• Alchemy Manual: crafted from a book, a Chrysanthemum Flower and a Lotus Seed Pod, or found in the sites' caches. The basic pills and ten elixirs: wide heat bands, little Qi.
• Treatise on Elixirs: in site caches, the arena and bandit camps. Ten more elixirs, narrower bands, more Qi.
• Recipe Scroll: rare, in the same chests. One strong recipe each (Martial Elixir, Soul-Soothing Pill, Diamond Body, Phoenix Rebirth, Heavenly Tiger, Dragon Breath): narrow bands, a lot of Qi. Read, it is used up.

Recipes you learn are yours for good, even after death. See Pills & elixirs.