Alchemy in Skyrim is easier to get into than you might think, and most players will want to delve into it to some degree, at least for restorative potions. The buffs and poisons you can craft through alchemy are also worth it. In this guide, we will see how to use Skyrim Alchemy and how to best use it for you.
Alchemy Ingredient Combinations in Skyrim
Each alchemy ingredient in Skyrim has four distinct effects. Through trial and error (e.g. eating the ingredients or combining them using the alchemy lab) shows you the types of effects they have.
Since you only need at least two ingredients to brew a potion or poison, you need to make sure that the ingredients you use have a similar effect. Once discovered, they will appear on the panel so you can quickly craft them using specific items.
Additionally, you can visit alchemy vendors, trainers, and even general item stores. Check out their products and they might be selling recipes you can learn instantly.
Skyrim Potion Recipes
Potions in Skyrim are used to temporarily enhance your character. Here are some of the ingredients you can combine to create these potions.
Disease Cure Potion:
- Charred Skeever Hide
- falcon feathers
- Chitin Mud Crab
- vampire dust
Carry Weight Strengthening Potion:
- Creep cluster
- giant's toe
- falcon beak
- Fillet jelly
- Rivière Betty
Invisibility Potion:
- ufs de Chaurus
- Crimson Nirnroot/Nirnroot
- Ice Specter Teeth
- vampire dust
Health Regeneration Potion:
- Ail
- Juniper berries
- moth wing
- Barnacle
- vampire dust
Regeneration Magic Potion:
- Dwarf Oil
- fire salts
- Ail
- Moon sugar
- Tas de sel
- Taproot
Stamina Regeneration Potion:
- bee
- Will Amanite
- Mora Tapinella
- Scaly Pholiota
Fire Resistance Potion:
- Bone meal
- dragon tongue
- Ear of the Elves
- fire salts
- Will Amanite
- Chitin Mud Crab
- snow berries
Frost Resistance Potion:
- Frost salts
- falcon beak
- Moon sugar
- purple mountain flower
- Slaughterhouse Scales
- snow berries
- thistle branch
Poison Resistance Potion:
- Beehive remember
- Charred Skeever Hide
- Falmer's Ear
- grass pod
- Chitin Mud Crab
- Slaughterhouse Egg
- thistle branch
- troll fat
Shock Resistance Potion:
- Blue dart wing
- Luminous Dust
- glowing mushroom
- falcon beak
- pearls
- snow berries
- Swamp Fungal Pod
Water Breathing Potion:
- chicken egg
- Fish
- Histcarpe
- Barnacle
- Salmon eggs
Skyrim Poison Recipes
Conversely, poisons in Skyrim are used to coat weapons, giving them a temporary effect. Alternatively, you can increase your Sneak skill to approach an enemy and then place a potion in their own pockets to see the effect.
Poison Health Damage:
- Crimson Nirnroot/Nirnroot
- death bell
- Ectoplasm
- Falmer's Ear
- human flesh
- human heart
- Imp Stool
- Black nightshade
- red mountain flower
- Skeever Tail
- Small woods
- troll fat
- Void Salts
Poison Magicka Damage:
- Butterfly wing
- ufs de Chaurus
- Daedric Heart
- Luminous Dust
- Hagraven feathers
- hanging foam
- human heart
- moth wing
- Barnacle
Poison Endurance Damage:
- ancestor butterfly wing
- Bulb
- blue butterfly wing
- Bone meal
- Crimson Nirnroot/Nirnroot
- giant's toe
- Rock Warbler Egg
- Spider Egg
Fear of poison:
- Blue dart wing
- Pique Cyrodillique
- Daedric Heart
- Fillet jelly
- poison flower
- Powdered mammoth tusk
Frenzy Poison:
- Bulb
- boar tusk
- Falmer's Ear
- Will Amanite
- Feathers of Hagraven
- human heart
- troll fat
Paralysis Poison:
- heather heart
- Canis root
- glow flower
- human heart
- Imp Stool
- Fillet jelly
- Swamp Fungal Pod
Slow Poison:
- death bell
- great woods
- poison flower
- Rivière Betty
- Tas de sel
That's it for our Skyrim Alchemy guide. If this is helpful to you, check out some of our other Skyrim guides here on GameSkinny.
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