Best Alchemy Ingredient Combinations : V

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 3:17 pm

I'm looking for the best combinations to raise my alchemy level. I know about the salmon roe + Nordic barnacle, chicken egg or garlic but am more interested in what you guys/girls use to raise your skill. Thanks.

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:00 pm

Making paralysis potions is according to many the "best", because it's expensive, thus giving great profit.

Some ingredients:

Note: I'm not listing every ingredient. I'm not including DLC ingredients. 4 -5 ingredients should suffice

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Briarheart, Canis Root, Imp Stool, Swamp Fungal Pod.

I personally use a lot of invisibilty potions.

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Chaurus Eggs, Ice Wraith Teeth, Luna Moth Wing, Nirnroot, and Vampire Dust

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:01 am

Invisibility and poison potions will give you the best results for grinding Alchemy. Taking potions and wearing Alchemy gear will increase the XP earned.

Runner-up: Strength vitality (Fortify Carry Weight) will also boost XP.

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:23 am

We need AshleyClark here to share some of her wisdom about alchemy I think. She is very knowledgeable in all things regarding such matters and creates some incredible potions, I'll pm her.

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 2:48 pm

Thank you Craig for the great words.

What I usually do is from the beginning of the game, after I leave Riverwood, is to start gathering all the ingredients that I need and can grow, and then purchase the others that I cannot grow but also need.

Ingredients that I gather are

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salt pile, blue butterfly wings, snowberries, chickens egg, garlic, canis root, imp stool, blue mountain flower, butterfly wing, creep cluster, red mountain flower, purple mountain flower, chaurus egg, blisterwort, glowing mushroom, death bell, falmar ear, jazby graqes, skeever tail, blue dartwing and orange dartwing.

Ingredients that I purchase, because I cannot grow them are

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abecean longfin, cyrodilic spadetail, Nordic barnacle, histcarp, pine thrush egg, silverside perch, and river betty.

Some of the ingredients listed in the purchase list can also be gathered but not grown. When I get to about level 20 I get my house with the fishery, and then I start leveling alchemy. Ones alchemy level should be at least level 40, with 3 perks in alchemist. This can be achieved with the roe and chickens egg which is the easiest. You have to have an equal amount of each, at least 40 of each. For each potion you make with the roe, you will level alchemy one level.

Then I use the following list to raise my alchemy

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abecean longfin +salt pile=fortify restoration

blue butterfly wings+snowberries=fortify enchanting

canis root+imp stool = paralyze

blue mountain flower+butterfly wing = restore health

creep cluster + red mountain flower=restore magicka

pine thrush egg + purple mountain flower = restore stamina

purple mountain flower + hiscarp or silverside perch = restore stamina

chaurus egg + nirnroot = invisibility

blisterwort + glowing mushroom = fortify smithing

death bell + falmar ear or river betty = damage health

jazby graqes + skeever tail = ravage health

death bell + river betty = slow

blue dartwing + orange wing = fortify pickpocket

Sorry if I missed any ingredients. I like the fishery for not only can I produce an abundance of fish, but also an abundance of dartwings. Hope this helps

EDIT A mod needs to move this thread to the cheats, hints and spoilers section.

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 12:13 pm

Very nice list of combos for leveling Ashley! :smile: Another combo I use later on is this one

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Canis + Imp + Mora Tapinella = paralyze + dmg health over time

I like that because of the dual action! It can be used for leveling, but since it's a 3 ingredient potion I usually save it for when my alchemy is already at a high level and get the best "bang for my septim" Cheers! :tes:

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 6:07 am

Thanks. Those are the only ones I use, and even though there are other ingredients for some of the potions, I rather be able to grow the ingredients and harvest the fish at the fishery. So much easier and so much less costly. I will buy fish and nirnroot, along with the eggs.

The best place for getting the chaurus eggs is the light house up by Dawnstar. After completing it, I ended up with 425 eggs. lol Plus it re-spawns.

EDIT. Thank you Rohugh for moving the thread.

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 10:13 am

My strategy is the same. All of my characters are Alchemists by trade. It is a fantastic way to earn septims. I buy fortify alchemy gear as soon as I can afford them and invest perks in the Alchemy and Speech skills right away. Growing your own ingredients saves time and they re-spawn every 24 hours in your garden. I also build Winstad Manor first so I have the fish hatchery. Paralysis and Invisibility are my main poison/potions, same as Ashley.

Thank you Ashley for the location of the chaurus eggs. I did not know about this location even though I have been playing since day one.

» Wed Dec 25, 2013 4:25 am

Most welcome. I was shocked when I went through that lighthouse. I decided to gather the eggs and my surprise when I saw the count. This was only the 3rd time that I had been there since day 1 of the game, and it had re-spawned on the 3rd time.