
Your Alchemy skill level also affects the strength (both magnitude and duration) of the potions you brew. Only the first effect of the chosen ingredient gets added into the potion.

For example, at the highest levels and with the best equipment, a Restore Health potion can restore 559 points of Health and a Restore Magicka potion can restore 1872 points of Magicka. Potions without duration effects that aren't hot-keyed can also be drunk more than four at a time if you close and then re-open your inventory. An unlimited number of ingredients can be eaten at once. Otherwise, you will need to wait until one of the effects has run out to start drinking again. However, you can drink an unlimited number of potions if you hot-key them, as long as the potions don't have duration effects. This number does not increase at higher alchemy levels. You can consume up to four potions at one time. Furthermore, boosts in Alchemy caused by enchantments (potions, spells, or equipped constant effect items) have no impact on the potions that you make the Altar of Alchemy in Frostcrag Spire is the one exception, which will improve your potions.

In-game Description: Create potions and gain benefits from alchemical ingredients more effectively.Īlchemy's governing attribute is Intelligence, but Intelligence has no effect on the potency of the potions that you make (this is very different from earlier Elder Scrolls games such as Morrowind). Selling potions and poisons that you have created is one of the easiest and most efficient ways to get gold in the game. The potency and price of the potions and poisons that you make is determined by your Alchemy skill level. These ingredients can then be used to make potions and poisons. This skill allows you to identify the different effects of all the ingredients that you find in Cyrodiil. Alchemy is one of the seven skills that make up the Magical Arts in Oblivion.
