i think i have concocted 50 potions but the award says i have not! will someone please tell me how this works

You have to make sure to successfully redo any potions that fail, or they don't count.

Yeah. On the second Tribe I started after I won the first one, I made sure that I wrote down every receipe on a piece of paper. Ex. Lotus, lotus, lotus. That way I know if I've ever done it and how many I have completed. Still need to get the Potion award on both my tribes, but I've been too lazy lately and had way too many villagers that hate running, which means they are veeeeerrrryyyy ssssllllooooowwwww to do anything, esp. get ingredients!

I use kids to gather the herbs - they're typically fast.

Barbara's answer is correct. You have to redo any that have failed.

I would also encourage you to redo any potions that did not make sense at the time you made them. The potion recipes I am talking about may have taken only 1 or 2 ingredients to complete. I assumed I knew what the completed potion was and counted it as complete when in reality I did not know for sure what was actually in the pot.

The Alchemy R Us Award can be completed. It just takes accurate record keeping and perseverance. You probably have documented your "recipes". If you have not kept records, it would be very difficult to know which recipe hadn't been completed and needs to be "redone". You might have to start over and systematically redo each recipe, which I did in one of my games and was thrilled when the award actually showed up.

Hang in there, it'll be well worth it! EM

to get that award do you have to make 50 diffrent recipes or can you just keep making the same one over and over again?

Meaning, 50 different kinds of potions/recipes.
Think of it like making 50 different types of desserts. Not ONE type of dessert 50 times.

For goodnes sakes, man, you didn't even have to read the last thread; the most recent post (at the time of your posting) contained the answer, and you don't even have to go to a second page to view it.

This is why we have 60-post threads about simple questions; the same question is asked over and over, and the same answer given over and over, until a simple question like "How do I keep the shark potion from exploding" turns into a 60-post thread.

can someone send me one of there lists, im desparate

Sure! You can find potion lists here .

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Yes, okay, I know. I'm a sarcastic jerk.