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11Overview44Mercury is a miscellaneous item and alchemy material in Crimson Desert. It is a silvery liquid metal that flows like water, earning the name "Flowing Silver." Prolonged skin contact causes discoloration, making it hazardous to handle. Mercury is a key ingredient in both Gold Bar and Platinum crafting, making it one of the most important alchemy materials in the game.66In-game description: "A silvery liquid metal that flows like water, earning the name 'Flowing Silver.' It seeps into the skin like poison upon prolonged contact, causing discoloration. It is harvested as a solid by freezing pools near Silver Wolf Mountain and the Hexe Sanctuary."88Where to Find Mercury1010Mercury is harvested from frozen pools at two known locations. You need the ice imbuement for your bow charge skill to collect it.1212Hexe Sanctuary (Primary Location)1414The Hexe Sanctuary contains Mercury pools alongside the Brimstone deposits, making it efficient to farm both materials in a single trip. Look for silvery frozen pools in the area. Use your bow's charged shot with ice element imbued to freeze the pools into solid ice blocks. Breaking the blocks yields a large amount of Mercury. After harvesting, the pool disappears but respawns later, allowing repeated farming.1616Silver Wolf Mountain1818A second Mercury deposit is located near Silver Wolf Mountain in the Pailune region. The silvery pool is visible when skydiving down toward the area. Use the same ice bow technique to freeze and harvest it.2020How to Harvest2222Equip your bow and make sure ice element imbuement is active.Find a Mercury pool (look for silvery liquid on the ground).Use a charged bow shot aimed at the pool to freeze the liquid into ice blocks.Attack the ice blocks to break them and collect Mercury.The pool will vanish after harvesting but respawns over time. Return later for more.2424Uses2626Mercury is required for two of the most valuable alchemy recipes in the game:2828RecipeMercury RequiredOther IngredientsCrafting StationGold Bar3Brimstone x3, Silver Ore x10Witch NPCPlatinum3Gold Bar x1, Brimstone x4, Holy Water x2Witch NPC3030Tips3131Always farm Mercury and Brimstone in the same trip at the Hexe Sanctuary, since both materials are found in the same area.Make sure your bow has ice imbuement equipped before heading to Mercury locations. Without it, you cannot freeze the pools.The Silver Wolf Mountain deposit is a good supplementary source if you need extra Mercury between Hexe Sanctuary respawns.For a single Gold Bar, you need 3 Mercury. For one Platinum, you need 6 Mercury total (3 for the Gold Bar ingredient + 3 for the Platinum recipe itself).3333Basic Information3535PropertyValueTypeMiscellaneousLocationsHexe Sanctuary, Silver Wolf MountainHarvesting ToolBow with ice imbuement (charged shot)3737See Also3838Brimstone - Fellow alchemy material found at the same locationsGold Bar - Crafted using MercuryPlatinum - High-tier material also requiring MercuryMaterials - Overview of all crafting materialsAlchemy Recipes - Full list of alchemy formulas4040Deadfire Mountain Pond Farming Route4242The most reliable Mercury farm sits next to the Brimstone rocks on Deadfire Mountain. A small pond just east of the brimstone field can be frozen solid with ice-imbued arrows, and one freeze yields 15 to 20 Mercury per pass. Because both farms share the same fast travel point, players prepping a Platinum batch can pick up both ingredients on a single loop without leaving the region.4444Freeze Pond Procedure4646Mercury will not pop out of an unfrozen pond. The water has to be turned to solid ice first by attacking it with a bow loaded with the frost element.4848Unlock the frost element on a bow loadout. See Elemental Skills Unlock Guide if frost is not yet available.Fast travel to the abyss crescent at Deadfire Mountain, run the brimstone loop, then continue slightly east until a small pond appears.Stand on the bank and aim a charged bow shot at the water surface, then release. Each ice-imbued arrow chills part of the pond.Repeat three or four times. After the third or fourth shot the entire pond freezes over with a visible sheet of ice.Walk onto the ice and collect the Mercury globules scattered across the surface. A clean freeze drops 15 to 20 Mercury at once.5050Pond Route Summary5252StepActionNotes1Equip a bow with frost imbuementFrost must be unlocked first; see Elemental Skills Unlock Guide.2Fast travel to Deadfire MountainSame crescent used for the Brimstone farm above Demeniss.3Walk east of the brimstone rocks until the pond appearsShort on-foot leg, no climbing required.4Fire 3 to 4 ice-imbued shots into the waterThe pond freezes over within a handful of seconds.5Walk on the ice and collect the dropped MercuryEach pass yields 15 to 20 Mercury.6Take the haul back to a witch station for Platinum craftingEach Platinum bar uses 2 Mercury, so 20 Mercury covers 10 platinum bars.5454Companion Farming with Brimstone5555Because the pond and the Brimstone rocks share the same Deadfire Mountain crescent, a single fast travel covers both halves of the Platinum recipe. The recommended order is brimstone first (further from the spawn point, slightly more involved) then mercury on the walk back; that ordering ensures the harvest does not exceed inventory cap on either material before the other is collected. Players targeting the Aeserion Longsword forging chain typically alternate this loop with one church visit for Holy Water between Platinum batches.