Part 3: Find the Anvil

Bergon → Leave (You almost find out the hard way what's in those rain puddles.)

Tag → Buy gray stone (Do not steal the stone, or you'll end up in an unwinnable situation.)

Praxix → Examine pouch (At this point, you need: Earth essence for 3+ spells, Fire essence for 2+ spells, Air essence for 2 spells, Water essence for 1 spell.)

Praxix → Mix gray reagent with fire (Only do this if you have at least 3 spells' worth of fire essence. Otherwise, skip this command and the one after it.)

Praxix → Use Mix on innkeeper (Praxix will learn that fire essence mixed with gray reagent creates a mind-control spell.)

Exit (You can also try mixing the black reagent with earth essence. Praxix will discover that black reagent only works in Umber's presence.)

Praxix → Cast Invisibility (Good thing you still have some red rock left over.)

Eavesdrop (Remember the name of the drunken sea captain. It's randomized when you pass the Curio Shop, and you'll need to remember it pretty soon.)

Camp Out (You needed to check in at the inn and then camp out. You avoided a trap, but now you're in jail! If you had stolen the gray stone, the Curio Shop proprietor will rat out Praxix and the Sheriff will confiscate his magic essences.)

Praxix → Mix gray reagent with fire (Do this first.)

Praxix → Use Mix on sheriff (If you had already used the mind-control spell on the innkeeper, Praxix will merely think about leaving the jail cell.)

Praxix → Cast Wind (You just ran out of Air essence. Fortunately, not only do you not need any more...)

Tag → Pick Up pouch (...but now there are only 7 powders to deal with instead of 8, narration to the contrary. That's vital in case all the residues from earlier in the game were medium-textured.)

Tag → Mix ... with ... (Fire and Water essences. This is why you needed to record those colors and textures early in the game. This is also why you should have learned how to cast the Lightning spell, back when Praxix rescued Bergon from the snake trees.)

Tag → Add Pinch ... (Earth essence. If you're having trouble figuring out which powders to use, I created a spreadsheet to automate it.)

Tag → Cast mixture (_The end_ )