Make one Gypsum Wax at a Brewing Cauldron using 1 Dihydrogen Monoxide, 3 Ground Gypsum and 1 Acrid Adhesive. The Imbuing Barrel is a consumer of wax, not the station that makes your first batch. Dihydrogen Monoxide is a separate purchased item; ordinary drinking water does not replace it in this recipe.
If you are starting from raw materials, each wax requires 3 Gypsum, 3 Kalphite Ichor and 1 Dihydrogen Monoxide, plus the fuel needed for the Kiln. The purchased reagent costs 25 Garou Chit per wax. You need access to the Umbral Sands merchants for that ingredient, so finding Gypsum alone does not finish the chain.
Process the ingredients at three stations
| Stage | Station | Input | Output |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grind the mineral | Grindstone | 1 Gypsum | 1 Ground Gypsum |
| Process the adhesive | Kiln | 3 Kalphite Ichor | 1 Acrid Adhesive |
| Brew the finished material | Brewing Cauldron | 1 Dihydrogen Monoxide + 3 Ground Gypsum + 1 Acrid Adhesive | 1 Gypsum Wax |
These quantities follow the current Wiki entries for Gypsum Wax and Acrid Adhesive. Their Artisan values of 40 and 20 are experience rewards, not level 40 and level 20 requirements.
- Mine Gypsum in Umbral Sands and take it to a Grindstone. Process three pieces for every wax you intend to make.
- Collect Kalphite Ichor and use the Kiln to make Acrid Adhesive. Do not look for this conversion in the ordinary adhesive recipe.
- Buy the required Dihydrogen Monoxide from an Umbral Sands merchant.
- Take all three processed ingredients to the Brewing Cauldron and select Gypsum Wax.
Ground Gypsum and Acrid Adhesive can also appear in Umbral Sands chests. Count any finished ingredients you already own before processing more raw materials. Chest contents are a chance source, so mining and processing remain the route you can plan around.
Find Gypsum and the purchased reagent
Gypsum nodes are scattered through Umbral Sands. The Dunes of Uzzer, Burning Spire, Manafem Plains and Alcarrid Oasis are areas to search; this is a regional search route rather than a promise that a particular node will be available in your world.
Keep Gypsum and Ground Gypsum separate in your shopping list. The mineral needs processing, while the cauldron recipe accepts the ground version. One raw Gypsum produces one Ground Gypsum.
Beartach, Domri and Iasadair each sell Dihydrogen Monoxide for 25 Garou Chit, according to the item's merchant list. Although the name is a joke about water, the game treats this reagent as its own basic item, and it cannot be consumed as a drink.
Buy this separate reagent rather than substituting drinking water.
If the wax recipe has not appeared, obtain Dihydrogen Monoxide first: the item database lists discovering it as the recipe unlock. Clean water and a different processing station do not substitute for the purchased reagent.
Budget wax for your next equipment craft
Wax is used in Power Level 7 armour, weapons, tools and the Imbuing Barrel. Choose your target first: a small tool upgrade and a complete armour set need different batches.
| Target | Gypsum Wax needed |
|---|---|
| Adamant Pickaxe or Adamant Spade | 1 each |
| Adamant Shield or Master Wand | 2 each |
| Adamant Greatsword, Adamant Warhammer or Master's Staff | 4 each |
| Imbuing Barrel | 2 |
| Adamant armour: helmet, platebody and platelegs | 1 + 3 + 2 = 6 |
| Infinity armour: hat, body and legs | 1 + 3 + 2 = 6 |
| Red Dragonhide armour: coif, body and legs | 1 + 3 + 2 = 6 |
This table counts only the wax portion. You still need the target recipe's other materials and the appropriate equipment station.
For a six-wax batch, reserve 18 Gypsum, 18 Kalphite Ichor and 6 Dihydrogen Monoxide. The purchased reagent costs 150 Garou Chit in total. This is calculated from the recipe above; it does not include Kiln fuel, travel supplies or the other costs of your equipment.
Acrid Adhesive is also used to process Kalphite Shell and Scorch Leather. Keep the adhesive required for those ingredients separate from the amount reserved for wax, or your final armour craft may still be short of materials.
If you are stuck at the Imbuing Barrel
The barrel's own recipe requires 2 Gypsum Wax. Make that initial wax at the Brewing Cauldron, then return to the Build Menu for the barrel. There is no circular requirement to build an Imbuing Barrel before you can brew wax.
For a missing ingredient, trace the chain backwards: no Ground Gypsum means the Grindstone stage is unfinished; no Acrid Adhesive means the Kiln stage is unfinished; no Dihydrogen Monoxide means you still need the purchased reagent. Moving between other crafting benches will not substitute for any of these inputs.