What happens when a relic enters the Knowledge Altar?

The altar breaks it down for experience. Relics grant additional experience, so surplus relic production can support progression when you do not need to sell every unit.

Can ordinary products also provide experience?

The Knowledge Altar can break down any item for experience. Spare ordinary products therefore have a progression use alongside the extra experience granted by relics.

Gameplay

Alchemy Factory Relics: Sell Venus or Gain Knowledge

Craft relics in Alchemy Factory, choose sales or Knowledge Altar experience, and switch to the larger relic stand when Venus is missing from the sale options.

Updated October 23, 2026

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Choose sales income or Knowledge Level

Craft relics and choose between shop sales and Knowledge Altar experience. Sell them when money is the priority, or break them down for the altar’s additional relic experience. If Venus is missing from your stand’s sale options, try the larger relic-stand variant described below.

The relic lineup includes Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Luna and Sol.

Sell Venus from the larger relic stand

A Steam player report dated December 27, 2025 describes the same problem: Venus was already crafted, but the ordinary stand would not offer it. Switching the stand’s placement variant solved the problem, and the original poster confirmed the fix.

Select a relic stand for placement. Start with the stand used for lower relics rather than changing the Venus production recipe.
While placing the stand, switch to its larger variant. The reported key was T; follow the placement controls shown in your game when choosing the variant.
Place the larger stand and check the Venus sale option. The reported solution was the stand variant, rather than a new research unlock or a different crafted Venus.

Craft Jupiter with a Shaper

Select the Jupiter recipe in a Shaper. Its ingredient feeds are Plank, Small Wooden Gear and Wooden Pulley.
Connect the ingredient supply to the Shaper and keep each feed supplied through crafting. Route the completed Jupiter toward the shop or the Knowledge Altar according to your current goal.
Keep production and display problems separate. A missing Venus option on a stand can be solved at the stand while a completed relic remains available for sale or knowledge.

Use the Knowledge Altar

What happens when a relic enters the Knowledge Altar?: The altar breaks it down for experience. Relics grant additional experience, so surplus relic production can support progression when you do not need to sell every unit.
Can ordinary products also provide experience?: The Knowledge Altar can break down any item for experience. Spare ordinary products therefore have a progression use alongside the extra experience granted by relics.

Distinguish a display problem from a crafting problem

If you already have Venus but cannot select it for sale, begin with the larger stand variant. The player who reported this issue had already made the relic and tried other shop displays before finding the stand toggle.

Keep the relic available while checking the stand. Turning it into altar experience consumes the item, so decide whether the next completed relic is intended for income or progression before routing it onward.