Appearance altering potion

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Figure elixir
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 4
Skintone elixir
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 7
Universal hair dye
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 4
Hair control tonic
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 4
Beard control wax
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 4
Leg regenerating draught
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 3
Hand regrowth salve
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 3
Patch-eye remedy
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 3
Starfish repellent
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Obtained from Apothecaries
Doubloon cost: 3
Cure-all elixir
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Cures injuries and some curses
Obtained from Ocean Masters
Doubloon cost: n/a
Temporary hair dye
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Obtained from gold boxes
Doubloon cost: n/a
Dastardly mustache wax
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Obtained from black boxes
Doubloon cost: n/a
Weight loss concoction
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Obtained from trading posts
Doubloon cost: n/a
Philter of putrefaction
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Obtained from trading posts
Doubloon cost: n/a
Lunar libation
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Obtained from trading posts
Doubloon cost: n/a
Cultist conditioner
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Obtained from trading posts
Doubloon cost: n/a

An appearance altering potion is a tradeable item produced at an apothecary. By clicking on the item—found under Potions inside the Booty tab—and selecting "Drink," the player can alter their appearance. If the look selected is what the pirate already looks like, the potion is not used even if the "Alter!" button is pressed. Facial hair altering potions are usable only by male pirates. Potions that heal a specific injury may only be used by pirates with that injury.

Each potion has one use (swig) before it is fully consumed. Appearance altering potions never decay. Injury healing potions are made with common herbs and are generally quite cheap. The other appearance altering potions tend to be extremely expensive—an apothecary cannot produce any of them without multiple units of rare or semi-rare (and thus expensive) herbs.

Note: Wigs, diving helmets and active curses (from use of amulets or in-game events) can prevent the potion from working correctly. Pirates who are having issues should check to see if they are wearing one before filing a bug report or petitioning an Ocean Master. Curses from amulets are reset by logging out, event-based curses can be disabled by turning off the option for special event effects.

Recipes

Figure elixir

Allows the user to change whether their pirate is male or female. If the pirate is wearing clothing that can no longer be worn, it will be unequipped. Using the potion requires the user to re-login to complete the change. Injuries, skin tones, and basic hair colors will be retained. The hairstyle will be randomly selected.

Skintone elixir

Allows the user to change skin color.

Universal hair dye

Allows the user to change hair color.

Hair control tonic

Allows the user to change hair style.

Beard control wax

Allows the user to change his or her facial hair options. For male pirates: permits the full range of facial hair styles. For female pirates: only usable by those affected by dastardly moustache wax to remove the moustache entirely.

Leg regenerating draught

Removes the peg leg injury.

Hand regrowth salve

Removes the hook injury.

Patch-eye remedy

Removes the eye patch injury.

Starfish repellent

Removes a starfish.

Cure-all elixir

During the 2005 Halloween events cure-all elixirs were available to pirates who did not wish to participate in the zombie events. They were obtained by requesting one in a petition from an Ocean Master. Cure-all elixirs also removed all injuries, however, and needed to be taken every time a pirate logged on. Cure-all elixirs may also be obtained as rare prizes in events.

  • Note: This potion was originally colored white but was changed to orange during release 2008-02-05.

Temporary hair dye

Temporary hair dye can be won from gold boxes with a six percent probability, or from the trading post in the case of kraken konditioners at a cost of 25 Kraken trinkets. It changes a pirate's hair color to a non-standard color until they log off.

  • Bottled Bluebeard, available in April, turns hair blue.
  • Spring green dye, available in April 2019, turns hair spring green.
  • Periwinkle dye, available in April 2019, turns hair periwinkle.
  • Mossy mousse, available in June, turns hair green.
  • Pink pomade, available in August, turns hair pink.
  • Violet volumizer, available in October, turns hair purple.
  • Scarlet Shampoo, available in December, turns hair red.
  • Kraken konditioner, available at the trading post, turns hair inky.
  • Hot pink dye, turns hair Hot pink.
  • Emerald dye, turns hair Emerald.
  • Royal blue dye, turns hair Royal blue.

Dastardly mustache wax

Dastardly mustache wax can be won from series 3 black boxes, with a one percent probability. It is an item that adds a black mustache to the pirate's face, whether male or female. It replaces any existing facial hair that a male pirate may already have. This effect is permanent, until reversed with beard control wax.

Weight loss concoction

Turns a pirate into a skellie until logout. Obtained from the trading post. Contains three swigs.

Philter of putrefaction

Turns a pirate into a zombie until logout. Obtained from the trading post. Contains three swigs.

Lunar libation

Turns a pirate into a werewolf until logout. Obtained from the trading post. Contains three swigs.

Cultist conditioner

Changes a pirate's hairstyle to spiky until it is changed by a hair control tonic. Obtained from the trading post. Contains one swig.

Historical notes

  • The original seven appearance altering potions (everything except the starfish repellent and temporary hair dye) were introduced with release 2005-10-20.
  • The starfish repellent was added along with the starfish injury that it removes in release 2008-02-05.
  • The first temporary hair dye was first available with gold boxes on 2012-04-06.
  • The temporary hair dyes that come from gold boxes were changed from a single swig to a random amount between 3 and 5 with the early morning reboot on 2012-04-11.
  • The weight loss concoction, philter of putrefaction, and lunar libation were introduced in release 2012-04-30.
  • Dastardly moustache wax was introduced with series 3 black boxes in an unnamed release on June 22, 2012.
  • The figure elixir was added in release 2023-08-28.

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