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Hearthfire: An Alchemist's Dream

• Teccam

  

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  February 13, 2014

  The most valuable potion you can craft with plantable ingredients is a combination of Creep Cluster, Mora Tapinella, and Scaly Pholiota. If you're using the garden and the greenhouse, you can plant six each of Creep Cluster and Scaly Pholiota, and ten Mora Tapinella, and still have a few plots left over. This will yield 30 of each ingredient every reset (2-3 days). If you have around 180-210, the Thief Stone, and Well Rested, and if you make your potions at Arcadia's in Whiterun, you can sell your potions to her to pay for five levels of training every level-up (until level 70). From there, you should have more than enough left over to get to at least level 95+. At this point, skill books can take you up to 100.

  The most valuable potion you can craft with plantable ingredients is a combination of Creep Cluster, Mora Tapinella, and Scaly Pholiota. If you're using the garden and the greenhouse, you can plant six each of Creep Cluster and Scaly Pholiota, and ten Mora Tapinella, and still have a few plots left over. This will yield 30 of each ingredient every reset (2-3 days). If you have around 180-210, the Thief Stone, and Well Rested, and if you make your potions at Arcadia's in Whiterun, you can sell your potions to her to pay for five levels of training every level-up (until level 70). From there, you should have more than enough left over to get to at least level 95+. At this point, skill books can take you up to 100.

• Balazs Krekacs

  

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  February 17, 2014

  Thanks. And what will this potion exaclty do? :P

  Thanks. And what will this potion exaclty do? :P

• Balazs Krekacs

  

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  June 2, 2016

  I have one that is not on the list. I can't find a good name for it :(

  Deathbell+Imp stool+Mora tapinella:

  • Causes 25 points of poison damage for 10 seconds.Causes 50 points of poison damage.

  If fish hatchery applies (I don't see any reason why not) then you can replace Deathbell with River Betty and it will be like:

  • Causes 125 points of poison damage.Causes 25 points of poison damage for 10 seconds.

  With fish hatchery there is an other nice poison:

  • River Betty+Deathbell: Target moves at 50% speed for 125 seconds.Causes 125 points of poison damage.

  I have one that is not on the list. I can't find a good name for it :(

  Deathbell+Imp stool+Mora tapinella:

  • Causes 25 points of poison damage for 10 seconds.Causes 50 points of poison damage.

  If fish hatchery applies (I don't see any reason why not) then you can replace Deathbell with River Betty and it will be like:

  • Causes 125 points of poison damage.Causes 25 points of poison damage for 10 seconds.

  With fish hatchery there is an other nice poison:

  • River Betty+Deathbell: Target moves at 50% speed for 125 seconds.Causes 125 points of poison damage.
• Vargr White-Tree

  

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  June 3, 2016

  I see no reason why we couldn't include the fish hatchery in this discussion since it is a renewable source of alchemy ingredients.  In fact the most valuable potion and thus perfect for leveling Alchemy that I've ever created requires the hatchery.

  Ingredients:  Salmon Roe + Histcarp

  With no perks and a skill of only 15 this potion will still be worth over 1000 septims.

  Effects:  Breath underwater for 258 seconds.  Restore 9 Stamina.  Magicka is increased 215 points for 5 seconds.

  I see no reason why we couldn't include the fish hatchery in this discussion since it is a renewable source of alchemy ingredients.  In fact the most valuable potion and thus perfect for leveling Alchemy that I've ever created requires the hatchery.

  Ingredients:  Salmon Roe + Histcarp

  With no perks and a skill of only 15 this potion will still be worth over 1000 septims.

  Effects:  Breath underwater for 258 seconds.  Restore 9 Stamina.  Magicka is increased 215 points for 5 seconds.

• Teccam

  

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  June 9, 2016

  Thanks for the suggestions, Balazs. I asked previously in the thread if people wanted to expand to include the hatchery and didn't get a definitive response. I will consider that, and in the meantime I'll go ahead and add the first one you suggested. 

  Thanks for the suggestions, Balazs. I asked previously in the thread if people wanted to expand to include the hatchery and didn't get a definitive response. I will consider that, and in the meantime I'll go ahead and add the first one you suggested.