⚗️ Brewing guide, 1 to 99

Brewing makes the bases that upgrade your Sardine Tonic and Catnip Draught, the two potions every cat carries, and other tonics besides.

The quickest route

Doing the action with the most XP an hour at each level, back to back, Brewing 1 to 99 takes about 157 hours (13,034,431 XP). Life skills carry on while you nap, action by action, so much of that happens while you're away.

Levels	Do this	Where	Time
1–4	Brew Meat Broth uses 2 Mouse Meat	Any town	1 min
4–15	Brew Catnip Infusion uses 2 Catnip	Any town	8 min
15–25	Brew Hearty Broth uses 1 Plump Vole, 1 Meadowsweet	Any town	12 min
25–38	Brew Silvervine Elixir uses 1 Silvervine, 1 Meadowsweet, 1 Sparrow Feather	Any town	42 min
38–42	Brew Ratbane Broth uses 1 Sewer Rat, 1 Glowshroom	Any town	21 min
42–48	Brew Glowshroom Draught uses 2 Glowshroom, 1 Toad Slime	Any town	47 min
48–52	Brew Kelp Broth uses 1 Mackerel, 1 Sea Kelp	Any town	49 min
52–58	Brew Brine Draught uses 2 Sea Kelp, 1 Gull Egg	Any town	1.9 h
58–62	Brew Heather Tonic uses 1 Moor Grouse, 1 Moor Heather	Any town	1.8 h
62–68	Brew Wisp Draught uses 2 Moor Heather, 1 Wisp Light	Any town	4.2 h
68–72	Brew Lichen Tonic uses 1 Snow Hare, 1 Snowcap Lichen	Any town	4.3 h
72–78	Brew Starlight Draught uses 2 Snowcap Lichen, 1 Ink Drop	Any town	10 h
78–82	Brew Sugar Syrup uses 1 Pantry Mouse, 1 Sugar Crystal	Any town	10.3 h
82–88	Brew Frost Draught uses 2 Sugar Crystal, 1 Frost Shard	Any town	24.2 h
88–92	Brew Date Nectar uses 1 Desert Jerboa, 1 Sun-Dried Dates	Any town	25.5 h
92–95	Brew Mirage Draught uses 2 Sun-Dried Dates, 1 Cobra Venom	Any town	25.8 h
95–97	Brew Cloudberry Cordial uses 1 Rock Ptarmigan, 1 Cloudberries	Any town	21.2 h
97–99	Brew Aurora Draught uses 2 Cloudberries, 1 Aurora Dust	Any town	24.9 h

Set your own levels and bonuses in the life skill calculator.

Every action

XP an hour at the action's own level.

Level	Action	Makes	Where	XP an hour
1	Brew Meat Broth uses 2 Mouse Meat	Meat Broth	Any town	14,400
4	Brew Catnip Infusion uses 2 Catnip	Catnip Infusion	Any town	16,800
15	Brew Hearty Broth uses 1 Plump Vole, 1 Meadowsweet	Hearty Broth	Any town	27,000
25	Brew Silvervine Elixir uses 1 Silvervine, 1 Meadowsweet, 1 Sparrow Feather	Silvervine Elixir	Any town	32,400
38	Brew Ratbane Broth uses 1 Sewer Rat, 1 Glowshroom	Ratbane Broth	Any town	43,200
42	Brew Glowshroom Draught uses 2 Glowshroom, 1 Toad Slime	Glowshroom Draught	Any town	47,520
48	Brew Kelp Broth uses 1 Mackerel, 1 Sea Kelp	Kelp Broth	Any town	49,745
52	Brew Brine Draught uses 2 Sea Kelp, 1 Gull Egg	Brine Draught	Any town	53,673
58	Brew Heather Tonic uses 1 Moor Grouse, 1 Moor Heather	Heather Tonic	Any town	60,000
62	Brew Wisp Draught uses 2 Moor Heather, 1 Wisp Light	Wisp Draught	Any town	64,800
68	Brew Lichen Tonic uses 1 Snow Hare, 1 Snowcap Lichen	Lichen Tonic	Any town	68,677
72	Brew Starlight Draught uses 2 Snowcap Lichen, 1 Ink Drop	Starlight Draught	Any town	73,108
78	Brew Sugar Syrup uses 1 Pantry Mouse, 1 Sugar Crystal	Sugar Syrup	Any town	77,143
82	Brew Frost Draught uses 2 Sugar Crystal, 1 Frost Shard	Frost Draught	Any town	81,257
88	Brew Date Nectar uses 1 Desert Jerboa, 1 Sun-Dried Dates	Date Nectar	Any town	83,520
92	Brew Mirage Draught uses 2 Sun-Dried Dates, 1 Cobra Venom	Mirage Draught	Any town	87,360
95	Brew Cloudberry Cordial uses 1 Rock Ptarmigan, 1 Cloudberries	Cloudberry Cordial	Any town	90,462
97	Brew Aurora Draught uses 2 Cloudberries, 1 Aurora Dust	Aurora Draught	Any town	94,154
99	Brew Colour Elixir uses 1 Dusk Vole, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Ash Feather	Colour Elixir	Any town	99,900
99	Brew Lantern Draught uses 2 Colourbloom, 1 Dusk Acorn	Lantern Draught	Any town	101,700
99	Brew Hearth Elixir uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Soul Ember	Hearth Elixir	Any town	99,429
99	Brew Breath Draught uses 2 Colourbloom, 1 Stolen Breath	Breath Draught	Any town	101,143
99	Brew Doorstep Broth uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Brass Doorknob	Doorstep Broth	Any town	100,465
99	Brew Plume Draught uses 2 Colourbloom, 1 Hat Feather	Plume Draught	Any town	102,140
99	Brew Tumble-Warm Broth uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Lint Ball	Tumble-Warm Broth	Any town	100,966
99	Brew Suds Draught uses 2 Colourbloom, 1 Odd Sock	Suds Draught	Any town	102,621
99	Brew Toybox Tonic uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Tin Button	Toybox Tonic	Any town	101,455
99	Brew Kite-Wind Draught uses 2 Colourbloom, 1 Kite Paper	Kite-Wind Draught	Any town	103,091
99	Brew Library Tea uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Gilded Page	Library Tea	Any town	101,933
99	Brew Bookmark Draught uses 2 Colourbloom, 1 Ribbon Bookmark	Bookmark Draught	Any town	103,551
99	Brew Nocturne Elixir uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Felt Hammer	Nocturne Elixir	Any town	102,400
99	Brew Tempo Draught uses 2 Colourbloom, 1 Metronome Spring	Tempo Draught	Any town	104,000
99	Brew Sunbeam Elixir uses 1 Lantern Koi, 1 Colourbloom, 1 Mirror Shard	Sunbeam Elixir	Any town	102,857
99	Brew Laserlight Draught uses 2 Colourbloom, 1 Bottled Laserlight	Laserlight Draught	Any town	104,440

Tips

Higher potion tiers need Brewing levels: train it alongside combat.
Herbs come from Foraging, so the two go together.
At a Brewing spot, tap Play for Recipe, a 30-second minigame. A gold score (90 points) gives +25% Brewing XP for 15 minutes while your cat keeps working, and the first gold puts a look in your wardrobe.
Each week's contest features one life skill; the three cats who gain the most XP in it win big gold prizes.

More on Brewing: its wiki page, and the other life skill guides.