Oblivion:Useful Potions

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This article provides examples of useful potions that you can make at various Alchemy skill levels. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of potion possibilities. The Alchemy Calculator provides a better way to explore all possible potion combinations; links to the calculator are included for each effect and each recipe where more details can be examined.

In general, two-effect potions and poisons are not listed in this article; any two available effects can always be combined, so the possible two-effect combinations are nearly unlimited. For example, to create a Restore Health + Restore Magicka potion, combine the two ingredients for a Restore Health potion with the two ingredients for a Restore Magicka potion. (Note that you may need to select the "Show All Ingredients" options when creating the potion in order to see the ingredients for the second effect).

Multiple-Effect Potions

The most powerful custom potions are those that combine multiple effects. Multi-effect potions can also decrease the combined weight of all the potions you want to carry around.

Oblivion limits potion consumption to four at a time; however, the limit can be circumvented by hotkeying or exit-then-return to the journal.

The number of possible potion combinations is nearly endless, so it is implausible to provide a comprehensive list of useful potion recipes, especially given that different players have different preferences and different available ingredients. Therefore, this article instead focuses on highlighting effects that complement each other. The recipes provided in each section are just examples not exhaustive lists. You are free to combine effects from different groups together in whatever way suits your playing style. The recipes in this section assume that you have at least expert-level alchemy skill, although many of the combinations are possible at journeyman level.

Some tips when creating multiple-effect potions:

• Try to combine effects that you are likely to need at the same time.
• Be cautious about using long-duration effects. Feather in particular has a very long duration, meaning that drinking a Feather potion will tie up one of your four potion slots for a long time. (See the last point about the benefit of a short-lived negative effect).
• A significant limitation of custom potions is that Restore effects are not instantaneous (unlike the built-in potions, such as Potion of Healing). One way to mimic the instantaneous healing effect is to add a Fortify effect, for example, Fortify Health + Restore Health. However, the Fortify effect will last significantly longer than the Restore effect (see previous note).
• If you do not see the ingredient you need in the potion-making menu, select "See All Ingredients".
• Some powerful combinations are only possible with a negative side-effect. If you have a high-quality alembic, the negative side-effect's magnitude can be reduced to 1 pt and generally ignored. However; normally, you can only consume 4 potions at a time, but when the shortest effect on a potion runs out, you can consume another potion. In this way, having a 1 second negative effect is in fact helpful.

Combat Potions

These potions combine effects that are specifically useful for melee fighters:

• Fortify Health
• Fortify Endurance, Fortify Strength, and Fortify Speed
• Restore Health (and the other effects listed at Healing Potions)

Examples
Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Fortify Health + Fortify Endurance + Restore Fatigue	Blackberry + Lady's Smock Leaves + Monkshood Root Pulp + Wheat Grain	All + Fortify Strength (SI only) + Restore Health (SI only) + Frost Shield (SI only)
Fortify Health + Fortify Strength + Resist Disease	Arrowroot + Garlic + Lady's Smock Leaves + Sweetroll	All + Fortify Endurance (SI only) + Restore Health (SI only) + Frost Shield (SI only)

Defense Potions

This section focuses on potions that will reduce the amount of damage that you take in combat; these effects can also be useful when combined with Combat and Healing effects.

• Shield
  • Since Orange and Tomato share all of the same effects, many Shield potions with Detect Life and Restore Fatigue are possible (however, Burden is an inevitable side effect)
• Fire Shield, Frost Shield, Shock Shield
• Resist Fire, Resist Frost, Resist Shock
• Reflect Damage
• Reflect Spell
• Resist Paralysis and Resist Poison

Examples
Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Reflect Damage + Shield + Restore Fatigue	Beef + Flour + Green Stain Cup Cap + Tomato	All + Detect Life + Restore Magicka
Reflect Damage + Shield + Dispel + Fortify Agility + Restore Fatigue	Beef + Flour + Green Stain Cup Cap + Shepherd's Pie	All
Reflect Damage + Reflect Spell + Damage Health	Cinnabar Polypore Yellow Cap + Glow Dust + Green Stain Cup Cap + Strawberry	All
	Without Shivering Isles ingredients, it is impossible to combine Reflect Damage and Reflect Spell without a Damage Health negative side effect (and possibly an additional Damage Personality effect). However, if you wish to maximize reflection effects, the combined potion allows you to reach higher magnitudes than drinking Reflect Damage potions separately from Reflect Spell.
Fire Shield + Resist Fire + Shield + Restore Fatigue	Cheese Wedge + Dragon's Tongue + Summer Bolete Cap + Tomato	All + Detect Life + Dispel + Restore Health (SI only)
Resist Disease + Resist Paralysis + Resist Poison	Alkanet Flower + Bergamot Seeds + Foxglove Nectar + Viper's Bugloss Leaves	All + Invisibility

Feather Potions

Feather potions can have very large magnitudes and durations (maximum, 272 pts for 880 seconds), making potions more powerful than Feather spells in duration if only marginally better than high level in magnitude. However, the long duration is also a liability, because any other effects will expire long before the Feather effect.

• Fortify Strength further increases your encumbrance limit. However, if you need this extra boost, you will end up immobilized when the Fortify Strength effect expires, and will need to drink a second potion. Therefore, it frequently ends up being an ineffective addition.
• Fortify Speed (although this is a rare effect that introduces a Damage Health effect)

Examples
Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Feather + Fortify Speed + Restore Health + Damage Health	Lady's Mantle Leaves + Pear + Venison + Wisp Stalk Caps	All
Feather + Fortify Strength + Restore Health	Arrowroot + Garlic + Lady's Mantle Leaves + Venison	All

Healing Potions

Healing potions are generally the most widely used type of potion, and most characters will want to carry an ample supply of such potions to survive combat. The most obvious effects for healing potions are:

• Restore Health, Restore Magicka, and Restore Fatigue

These three effects are the most common alchemy effects, so many combinations containing these effects are possible. Other effects to consider combining with these are:

• Cure Poison
• Dispel (this will not cancel any of the other potion effects, only spell effects)
• Fortify Health, Fortify Magicka, and Fortify Fatigue for an "instantaneous" healing effect
• Many of the effects listed in the Combat and Defense sections.

It is also useful to carry a few healing potions to repair some of the less common types of damage. You may not need these potions in the middle of combat, but if you notice after combat that some of your statistics are damaged, potions combining some of the following effects may be useful:

• Cure Disease
• Any of the eight Restore Attribute effects. Try to make sure that potions restoring each of the eight attributes are available.

Examples
Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Cure Poison + Restore Fatigue + Restore Health	Aloe Vera Leaves + Cairn Bolete Cap + Ginseng + Strawberry	All + Chameleon + Invisibility
Fortify Magicka + Restore Fatigue + Restore Health + Restore Magicka	Aloe Vera Leaves + Sweetcake + Void Salts + Water Hyacinth Nectar	All + Dispel + Invisibility
Restore Fatigue + Restore Health + Restore Magicka + Invisibility	Aloe Vera Leaves + Blackberry + Fly Amanita Cap + Stinkhorn Cap	All + Fortify Endurance + Fortify Magicka
Restore Fatigue + Restore Health + Restore Magicka + Shield + Feather	Bog Beacon Asco Cap + Flax Seeds + Ham + Sweetcake	All

Mage Potions

Mages will want a lot of Restore Magicka potions. Several useful effects can be included to further enhance spellcasting capabilities:

• Fortify Magicka
• Fortify Luck and Fortify Willpower
• Fortify Intelligence (however, this is a rare effect and only possible at expert-level with a Damage Endurance side effect)

Examples
Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Fortify Intelligence + Fortify Magicka + Restore Magicka + Damage Endurance	Carrot + Clouded Funnel Cap + Void Salts + Water Hyacinth Nectar	All
Fortify Luck + Fortify Willpower + Restore Health + Restore Personality	Green Stain Shelf Cap + Lavender Sprig + Mandrake Root + Primrose Leaves	All
Fortify Magicka + Fortify Willpower + Restore Magicka + Damage Luck	Lavender Sprig + Mandrake Root + Void Salts + Water Hyacinth	All
	Using Shivering Isles ingredients, it is possible to make this potion without any negative side effects.

Stealth Potions

Effects useful to thieves or characters who prefer to avoid combat are:

• Chameleon or Invisibility
• Detect Life and Night-Eye
• Fortify Agility and Fortify Speed

Examples
Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Chameleon + Fortify Agility + Dispel + Restore Fatigue + Shield	Beef + Columbine Root Pulp + Radish + Shepherd's Pie	All
Chameleon + Detect Life + Night-Eye	Bread Loaf + Carrot + Daedra Silk + Screaming MawSI	All (SI only) + Invisibility (SI only)
Invisibility + Detect Life + Restore Fatigue	Bread Loaf + Motherwort Sprig + Tinder Polypore Cap + Tomato	All + Night-Eye (SI-only)
Invisibility + Night-Eye + Restore Health	Aloe Vera Leaves + Lady's Mantle Leaves + Motherwort Sprig + Viper's Bugloss Leaves	All + Fortify Luck (SI only)
Invisibility + Fortify Agility + Dispel + Shield	Beef + Motherwort Sprig + Shepherd's Pie + Tinder Polypore Cap	All

Rare Effects

The following effects are only available from a very small number of ingredients, even at expert level. The possible combinations using these effects are rare, and as a result they generally have not been included in the previous sections.

• Fortify Intelligence
  • The only two ingredients with this effect are Carrot and Clouded Funnel Cap. At journeyman level, they can be combined without side effects. However, at expert level, any Fortify Intelligence potion will always have a Damage Endurance side effect. The potion listed below allows the damage to be counteracted.
• Fortify Luck
  • The only three ingredients with this effect are Bonemeal, Green Stain Shelf Cap, and Primrose Leaves. Using Bonemeal and Green Stain Shelf Cap leads to a Damage Fatigue side effect
• Fortify Speed
  • The only two ingredients with this effect are Pear and Wisp Stalk Caps, which will always have a Damage Health side effect. Adding a third ingredient with Restore Fatigue and Restore Health such as Aloe Vera, and a fourth with Restore Health, will repair this damage.

Examples
Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Fortify Intelligence + Damage Endurance + Restore Endurance	Carrot + Clouded Funnel Cap + Crab Meat + Tiger Lily Nectar	All

Multiple-Effect Poisons

Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Paralyze + Frost Damage	Dryad Saddle Polypore Cap + Milk Thistle Seeds + Fennel Seeds	Alchemy Calculator
Paralyze + Frost Damage + Silence	Harrada + Milk Thistle Seeds + Vampire Dust	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Strength + Paralyze	Clannfear Claws + Harrada + any two from (Primrose Leaves, Bread Loaf, and Leek) Clannfear Claws + Daedra Venin + Primrose Leaves + Tiger Lily Nectar	Alchemy Calculator

Triple Damage Poisons

The Triple Damage poisons are some of the most lethal objects. For example, one of these poisons made with a Master alchemy skill level and Apprentice level alchemy equipment and then used in conjunction with a normal arrow and sneak mode can do around 700 points of damage over 30 seconds from various elements. Using weapons with higher damage or damage enchantments can increase this as well.

In order to create a triple effect poison, you must include at least two ingredients that have two damage effects. Therefore, two of the following ingredients are essential:

• Damage Health + Fire Damage: Imp Gall, Spiddal Stick, Congealed Putrescence^SI
• Damage Health + Frost Damage: Bone Marrow^SI
• Damage Health + Shock Damage: Ectoplasm, Black Tar^SI, Scalon Fin^SI

No ingredients exist with two elemental damage effects. The possible combinations are also limited by the requirement that the four ingredients must not have any shared positive effects (any single positive effect will turn the concoction into a potion, not a poison). Nevertheless, numerous options are possible, some of which even add a fourth or fifth negative effect.

Effects	Max Magnitude†	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Damage Health + Fire + Frost	8x30 + 9x37 + 9x38 (915)	non-SI: Dryad Saddle Polypore Cap + Imp Gall + Spiddal Stick + Vampire Dust SI: Milk Thistle Seeds + Congealed PutrescenceSI + Spiddal Stick + Vampire Dust	All + Damage Magicka + Paralyze + Silence
Damage Health + Fire + Shock	8x30 + 9x37 + 9x37 (906)	non-SI: Cairn Bolete Cap + Ectoplasm + Imp Gall + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap SI: Black TarSI + Cairn Bolete Cap + Congealed PutrescenceSI + Imp Gall	All + Burden
Damage Health + Frost + Shock (SI only)	8x30 + 9x38 + 9x37 (915)	Black TarSI + Milk Thistle Seeds + Ectoplasm + Vampire Dust	All + Burden + Damage Speed + Paralyze + Silence

† Magnitudes calculated for alchemy=100, Luck=50, and a complete set of Master-level alchemy equipment

Four Effect Poisons

The most powerful four effect poisons combine Damage Health, two elemental damage effects and a fourth negative effect; these four effect poisons are all covered in the previous section. Some additional combinations are also possible, however.

Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage + Silence	Bergamot Seeds + Imp Gall + Rat Meat + Spiddal Stick	All + Burden (SI only) + Damage Fatigue + Paralyze (SI only)
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage + Paralyze	Fennel Seeds + Harrada + Imp Gall + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	All + Burden (SI only) + Frost Damage (SI only)
Damage Health + Frost Damage + Paralyze + Silence	Flax Seeds + Harrada + Milk Thistle Seeds + Vampire Dust	All + Burden (SI only)
Paralyze + Damage Magicka + Damage Health + Damage Intelligence	Fennel Seeds + Harrada + Wisp Stalk Caps	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Damage Willpower + Damage Intelligence	Fennel Seeds + Tiger Lily Nectar + Wisp Stalk Caps + Wormwood Leaves	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Agility + Damage Strength + Damage Willpower	Bread Loaf + Flax Seeds + Tiger Lily Nectar + Troll Fat	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Paralyze + Silence	Bergamot Seeds + Flax Seeds + Harrada + Milk Thistle Seeds	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Damage Fatigue + Fire Damage	non-SI: Alkanet Flower + Imp Gall + Rat Meat + Spiddal Stick SI: Black TarSI + Rat Meat + Spiddal Stick + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Damage Fatigue + Silence (SI only)	Bergamot Seeds + Black TarSI + Flax Seeds + Rat Meat	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Damage Luck + Silence	Mort Flesh + Harrada Root + Tobacco + Nightshade	Alchemy Calculator

Five Effect Poisons

Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage + Frost Damage + Paralyze (SI Only)	Spiddal Stick + Bone MarrowSI + Congealed PutrescenceSI + Milk Thistle Seeds	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Silence + Damage Willpower + Damage Intelligence	Human Heart\Daedra Heart + Harrada + Wisp Stalk Caps + Elf Cup Cap\Fennel Seeds	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Silence + Frost Damage + Paralyze (SI Only)	Bone MarrowSI + Rot ScaleSI + Frost Salts/Milk Thistle Seeds + Bergamot Seeds	Alchemy Calculator
Silence + Damage Health + Damage Fatigue + Damage Magicka + Damage Luck	Mort Flesh + Apple + Wormwood Leaves/Scamp Skin + Rat Meat	Alchemy Calculator
Paralyze + Frost Damage + Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Silence	Harrada + Spiddal Stick + Frost Salts/ Vampire Dust + Milk Thistle Seeds	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Fatigue + Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Paralyze + Silence	Harrada + Rat Meat + Clannfear Claws + Bonemeal Harrada + Rat Meat + Daedra Venin + one from (Bonemeal or Crab Meat) Harrada + Mutton + Clannfear Claws + Motherwort Sprig Harrada + Mutton + Daedra Venin + one from (Motherwort or Rat Meat)	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Intelligence + Damage Magicka + Damage Willpower + Paralyze	Harrada + Wisp Stalk Caps + Fennel Seeds + one from (Elf Cup Cap, Morning Glory Root Pulp, Root Pulp, Scales, Tiger Lily Nectar or Troll Fat)	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Frost Damage + Paralyze + Silence	Harrada + Milk Thistle Seeds + one from (Frost Salts, Vampire Dust) + one from (Scamp Skin, Spiddal Stick or Wormwood Leaves)	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Frost Damage + Paralyze + Silence (SI Only)	Harrada + Vampire Dust + Bone MarrowSI	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Fatigue + Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage + Silence	Spiddal Stick + Mort Flesh + Imp Gall + Rat Meat	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Magicka + Damage Health + Damage Intelligence + Paralyze + Silence	Bergamot Seeds + Harrada + Fennel Seeds + Wisp Stalk Caps	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Silence + Paralyze + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage (SI Only)	Rot ScaleSI + Harrada + Spiddal Stick + Fire Salts	Alchemy Calculator

Six Effect Poisons

These poisons all require the Shivering Isles ingredient Rot Scale

Effects	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Burden + Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage + Paralyze + Silence	Harrada + Rot ScaleSI + Spiddal Stick + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	Alchemy Calculator
Burden + Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Frost Damage + Paralyze + Silence	Bone MarrowSI + Morning Glory Root Pulp + Rot ScaleSI + Vampire Dust	Alchemy Calculator

Availability by Level

Novice (0-24)

At Novice level, only a very limited number of alchemy effects are available. Without Shivering Isles ingredients, only 15 potion effects and 8 poison effects are available; no Fortify effects are available, mainly just various Restore effects. With Shivering Isles, Fortify Fatigue and Fortify Health become available. By far the easiest potion to create is Restore Fatigue. Many players may wish to quickly make a batch of Restore Fatigue potions just to advance to Apprentice level, at which point twice as many options become available.

Two-effect potions and poisons can be created at novice level. However, no three-effect potions or poisons are possible.

The novice level effects are also available via wortcraft, i.e., by simply eating one of the ingredients instead of creating a potion. A potion is generally much stronger than wortcraft (and also provides more Alchemy experience). However, cure effects (Cure Disease and Cure Poison) have no magnitude or duration and therefore are equally effective using wortcraft or potions.

Novice Effects

With Standard Ingredients
Potion Effects	Poison Effects
Cure Disease (calc) Resist Disease (calc) Resist Frost (calc) Resist Poison (calc) All 11 Restore Effects Restore Fatigue (calc) Restore Health (calc) Restore Magicka (calc) All 8 Restore Attribute Effects (alc calc links: Agility, Endurance, Intelligence, Luck, Personality, Speed, Strength, Willpower)	Burden (calc) Damage Fatigue (calc) Damage Health (calc) Damage Luck (calc) Damage Willpower (calc)
With Shivering Isles Ingredients
Potion Effects	Poison Effects
Cure Poison (calc) Fortify Fatigue (calc) Fortify Health (calc)	Damage Magicka (calc)
With Rare Ingredients
Potion Effects	Poison Effects
	Damage Magicka (requires Human Skin, calc) Frost Damage (requires Refined Frost Salts, calc) Silence (requires both types of Vampire Dust, calc)

Novice Recipes

Potions
Effect	Magnitude†	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Fortify Fatigue (SI only)	22 pts for 84 secs	Ashen RemainsSI + Wormwood Leaves	Alchemy Calculator
Fortify Health (SI only)	13 pts for 49 secs	Dog FoodSI + Mutton	Alchemy Calculator
Restore Fatigue	4 pts for 15 secs (60 pts total)	Apple + Corn (nearly any two food)	Alchemy Calculator
Restore Health	2 pts for 7 secs (14 pts total)	Cairn Bolete Cap + Venison	Alchemy Calculator
Restore Magicka	4 pts for 14 secs (56 pts total)	Flax Seeds + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	Alchemy Calculator

Poisons
Effect	Magnitude†	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Damage Fatigue	3 pts for 10 secs (30 pts total)	Bonemeal + Rat Meat	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health	2 pts for 7 secs (14 pts total)	Nightshade + Wisp Stalk Caps	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Magicka	3 pts for 13 secs (39 pts total)	Grummite EggsSI + Scamp Skin	Alchemy Calculator

† Magnitudes calculated for alchemy=10, Luck=50, and a complete set of Novice-level alchemy equipment

Apprentice (25-49)

Apprentice Effects

The following effects are those that first become available at apprentice level; in addition, the novice level effects are all available.

With Standard Ingredients
Potion Effects	Poison Effects
Cure Poison (calc) Detect Life (calc) Dispel (calc) Feather (calc) Fortify Personality (calc) Light (calc) Night-Eye (calc) Resist Fire (calc) Resist Paralysis (calc) Resist Shock (calc) Shield (calc) Water Breathing (calc)	Damage Magicka (calc) 4 Damage Attribute effects alc calc links: Agility, Endurance, Intelligence, Speed Fire Damage (calc) Frost Damage (calc) Silence (calc)
With Shivering Isles Ingredients
Potion Effects	Poison Effects
Water Walking (calc)	Drain Fatigue (calc) Drain Health (calc)
With Rare Ingredients
Potion Effects	Poison Effects
Fortify Magicka (requires Painted Troll Fat, calc) Frost Shield (requires Refined Frost Salts, calc) Shock Shield (requires Human Heart, calc)

Apprentice Recipes

Potions
Effect(s)	Magnitude†	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Detect Life	34 pts for 124 secs	Bread Loaf + Rat Meat	Alchemy Calculator
Feather	85 pts for 308 secs	Flax Seeds + Venison	Alchemy Calculator
Night-Eye	22 secs	Carrot + Viper's Bugloss Leaves	Alchemy Calculator
Water Breathing	33 secs	Onion + White Seed Pod	Alchemy Calculator
Frost Shield + Restore Magicka + Shield		Bog Beacon Asco Cap + Bone ShardSI + Daedroth Teeth + Withering MoonSI	Alchemy Calculator
Restore Health + Restore Magicka + Shield		Bog Beacon Asco Cap + Cairn Bolete Cap + Venison + Withering MoonSI	Alchemy Calculator

Poisons
Effect(s)	Magnitude†	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Silence	8 secs	Rice + Vampire Dust	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage		Flame StalkSI + Harrada + Spiddal Stick + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Frost Damage		Bone MarrowSI + Grummite EggsSI + Harrada + Milk Thistle Seeds	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Silence		Rice + Harrada + Spiddal Stick + Vampire Dust	Alchemy Calculator

† Magnitudes calculated for alchemy=35, Luck=50, and a complete set of Apprentice-level alchemy equipment

Journeyman (50-74)

Journeyman Effects

The following effects are those that first become available at journeyman level; in addition, the novice and apprentice level effects are all available.

With Standard Ingredients
Potion Effects	Poison Effects
Chameleon (calc) Cure Paralysis (calc) Fire Shield (calc) 9 of 11 Fortify effects Fortify Health (calc) Fortify Fatigue (calc) Fortify Magicka (calc) 6 Fortify Attribute effects (only Speed is an expert-level effect; alc calc links: Agility, Endurance, Intelligence, Luck, Strength, Willpower) Frost Shield (calc) Invisibility (calc) Reflect Damage (calc) Shock Shield (calc) Water Walking (calc)	Damage Personality (calc) Paralyze (calc) Shock Damage (calc)

Journeyman Recipes

Potions
Effect(s)	Magnitude†	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Chameleon	23% pts for 80 secs	Bloodgrass + Radish	Alchemy Calculator
Fortify Health	45 pts for 155 secs	Mutton + Somnalius Frond	Alchemy Calculator
Fortify Intelligence	24 pts for 82 secs	Carrot + Clouded Funnel Cap	Alchemy Calculator
Fortify Magicka	44 pts for 151 secs	Columbine Root Pulp + Ectoplasm	Alchemy Calculator
Invisibility	24 secs	Tinder Polypore Cap + Wormwood Leaves	Alchemy Calculator
Reflect Damage	13% for 44 secs	Green Stain Cup Cap + Scamp Skin	Alchemy Calculator
Water Walking	73 secs	Grapes + Tiger Lily Nectar	Alchemy Calculator
Chameleon + Detect Life + Night-Eye		Bread Loaf + Carrot + Daedra Silk + Screaming MawSI	Alchemy Calculator
Fortify Intelligence + Fortify Magicka + Restore Magicka		Blister Pod CapSI + Carrot + Clouded Funnel Cap + Void Salts	Alchemy Calculator
Fortify Health + Fortify Magicka + Restore Speed		Columbine Root Pulp + Ginkgo Leaf + Somnalius Frond + Wheat Grain	Alchemy Calculator
Restore Health + Restore Magicka + Shield		Bog Beacon Asco Cap + Flax Seeds + Fly Amanita Cap + Lavender Sprig	Alchemy Calculator
Fortify Health + Restore Health + Restore Magicka + Shield		Boar Meat + Flax Seeds + Void EssenceSI + Withering MoonSI	Alchemy Calculator

Poisons
Effect(s)	Magnitude†	Most Common Ingredients	All Possibilities
Fire Damage	6 pts for 22 secs (132 total)	Spiddal Stick + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	Alchemy Calculator
Frost Damage	6 pts for 22 secs (132 total)	Milk Thistle Seeds + Vampire Dust	Alchemy Calculator
Paralyze	2 secs	Clannfear Claws + Daedra Venin	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Intelligence + Damage Magicka + Silence		Fennel Seeds + Harrada + Motherwort Sprig + Wisp Stalk Caps	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage + Frost Damage		Bone MarrowSI + Milk Thistle Seeds + Spiddal Stick + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Fire Damage + Silence		Harrada + Motherwort Sprig + Spiddal Stick + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Frost Damage + Silence		Bone MarrowSI + Harrada + Milk Thistle Seeds + Motherwort Sprig	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Fire Damage + Paralyze		Clannfear Claws + Daedra Venin + Spiddal Stick + Steel-Blue Entoloma Cap	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Frost Damage + Shock Damage		Bone MarrowSI + Ectoplasm + Milk Thistle Seeds + Scalon FinSI	Alchemy Calculator
Damage Health + Damage Magicka + Paralyze + Silence		Daedra Heart + Harrada + Fennel Seeds + Sacred Lotus Seeds	Alchemy Calculator

• Tip: If you want to make a lot of Fortify Intelligence potions, you should do it before you get 75 Alchemy skill, because after that, they will also Damage Endurance. Since this is the only way to make these potions, it may be a good idea to stock up while you can.
• If you already have 75 skill level you can make a Fortify Intelligence that corrects the damage such as the one listed under Rare Effects.
• Fortify Health and Fortify Endurance provide an instantaneous boost to your health, much like the restore health potions you can buy. Unfortunately, the boost expires when the fortify effect expires, but it is usually long enough to get you through a battle. If your current health is less than the boost amount when the effect expires, you won't die, but you will be left with only one health, or negative health in the case of fortify endurance. So if you use these, you should probably always use a regular restore health potion in conjunction.

Expert Level (75-99)

Expert Effects

The following effects are those that first become available at expert level.

With Standard Ingredients
Potion Effects	Poison Effects
Fortify Speed Reflect Spell	Damage Strength

Master Level (100)

Master Effects

The following effects are those that first become available at master level.

With Standard Ingredients
Poison Effects
Drain Health

Special Effects

There are up to seven script-effect ingredients available in Oblivion, which can be used to create unusual (although not necessarily useful) potions and poisons. Without any mods, only two ingredients are available: Poisoned Apple and Rat Poison. The Vile Lair adds Chokeberries; Unearthing Mehrunes Razor adds the champion's Beating Heart; and Shivering Isles adds Felldew, Greenmote, and Hearts of Order.

• Beating Heart (script effect: Cannibal Consumption) produces a potion.
• Chokeberry (script effect: Poison Fruit) produces a potion.
• Felldew (script effect: Felldew Effect) produces a potion.
• Greenmote (script effect: Greenmote Rapture) produces a poison.
• Heart of Order (script effect: Favor of Jyggalag) produces a potion.
• Poisoned Apple (script effect: Deadly Poison) produces a potion.
• Rat Poison (script effect: Rat Poison) produces a potion.

A Master of Alchemy can easily create the corresponding potion/poison using any single ingredient. At lower levels, any two of these seven script effect ingredients can be combined to create a script effect potion/poison. The potion's effect is determined by the first ingredient's effect. In other words, if you want a Greenmote Rapture potion, place Greenmote in the first ingredient slot and any of the other six ingredients in the second ingredient slot.

If you want to create a potion (rather than a poison) with the Greenmote Rapture effect, you must combine it with a second, positive effect (so that Greenmote Rapture is technically the negative side-effect of the potion). You can use any two ordinary ingredients (e.g., two with Restore Fatigue), then add Greenmote in the third ingredient slot, and an optional fourth slot). At high Alchemy skill level, a single ordinary ingredient, in the first slot, is sufficient.

There is no cure, or any way to reverse the effect of the Poisoned Apple/Deadly Poison, or the Chokeberry/Poison Fruit: no potion, spell, scroll, greater power, or altars of any kind. It is not possible to create an actual poison using the Poison Fruit or Deadly Poison effects. Any concoction containing either of these effects will always be a potion, meaning the only way to use it is to drink it. It cannot be applied to weapons like standard poisons can.

Potions with Poison Fruit or Deadly Poison effects can be left in NPCs' houses, as can script-effect ingredients with a poison effect, such as the Poisoned Apple and the Chokeberry. If all the drink or food items (with regard to potions or ingredients, respectively) are removed from their house (or other cell they remain in when drinking or eating) and from their inventory, then the NPCs will drink the potion or eat the ingredient (respectively) if it's placed openly in the cell. This will lead to their death, without you incurring a bounty. This will not work on NPCs with a replenishing food supply, nor those that lack an AI package for drinking or eating, respectively. The same effect may be accomplished more easily just using a raw ingredient: Poisoned Apples in particular are zero-weight and can therefore be reverse-pickpocketed.