Probably Stolen Chemistry Guide: Lab Machines and Recipes

How do wet processing and the Chem Finisher fit together?

You can begin with laboratory equipment by choosing Chemist on the starting scenarios screen, or unlock the trade later through Joe Wild’s network.

Work in two stages:

1. Wet processing: Blend, react and evaporate raw ingredients, such as hydroponic Dream Caps or Coffee Beans, with liquid reagents until you have a concentrated dry input.
2. Dry finishing: The Chem Finisher turns measured dry inputs into pills, powders or injectors overnight.

The Chem Finisher only accepts evaporated dry extracts, even though the recipe amounts are still listed in milliliters. Check power and machine modules before closing. An unpowered lab machine stalls the batch.

Which Chem Finisher recipes can you run?

The player-tested Chem Finisher entries in the recipes and items table use dry chemical inputs:

Output	Dry input per batch	Quantity	Base value each
Dream Dust	2 ml Dream Cap Extract	1	18
Nightmare Dust	4 ml Nightmare Extract	1	36
Caffeine Pill	5 ml caffeine	1	10
Zyanide Pill	0.6 ml Zyanide	1	33
Birth Control Pill	0.1 ml contraceptive	1	15
Phanta Pill	0.5 ml Phanta	1	12
Nomore Injector	4 ml Nomore	1	—

Caffeine Pills and Birth Control Pills can sit in ordinary stock, while narcotics need contraband storage before a Security inspection.

How do purity, Say My Name and the Cartel work?

Finished narcotics have a purity grade, and higher purity gets a better offer. A Lab Pure narcotic unlocks Say My Name on the Steam achievements list.

Running the lab also changes your Sector 13 Cartel standing on the factions panel:

• +25 Cartel reputation (Increased Stipend): Unlocks a Cartel stipend that scales with your reputation.
• +50 Cartel reputation (Reliable Chemist): Lowers the cost of material requests.
• +100 Cartel reputation (Authorized Exit): Grants the Authorized Exit Cartel perk.
• −100 Cartel reputation (Forced Retirement): Sends a lethal hitman, triggering the Retired outcome in the endings guide.

The Narcotic Addiction starting perk (−1 point) applies an 8% trading penalty while withdrawal is untreated.