Alchemy

Recently i have found the joy of alchemy... I never new it was that easy to make awsome potions. So i made atleast 10 potions and only got 2 levels... and way to level it up fast without cheating or exploiting? thanks

Lol do it....a lot.

do ingredients respawn? I went to the arch-mages and got sooo many ingredients... But now there is none.

Ummm I really had never thought about it before to be honest. I would have to assume that they do respawn according to where they are. If they are in the wild/have not been harvested yet I would deduce they are on the "mining" 30 day timer. Where as if they are in someones home/shop it's probably the "restocking" 48 hour timer. Only way to know is keep trying.

Also another good way to level up alchemy is eating ingredients to find their properties. YUM!

Ill give it a shot in the arch-mages now and ya i used to use all my ingredients i would eat like 15 ingredients at once even if they damage lol but now i use them for alchemyyyyyyyy so ill re-post with the 48 hour thing in the arch-mage quarters

Nope, the placed ingredients arent 48 hour... Hopefully it is atleast the 30 day thing

I just collect everything I can on my journey. I don't fast travel so I stock up a lot of ingredients. I spend a lot of money for rare ingredients and waste them through experimenting with random combinations. You can just get two common ingredients with something in common and spam making that potion to increase your level. OR you can just pay an instructor to teach you in alchemy. Alchemy is not easy to raise...

ya that sounds like the best way to go, teachers.

If I recall correctly, ingredients were on a 30 day respawn timer in Oblivion. I assume the same of Skyrim. As for leveling Alchemy. Remember to activate the Thief Stone before any potion-making sessions. As for eating the ingredients, don't bother. The amount of experience is minimal compared to the amount you would receive from making pots from those same ingredients. Of course, better pots equals better experience. You can google good recipes. There are some 5-effect potions that aren't hard to make, yet yield a good deal of exp and are worth a boat-load of gold. Good profit.

Additionally, for the lower levels, use Arcadia (spelling?), the Alchemy Shopkeeper in Whiterun. She can train you 5 levels of Alchemy per Level Up you get. You can then pickpocket your gold back and repeat (be sure to save first). Unfortunately, you'll likely have to pickpocket between every training "session" (level purchased), as it is nearly impossible to pickpocket 2000+ gold haha.

It's a lengthy process, but the results are pretty amazing. Happy grinding

Thanks hope to get it to atleast 50 then i will def. be happy... Time to improve pickpocket for now!