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Dark Assassin

Obsessed with the aldmeri dominion
Hey so I've been walking around Skyrim searching for Fortify Alchemy armor, rings and others. Yet no luck. I don't want to join the Dark Brotherhood for roleplaying purposes, so do any of you guys know where any good fortify alchemy items are? If so I would be pleased to know :D
 

ColleenG

When in doubt, follow the fox.
As far as I know, they just show up randomly. When I fail to get some kind of enchantment like that by way late in the game (like level 45 or so) I can often find it for sale at Radiant Raiment in Solitude. You'll pay like $2000 for a weak-powered circlet or something, but you know, most of us have so much cash we don't know what to do with it all anyway. If Radiant Raiment doesn't have it, just keep checking the inventories of all the general goods stores. Sometimes even the smiths will have it. I once paid about $3000 for ebony gauntlets with the smithing enchantment because I never got that! It hurts to spend so much money on something and turn around and destroy it but eh, in the end, who cares.
 

Gigapact

Lollygagging Milk Drinker (according to guards)
Like Colleen said, RADIANT RAIMENT in Solitude for sure!!!!

Quick tip: Go into Radiant Rainment in Solitude. Speak to the high elf and see if she has anything with a fortify alchemy enchantment. If she does not, here's what you do. Exit out of the dialogue with her. SAVE YOUR GAME. Next, kill her. Once she's dead, reload the game you just saved. And wallah, her inventory will be refreshed. Don't ask me how this works, but it does, and has saved countless hours of my life.

Because you can literally spend hours looking for a damn enchantment, I know I have. So just speak to her. If she doesn't have it, save game, kill her, reload. Just do it over and over again until she has what you're looking for. Good luck!
 

JoeReese

Well-Known Member
I run into that problem sometimes, when I begin searching for the cash cow banish enchantments. I don't see alchemy on the uesp's list of guaranteed locations, so no help there, but I developed kind of a shopping pattern. I hit every merchant in the city for a quick peek, then out. Fast travel or wagon to the next city and so on. It'll turn up eventually. You don't need to find all four pieces, though, if you do enchanting. Disenchant one and create four new ones with it.
 

JoeReese

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Like Colleen said, RADIANT RAIMENT in Solitude for sure!!!!

Quick tip: Go into Radiant Rainment in Solitude. Speak to the high elf and see if she has anything with a fortify alchemy enchantment. If she does not, here's what you do. Exit out of the dialogue with her. SAVE YOUR GAME. Next, kill her. Once she's dead, reload the game you just saved. And wallah, her inventory will be refreshed. Don't ask me how this works, but it does, and has saved countless hours of my life.

Because you can literally spend hours looking for a damn enchantment, I know I have. So just speak to her. If she doesn't have it, save game, kill her, reload. Just do it over and over again until she has what you're looking for. Good luck!
Meanie.
 

Kohlar the Unkilled

Time for some ale
Like Colleen said, RADIANT RAIMENT in Solitude for sure!!!!

Quick tip: Go into Radiant Rainment in Solitude. Speak to the high elf and see if she has anything with a fortify alchemy enchantment. If she does not, here's what you do. Exit out of the dialogue with her. SAVE YOUR GAME. Next, kill her. Once she's dead, reload the game you just saved. And wallah, her inventory will be refreshed. Don't ask me how this works, but it does, and has saved countless hours of my life.

Because you can literally spend hours looking for a damn enchantment, I know I have. So just speak to her. If she doesn't have it, save game, kill her, reload. Just do it over and over again until she has what you're looking for. Good luck!
Meanie.
I think everyone kills her, at some point. :beermug:
 
You can usually pick pocket it off someone if you look in NPC's inventories long enough. Thats how I'm going to get most of my enchantments and not abuse the save-reload feature of skyrim, either pay the fine or go to jail.
 

Morgan

Well-Known Member
You can get an alchemy ring during a radiant quest for the alchemist in one of the unimportant towns I always get mixed up (Morthal or Dawnstar . . . I can never remember which is which). The ring is the item, not the reward, but you can buy it or obtain it after the quest concludes then disenchant it. Sorry for low resolution on details here, I generally find alchemy stuff pretty early on so it's not an issue.
 
Also if you're not against pick pocketing, according to UESP:

The Ring of Pure Mixtures, needed for the miscellaneous quest involving Frida at The Mortar and Pestle. As a necessary item, it cannot be disenchanted to learn Fortify Alchemy. However, the Dragonborn can disenchant the Ring of Pure Mixtures after completing the quest and then pickpocketing the ring from Frida.


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Morgan

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Also if you're not against pick pocketing, according to UESP:

The Ring of Pure Mixtures, needed for the miscellaneous quest involving Frida at The Mortar and Pestle. As a necessary item, it cannot be disenchanted to learn Fortify Alchemy. However, the Dragonborn can disenchant the Ring of Pure Mixtures after completing the quest and then pickpocketing the ring from Frida.


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Oh, yeah, that's the one I meant earlier. I just couldn't be arsed to look up the name. Thanks!

Doesn't it also go into her inventory for sale though? I know a lot of quest items do once you turn them in. Freyda's Sword for the blacksmith in Windhelm does, and that's the same radiant group as this one.
 

General Charles Xander

General of the 11th Imperial Legion
There's also a graveyard to the right of Dustmans Cairn. You have to kill 4-5 skeletons and at the most a draugr scourge depending on level. There is a helmet on the floor of the sarcophagus on your left. It consist of the enchantments Alteration, Destruction, Illusion, or Alchemy. It's a chance, but I hope this helps! ;)
 

JoeReese

Well-Known Member
There's also a graveyard to the right of Dustmans Cairn. You have to kill 4-5 skeletons and at the most a draugr scourge depending on level. There is a helmet on the floor of the sarcophagus on your left. It consist of the enchantments Alteration, Destruction, Illusion, or Alchemy. It's a chance, but I hope this helps! ;)
I totally forgot about Hamvir's Rest. You're 100% right. It seems to rotate through the various enchantments and reappears every time the world respawns. You'll also need a few lockpicks. The chest is a master lock.
 

JoeReese

Well-Known Member
On the same note. I still haven't figured out the loop. Oh wait, that's Restoration. Sorry.... :)
The loop is tedius, but effective, if you have high enough alchemy skill. I once tried it early on and couldn't get above a certain number, thought they had "fixed" it and was bummed out, but when my alchemy increased (50 maybe?) it suddenly worked.

For ease of use, I recommend taking off everything except your alchemy gear and the ingredients you need, because the key is to take off all your related gear and put it right back on, between each potion. I always completely exit the menu, but I've seen youtube examples, where people stay in menu, as long as every item comes off and goes back on.

How I do it, 4 pieces of alchemy gear, lots of spadetail or longfin and at least that much salt, and the ingredients of anything else I want to make. (usually smithing and enchanting, sometimes destruction potions)

All gear in place, hit the table. Make restoration. Quit alchemy. All gear off, close menu, open menu, all gear back on. Drink. Hit the table, make restoration. (should be stronger) Quit alchemy. All gear off, close, open, back on, drink, etc. When it gets up high enough, I'll make a few more restoration and then whip out a few smithing or enchanting really quick, while the effects are still "on."
 

General Charles Xander

General of the 11th Imperial Legion
There's also a graveyard to the right of Dustmans Cairn. You have to kill 4-5 skeletons and at the most a draugr scourge depending on level. There is a helmet on the floor of the sarcophagus on your left. It consist of the enchantments Alteration, Destruction, Illusion, or Alchemy. It's a chance, but I hope this helps! ;)
I totally forgot about Hamvir's Rest. You're 100% right. It seems to rotate through the various enchantments and reappears every time the world respawns. You'll also need a few lockpicks. The chest is a master lock.
Thanks for being nice! :)
 

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