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Alchemy Factory Recipes

Gold Dust

MashTier IX

Gold Dust is a tier-9 material made in the Advanced Athanor from 1 Silver Powder, 1 Volcanic Ash and 18 Quicksilver every 8 s with a 10% success chance (failed crafts give Impure Gold Dust and Crude Gold Dust) — 0.75 per minute per machine. There is also 1 alternate recipe. It is used in 1 recipe (Pure Gold Dust), and it can't be sold in the shop.

Shop sell price
Not sellable
Stack size
100
Unlocked at Alchemy Level
Level IX
Output per machine
0.75/min

How to make

2 recipes
Recipe details

Advanced Athanor

8 s per craft· 7.5 crafts/min per machine

Tier VIII

Inputs

  • 1 ×Silver Powder7.5 per minute0.13 per second1 per craft
  • 1 ×Volcanic Ash7.5 per minute0.13 per second1 per craft
  • 18 ×Quicksilver135 per minute2.25 per second18 per craft

Outputs

  • 1 ×Gold Dust10% chance0.75 per minute0.01 per second0.1 per craft
  • 1 ×Impure Gold DustOn fail30% chance2.25 per minute0.04 per second0.3 per craft
  • 1 ×Crude Gold DustOn fail60% chance4.5 per minute0.08 per second0.6 per craft
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Plan
  • Catalyst-capableIn an Advanced Athanor, catalysts adjust the outcome and each craft uses 1,000 catalyst charges. Rates shown are without a catalyst.
AlternateRecipe details

Refiner

10 s per craft· 6 crafts/min per machine

Tier VI

Input

Output

  • 1 ×Gold Dust6 per minute0.1 per second1 per craft
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Used in

1 recipe

Unlocked by

  • ResearchGold DustCosts 5g · 414 research pointsTier IX

Change history

  1. v0.5.4467Patch note2 Jun 2026
    • “Reworked all Advanced Athanor recipes: Silver Powder, Obsidian, Lapis Lazuli and Gold Dust”

Patch-note lines are quoted from the official notes. Exact data changes are tracked from v1.0.4962.

Gold Dust FAQ

How do you make Gold Dust in Alchemy Factory?

Gold Dust is made in the Advanced Athanor from 1 Silver Powder, 1 Volcanic Ash and 18 Quicksilver every 8 s with a 10% success chance (failed crafts give Impure Gold Dust and Crude Gold Dust) — 0.75 per minute per machine. An alternate recipe is listed on this page too.

What is Gold Dust used for?

Gold Dust is an ingredient in 1 recipe: Pure Gold Dust.

How do you unlock Gold Dust?

Gold Dust is unlocked by the Gold Dust research at Tier IX.

Generated from the v1.0.4962 game files. Rates assume base machine speed without research upgrades.

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