As one of the 6 main skills in The Thief style of gameplay, Alchemy aptly requires cunning to be mastered. The most learned of alchemists understand that great products require great, and often elusive, components. With the resplendent diversity to be found in the cold, yet beautiful, land of Skyrim, there are many ingredients that one can simmer, boil, or fry into beneficial concoctions.
Some are quite rare, however, and can only be found in remote, and possibly dangerous, locales; guarded by hideous fiends, fierce warriors, or the terrain itself. Only the bravest and keenest alchemists will acquire the rarest.
10 Briar Heart
The Forsworn Briarhearts possess at least one artificial organ. The Briar Hearts that beat in their chests are not flesh. They are seeds of some sort implanted into men by Hagravens to make them stronger. They bear a strong similarity to the rosebud atop the Daedric Artifact Sanguine Rose, so they may have origins in another realm. If one needs some of these for alchemic purposes and does not wish to engage in combat, it is possible to pickpocket Briar Hearts directly out of the chests of these warped men.
9 Ectoplasm
Ectoplasm is a useful ingredient that can be used to make particularly useful potions for mages like the Restore Magicka potion so that one does not run out of fuel for their fireballs. It can also be a component in those that benefit players who utilize weapons with the ever-useful Damage Health draught. The best place to find this valued goop is upon the remains of ghosts. Although not rare, specters are still not common, which makes acquiring this ingredient a challenge.
8 Hagraven Claws/Feathers
The claws and feathers of Hagravens can be most easily found on Hagravens themselves. Though getting them to relinquish parts of their integument may not be easy at all. These feathered and foul witches inhabit the backwoods of all Skyrim, though never in the open. They lurk in lairs around mountain crags and stinking bogs; places very out of the way for most.
7 Crimson Nirnroot
These loud plants are a variation of their equally sonorous, yet less vibrant, cousins above ground. This crimson variety only grows in Blackreach’s dank gloom. There are 44 individual plants scattered about the area; most can be found on the ground or around houses, though there are a few tucked away in rocky crevices or across far ledges.
Though there is enough for quite a few Invisibility potions, it should be noted that they do not always grow back properly. Sometimes, after being harvested, the roots will grow back as normal Nirnroot as opposed to Crimson Nirnroot, meaning that the Dragonborn can make this plant go extinct if over-harvested.
6 Fire Salts
These glowing embers can mostly be found from the remains of Flame Atronachs, extraplanar creatures who usually only appear when summoned by the player or another mage. Since Conjuration is their only entrance onto Nirn, Fire Salts can be hard to come across. A few can be found among alchemy shops or in locations where mages congregate. In addition to being used for fire and Magicka-related potions, they are a component in crafting explosive bolts for one’s crossbow.
5 Frost Salts
The best place these salts can be found is upon the glacier-like behemoths known as Frost Atronachs. Like their fiery cousins, they can only be encountered through use of Conjuration, making them quite rare. On occasion, Frost Salts can also be found on the bodies of slain Falmer or enemy mages. If the Dragonborn wishes to have breath as fresh as winter, they can eat these salts as they can any ingredient. This may cause a slight chill, however.
4 Void Salts
Like Frost and Fire Salts, Void Salts are found usually upon Atronachs; this time the Storm variety. They are one of the few ingredients used for more than potions, as they are required for refining and crafting certain armor sets.
Void Salts can increase the might of the Nightingale set and are also used in the creation of the Bonemold armor set. Shockingly, their effect actually produces a weakness to electrical damage as opposed to resistance.
3 Daedra Heart
The hearts of Daedra, like that of the various Dremora enemies that can be encountered via Conjuration related incidents, are very powerful ingredients. Used in the creation of the strongest armor in the game, the Daedric set, they are understandably as hard to come by as those who possess them. Some can be found along the various legs of Daedric quests and occasionally upon the bodies of necromancers.
2 Wisp Wrappings
These constantly wavering streams of ghostly fabric are found primarily upon the rare forms of Wispmothers, ethereal creatures who haunt only a few places in all of Skyrim. They are enemies that do not respawn, therefore farming them is impossible in most cases. Thankfully, a few bolts of this spectral cloth can be found elsewhere, like on the bodies of high-level Falmer, and rarely in apothecary satchels as well as the remains of hostile mages.
1 Ancestor Moth Wing
This ingredient can only be found in the few secluded Ancestor Glades across Tamriel. In Skyrim, there is only one such glade. It is located in the Jerall Mountains upon the southeastern part of the northern province’s border. Here reside the Ancestor Moths; creatures connected to the Elder Scrolls themselves. They are revered by some people as they grant men and mer the ability to read these ancient and powerful artifacts of space and time. Because of their scarcity, it seems wasteful to harvest the wings of these moths for mundane everyday potions. These are rare finds that may be better left in the wild.
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