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# How it works

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> ### <mark style="color:purple;">Potions created and sold by laboratories</mark>

There are **5 standard potions** created exclusively by the laboratories: Water, Fire, Metal, Air, Stone. Each one has a number of points to use in combat.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Example:** A ZAI has 4 points of Fire and 4 points of Water. \
He uses a Stone potion of 2 points which will be completely emptied. \
He will then be able to use all these points during the fight (even if he has not unlocked the Stone element).
{% endhint %}

> ### <mark style="color:purple;">Mana potion to fill the mana gauge of the ZAI</mark>

The mana potion allows you to recharge your mana gauge. \
A mana potion will always be used in its entirety. \
For example, the ZAI has a manamax of 3000 empty (0 mana in his gauge), if he consumes a potion of 5000 mana, the potion is emptied entirely and the ZAI's gauge is filled up to his manamax (3000). \
The remaining 2000 mana are then lost. \
Each used potion is emptied, the owner is left with an empty bottle whose use will be revealed later... (in a next season)

> ### <mark style="color:purple;">Potions created and sold by the game</mark>

The revenue from the sales of potions sold by the game is 80% burned, and the remaining 20% goes to the reward pools.\
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2 "special" potions:

* **XP potion**\
  Can be used in combat to multiply by 2 the number of XP points gained during the fight. \
  The potion is emptied after the fight. ZAIs will be able to recycle their empty potions in the v.2 of the game... \
  The bonus XP is applied in case of a draw or a defeat.
* **REST potion** \
  Allows you to refill the stamina of a ZAI to 5 in order to resume fighting when they are tired. \
  A Rest potion is always used in full. \
  If a Rest potion is used while the ZAI still has, for example, 4 stamina, the potion will still be emptied completely.