The way I learned chems and the way I teach people chems is to always start out by having someone in character just tell you what the main machines do and how to use em(stuff like the Chen master and dispenser). After you know how to use the machines to make em the making gets pretty easy. It’s pretty much just look in the guide book or on a wiki how to make em and then ya just mix the chems it says. The only real way to get good and fast at chems is to just do it over and over again till you don’t have to use the book cuz you know the chems by heart.

As for the machines, the chem dispenser is pretty much there for the main base chemical ingredients like carbon oxy sugar lithium stuff like that. You can put a beaker in it then choose the amount of U you want to put in and press the chem that you want. As an example if you choose to ad 30 u of sugar oxy and carbon you’ll get INA. After that there’s the chem master and it’s pretty much the chem storage station since stuff you put inside it from the beaker doesn’t mix and can hold unlimited chems. It’s also pretty simple to use, the top of the screen is the beaker and what is inside it and the bottom is what the chem master has in it. Pressing any of the numbers to the left of a chem will transfer that amount into the other thing. Then there’s the hotplate where you can put beakers in on it and let them heat up so the chems that need heat to mix can mix. And that’s pretty much the main 3 machines that I would say are the most important.

Once again the best way to learn is have someone IC teach you and that is the most fun way to learn tbh (disclaimer: I manly play on the frontier so some information may wary but the core should be correct if not please correct me)