The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Hints

Alchemical Effects

  • These two lists sort all of the alchemical ingredients by effect (first the potion effects, then the poison ones). Find the effect that you want a potion or poison to have, then see what ingredients you can use to get that effect. The numbers in parenthesis right after each ingredient name indicates what slot number the effect is in, which determines how high your Alchemy skill has to be to get that effect from that ingredient. (See the "Skills, Mastery Levels, and Skill Perks" section of the game manual.)

    For example, you can see that if you want to mix up a Chameleon potion, you'd have to be able to use at least the third effect of an ingredient, which requires an Alchemy skill of 50 or more. If your skill is that high, you could make a Chameleon potion out of Bloodgrass and Daedra Silk or Bloodgrass and Radish (or Daedra Silk and Radish). An Alchemy skill of 75 or more would give several additional options involving Columbine Root Pulp, St. Jahn's Wort Nectar, and Venison.


    POTION EFFECTS
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    Chameleon: Bloodgrass (1), Daedra Silk (3), Radish (3), Columbine Root Pulp (4), St. Jahn's Wort Nectar (4),
        Venison (4)
    Cure Disease: Clannfear Claws (1), Mandrake Root (1), Root Pulp (1), Shepherd's Pie (1), Elf Cup Cap (2)
    Cure Paralysis: Imp Gall (2), Milk Thistle Seeds (3), Viper's Bugloss Leaves (4)
    Cure Poison: Ginseng (2), Redwort Flower (2), Strawberry (2), St. Jahn's Wort Nectar (3)
    Detect Life: S'jirra's Famous Potato Bread (1), Bread Loaf (2), Orange (2), Rat Meat (2), Tomato (2),
        Onion (3), Pumpkin (4)
    Dispel: Bergamot Seeds (2), Ectoplasm (2), Grapes (3), Mutton (3), Beef (4), Sacred Lotus Seeds (4),
        Shepherd's Pie (4), Tobacco (4), Void Salts (4)
    Feather: Flax Seeds (2), Sweetcake (2), Venison (2), Sacred Lotus Seeds (3), Lady's Mantle Leaves (4),
        Somnalius Frond (4)
    Fire Shield: Cheese Wedge (3), Lettuce (3), Crab Meat (4), Dragon's Tongue (4), Fire Salts (4)
    Fortify Agility: Leek (2), Beef (3), Shepherd's Pie (3)
    Fortify Endurance: Cinnabar Polypore Cap Yellow (2), Blackberry (3), Minotaur Horn (3),
        Monkshood Root Pulp (3)
    Fortify Fatigue: Wormwood Leaves (1), Flour (3)
    Fortify Health: Mutton (1), Boar Meat (3), Mort Flesh (3), Painted Troll Fat (3), Somnalius Frond (3),
        Wheat Grain (3), Bloodgrass (4), Ironwood Nut (4), Lady's Smock Leaves (4), Sweetroll (4)
    Fortify Intelligence: Clouded Funnel Cap (2), Carrot (3)
    Fortify Luck: Green Stain Shelf Cap (2), Bonemeal (3), Primrose Leaves (3)
    Fortify Magicka: Painted Troll Fat (1), Ginkgo Leaf (2), Columbine Root Pulp (3), Ectoplasm (3),
        Void Salts (3), Ginseng (4), Nightshade (4), Water Hyacinth Nectar (4)
    Fortify Personality: Imp Gall (1), Troll Fat (2)
    Fortify Speed: Pear (3), Wisp Stalk Caps (4)
    Fortify Strength: Arrowroot (3), Elf Cup Cap (3), Root Pulp (3), Garlic (4), Ogre's Teeth (4)
    Fortify Willpower: Lavendar Sprig (2), Apple (3), Cheese Wheel (4), Mandrake Root (4)
    Frost Shield: Daedroth Teeth (2), Refined Frost Salts (2), Garlic (3), Morning Glory Root Pulp (3),
        Frost Salts (4), Potato (4)
    Invisibility: Wormwood Leaves (2), Tinder Polypore Cap (3), Aloe Vera Leaves (4), Motherwort Sprig (4),
        Redwort Flower (4), Stinkhorn Cap (4), Vampire Dust (4)
    Light: Milk Thistle Seeds (1), Glow Dust (2), Watermelon (2), Alkanet Flower (3), Daedroth Teeth (4),
        White Seed Pod (4)
    Night-Eye: Daedroth Teeth (1), Carrot (2), Daedra Silk (2), Viper's Bugloss Leaves (2),
        Lady's Mantle Leaves (3), Bonemeal (4)
    Reflect Damage: Green Stain Cup Cap (3), Human Skin (3), Scamp Skin (3), Daedra Venin (4), Flour (4),
        Strawberry (4)
    Reflect Spell: Glow Dust (3), Cinnabar Polypore Cap Yellow (4)
    Resist Disease: Bergamot Seeds (1), Garlic (1), Clannfear Claws (2), Sweetroll (2), Tinder Polypore Cap (2),
        Vampire Dust (2), Foxglove Nectar (4)
    Resist Fire: Dragon's Tongue (1), Bonemeal (2), Cheese Wedge (2), Frost Salts (2), Ironwood Nut (2),
        Lady's Smock Leaves (2), Refined Frost Salts (3)
    Resist Frost: Redwort Flower (1), Sacred Lotus Seeds (1), Columbine Root Pulp (2),
        Dryad Saddle Polypore Cap (2), Fire Salts (2), Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap (3)
    Resist Paralysis: Viper's Bugloss Leaves (1), Bloodgrass (2), Cheese Wheel (2), Foxglove Nectar (2),
        Ogre's Teeth (2), Tobacco (2), Cairn Bolete Cap (3), Minotaur Horn (4)
    Resist Poison: Foxglove Nectar (1), Motherwort Sprig (1), Alkanet Flower (2), Dreugh Wax (2),
        Mandrake Root (2), Taproot (3)
    Resist Shock: St. Jahn's Wort Nectar (1), Blackberry (2), Crab Meat (2), Human Skin (2), Scamp Skin (2)
    Restore Agility: Arrowroot (1), Cinnabar Polypore Cap Red (1), Emetic Russula Cap (1), Fly Amanita Cap (1),
        Summer Bolete Cap (1)
    Restore Endurance: Cinnabar Polypore Cap Yellow (1), Crab Meat (1), Tiger Lily Nectar (1)
    Restore Fatigue: Aloe Vera Leaves (1), Apple (1), Beef (1), Blackberry (1), Bread Loaf (1), Carrot (1),
        Cheese Wedge (1), Cheese Wheel (1), Corn (1), Fennel Seeds (1), Flour (1), Grapes (1),
        Green Stain Cup Cap (1), Ham (1), Leek (1), Lettuce (1), Onion (1), Orange (1), Pear (1), Potato (1),
        Pumpkin (1), Radish (1), Rice (1), Strawberry (1), Sweetcake (1), Sweetroll (1), Tobacco (1),
        Tomato (1), Watermelon (1), Wheat Grain (1), Daedra Venin (2), Peony Seeds (4), Spiddal Stick (4)
    Restore Health: Ambrosia (1), Boar Meat (1), Cairn Bolete Cap (1), Daedra Heart (1), Human Heart (1),
        Lady's Mantle Leaves (1), Mugwort Seeds (1), Venison (1), Aloe Vera Leaves (2), Ham (2),
        Painted Troll Fat (2), S'jirra's Famous Potato Bread (2), Dragon's Tongue (3), Fly Amanita Cap (3),
        Lavendar Sprig (3), Sweetcake (3), Green Stain Shelf Cap (4)
    Restore Intelligence: Alkanet Flower (1), Clouded Funnel Cap (1), Ironwood Nut (1), Lady's Smock Leaves (1),
        Corn (2)
    Restore Luck: Dryad Saddle Polypore Cap (1), Green Stain Shelf Cap (1), Taproot (1), Lettuce (2),
        Foxglove Nectar (3)
    Restore Magicka: Bog Beacon Asco Cap (1), Flax Seeds (1), Lichor (1), Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap (1),
        Void Salts (1), Stinkhorn Cap (2), Fire Salts (3), Water Hyacinth Nectar (3), Blackberry (4),
        Painted Troll Fat (4)
    Restore Personality: Columbine Root Pulp (1), Lavendar Sprig (1), Primrose Leaves (2)
    Restore Speed: Ginkgo Leaf (1), Glow Dust (1), Somnalius Frond (1)
    Restore Strength: Monkshood Root Pulp (1), Peony Seeds (1), White Seed Pod (1)
    Restore Willpower: Minotaur Horn (1), Primrose Leaves (1), Tinder Polypore Cap (1)
    Shield: Beef (2), Bog Beacon Asco Cap (2), Cinnabar Polypore Cap Red (2), Emetic Russula Cap (2),
        Potato (2), Shepherd's Pie (2), Summer Bolete Cap (2), Flax Seeds (3), Orange (4), Tomato (4)
    Shock Shield: Daedra Heart (2), Human Heart (2), Rice (3), Corn (4), Taproot (4)
    Water Breathing: Onion (2), Scales (2), White Seed Pod (2), Dreugh Wax (3)
    Water Walking: Grapes (2), Stinkhorn Cap (3), Tiger Lily Nectar (3), Scales (4)


    POISON EFFECTS
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    Burden: Daedra Silk (1), Morning Glory Root Pulp (1), Fly Amanita Cap (2), Minotaur Horn (2),
        Nightshade (2), Bloodgrass (3), Daedroth Teeth (3), Ginseng (3), Orange (3), Potato (3), Tomato (3),
        Viper's Bugloss Leaves (3), Watermelon (3), Arrowroot (4), Boar Meat (4), Monkshood Root Pulp (4),
        Radish (4), Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap (4), Sweetcake (4)
    Damage Agility: Troll Fat (1), Garlic (2), Pumpkin (2), Bread Loaf (3), Corn (3), Mandrake Root (3),
        S'jirra's Famous Potato Bread (3), Cheese Wedge (4), Rice (4)
    Damage Endurance: Lady's Mantle Leaves (2), Radish (2), Somnalius Frond (2), Taproot (2),
        Clouded Funnel Cap (3), Bog Beacon Asco Cap (4), Carrot (4), Cinnabar Polypore Cap Red (4),
        Daedra Silk (4), Emetic Russula Cap (4), Summer Bolete Cap (4)
    Damage Fatigue: Bonemeal (1), Dreugh Wax (1), Mort Flesh (1), Rat Meat (1), Motherwort Sprig (2),
        Mutton (2), Water Hyacinth Nectar (2), Crab Meat (3), Green Stain Shelf Cap (3), Ironwood Nut (3),
        Lady's Smock Leaves (3), Alkanet Flower (4)
    Damage Health: Harrada (1), Nightshade (1), Spiddal Stick (1), Stinkhorn Cap (1), Wisp Stalk Caps (1),
        Dragon's Tongue (2), Peony Seeds (2), Sacred Lotus Seeds (2), St. Jahn's Wort Nectar (2),
        Void Salts (2), Daedra Venin (3), Imp Gall (3), Redwort Flower (3), Scales (3), Strawberry (3),
        Wormwood Leaves (3), Venison (3), Apple (4), Clannfear Claws (4), Dreugh Wax (4), Ectoplasm (4),
        Flax Seeds (4), Glow Dust (4), Grapes (4), Green Stain Cup Cap (4), Human Skin (4), Onion (4),
        Pear (4), Scamp Skin (4), Troll Fat (4), Watermelon (4)
    Damage Intelligence: Ogre's Teeth (1), Cairn Bolete Cap (2), Fennel Seeds (2), Monkshood Root Pulp (2),
        Wisp Stalk Caps (3), Root Pulp (4), Elf Cup Cap (4)
    Damage Luck: Ginseng (1), Water Hyacinth Nectar (1), Apple (2), Arrowroot (2), Mort Flesh (2),
        Cheese Wheel (3), Ginkgo Leaf (3), Nightshade (3), Ham (4), Lavendar Sprig (4)
    Damage Magicka: Human Skin (1), Scamp Skin (1), Harrada (2), Spiddal Stick (2), Wheat Grain (2),
        Aloe Vera Leaves (3), Bergamot Seeds (3), Daedra Heart (3), Fennel Seeds (3), Ham (3), Human Heart (3),
        Rat Meat (3), Tobacco (3), Clouded Funnel Cap (4), Morning Glory Root Pulp (4), Mutton (4),
        Tinder Polypore Cap (4), Wormwood Leaves (4)
    Damage Personality: Flour (2), Bog Beacon Asco Cap (3), Cinnabar Polypore Cap Red (3),
        Cinnabar Polypore Cap Yellow (3), Emetic Russula Cap (3), Leek (3), Pumpkin (3), Summer Bolete Cap (3),
        Sweetroll (3), Lettuce (4), Wheat Grain (4)
    Damage Speed: Boar Meat (2), Green Stain Cup Cap (2), Pear (2), Dryad Saddle Polypore Cap (3),
        Peony Seeds (3)
    Damage Strength: Tiger Lily Nectar (2), Bread Loaf (4), Leek (4), Primrose Leaves (4),
        S'jirra's Famous Potato Bread (4)
    Damage Willpower: Elf Cup Cap (1), Scales (1), Morning Glory Root Pulp (2), Root Pulp (2),
        Wisp Stalk Caps (2), Troll Fat (3), Tiger Lily Nectar (4)
    Drain Agility: Nirnroot (3)
    Drain Fatigue: Nirnroot (2)
    Drain Health: Nirnroot (1)
    Drain Speed: Nirnroot (4)
    Fire Damage: Fire Salts (1), Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap (2), Spiddal Stick (3), Imp Gall (4)
    Frost Damage: Frost Salts (1), Refined Frost Salts (1), Milk Thistle Seeds (2), Vampire Dust (3),
        Dryad Saddle Polypore Cap (4)
    Paralyze: Daedra Venin (1), Clannfear Claws (3), Fennel Seeds (4), Harrada (4), Milk Thistle Seeds (4)
    Shock Damage: Ectoplasm (1), Ogre's Teeth (3), Cairn Bolete Cap (4), Fly Amanita Cap (4), Ginkgo Leaf (4)
    Silence: Vampire Dust (1), Rice (2), Frost Salts (3), Harrada (3), Motherwort Sprig (3),
        White Seed Pod (3), Bergamot Seeds (4), Daedra Heart (4), Human Heart (4), Mort Flesh (4),
        Rat Meat (4), Refined Frost Salts (4)