In order to create an invisibility potion, for example, your options are very limited. Does it mean they are bad? Not necessarily. Now there’s a whole bunch of alchemy reagents which didn’t even appear on the list above. Namira’s Rot (Spell Crit, Invisibility, Speed, Unstoppable) is a very useful ingredient for utility potions. If you want a potion with Spell Crit and Spell Damage, you need Lady’s Smock. Lady’s Smock is basically the Spell Damage and Spell Crit version of Dragonthorn. It is the only alchemy reagent which increases both Weapon Damage and Weapon Crit, so if you need a potion which does this, you absolutely need Dragonthorn. It restores health, stamina, magicka and provides immunity against CC effects.ĭragonthorn is another awesome ingredient. Needless to say, Columbine is a great alchemy reagent to have. Now, slapping a value on a reagent based on the number of occurances on this list isn’t very accurate, but it does give you a rough idea of how many different potions you can craft with it, and because of that, it should be in high demand. Here’s how many times each single alchemy reagent occured in the potions above: Become immune to knockback and disabling effectsīased on the above lists, you can draw some conclusions about the usefulness of the different herbs, plants and mushrooms in ESO.Become Immune to knockback and disabling effects.These potions are situational, and provide immunities against crowd control, increase your movement speed, enhance your stealth detection and give you invisibility. Increase Weapon Crit (increased duration)ĭragonthorn appears in all of the physical weapon potions.These are very useful, but even more so for those who prefer physical weapon skills.
Weapon Damage and Weapon Crit potions also restore Stamina and/or Health. Lady’s Smock and Water Hyacinth are both the most common reagents for spell potions. These potions focus on Spell Damage and Spell Crit, as well as Restore Magicka and Restore Health.
Potion Effectsīugloss, Columbine and Mountain Flower are your best friends if you’re looking for restoration potions. These potions restore Health, Magicka and Stamina in a single sip. Thanks to Tajin for providing us with a list for many of the potions in the comments! Restoration Potions There’s plenty of more useful potions out there, but these are probably the best potions you can have. The following potions were discovered using our Alchemy Simulator, and they all take advantage of the Laboratory Use passive, meaning they’ve been created with three alchemy reagents.
Here’s a list of the most useful ESO alchemy potions in each category, and also an overview of alchemy reagents which are useful, which are not. Once you take advantage of the Laboratory Use passive and start mixing potions using three alchemy reagents, you start getting very interesting results, and there’s only so many ways to craft a single, highly useful potion. This is mostly visible for alchemy potions with two alchemy reagents. Ravage Health, Stamina and Reduce Spell Crit.Home » Useful Potions and Alchemy Reagents in ESOĪlchemy is a versatile profession because it allows the player to craft the same potion in multiple different ways. Ravage Health (Ravage Magicka, Reduce Spell Crit.) Ravage Health (Ravage Magicka and Stamina) Ravage Health (Longer Increase weapon damage) Ravage Health (Increase Spell Dmg, Reduce Spell Resistance) Ravage Health (Increase spell damage and Restore Magicka) Ravage Health (Increase Detection, Increase Spell Dmg) Ravage Health and Magicka, Reduce Spell Crit. Ravage Health (Super Ravage Health Potion) Ravage Health (Super Ravage Health potion) Ravage Health (largest amount and longest lasting) Invisible (Restore Health, Reduce spell Damage) Invisibility, Increase Spell Crit., Restore Health Invisible (Increase spell crit., Restore Health) Restore Health (Increase time and amount), Restore Stamina Restore Health, Restore Stamina (increase time and amount) Restore Health (increase time and amount), Restore Magicka Restore Health, Restore Magicka (increase time and amt) Increases cost of stamina abilities, Applies Minor Main to self Reagent 3 (At Alchemy level 15, Laboratory Use Skill) The more advanced potions will include three reagents and one solvent. Statements and footage within the video may be inaccurate, outdated, incomplete, or otherwise misleading to viewers.Īll recipes must include two reagents and one solvent. This article contains video content produced by Fandom with some or no input from editors of The Elder Scrolls Wiki, and may not properly represent the scope of the written article below.