Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-29298199-20160826013956

“Life to the dying, in the king’s hands lying!”

Athelas, as of now, is a rare but powerful item that you can brew into a super drink. However, in canon, athelas was never drank after being boiled, but inhaled. Used somewhat like incense, athelas was said to refresh the air. It was also alluded by Ioreth that athelas could be grown in gardens, and that kings did so.

On the curative powers of athelas:

As of beta 29.1, you need 6 athelas plants to do anything worthwhile to it. I propose that you could “Boil” a single kingsfoil plant to use it. To boil, a cauldron will need to be placed above a furnace, similar to a kebab stand. Then you will need to place the athelas plant into the cauldron. After the water finishes boiling, the cauldron water should have turns a healthy green, and you can scoop up the brew with a bowl. To use the brew, you must right click the brew. All Good players in a 5x5 area will gain regeneration for 30 seconds. (The effect timer lengthens by 30 seconds with each athelas plant placed in the cauldron, to a maximum of 2 minutes.) However, all evil players gain slowness for 30 seconds (Again, the same calculation)

On the growth of athelas:

To grow athleas, you must first “Fertilize” the ground by using bone-meal on a hoed piece of ground. Then once must place the seeds of the athelas plant in the ground. (To get the seeds, you must use the athelas in a crafting table, similar to flax seeds). The athelas grows twice as slowly as a regular wheat plant, and cannot be sped up with bone-meal. After the growth of athelas, a single athelas plant is your reward, and 2 seeds. It can only be grown on pre-numenorean ground, (And possibly elven areas?)  