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Superior Premade Potions

  • * Cure Poison: You can't make potions with this effect, so you'll have to find or buy all you need.

    * Damage Magicka: Malign Magicka Poison (100), Deadly Magicka Poison (130).
    * Damage Stamina: Virulent Stamina Poison (100), Deadly Stamina Poison (130). You can make much more powerful poisons with crimson nirnroot, but it's very rare.

    * Fortify Enchanting: You can make potions with greater magnitudes, but the following premade potions will have greater durations (60 seconds instead of 30): Enchanter's Potion (+10%), Enchanter's Draught (+15%), Enchanter's Philter (+20%), Enchanter's Elixir (+25%).
    * Fortify Speech: You can make potions that improve bartering prices, but you can't make ones that actually increase your Speech skill. The potions that do that are: Potion of Glibness (+20), Draught of Glibness (+30), Philter of Glibness (+40), Elixir of Glibness (+50).

    * Restore Health: You can't make potions that'll fully restore your health no matter how low it is, but Potions of Ultimate Healing will.
    * Restore Magicka: As with Restore Health, Potions of Ultimate Magicka will always restore your magicka completely.
    * Restore Stamina: As with Restore Health, Potions of Ultimate Stamina will always restore your stamina completely.

    * Weakness to Fire: Deadly Aversion to Fire (100%).
    * Weakness to Frost: Deadly Aversion to Frost (100%).
    * Weakness to Magic: Potent Aversion to Magic (70%), Malign Aversion to Magic (85%), Deadly Aversion to Magic (100%).
    * Weakness to Shock: Deadly Aversion to Shock (100%).