Do you need the Craft Alchemical Item Feat....

[Masakan]

To make the most of Craft Alchemy. Or can you make good use of it without the feat?

[TC X0 Lt 0X]

The one from Unearthed Arcana? All it does for you is letting you craft Alcehmical Items with craft points and not needing to be a Spellcaster ya?

If thats the case then no, it doesn't seem at all necessary.  Maybe if your DM is enforcing the Spellcaster requirement for Alchemy, which is kinda silly IMO. I would just dip a spellcaster class at that point though.

I mean pending on what kind of alchemy items you are using it will save you a fistful of gold, but Im not sure if that is really worth it past the fist 5 levels.

[Maelphaxerazz]

The Craft Alchemical Item feat is only usable if the DM is using a particular Unearthed Arcana variant. Even if he is using it, it isn't really important: all Craft Points do is let you craft without spending time to do so. Good in a breakneck campaign with no downtime, but if you do get downtime, it is not necessary.