death was a scientist who "died in a lab accident." One blow up too many I'm afraid. This is how I first figured out that the potions blowing up actually harmed my villagers. Luckily I had already discovered the healing potion, so after that I was very careful to use rotating villagers to make potions and if a blow up occured, I immediately had that same villager make and use the healing potion.

Dangerous! What if it had blown up, too? I have always used a different villager to make the healing potion.

Does anyone know how to get rid of the Blannesamagawa loomajoobamooga-itis? I thought it was funny when one of my villagers did it, so I fed it to all of them, and now I'm afraid I've messed them all up permanently. A healing potion perhaps? How is it made?

I believe when I did that to my villagers, I just let the potion run its course. I forget how long it took but eventually the villager stopped the gibberish.

Sweet! You were right! The first two times I tried logging in and out, they were still doing it, and after I walked away for a bit, they had stopped.

I love it. I had the game on slow and I fed the potion to the whole tribe including kids (44 total), and they did it for like 20 minutes. It was hilarious!

I kepted picking them up and putting them down. That seem to do the trick or maybe the potion just ran out (lol).