Part of the Sea of Conquest Recipes Series:

Distillery Recipes: Every drink in the game.

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Best Gold Recipes: What else pays 3,840.

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Quick Answer

The gin fizz line runs across three grades:

Drink	Ingredients	Gold
Ordinary Gin Fizz	1× Juniper Berry + 1× Soda	1,280
Premium Gin Fizz	1× Juniper Berry + 1× Lemon + 1× Soda	1,920
Divine Gin Fizz	1× Juniper Berry + 1× Lemon + 1× Sugar + 1× Soda	3,840

One extra Sugar takes you from 1,920 to 3,840. That is the single best marginal ingredient in the distillery — double the gold for one common item.

And the naming trap: "Berry" in a distillery recipe means Juniper Berry, the gin base. It is a completely different ingredient from the galley's Berries, which go into fruit salads. Half the recipe lists online write just "Berry" and cause exactly this confusion.

Why Gin Fizz Is Worth Learning

Divine Gin Fizz sits at the 3,840 gold ceiling shared by every S+ cocktail, and it gets there with four cheap, common ingredients: Juniper Berry, Lemon, Sugar and Soda.

Compare the ceiling group:

S+ Cocktail	Ingredients
Divine Gin Fizz	Juniper Berry + Lemon + Sugar + Soda
Divine Gaucus's Kiss	2× Sugar Cane + 2× Barley
Divine Mojito	2× Sugar Cane + Lemon + Sugar
Divine Gin & Tonic	Juniper Berry + 3× Tonic Water
Heavenly Hometown	Grape + 3× Juniper Berry

All pay 3,840. So the right cocktail to make is simply whichever ingredients you have most of — there is no reason to hold out for a "better" one.

Gaucus's Kiss is usually the easiest because Sugar Cane and Barley are both common. Gin Fizz is best when your Juniper Berry stock is high.

The Juniper Berry Problem

Juniper Berry is the gin base, and it is used across a surprising number of drinks:

Ordinary, Premium and Reserve Gin (1×, 2×, 3× Juniper Berry)
The whole Gin Fizz line
Gin & Tonic at every grade
Heavenly Hometown (Grape + 3× Juniper Berry)
Premium Tequila Sunset and The Sailor

That breadth makes it one of the most contested ingredients in your bag, and it is looted — from Armed Freighters, merchant ships, treasure chests and port stalls — rather than produced by any cabin.

Practical consequence: if you are short of Juniper Berry, the fix is fleet activity, not a cabin upgrade. Only Water, Eggs, Milk and fish come from cabins — see the cabins guide.

Don't Ladder, Combine

The base spirit ladder is the trap that costs distillery players the most gold:

Gin	Juniper Berry	Gold	Per Berry
Ordinary Gin	1	480	480
Premium Gin	2	640	320
Reserve Gin	3	800	267
Divine Gin Fizz	1 (+3 mixers)	3,840	3,840

One Juniper Berry in a Divine Gin Fizz returns eight times what it returns as Ordinary Gin. Reserve Gin — three Berries for 800 gold — is close to the worst thing you can do with them.

The rule: never ladder base spirits. Mix instead. Same principle covered in the distillery guide.

Stocking the Mixers

Gin Fizz needs three mixers alongside the base, and all are looted:

Soda — in every fizz
Lemon — in Premium and Divine, plus Mojito and several others
Sugar — the ingredient that doubles Premium to Divine
Tonic Water — for the Gin & Tonic line instead

Keep Sugar and Lemon stocked above everything. They upgrade multiple cocktails from 1,920 to 3,840, which is the highest-leverage stocking decision in the distillery.

Sell everything through the Mess Hall, and stockpile before Pirate Revel — that event pays around 2.6M gold for a full clear of timed recipe orders.

FAQ

What is the Ordinary Gin Fizz recipe?

1× Juniper Berry + 1× Soda, for 1,280 gold.

What is the Premium Gin Fizz recipe?

1× Juniper Berry + 1× Lemon + 1× Soda, for 1,920 gold.

What is the Divine Gin Fizz recipe?

1× Juniper Berry + 1× Lemon + 1× Sugar + 1× Soda, for 3,840 gold.

Does "Berry" mean Juniper Berry?

Yes, in distillery recipes. The galley's Berries are a separate ingredient used in fruit salads.

Where do I get Juniper Berry?

Looted from Armed Freighters, merchant ships, treasure chests and port stalls. No cabin produces it.

Should I make Reserve Gin?

No. Three Juniper Berries for 800 gold is far worse than one Berry in a Divine Gin Fizz for 3,840.

Key Takeaways

Ordinary 1,280, Premium 1,920, Divine 3,840.
One extra Sugar doubles Premium to Divine. Keep Sugar stocked.
"Berry" means Juniper Berry, not the galley's Berries.
Never ladder gin. One Berry in a Divine Fizz beats three in Reserve Gin eightfold.
All S+ cocktails pay 3,840 — make whichever ingredients you have.

Sea of Conquest Gin Fizz: Ordinary, Premium and Divine Recipes