Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

[Distinct muttering]

So I am continuing to try and work on my alchemy, enchanting, and smithing skills. Can someone explain couple of things on enchanting?

When I go to the disenchant menu is there a reason I can't see every magical item I have? Can some not be disenchanted, or do you perhaps have to be a certain level?

Also when I find a weapon that says something like "Magika recharges 100% faster" I don't seem to get this perk when I disenchanted, can I assume it's something like you just get the Magika recharge perk but the % attributed is to do with my level in enchanting and perks I have chosen on that tree?

Or am i just doing it all wrong?

Also if anyone could help me on alchemy would be great too, I really can't seem to figure out what ingredients to mix together, even if I have munched them and know their effects.

[Gringo]

When I go to the disenchant menu is there a reason I can't see every magical item I have? Can some not be disenchanted, or do you perhaps have to be a certain level?

If you have already learned an enchantment than you can't destroy another item with the same enchantment and thus the items with those will not show up.

Also when I find a weapon that says something like "Magika recharges 100% faster" I don't seem to get this perk when I disenchanted, can I assume it's something like you just get the Magika recharge perk but the % attributed is to do with my level in enchanting and perks I have chosen on that tree?

This is correct.

[davejm]

The soundtrack is making the commute in and around London a lot more bearable. Although the scenery isn't as nice. I'd rather be lost in the mountains of Skyrim rather than navigating the underground, oh well.

[sir stiff_one]

Yeah, if you disenchant an item which gives 50 health you'll learn the +health enchant. The enchantment you personally can apply depends on your own enchantment skill. You can boost that with a potion, which you can either buy in a shop or make yourself. But of course, the strength of the potion is dependant on your alchemy skill and enchantments you might have made to boost it.

I spent about half an hour sorting through my ingredients an using a wiki to work out what I could make. Once you make it once you know it. I also ate one of every single ingredient excluding maybe Daedra hearts. Giants toe and wheat gives me some shit potion worth about 4k. The more expensive the potion the more exp you get for making it.

[gospvg]

I've not really looked into Alchemy or Enchantments just concentrated on Smithing & Destruction Magic. Are there Alchemy & Enchantment colleges that can take my skills up?

[Girth Certificate]

there's a Enchanting trainer at the mage's college, I think some of the people running Alchemy shops can train you in potioning. Both are quite easy to increase yourself with some time and money for materials though.

I thought I was done but got a whole ream of fun wee quests at the Winterhold docks, pirates and angry Argonians.

[gospvg]

there's a Enchanting trainer at the mage's college, I think some of the people running Alchemy shops can train you in potioning. Both are quite easy to increase yourself with some time and money for materials though.

I thought I was done but got a whole ream of fun wee quests at the Winterhold docks, pirates and angry Argonians.

Thanks time to go back to study then at some colleges

[Distinct muttering]

Yeah, if you disenchant an item which gives 50 health you'll learn the +health enchant. The enchantment you personally can apply depends on your own enchantment skill. You can boost that with a potion, which you can either buy in a shop or make yourself. But of course, the strength of the potion is dependant on your alchemy skill and enchantments you might have made to boost it.

I spent about half an hour sorting through my ingredients an using a wiki to work out what I could make. Once you make it once you know it. I also ate one of every single ingredient excluding maybe Daedra hearts. Giants toe and wheat gives me some shit potion worth about 4k. The more expensive the potion the more exp you get for making it.

ok, so apart from trial and error there is no way to know for sure what you can mix? As I said before, really wish there was some puzzle/min game element to the mixing of ingredients so you could, if dedicated enough, work out what you could mix.

[Kryptonian]

I want to disenchant something with muffle but only have 'special' items that won't let me.

Where can I buy some standard muffled footwear to rip apart?

Thanks

[Girth Certificate]

You only get it on boots so it's a case of wandering around talking to all the blacksmiths in the world and that clothing shop in solitude until you find one who randomly has them in stock

[marrakoosh]

There's a fucking sprint button?!

[gospvg]

There's a fucking sprint button?!

On the 360

RT/LT are used for actions with left/right hands

LB is for sprinting

A is action

B is character menu and cancel

Y is jump

X is draw/sheathe weapons

LS is sneak

RS is 3rd/1st person view

start opens the game menu for saving, statistics and quests

back opens the map

All of which you can customise to suit your own style, I have sprint on the LS push

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Sprint is handy when you're on horseback and you don't want to get into any fights while travelling. So far I've been able to outrun every enemy.

[redbloodcell]

What does the thief stone do again? I remember it was the first one I found, but I have since just activated each one I have found since without even thinking about it.

What do you mean about enchanting boosting lower skills makIng them easier to level up?

I have only really dabbled in smithing, enchanting, and alchemy in the last week or so, but can already see missing out on a massive part of the game, especially if your aim is to reach god like status! However the alchemy especially remains a massive enigma. I have eat the odd thing, and mixed some random stuff, but mainly I get potion failed. Do you find books with ingredients or is it all hit and miss? I wish there was some sort of mini game that allowed you to find links between ingredients to help you along.

Oh, and my next step needs to be to visit the Mage college, I'm still only rocking my fire destruction and healing spell!

So much to do!!!!

The Thief stone gives you an xp boost on thief based skills - IIRC sneak, lockpick, pickpocket, alchemy, maybe archery too but not sure as its been a while since I visited it. Its one of the first 3 Guardian stones right at the start of the game (Mage, Warrior, Thief)

Alchemy et all are really useful, but as Stiff has said if you level them up early without smushing things a fair bit first you can break the game.

[fasteasyfree]

I want to disenchant something with muffle but only have 'special' items that won't let me.

Where can I buy some standard muffled footwear to rip apart?

Thanks

Can you disenchant the shoes the dark brotherhood or thieves guild give you?

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

I only activated a stone, the warrior stone, when I got the option somewhere in the opening/tutorial bit. Are there other stones to find and can you use combinations of them? Or is it just a single selection from the first 4?

[Teeohbee]

There are stones dotted around the map, all offering different bonus's etc.

You can only have one active at a time however.

[redbloodcell]

Can you disenchant the shoes the dark brotherhood or thieves guild give you?

Unfortunately not.

You can get muffle on other boots though, so keep a look out! Think I found the ones I disenchanted in Belethor's.

[Kryptonian]

You only get it on boots so it's a case of wandering around talking to all the blacksmiths in the world and that clothing shop in solitude until you find one who randomly has them in stock

I feared as much. Bollocks +1

Can you disenchant the shoes the dark brotherhood or thieves guild give you?

No

[gospvg]

I only activated a stone, the warrior stone, when I got the option somewhere in the opening/tutorial bit. Are there other stones to find and can you use combinations of them? Or is it just a single selection from the first 4?

Quite a few around the map - I got the Lover stone (It's sing's to me Mr Lover, Lover !!)

all skills improve 15% faster

[Cosmic_Guru]

You only get it on boots so it's a case of wandering around talking to all the blacksmiths in the world and that clothing shop in solitude until you find one who randomly has them in stock

Never found a set of boots with muffle (other than DB gear) in all my 180 hours in this game, but casting Muffle gets round this and boosts illusion skill. Only ever found one helmet with water breathing.

There is also a weapon enchantment which seems pretty well limited to one category of ghost draugh encountered in the last stages of the Mages Guild questline.

[Distinct muttering]

Found me some glass armour last night, which I was well chuffed with! First piece of treasure I have found that has had me literally doing a little fist pump. I now have a glass bow, some dwarven arrows, glass armour, all of it with some enchant or another on it. Slowly but surely beginning to feel a bit of a tough guy, I just need to find the enchanted wallet that says “bad motherfucker” on it now.

[sir stiff_one]

The loot levels with you too so if you're not into crafting you can at least find yourself better gear as time goes on.

[Girth Certificate]

Madness in Riften. I gave that elf woman who sells fish a load of teeth for a misc quest and she gave me some gold and a spellbook. I knew the spell so I just dumped it on the ground. Then her and that woman with the axe started arguing about who would get to keep the book, and axe-girl killed her and wandered off.

Then like 2 game days later a courier showed up to tell me that fish-elf had left me 100 Gold in her will despite my littering getting her murdered.

shocking

[robdood]

Madness in Riften. I gave that elf woman who sells fish a load of teeth for a misc quest and she gave me some gold and a spellbook. I knew the spell so I just dumped it on the ground. Then her and that woman with the axe started arguing about who would get to keep the book, and axe-girl killed her and wandered off.

Then like 2 game days later a courier showed up to tell me that fish-elf had left me 100 Gold in her will despite my littering getting her murdered.

shocking

that's amazing.

Ive finally settled back into this after taking a break for Batman AC. I was worried at first since the combat is completely dissatisfying after Batman, but that soon faded once I got to Blackreach (which has easily been the exploration highlight of the last 20 hours of game time)

Anyway, last night I decided to visit some towns I'd not been to before, and had a good little bit of adventuring in and around Dawnstar. I had been after an item to disenchant the fortify alchemy buff for aaaages, so imagine my pleasure to get given a quest from the local alchemist (a nice old lady called Frida) to find a Ring of Pure Mixtures. The only problem was, she wanted it back - sentimental reasons. I felt so bad at the prospect of denying her, that I gave it back to her and watched her walk off to her house for the night.

I need that ring though. I could just steal it and run, but I can't do that to Frida, bless her.

Instead, I'm going to steal it off her while she's sleeping, disenchant it, make a replacement and plant it back on her before the morning. Just because I'm a nice kajiit.

I love this game.

[Teeohbee]

Madness in Riften. I gave that elf woman who sells fish a load of teeth for a misc quest and she gave me some gold and a spellbook. I knew the spell so I just dumped it on the ground. Then her and that woman with the axe started arguing about who would get to keep the book, and axe-girl killed her and wandered off.

Then like 2 game days later a courier showed up to tell me that fish-elf had left me 100 Gold in her will despite my littering getting her murdered.

shocking

Haha!

The people of Riften go mental when you drop stuff, that market area turns into a bloodbath!

[sir stiff_one]

Really? Man I have to try that. I only ever had one girl ask if she could keep some old shit I had to drop once.

[cale]

Anyway, last night I decided to visit some towns I'd not been to before, and had a good little bit of adventuring in and around Dawnstar. I had been after an item to disenchant the fortify alchemy buff for aaaages, so imagine my pleasure to get given a quest from the local alchemist (a nice old lady called Frida) to find a Ring of Pure Mixtures. The only problem was, she wanted it back - sentimental reasons. I felt so bad at the prospect of denying her, that I gave it back to her and watched her walk off to her house for the night.

I need that ring though. I could just steal it and run, but I can't do that to Frida, bless her.

Instead, I'm going to steal it off her while she's sleeping, disenchant it, make a replacement and plant it back on her before the morning. Just because I'm a nice kajiit.

I love this game.

+1, sir. I have to try this.

[Distinct muttering]

I kind of forgot that items level with you, I also found a Daedric bow last night as well, so it makes sense.

Also picked up on an old quest last night by accident, I think it was tied to the one you get when drunk. I gave this market seller in Whiterun a ivory tusk that I had to complete and then noticed I had some conversation tree about a ring and my fiancé, WTF?! Anyway, I had to ignore it as I had promised myself I need to get to the Mage college so in Winterhold and learn me some spells.

Was a tough old hike up there I tell thee! Got slightly sidelined by some statue thingy high up on the mountains, and also the toughness of the Polar bears really caught me by surprise, few deaths there. I am now just outside Winterhold though and small structure off to the side of it where I had to defeat one of those high level Draugr dudes. Was my first real sticking point in terms of battle in nearly 60hours. It caused me to use scrolls for the first time, I know, I know. Anyway, I summoned a few dudes to help me out, and also used a scroll that caused undead to level 38 to flee burning in terror. Lots of goodies to be found in his home though, including that Daedric bow.

Its mad, but I still feel like a bit of a noob in this game yet at 60 hours I can safely say I have played it more than any other in years!

[robdood]

I've yet to find a daedric bow. I've found daedric arrows though, and have about 8 ebony bows to keep me going in the meantime. I take it glass armor is the best light armour I'll ever find laying about? unless its possible to be given some dragonscale as a quest reward or something.