Tonic

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A tonic is a type of consumable that activates a skill to change the appearance of a player's character.

[edit] Regular versus everlasting tonics

• Regular tonics can only be used once; each use adds 2 points towards the Party Animal title track, except for Zaishen and Mysterious Tonics (which add 3 and 5 points respectively).
• Everlasting tonics can be used an unlimited number of times but do not contribute to the title track. Each of the two-point tonics has an everlasting equivalent.

[edit] Non-monthly tonics

Single use			Everlasting			Model used	Skill activated
Image	Name	Acquisition	Image	Name	Acquisition
	Beetle Juice Tonic	Kun Shao Zaishen Chest		Everlasting Beetle Juice Tonic	Kun Shao Zaishen Chest	Rain Beetle	Beetle Metamorphosis
	Cottontail Tonic	Gift of the Traveler		Everlasting Cottontail Tonic	Gift of the Traveler	Brown Rabbit White Rabbit	Brown Rabbit Form White Rabbit Form
	Frosty Tonic	Wintersday in July: Random drop Wintersday: Random drop and quest reward		Everlasting Frosty Tonic	Zaishen Chest	Snowman	Snowman Form
	Mischievous Tonic	Wintersday: Random drop and quest reward		Everlasting Mischievous Tonic	Zaishen Chest	Grentch	Grentch Form
	Mysterious Tonic	Gift of the Traveler				Varies	Varies, see tonic page
	Transmogrifier Tonic	Mad King Thorn Trick-or-Treat Bag Zaishen Chest		Everlasting Transmogrifier Tonic	Zaishen Chest	Mad King's Steward	Avatar of Sweetness
	Sinister Automatonic	Quest Reward from Zinn's Task		Everlasting Sinister Automatonic	Zaishen Chest	Sinister Golem	Sinister Golem Form
	Yuletide Tonic	Tina the Tonic Maker Terum the Tonic Maker Chest of Wintersday Past Zaishen Chest		Everlasting Yuletide Tonic	Zaishen Chest	Unique (elf)	Avatar of Holiday Cheer
	Zaishen Tonic	Zaishen Coin					Varies, see tonic page
				Everlasting Henchman Tonic	Henchman Skill Bar Contest	Varies	Henchman Form
				Everlasting Reindeer Tonic	Wintersday Art Contest (2009)	Caribou Kidnapped Reindeer Rudi	Reindeer Form
				Everlasting Balthazar's Champion Tonic	Strategist's Zaishen Strongbox	Champion of Balthazar	Champion of Balthazar Form
				Everlasting Avatar of Balthazar Tonic	Gladiator's Zaishen Strongbox	Avatar of Balthazar	Avatar of Balthazar Form
				Everlasting Priest of Balthazar Tonic	Strategist's Zaishen Strongbox	Priest of Balthazar	Priest of Balthazar Form
				Everlasting Guild Lord Tonic	Champion's Zaishen Strongbox	Guild Lord	Guild Lord Form
				Everlasting Flame Sentinel Tonic	Champion's Zaishen Strongbox	Lesser Flame Sentinel	Flame Sentinel Form
				Everlasting Ghostly Priest Tonic	Gladiator's Zaishen Strongbox	Ghostly Priest	Ghostly Priest Form
				Everlasting Ghostly Hero Tonic	Hero's Zaishen Strongbox	Ghostly Hero	Ghostly Hero Form
				Everlasting Knight Tonic	Hero's Zaishen Strongbox	Knight	Knight Form

[edit] Monthly tonics

These tonics are randomly obtained from the Zaishen Chest during their respective month.

Month	Single use		Everlasting		Model used	Skill activated
	Image	Name	Image	Name
January		Cerebral Tonic		Everlasting Cerebral Tonic	Asura	Asura Form
February		Searing Tonic		Everlasting Searing Tonic	Charr	Charr Form
March		Abyssal Tonic		Everlasting Abyssal Tonic	Abyssal	Abyssal Form
April		Unseen Tonic		Everlasting Unseen Tonic	Mursaat	Mursaat Form
May		Phantasmal Tonic		Everlasting Phantasmal Tonic	Rift Warden	Rift Warden Form
June		Automatonic		Everlasting Automatonic	Golem	Golem Form
July		Boreal Tonic		Everlasting Boreal Tonic	Norn	Norn Form
August		Trapdoor Tonic		Everlasting Trapdoor Tonic	Armored Cave Spider	Spider Form
September		Macabre Tonic		Everlasting Macabre Tonic	Awakened Head (slightly different model)	Awakened Head Form
October		Skeletonic		Everlasting Skeletonic	Hellhound	Hellhound Form
November		Gelatinous Tonic		Everlasting Gelatinous Tonic	Ooze	Ooze Form
December		Abominable Tonic		Everlasting Abominable Tonic	Yeti	Yeti Form

[edit] 6th year tonics

Characters reaching their sixth birthday (72 months) will receive a Birthday Present containing one of these tonics.

[edit] Notes

• The only tonics that can be used in explorable areas are the Birthday, Henchman, Transmogrifier, Yuletide, and Zaishen varieties.
  • This allows the regular Transmogrifier, Yuletide, and Zaishen tonics to be spammed in the Loose Magic area near Zinn's laboratory.
• If you zone or change districts, the tonic's effect ends.
• For many of the forms, emote animations are either different or do not activate. See each form page for specifics.
• If you are moving when you activate a tonic, the transformation won't take place until your character stops or changes direction.
• 6th year birthday present tonics form effects don't wear off if player dies.
• Some cinematics will cause the 6th year birthday everlasting tonic effects to wear off.
• There are currently 64 different everlasting tonics in the game (20 white, 10 purple, 6 gold, and 28 green).

Bug.You can consume two tonics in a row by: (1) selecting a distant target and activating the tonics while running or (2) double-clicking two tonics in quick succession. Your final appearance will use the form of the second tonic.

Tonics (see also: list of consumables)
Regular
Abominable Abyssal Automatonic Beetle Juice Boreal Cerebral Cottontail Frosty Gelatinous Macabre Mischievous Mysterious Phantasmal Searing Sinister Automatonic Skeletonic Transmogrifier Trapdoor Unseen Yuletide Zaishen
Everlasting
Abominable Abyssal Automatonic Avatar of Balthazar Balthazar's Champion Beetle Juice Boreal Cerebral Cottontail Flame Sentinel Frosty Gelatinous Ghostly Hero Ghostly Priest Guild Lord Henchman Knight Macabre Mischievous Phantasmal Priest of Balthazar Reindeer Searing Sinister Automatonic Skeletonic Transmogrifier Trapdoor Unseen Yuletide
Everlasting (Birthday)
Common	Acolyte Jin • Acolyte Sousuke • Dunkoro • Goren • Hayda • Kahmu • Livia • Margrid the Sly Melonni • Morgahn • Norgu • Olias • Tahlkora • Vekk • Xandra • Zenmai
Uncommon	Anton • Jora • Koss • M.O.X. • Master of Whispers • Ogden Stonehealer Queen Salma • Pyre Fierceshot • Razah • Zhed Shadowhoof
Rare	Gwen • Keiran Thackeray • Miku • Prince Rurik • Shiro
Unique	Destroyer • Kuunavang • Margonite • Slightly Mad King