levelling up alchemy.. using giant toe's rare? : V

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:38 am

Hello,

Question! I read somewhere the best way for leveling up alchemy is using weat in combo with giant toe's. Those toe's at-least I did find only one vendor selling them once a while, are rare. I could farm them from the giants of-course but wont that somehow mess up quests who are given by the Jarl (work orders or how is it called which you collect from inns?)?

thanks for reading or answering this!

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:48 pm

Giants respawn. Actually the most expensive potion uses jarrin root but you only get that through quest.

Not sure on respawn time on giants though I'll go look it up.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:35 pm

All cleared areas respawn after 20 - 30 days.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:44 pm

You can boost alchemy even faster with Giant toes + Blue mountain flowers + Blue butterfly wings.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:52 am

Ectoplasm, glow dust, jarring root is best one.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:50 am

You can boost alchemy even faster with Giant toes + Blue mountain flowers + Blue butterfly wings.

After this one next up is creep cluster, glowing mushroom and giants toe.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:25 am

All potions level you up, however the higher the sales value the higher impact.
Giant toes are nice so always buy them, or kill bandits however as you buy and gather ingredients you find way more of other stuff.
Focus on fortify skills and resist or weaknesses, not heal or damage. make 3 ingredient potions if that double the price.
Experiment of making an potion with two ingredients and then add other you have a lot of to find new effects.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:36 pm

giant's toe + blue butterfly wing + blue mountain flower is higher than GT+Wheat.

Giant’s toe: 33 total

3 in dawnstar, The White Hall
2 in Nightcaller Temple (The Pale) *
2 in Honeyside (Riften)
2 in Castle Dour, Emperor's Tower (Solitude)
2 inside East Empire Company Warehouse (Haafingar)
2 in Palace of the Kings Upstairs (Windhelm), in Wuunferth the Unliving's room
2 in Calixto's House of Curiosities (Windhelm)
2 in Proudspire Manor (Solitude)
2 (one on the dead Giant on the altar and the other in the stone bowl) at the camp just south of Sundered Towers
3 in college of winterhold, drevis’ room, arch mage’s quarters, hall of attainment
2 in riverwood, delphines hideout
2 in hagraven altar west of karthspire
1 in hall of vigilant
1 in Falkreath – deadly concoctions
1 in Largashbur – outhouse
1 in riften, elgrims elixer
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» Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:47 pm

thanks all for helping me out:-)

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:18 am

I have a website that you can either list all ingredients and it will list them in value.

You can also input you own ingediants and it will give you all possible potions, if you want it let me know.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:07 am

Giant's Toe + Swamp Fungal Pod + Wheat

I call it the money potion. More valuable than anything else I've made (to include what has already been posted here - except Jarrin root one - haven't found any of that yet.) Strictly for selling and not using. The negatives are too bad for me, the positives too good for them.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:09 pm

Giant's Toe + Swamp Fungal Pod + Wheat

I call it the money potion. More valuable than anything else I've made (to include what has already been posted here - except Jarrin root one - haven't found any of that yet.) Strictly for selling and not using. The negatives are too bad for me, the positives too good for them.

Interesting because the three don't mix on table. Giants toe and Wheat are 650 then swamp fungal must give it bonus gonna mess around with it when I get home. The one I posted earlier was 900.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 4:31 am

River Betty/Deathbell + Salt Pile will create a poison of slow which is worth a fair amount of cash and will level alchemy fairly quickly as well. Although, if you stick to one formua you're going to be spending ages leveling your alchemy. Stay away from damage/ravage health/magicka/stamina poisons and restore health/magicka/stamina potions for leveling because they're next to worthless. Poisons that damage regen are a safe bet and potions that fortify or give increased regen will do you good as well.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:55 pm

except Jarrin root one - haven't found any of that yet.

You won't. You can only get http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Jarrin_Root of it during the DB quest line, and it's needed for the quest.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:48 am

Also don't forget to pack a grand soul gem with you when you go giant hunting.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:24 pm

You won't. You can only get http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Jarrin_Root of it during the DB quest line, and it's needed for the quest.

Thanks! I won't worry about getting any of it.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:42 am

Interesting because the three don't mix on table. Giants toe and Wheat are 650 then swamp fungal must give it bonus gonna mess around with it when I get home. The one I posted earlier was 900.

The toe gives Fortify Health (more than others), and Damage Stamina Regeneration.
The wheat gives Fortify Health, Restore Health, Damage Stamina Regeneration, and Lingering Damage.
The pod gives Lingering Damage, and Restore Health

The kickers are the Fortify Health (because of toe) and Lingering Damage.

So you get a Fortify Health, Restore Health, Lingering Damage, and Damage Stamina potion.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:57 pm

I use giant toe, wheat and one other fortify carry ingredient like creep cluster.
However as master alchemist with 5*29% alchemy gear they are worth over 5000, only one you can sell to and get all the money back is the fence in TG.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:31 pm

I use giant toe, wheat and one other fortify carry ingredient like creep cluster.
However as master alchemist with 5*29% alchemy gear they are worth over 5000, only one you can sell to and get all the money back is the fence in TG.

You can always trade them for grand soul gems.

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:51 pm

my problem with very high values potions ? who to sell them to? I can make pots with vendor value of over 2000g, but most vendors only have 500/750g
yep I lvled alchemy but need to sell pots one at a time for a fraction of what I could get for them. And the same for enchanted armor/ weapons. Am not really complaining I have more gold than I need so its just an observation and seems a bit of a mistake on developers part. Why make it possible to craft expensive items and then not be able to sell them for their worth? I have necklace and a mask that give me better prices.. but don't wear them much ! :biggrin:

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 8:51 am

my problem with very high values potions ? who to sell them to? I can make pots with vendor value of over 2000g, but most vendors only have 500/750g
yep I lvled alchemy but need to sell pots one at a time for a fraction of what I could get for them. And the same for enchanted armor/ weapons. Am not really complaining I have more gold than I need so its just an observation and seems a bit of a mistake on developers part. Why make it possible to craft expensive items and then not be able to sell them for their worth? I have necklace and a mask that give me better prices.. but don't wear them much ! :biggrin:

You could take speechcraft perks and join the thieves guild to get access to vendors with more money.

» Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:27 am

The fence in thieves guild gains about 1000 every time you level the guild, also if you need properties or locations to ingredients ask me I got the strategy guide .

» Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:36 pm

You won't. You can only get http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Jarrin_Root of it during the DB quest line, and it's needed for the quest.

The quest can be completed without using it, also do not eat it you will die instantly. It's found in quest to kill a empire.