Ketamine — Collect & Cook

Ketamine is a fast, high-value single-step drug — collect just two chemicals, cook, and sell for $750 cash. One of the best chemical-to-cash ratios in the pack.

Overview

• Type: Collect chemicals → cook → sell
• Final product: ketamine
• Best sell: $750 cash (White Powder Dealer)

Requirements

What	Why you need it	Where
Skill-check minigame (lv1)	Every process step runs a skill check. Miss it and the craft doesn't complete — you keep the inputs, you lose the time.	At the lab
burnerphone	Only if you want to sell to NPCs on the street with /startsell. The static dealer buys without it.	—
A vehicle	Chemical Lab (north-east desert) to North Illegal Pharmacy (past Paleto) to the White Powder Dealer (Vinewood Hills).	Any car — the route is the real cost

The lv1–lv5 tag on each recipe is minigame difficulty, not a character level you have to grind first — lv1 is a single easy skill check, while lv5 stacks an easy, a medium and two hard ones. A brand new character can start this chain today; what actually gates you is travel time and the police.

What You Need

• chemicals ×2 — collect at the Chemical Lab 3561.7, 3668.4, 28.6 (3s each)

📍 Locations

• Collect — Chemical Lab: 3561.7, 3668.4, 28.6
• Process — North Illegal Pharmacy: 154.9, 6647.5, 31.7
• Sell — White Powder Dealer: 346.3, 170.1, 103.1

Step-by-Step

1. Chemical Lab 3561.7, 3668.4, 28.6 — collect ×2 chemicals (3s each).
2. North Illegal Pharmacy 154.9, 6647.5, 31.7 — craft ketamine → chemicals ×2 (lv1, 10s).
3. White Powder Dealer 346.3, 170.1, 103.1 — sell ketamine for $750 cash.

What You Get & Where to Sell

Product	Spawn code	Sell price
Ketamine	ketamine	$750 cash (White Powder Dealer)
— via NPC/corner	ketamine	$200–400 markedbills

Two Ways to Sell

1. Static dealer — fixed price, clean money. Drive to White Powder Dealer 346.3, 170.1, 103.1 and sell ketamine for $750 cash. The price never moves, there is no minigame, and the sale itself does not generate a police alert. This is the reliable route.

2. Street selling — /startsell, dirty money. Carry a burnerphone, run /startsell, and NPC customers walk up to you. Each sale is 1–3 units at a random $200–$400, paid in markedbills — the drug pack's dirty currency. That is not the same black_money the robbery pack pays out, so the two launder separately. /stopsell ends the session.

Street selling is slower per unit, but it is the only way to generate markedbills:

• Some customers refuse the sale and walk off.
• Some try to rob you instead of paying.
• A sale can alert police and sheriff — dispatch drops a blip on you that stays live for about a minute, so move on after a run of sales.
• Selling works anywhere on the map, not just inside a marked zone, so pick somewhere quiet.

💰 Cost vs Reward

	Amount
Setup (one-time)	$0 — no shop supplies in this recipe
Cost per run	$0 — chemicals ×2 are collected free
Time per run	≈ 16s of collecting and cooking, plus the drive
Sell price	$750 cash at the White Powder Dealer
Value per chemical	$375 — the best ratio in the pack

Using It — Effects, Addiction & Overdose

Every drug in the pack is also usable, and that side of it matters if you are roleplaying a user rather than a cook:

• Using ketamine restores health and armour, cuts stress, and buffs run speed, with a screen effect and a changed walk style while it lasts.
• Each use adds addiction and tolerance. As those climb you start losing health, and you risk passing out or vomiting at the worst possible moment.
• Overdose triggers at 10 uses of the same drug, or 5 uses across mixed drugs.
• Cures are sold at the Corner Store: acamprosate $500 (light detox), lofexidine $3,000 (heavy detox), and antidote $3,000 for an overdose.
• Police carry a drugtestkit. Whatever you took stays in your blood for about 5 minutes after use — long enough to fail a roadside test.

Common Mistakes

• Selling ketamine on the street. Street sales cap at $400 in markedbills; the dealer pays $750 clean.
• Collecting exactly two chemicals. Fill your pockets — every two more is another $750.

Tips

• Just 2 chemicals → $750 — one of the highest value-per-input drugs in the pack.

FAQ

How much does Ketamine sell for?

$750 in clean cash at the White Powder Dealer (346.3, 170.1, 103.1) — tied with bath salts and crack pouches for the highest fixed dealer price in the pack.

What does Ketamine need to craft?

Only chemicals ×2, collected free at the Chemical Lab (3561.7, 3668.4, 28.6). The cook is a 10-second lv1 skill check at the North Illegal Pharmacy, 154.9, 6647.5, 31.7.

Is Ketamine the best drug to farm?

For value per input, yes — $375 per chemical, far ahead of every other chemical drug. Crack matches the $750 sell price but needs a full cocaine chain behind it.

Should I sell Ketamine to NPCs instead?

Only if you specifically need markedbills. Street sales pay a random $200–$400, roughly half the dealer price, and can pull a police alert.

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• Bath Salts
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