Transmuter

Guaranteed item drop on every kill — turns base materials into rare loot.

"Lead to gold was always the simpler trick."

What Changes at Level 10

When a Alchemist reaches level 10 and you select Transmuter, three things change permanently:

1. Stat bonuses are added to the hero's ability scores immediately and permanently.
2. Active ability is replaced with the subclass variant (Conversion).
3. Passive effect is unlocked and becomes active in all future runs.

Ability: Conversion

Permanent Stat Bonuses

Transmuter grants the following ability score bonuses on top of the Alchemist base scores:

• +2 Dexterity — adds to the Alchemist base dexterity score
• +1 Intelligence — adds to the Alchemist base intelligence score

These bonuses stack with ability score points allocated from levelling. They cannot be removed without retiring the hero.

Passive Effect

+50% bonus gold from all kills, stacking across the run.

This passive is always active during combat — no gear or skill tree investment required to trigger it.

Recommended Skill Tree Themes

Fortune (Midas Touch for gold stacking), Offense (ATK for physical conversion hits).

See the Skill Tree deep dive for the full 120-node reference and routing advice, or the Alchemist build guide for a complete path recommendation for this class.

Transmuter vs. Bomber

Both subclasses unlock at level 10. Compare them to choose:

The choice is permanent — use a Scroll of Divergence consumable to re-select without retiring the hero.

Applying via Archetype

Set an Archetype with Transmuter as the guild standard for Alchemist — all future recruits of that class will automatically receive this subclass at level 10 without any manual selection.