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Immerse yourself in the mystical world of alchemy with Idylwild's Alchemical Codex! This icon set brings together 75 uniquely hand-pixeled symbols from the ancient art of alchemy, each presented in three distinct styles - pristine white, bold white with a black border, and luxurious gold with a subtle drop shadow. That's a grand total of 225 meticulously crafted 16x16 icons to infuse your game with an aura of magic and mystery. The symbols covered in this pack include:

  • The Three Primes: Soul, Spirit, and Body. 
  • The Basic Elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, and an alternative for Aether. 
  • The Seven Planetary Metals: Lead (Saturn), Tin (Jupiter), Iron (Mars), Gold (The Sun), Copper (Venus), Quicksilver (Mercury), Silver (The Moon). 
  • Additional Mundane Elements: Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth, Cobalt, Manganese, Nickel, Oxygen, Phlogiston, Phosphorus, Platinum, Sulphur, Zinc. 
  • Alchemical Compounds: Acid, Vinegar, Ammonium Chloride, Aqua Vitae, Vitriol, Black Sulphur. 
  • Alchemical Processes (each with a corresponding Zodiac sign): Calcination (Aries), Congelation (Taurus), Fixation (Gemini), Solution (Cancer), Digestion (Leo), Distillation (Virgo), Sublimation (Libra), Separation (Scorpio), Ceration (Sagittarius), Fermentation (Capricorn), Multiplication (Aquarius), Projection (Pisces). 
  • Units of Time: Hour, Day, Night, 24-hours, Week, Month, Year. 
  • Astrological Symbols: Sun (with alternates), Moon (with alternates), Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta, Hand of Eris. 
  • Miscellaneous Symbols: Metal (with alternates), Glass, Salt, Niter, Silver. 
  • And many more unforgettable symbols!

Enrich your game's visual storytelling by integrating these symbols into runestone graphics, magic scrolls, or potion recipes. Let players craft unique spells or powerful runewords by combining symbols, adding a layer of depth to your gameplay. These versatile icons could also be utilized in a spellbook interface, marking magical territories on a map, or as enigmatic clues for treasure hunts and puzzles.

This comprehensive collection is available to you as individual .png files for each icon, a convenient sprite-sheet, and as an .ase file for seamless editing in Aseprite. Immerse yourself in the mystic world of alchemy with Idylwild's Alchemical Codex!

License:

You are free to:
  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
  • Attribution - You may attribute me, but it is not mandatory.

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StatusReleased
CategoryAssets
Rating
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(1 total ratings)
AuthorIdylwild
Tags16x16, alchemy, Asset Pack, Icons, Pixel Art, symbols
Asset licenseCreative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal

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Hi,
Those look amazing!

Is there a way to know which rune is which? You list the meanings but they don't seem to be in that order. I can recognize some (planets, astrological signs, ...) but not others.

I'd at least like to know which ones are the three primes :)

you can find an easy correspondence for these on wikipedia if you search for alchemical symbols

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Perfect, thanks! I was looking up stuff like "runes" and only had partial matches but "alchemical symbols" has the whole thing indeed 👍

These are really awesome, i plan to use a lot of these symbols!

Thank you so much, enjoy the pack!

If attribution isn't required, so it is CC0?

Yes, this is licenced under creative common zero license.  Enjoy!

In this case you should add license metadata. Read here how to do it

Updated, thanks for the tip!