Skyrim - Basic Alchemy Guide

The art of creating potions and poisons. To creation potions and poisons, you would need alchemical ingredients and then, you need ingredients that react positively and negatively with each other. Mixing positively reacting ingredients will create potion and mixing negatively reacting ingredients will create poison.

Each alchemical ingredient has four effects and you can check the first effect by tasting that ingredient. You can find the remaining three effects of the ingredient by testing and experimenting with these ingredients.

It is not finding ingredients that you should worry about but, the effects of these ingredients because Alchemy depends on that. Your goal is to find ingredients that have a common trait.

Mixing ingredients with common trait will create a potion and you can create a varied variety of these just by combing different ingredients with same basic properties.

You can even mix multiple ingredients at once, but they should be compatible. This way, you will a large varied number of potions, you can use under different circumstances.

Be careful though, you can easily mess it up – such as you can create a great health regeneration potion but it may also have a negative effect, damaging you at the same time.

To create potions and poisons, you will need to perform Alchemy at designated Alchemy Labs throughout Skyrim. I have pointed out several Alchemy Labs below, for when you can’t find one.

Alchemy Ingredient Effects
If you don’t believe in experimenting, these are the alchemical effects of all the ingredients that you can use to create potions and poisons. You can combine the two positive ingredients to create a potion and negative ingredients to create poison. You can apply the poison to your weapons to make them more lethal.

Key
Positive or Negative Ingredient Effect
Ingredient (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary) – Each ingredient is followed by the () indicating whether the ingredient effect is primary (1), secondary (2), tertiary (3), or quaternary (4).

Cure Disease

• Charred Skeever Hide (2)
• Hawk Feathers (1)
• Mudcrab Chitin (2)
• Vampire Dust (4)

Damage Health

• Crimson Nirnroot (1)
• Deathbell (1)
• Ectoplasm (4)
• Falmer Ear (1)
• Human Flesh (1)
• Human Heart (1)
• Imp Stool (1)
• Jarrin Root (1)
• Nightshade (1)
• Nirnroot (1)
• Red Mountain Flower (4)
• River Betty (1)
• Skeever Tail (3)
• Small Antlers (4)
• Troll Fat (4)
• Void Salts (3)

Damage Magicka

• Butterfly Wing (4)
• Chaurus Eggs (3)
• Daedra Heart (3)
• Eye of Sabre Cat (3)
• Glow Dust (1)
• Hagraven Feathers (1)
• Hanging Moss (1)
• Human Heart (2)
• Jarrin Root (2)
• Luna Moth Wing (1)
• Namira’s Rot (1)
• Nordic Barnacle (1)

Damage Magicka Regen

• Bear Claws (4)
• Blue Butterfly Wing (3)
• Blue Mountain Flower (4)
• Chicken’s Egg (2)
• Glow Dust (2)
• Hanging Moss (3)
• Human Heart (3)
• Jarrin Root (4)
• Nightshade (2)
• Spider Egg (2)
• Spriggan Sap (1)

Damage Stamina
Berit’s Ashes (1)

• Blisterwort (1)
• Blue Butterfly Wing (1)
• Bone Meal (1)
• Canis Root (1)
• Crimson Nirnroot (2)
• Cyrodilic Spadetail (1)
• Giant’s Toe (1)
• Jarrin Root (3)
• Nirnroot (2)
• Rock Warbler Egg (3)
• Spider Egg (1)

Damage Stamina Regen

• Creep Cluster (2)
• Daedra Heart (2)
• Frost Mirriam (4)
• Giant’s Toe (4)
• Histcarp (3)
• Juniper Berries (4)
• Large Antlers (4)
• Silverside Perch (2)
• Skeever Tail (1)
• Wheat (3)

Fear

• Blue Dartwing (4)
• Cyrodilic Spadetail (3)
• Daedra Heart (4)
• Namira’s Rot (3)
• Powdered Mammoth Tusk (4)

Fortify Alteration

• Grass Pod (3)
• River Betty (2)
• Spriggan Sap (4)

Fortify Barter

• Butterfly Wing (2)
• Dragon’s Tongue (2)
• Hagraven Claw (4)
• Tundra Cotton (4)

Fortify Block

• Bleeding Crown (2)
• Briar Heart (2)
• Honeycomb (2)
• Pearl (2)
• Slaughterfish Scales (4)
• Tundra Cotton (3)

Fortify Carry Weight

• Creep Cluster (3)
• Giant’s Toe (3)
• Hawk Beak (3)
• River Betty (4)
• Scaly Pholiota (4)
• Wisp Wrappings (3)

Fortify Conjuration

• Berit’s Ashes (3)
• Blue Butterfly Wing (2)
• Blue Mountain Flower (2)
• Bone Meal (3)
• Frost Salts (4)
• Hagraven Feathers (2)
• Lavender (4)

Fortify Destruction

• Beehive Husk (4)
• Ectoplasm (2)
• Glow Dust (3)
• Glowing Mushroom (2)
• Nightshade (4)
• Wisp Wrappings (2)

Fortify Enchanting

• Blue Butterfly Wing (4)
• Hagraven Claw (3)
• Snowberries (2)
• Spriggan Sap (2)

Fortify Health

• Bear Claws (2)
• Blue Mountain Flower (3)
• Giant’s Toe (2)
• Glowing Mushroom (4)
• Hanging Moss (2)
• Wheat (2)

Fortify Heavy Armor

• Ice Wraith Teeth (2)
• Sabre Cat Tooth (2)
• Slaughterfish Scales (3)
• Thistle Branch (4)
• White Cap (2

Fortify Illusion

• Beehive Husk (2)
• Hawk Feathers (2)
• Honeycomb (3)
• Luna Moth Wing (2)
• Skeever Tail (4)

Fortify Light Armor

• Beehive Husk (2)
• Hawk Feathers (2)
• Honeycomb (3)
• Luna Moth Wing (2)
• Skeever Tail (4)

Fortify Lockpicking

• Falmer Ear (4)
• Namira’s Rot (2)
• Pine Thrush Egg (2)
• Spider Egg (3)

Fortify Magicka

• Briar Heart (4)
• Ectoplasm (3)
• Histcarp (2)
• Jazbay Grapes (2)
• Red Mountain Flower (3)
• Tundra Cotton (2)
• Void Salts (4)

Fortify Marksman

• Canis Root (3)
• Elves Ear (2)
• Juniper Berries (2)
• Spider Egg (4)

Fortify One-handed

• Bear Claws (3)
• Canis Root (2)
• Hanging Moss (4)
• Hawk Feathers (3)
• Rock Warbler Egg (2)
• Small Pearl (2)

Fortify Pickpocket

• Blue Dartwing (2)
• Nordic Barnacle (4)
• Orange Dartwing (3)
• Slaughterfish Egg (2)

Fortify Restoration

• Abecean Longfin (4)
• Cyrodilic Spadetail (2)
• Salt Pile (2)
• Salt Pile (2)
• Small Antlers (2)
• Small Pearl (3)

Fortify Smithing

• Blisterwort (4)
• Glowing Mushroom (3)
• Sabre Cat Tooth (3)
• Spriggan Sap (3)

Fortify Sneak

• Abecean Longfin (2)
• Beehive Husk (3)
• Frost Mirriam (2)
• Hawk Feathers (4)
• Human Flesh (4)
• Powdered Mammoth Tusk (2)
• Purple Mountain Flower (2)

Fortify Stamina

• Chaurus Eggs (2)
• Garlic (2)
• Large Antlers (2)
• Lavender (2)
• Slaughterfish Egg (4)
• Torchbug Thorax (4)

Fortify Two-handed

• Dragon’s Tongue (4)
• Fly Amanita (2)
• Troll Fat (2)

Frenzy

• Blisterwort (2)
• Falmer Ear (2)
• Fly Amanita (3)
• Hagraven Feathers (3)
• Human Heart (4)
• Troll Fat (3

Invisibility

• Chaurus Eggs (4)
• Crimson Nirnroot (3)
• Ice Wraith Teeth (3)
• Luna Moth Wing (4)
• Nirnroot (3)
• Vampire Dust (1)

Lingering Damage Health

• Imp Stool (2)
• Mora Tapinella (2)
• Orange Dartwing (4)
• Slaughterfish Egg (3)
• Slaughterfish Scales (2)

Lingering Damage Magicka

• Hagraven Claw (2)
• Purple Mountain Flower (3)
• Swamp Fungal Pod (2)
• Torchbug Thorax (2)
• Wheat (4)

Lingering Damage Stamina

• Butterfly Wing (3)
• Chicken’s Egg (4)
• Nightshade (3)
• Small Antlers (3)

Paralysis

• Briar Heart (3)
• Canis Root (4)
• Human Flesh (2)
• Imp Stool (3)
• Swamp Fungal Pod (3)

Ravage Health

• Cyrodilic Spadetail (4)
• Eye of Sabre Cat (2)
• Giant Lichen (2)
• Jazbay Grapes (4)
• Silverside Perch (3)
• Skeever Tail (2)

Ravage Magicka

• Frost Mirriam (3)
• Grass Pod (2)
• Lavender (3)
• Orange Dartwing (2)
• Red Mountain Flower (2)
• White Cap (4)

Ravage Stamina

• Bee (2)
• Berit’s Ashes (4)
• Bone Meal (4)
• Deathbell (2)
• Honeycomb (4)
• Thistle Branch (2)

Regenerate Health

• Garlic (4)
• Juniper Berries (3)
• Luna Moth Wing (3)
• Namira’s Rot (4)
• Nordic Barnacle (3)
• Vampire Dust (3)

Regenerate Magicka

• Dwarven Oil (3)
• Fire Salts (4)
• Garlic (3)
• Jazbay Grapes (3)
• Moon Sugar (4)
• Salt Pile (4)
• Salt Pile (4)
• Taproot (3)

Regenerate Stamina

• Bee (3)
• Fly Amanita (4)
• Mora Tapinella (3)
• Scaly Pholiota (3)

Resist Fire

• Berit’s Ashes (2)
• Bone Meal (2)
• Dragon’s Tongue (1)
• Elves Ear (4)
• Fire Salts (2)
• Fly Amanita (1)
• Mudcrab Chitin (4)
• Snowberries (1)

Resist Frost

• Frost Mirriam (1)
• Frost Salts (2)
• Hawk Beak (2)
• Moon Sugar (2)
• Purple Mountain Flower (4)
• Silverside Perch (4)
• Slaughterfish Scales (1)
• Small Pearl (4)
• Snowberries (3)
• Thistle Branch (1)

Resist Magic

• Bleeding Crown (4)
• Chicken’s Egg (1)
• Crimson Nirnroot (4)
• Hagraven Claw (1)
• Lavender (1)
• Nirnroot (4)
• Tundra Cotton (1)
• Void Salts (2)
• Wisp Wrappings (4)

Resist Poison

• Beehive Husk (1)
• Charred Skeever Hide (3)
• Falmer Ear (3)
• Garlic (1)
• Grass Pod (1)
• Mudcrab Chitin (3)
• Slaughterfish Egg (1)
• Thistle Branch (3)
• Troll Fat (1)

Resist Shock

• Blue Dartwing (1)
• Glow Dust (4)
• Glowing Mushroom (1)
• Hawk Beak (4)
• Pearl (4)
• Pine Thrush Egg (4)
• Snowberries (4)
• Swamp Fungal Pod (1)

Restore Health

• Blisterwort (3)
• Blue Dartwing (3)
• Blue Mountain Flower (1)
• Butterfly Wing (1)
• Charred Skeever Hide (4)
• Daedra Heart (1)
• Eye of Sabre Cat (4)
• Imp Stool (4)
• Rock Warbler Egg (1)
• Swamp Fungal Pod (4)
• Wheat (1)

Restore Magicka

• Briar Heart (1)
• Creep Cluster (1)
• Dwarven Oil (4)
• Ectoplasm (1)
• Elves Ear (1)
• Fire Salts (3)
• Frost Salts (3)
• Giant Lichen (4)
• Grass Pod (4)
• Human Flesh (3)
• Moon Sugar (3)
• Mora Tapinella (1)
• Pearl (3)
• Red Mountain Flower (1)
• Taproot (4)
• Vampire Dust (2)
• White Cap (3)

Restore Stamina

• Bear Claws (1)
• Bee (1)
• Charred Skeever Hide (1)
• Eye of Sabre Cat (1)
• Hawk Beak (1)
• Histcarp (1)
• Honeycomb (1)
• Large Antlers (1)
• Mudcrab Chitin (1)
• Orange Dartwing (1)
• Pearl (1)
• Pine Thrush Egg (1)
• Powdered Mammoth Tusk (1)
• Purple Mountain Flower (1)
• Sabre Cat Tooth (1)
• Silverside Perch (1)
• Small Pearl (1)
• Torchbug Thorax (1)
• Wisp Wrappings (1)

Slow

• Deathbell (3)
• Large Antlers (3)
• River Betty (3)
• Salt Pile (3)
• Salt Pile (3)

Waterbreathing

• Chicken’s Egg (3)
• Histcarp (4)
• Nordic Barnacle (2)

Weakness to Fire

• Bleeding Crown (1)
• Frost Salts (1)
• Ice Wraith Teeth (4)
• Juniper Berries (1)
• Moon Sugar (1)
• Powdered Mammoth Tusk

Weakness to Frost

• Abecean Longfin (1)
• Elves Ear (3)
• Fire Salts (1)
• Ice Wraith Teeth (1)
• White Cap (1)

Weakness to Magic

• Creep Cluster (4)
• Dwarven Oil (1)
• Jazbay Grapes (1)
• Rock Warbler Egg (4)
• Salt Pile (1)
• Salt Pile (1)
• Scaly Pholiota (1)
• Taproot (1)
• Torchbug Thorax (3)

Weakness to Poison

• Abecean Longfin (3)
• Bleeding Crown (3)
• Chaurus Eggs (1)
• Deathbell (4)
• Giant Lichen (3)
• Pine Thrush Egg (3)
• Sabre Cat Tooth (4)
• Small Antlers (1)

Weakness to Shock

• Bee (4)
• Giant Lichen (1)
• Hagraven Feathers (4)
• Void Salts (1)

How To Make a Potion, Poison
First you will need to find a perfect recipe to create a potion or a poison and there is only one way to find out – Experiment in the Alchemy Lab with different ingredients.

Once you have found a recipe, go find its ingredients – which should be found throughout Skyrim or purchased from Merchants. When you have the ingredients, visit your nearest Alchemy Lab and mix these ingredients to create the potion/poison.

For example, mix blue mountain flower (common ingredient) with Sabre Cat Eyeball (Can be picked up off the carcass of a dead Sabre Cat – Which are found around Honeystrand Cave area, south of Iverstead) to create a restoration potion.

Alchemy Lab Locations

• Arcadia’s in Whiterun.
• Inside Rannveig’s Fast’s Dungeon.
• Dustman’s Cairn
  
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