Brewing

Brewing is the process of making alcohol from regular fruit and berry juice in Shartak.

Currently there is no way of obtaining brewed drinks other than making them by yourself or getting the ready ones from other players (possible via an NPC trader). You can not find such alcohol by searching the resource huts or other places. Note that this does not apply to a couple of plain drinks that have been in the game before the brewing addition (e.g. bottles of rum). The latter can be scavenged but they have much weaker healing properties, even compared to ordinary juice.

The easy way of distinguishing between the two types is by looking at the name of the drink. Plain titles (such as beer) indicate the ordinary, more available and weaker alcohol. A more elaborate title, including a name of a fruit or berry (such as banana beer), would reveal that the drink was brewed by somebody. This article is about the second (player-made) type.

How to brew

You need a gourd or bottle of regular juice and 2 yeastweeds to make an alcoholic beverage. There is always an option in the drop-down drink menu called brew, alongside drink and pour.

The process of fermenting takes somewhere between 1 and 3 days. Successful attempt will give you 8 XP and a bottle or gourd with an alcoholic drink. Failure will yield 1 XP , the drink is automatically poured away leaving you with an empty bottle or gourd. The yeastweed is lost in both cases and can not be retrieved once it has been mixed with the juice.

The failure rate is yet to be confirmed but is speculated to be around 10%.
It is worth noting that fungi and pumpkin juice can not be turned into alcohol.

Brewing skill

This skill is available for villagers, settlers and scientists. It is supposed to reduce the failure chance when making drinks. The fermenting times are also considerably shortened with the possession of this skill, one has to wait for only a few hours instead of a couple of days.

There has been no reports about the relation between this skill and the properties of the finished drinks.

Yeastweed

Yeastweed can be found in swamps and grasslands and is rather notorious for its rarity. Different locations are said to have different finding rates despite the similar terrain tiles that are used throughout the island. It is also speculated whether wildfires can temporarily reduce the rates in the grasslands.

Some traders have been seen to be restocking on a limited number of yeastweed.

Consuming 1 yeastweed inflicts 2 HP of damage and gives 2 XP.
2 yeastweeds are required to make 1 bottle or gourd of alcohol.

Properties of the drinks

Brewing changes the name of the drink and enhances the former properties by making it more effective in either healing or damaging the player. The XP gained from the consumption follows the regular rule of 1 XP per 1 (gained or lost) HP.

It is possible to become inebriated. If a player consumes a big amount of alcohol his walking directions and speech become distorted.

Regular drinks		Brewed drinks
Name	Effect	Name	Effect
Mango juice	+4 HP	Mango wine	+6 HP
Banana juice	+4 HP	Banana beer	+6 HP
Apple juice	+4 HP	Apple cider	+6 HP
Tasty berry juice	+8 HP	Tasty berry wine	+12 HP
Poisonous berry juice	-8 HP	Poisonous berry wine	-12 HP

Fungi and pumpkin juice can not be turned into alcoholic beverages.