Well, tou're welcome. If you're the first alchemist, then I may as well share the most basic of knowledge. I find these sorts of recipes lying about all the time.

[ "Chanterelle, ground to paste and fermented for three days, grants invisibility" ]

Granted, some of them do require more... exotic ingredients, but whether you collect them or not, well, I leave that judgement up to you. I'm hardly in any position to say one way or the other.

[ "Intestines, fresh or rotting, steeped in poison while in an explosive canister, creates chemical warfare grenade" ]

—And eventually, we may speak about Source and the Veil. It's an exceptionally interesting field of study, and absolutely worth investigation.