Cantarella

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Statistics Bottle of cantarella The duration and potency of this deadly poison can be altered by a skilled alchemist. Stackable: 12 Poisons the user for 10 minutes when used. Effect takes 10 HP every 3 seconds (total of 2000 HP).	Other Uses Guild Points Value: None Used in Quests: Relic Dagger: Mandau Resale Price: 2915-2987 gil
Synthesis Recipes Alchemy (99) Yield: Cantarella x 1 Dark Crystal 1 x Mercury 1 x Venom Dust 1 x Paralysis Dust 1 x Fresh Orc Liver 1 x Distilled Water	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Auction House Category: Materials > Alchemy (

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Merchants

Price: 12 x 100 Byne Bills
Name	Location	Type
Haggleblix	Beadeaux (E-7)	Goblin Peddler

Historical Background

Cantarella was most probably a variation of arsenic used by Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia, to poison his victims. The Borgia family were allegedly masters of the use of poison in political assassinations, leading to references to la cantarella as the "liquor of succession". Cantarella was used to make whoever took it fall asleep for 4 hours. It was as if the person was dead, since they had no detectable pulse.