Skyrim:Useful Potions
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This article provides examples of useful potions you can create using the Alchemy skill.
Only a few single-effect potions are listed here. Any single effect can be obtained by combining two ingredients with the same effect listed on the Alchemy Effects page. The information provided here assumes that you don't have the Purity perk unless specified.
Useful Potions[edit]
Restorative Potions[edit]
Defense-Enhancing Potions[edit]
| Effects | Example Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Resist Fire + Resist Frost + Resist Poison | Mudcrab Chitin + Snowberries + Thistle Branch |
| Resist Fire + Resist Frost + Resist Shock | Fly Amanita + Hawk Beak + Snowberries |
| Resist Frost + Resist Shock + Restore Magicka + Restore Stamina |
Hawk Beak + Moon Sugar + Pearl |
| Resist Magic + Invisibility | Luna Moth Wing + Nirnroot + Tundra Cotton |
Rare Effects[edit]
The following effects are only available from a very small number of ingredients:
Discovering Ingredient Effects[edit]
See the tips section of the Alchemy page for a list of potions that can be brewed to discover all four effects of each ingredient in an efficient way.
Useful Poisons[edit]
Attacking Health[edit]
Other Uses[edit]
Multiple Effect Concoctions[edit]
Two-ingredient Multi-effect Potions[edit]
These ten potions and poisons require only two ingredients and produce three or more effects. The first seven only use ingredients that can be purchased from alchemy merchants and may be lucrative potions to create and sell:
Expensive Potions[edit]
These are the ten most profitable potions that can be brewed from ingredients that are sold by apothecary merchants. The profit is calculated by subtracting the base price of the ingredients from the value of the resulting potion with 100 Alchemy and no perks. The profit should be considered a relative measure, not an absolute amount. Potions made with Salmon Roe, Garlic, and Nordic Barnacle are also very valuable, but the ingredients are not sold by merchants.
With Giant's Toe[edit]
| Effects | Ingredients | Profit |
|---|---|---|
| Damage Magicka Regen + Fortify Health + Fortify One-handed |
Bear Claws + Giant's Toe + Hanging Moss | 846 |
| Damage Magicka Regen + Damage Stamina + Fortify Conjuration + Fortify Health |
Blue Butterfly Wing + Blue Mountain Flower + Giant's Toe | 845 |
| Damage Stamina Regen + Fortify Carry Weight + Fortify Health |
Creep Cluster + Giant's Toe + Hanging Moss | 831 |
| Bear Claws + Creep Cluster + Giant's Toe | 830 | |
| Blue Mountain Flower + Creep Cluster + Giant's Toe | 830 | |
| Creep Cluster + Giant's Toe + Glowing Mushroom | 827 | |
| Creep Cluster + Giant's Toe + Wheat | 827 | |
| Giant's Toe + Wheat + Wisp Wrappings | 826 | |
| Giant's Toe + Scaly Pholiota + Wheat | 824 | |
| Fortify Carry Weight + Fortify Destruction + Fortify Health |
Giant's Toe + Glowing Mushroom + Wisp Wrappings | 818 |
Without Giant's Toe[edit]
| Effects | Ingredients | Profit |
|---|---|---|
| Damage Magicka + Damage Magicka Regen + Fortify Destruction + Fortify Health + Resist Shock |
Glow Dust + Glowing Mushroom + Hanging Moss | 610 |
| Damage Stamina Regen + Fortify Carry Weight + Slow |
Creep Cluster + Large Antlers + River Betty | 596 |
| Creep Cluster + Deathbell + River Betty | 561 | |
| Deathbell + River Betty + Wisp Wrappings | 560 | |
| Deathbell + River Betty + Scaly Pholiota | 558 | |
| Damage Magicka Regen + Fortify Destruction + Fortify Health + Resist Shock |
Bear Claws + Glow Dust + Glowing Mushroom | 557 |
| Blue Mountain Flower + Glow Dust + Glowing Mushroom | 557 | |
| Damage Health + Fortify Carry Weight + Slow |
Deathbell + Hawk Beak + River Betty | 547 |
| Fortify Carry Weight + Fortify Illusion + Regenerate Stamina + Restore Magicka + Weakness to Magic |
Creep Cluster + Mora Tapinella + Scaly Pholiota | 546 |
| Damage Magicka + Fortify Stamina + Invisibility + Regenerate Health |
Chaurus Eggs + Garlic + Luna Moth Wing | 545 |
Four-effect Potions[edit]
There are nineteen possible four-effect potions:
Four-effect Poisons[edit]
There are six possible four-effect poisons:
Five-effect Potions[edit]
| Effects | Example Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Fortify Illusion + Fortify Magicka + Regenerate Magicka + Restore Magicka + Spell Absorption |
Dwarven Oil + LichorCC + Watcher's EyeCC |
The Five-effect Poison[edit]
There are two five-effect poisons:
| Effects | Example Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Damage Magicka Regen + Damage Stamina + Frenzy |
Blisterwort + Human Heart + Jarrin Root or Crimson Nirnroot + Glow Dust + Jarrin Root |
| Damage Health + Ravage Health + Lingering Damage Health + Ravage Stamina + Weakness to Poison |
ChokeberryCC + Deathbell + ScathecrawDB |
Other Five-effect Potions[edit]
These four 'potions' have both positive and negative effects:
Purity Perk Potions[edit]
These are just a few of the useful potions that can be created only with the Purity perk (or Creation Club ingredients).
Potions Excluding Poisons[edit]
These eleven potions can only be created with the Purity perk:
Poisons[edit]
These two poisons can only be created with the Purity perk:
| Effects | Example Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Damage Magicka + Damage Stamina Regen + Ravage Health |
Daedra Heart + Eye of Sabre Cat + Skeever Tail |
| Damage Stamina + Damage Stamina Regen + Weakness to Magic |
Creep Cluster + Giant's Toe + Rock Warbler Egg |
Dragonborn Multi-effect Potions/Poisons[edit]
This poison can only be created with ingredients from the Dragonborn add-on.
| Effects | Example Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Ravage Magicka + Ravage Stamina + Ravage Health |
Jazbay Grapes + Scathecraw + Spawn Ash |
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