Alchemy

Alchemy is the process of making potions by mixing solvents and reagents to create potions and poisons.

Solvents

Solvents are the liquid of the potion and determine the level, and therefore the strength, of the potion. You can spend Skill Points in a passive called SOLVENT PROFICIENCY which will allow you to use higher level solvents and create better potions.

Solvents can be found in various places around Tamriel from natural rivers and streams to shelves and nightstands. Water skins and bottles will normally contain solvents as well. If you notice a small splashing near a river bank it is likely that you can collect a solvent there. The level of the solvents found depends on the zone that it is found. Higher level solvents are found in higher level zones and lower level solvents in the lower level zones.

There are 7 different types of solvents in ESO for potions and 7 for poisons.

ESO ALCHEMY SOLVENTS

ESO Poison Solvents (Oils)

Potion Level	Solvent	Solvent Level	Locations
3	Grease	1	Starter Islands, Tier 1 Zones
10	Ichor	1	Tier 1 Zones Tier 2 Zones
20	Slime	2	Tier 2 Zones Tier 3 Zones
30	Gall	3	Tier 4 Zones Tier 5 Zones
40	Terebinthine	4	Coldharbor Cyrodiil
CP 10	Pitch-Bile	5	Cadwell Silver Zones
CP 50	Tarblack	6	Cadwell Gold Zones
CP 100	Night Oil	7	Craglorn
CP 150	Alkahest	8	Battle Level Zones (DLC)

Reagents

Reagents are the ingredients for a potion and are often herbs, flowers and mushrooms. The combination of reagents determine the effects of a potion. There are 18 reagents to be found in Tamriel and these can be found growing in any zone. A potion must use at least 2 reagents and if the reagents share the same effect then the resulting potion will give that effect. So a potion made from Blue Entoloma and Bugloss will be a Health Potion as both reagents have “restore health” as an effect.

You can spend Skill Points in a passive called LABORATORY USE which will allow you to combine more reagents together creating potions with multiple effects. Reagents can also have negative effects, such as “reduce speed” and combining two reagents with this effect will produce a potion which will include that negative effect so be careful when mixing those reagents.

ESO Alchemy Reagents

Image	Reagent	Effect 1	Effect 2	Effect 3	Effect 4
	Beetle Scuttle	Lower Spell Resist	Protection	Increase Armor	Vitality
	Blessed Thistle	Restore Stamina	Increase Weapon Power	Ravage Health	Speed
	Blue Entoloma	Ravage Magicka	Lower Spell Power	Restore Health	Invisible
	Bugloss	Increase Spell Resist	Restore Health	Lower Spell Power	Restore Magicka
	Butterfly Wing	Restore Health	Sustained Restore Health	Lower Spell Crit	Vitality
	Columbine	Restore Health	Restore Magicka	Restore Stamina	CC Immunity
	Corn Flower	Restore Magicka	Increase Spell Power	Ravage Health	Detection
	Dragonthorn	Increase Weapon Power	Restore Stamina	Lower Armor	Weapon Crit
	Emetic Russula	Ravage Health	Ravage Magicka	Ravage Stamina	Stun
	Fleshfly Larva	Ravage Stamina	Creeping Ravage Health	Vulnerability	Vitality
	Imp Stool	Lower Weapon Power	Ravage Stamina	Increase Armor	Lower Weapon Crit
	Lady's Smock	Increase Spell Power	Restore Magicka	Lower Spell Resist	Spell Crit
	Luminous Russula	Ravage Stamina	Lower Weapon Power	Restore Health	Reduce Speed
	Mountain Flower	Increase Armor	Restore Health	Lower Weapon Power	Restore Stamina
	Mudcrab Chitin	Increase Spell Resist	Protection	Increase Armor	Defile
	Namira's Rot	Spell Crit	Speed	Invisible	CC Immunity
	Nightshade	Ravage Health	Creeping Ravate Health	Protection	Defile
	Nirnroot	Ravage Health	Lower Spell Crit	Lower Weapon Crit	Invisible
	Scrib Jelly	Ravage Magicka	Vulnerability	Speed	Sustained Restore Health
	Spider Egg	Reduce Speed	Sustained Restore Health	Invisible	Defile
	Stinkhorn	Lower Armor	Ravage Health	Increase Weapon Power	Ravage Stamina
	Torchbug Thorax	Lower Armor	Detection	Lower Weapon Crit	Vitality
	Violet Coprinus	Lower Spell Resist	Ravage Health	Increase Spell Power	Ravage Magicka
	Water Hyacinth	Restore Health	Spell Crit	Weapon Crit	Stun
	White Cap	Lower Spell Power	Ravage Magicka	Increase Spell Resist	Detection
	Wormwood	Weapon Crit	Reduce Speed	Detection	CC Immunity

Tips

• You can learn the first effect of a reagent by double clicking or selecting “use” after right clicking. The other effects must be learned by making potions and mixing reagents.
• Learning a reagent effect will gain EXP towards you Alchemy Level.
• You can make reasonable money by selling reagents to Alchemists however this will not level your own Alchemy of course!
• You can mix and match regents to make many different potions from Health Potions to Tri-Stat Potions and even Invisibility and CC Immunity Potions.