Talk:Estus Flask (Dark Souls)/@comment-50.13.54.230-20140705182037/@comment-80.221.208.236-20140725052926

The way I percieved it was thus:

Estus Flasks are some sort of common alchemy among the undead. For arguments sake let's say they're made up, then, of grave-moss and flesh disolved into ethanol. From the fact we need to rest at a fire to make them we can postulate two things: Estus needs time to make and Estus needs fire. From this assumption we can look at the matter from a purely chemical standpoint. Numerous factors dictate the rate of reaction in chemistry terms. Pressure, concentration and temperature are three examples.

Picture this: With a fire, the grave-moss, flesh and some magic supply of ethanol (these are merely examples to prove the point. They could also be readily available fluids like cat pee,) any undead can make Estus. However by kindling the fire you increase the temperature and directly alter the rate of the reaction. Perhaps the grave-moss disolves better under a hotter flame or heating it higher means it doesn't have that "lumpy-flesh" consistency.

So rather than making more of the bottles appear out of the same place we're pulling ethanol and cat pee, I see it as increasing the QUALITY of the flask's contents which reduces the QUANTITY of the potion required for the same effect.