Alchemy in Oblivion Remastered: How to Learn and Level Up

Alchemy in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered gives the opportunity to create elixirs, which simplify the exploration of locations and give an advantage in unequal fights. This profession will be useful to any character, regardless of the chosen combat style. By combining the obtained raw materials, you will not only learn to brew powerful mixtures, but also earn big money.

In this guide we will tell you in detail how to practice alchemy with maximum efficiency. In addition to basic recommendations, we will provide non-obvious advice that even many experienced healers do not know about.

Who to learn alchemy from in Oblivion remaster

The Alchemy teacher allows you to quickly upgrade your skill for money. It is important to choose teacher taking into your current skill level:

1. Student - S'drassa from the Leyawiin Mages Guild.

2. Student - Felen Relas from the Anvil Mages Guild.

3. Specialist - Brotch Kalus, living in Broome.

4. Specialist - Ardalin from the Bravil Mages Guild.

5. Master - Sinderion, who lives beneath the Westveld Tavern in Skingrad.

You can only improve your skill through a teacher 5 times per level of pumping character.

You can improve the skill for free at the priest Jilius in the Temple of the One, if you saved him during the mission "Sanctuary of Dagon".

How to level up alchemy fast in Oblivion Remastered

In addition to paid training, there are basic methods to improve this profession:

• Eating the ingredient gives 0,5 points skill.
• For crafting potions you will receive 5 or more points — the amount of reagents used affects the magnitude of the experience.

In the following points we will look at additional recommendations that will allow you to quickly level up alchemy.

Books to improve alchemy

There are rare printed publications in the game, reading which will raise the skill:

Name of the book	Location	ID
De Rerum Dirennis	Shop "Everything for the Alchemist" in Skingrad	000243D2
Game at lunch	Mages Guild of Chorrol	000243CF
Mannimarco, King of Worms	Mystic Archives in the Imperial City University of Magic	000243D0
Song of the Alchemists	Lustratorium at the Imperial City Arcane University	000243D1
Treatise "Calcinators"	Imperial Bridge Tavern East of Bravil	00073A5F

Where to get alchemical tools

Special devices are used for mixing reagents:

1. mortar and pestle — the main tool that determines the initial strength of the mixture and its cost.
2. Retort - affects the magnitude and duration of positive effects.
3. Distillation cube - improves the properties of poisons, and also reduces the impact of negative parameters in created potions.
4. Calcinator - increases the characteristics of any elixir.

The listed equipment can be purchased, found in the open world, or added to your inventory using cheat code.

You will be able to pick up tools for the first time during training, but even if you missed the moment, the rank devices "Newbie" can be stolen from any specialized store. The equipment will appear at vendors and in dungeons depending on the current level of the hero:

Tool strength	Level for the merchant	Level for loot
Newbie (10%)	1	1
Student (25%)	6	5
Specialist (50%)	14	9
Expert (75%)	18	13
Master (100%)	—	17

To instantly get any of the devices, use the code for the desired item - list of IDs formed taking into the increase in the power of the device:

Equipment type	ID
mortar and pestle	000105E3; 0006E312; 0006EE57; 0006EE60; 0006EE68
Retort	00000C4F; 0006E313%; 0006EE59; 0006EE62; 0006EE6A
Distillation cube	00010604; 0006E310; 0006EE52; 0006EE5C; 0006EE64
Calcinator	0001057D; 0006E311; 0006EE55; 0006EE5E; 0006EE66

Where to find alchemical ingredients

There are two approaches to extracting reagents:

• ive - obtaining raw materials without much effort, during travel, for example, when collecting plants and searching creatures.
• Active — targeted collection of materials using specialized sources that guarantee results.

The second method is more effective, so we will examine it in more detail.

Merchants

In addition to professional supplies, vendors offer a wide range of reagents, many of which are very difficult to obtain on your own. If you always sell the potions you make, and also achieve better prices through the "Bargain", then there won’t be any particular problems with purchasing resources.

Farms

There are special peaceful locations in Cyrodiil, where a large number of vegetables grow - they can be collected legally and for free. We will show you where the 10 best farms are located:

1. Tamika and Surili Brothers Vineyards.
2. Shetcombe Farm.
3. Rock Shards.
4. Elswell.
5. Whitmond.
6. Lord Drad's estate.
7. Odile's Farm.
8. Settlement-by-the-Water.
9. Drakelow.
10. Applewatch.

Through 7 game days the entire crop will ripen again and can be harvested again.

Alchemical Garden

Regular farms grow simple resources that are always available in abundance. To be able to grow rare plants yourself, you will have to purchase an upgrade for one of the two free houses:

• Frostcrag Spire.
• Cave of Deep Contempt.

The garden in the first shelter mainly produces fruits suitable for potions, and in the second shelter - for poisonous mixtures.

Theft

Consumables can be obtained dishonestly, by robbing taverns and shops. In addition, in all houses of ordinary residents in the basement and on the tables there is always a lot of food, which can also be combined to pump up the skill.

Magic Chest

Complete walkthrough of the quest chain Mages Guilds will open access to your personal , which contains the Archmage's Chest. With its help, you can duplicate one ingredient so that through 24 hours get 10 copies for it. This method is suitable for multiplying the rarest resources, but not all of them are affected by the container's magic.

Making potions

Let's briefly describe the crafting process:

1. Click on any of the devices in your inventory.
2. Select the reagent with the desired effect.
3. Add a resource with a similar property through filters.
4. Check the preliminary result characterizing the current mixture.
5. Add additional ingredients as needed to complete complex alchemy recipes.

Click the button "Create"to create the final version of the potion.

For crafting you need minimum 2 components, until you upgrade your profession to the maximum level.

In separate guides we have collected the most useful recipes for creating poisons.

Alchemy Level Effects

Progress in leveling is very important, because it will open up new properties of ingredients, which means additional combinations for creating the best elixirs will appear. Let's briefly review all available profession improvements:

Specialization	Skill level	bonus
Newcomer	0	1 property is known.
Pupil	25	2 properties are recognized. Small chance to make two potions at once.
Specialist	50	3 properties are visible. Ability to handle multiple effects.
Expert	75	All 4 properties are open. 100% chance to create an additional elixir.
Master	100	Crafting from one component is available. Ability to cope with the maximum number of effects.

Helpful Tips for Becoming an Alchemist Master

Collected 10 important tips for this profession:

1. To create a potion from one resource, but not with the first effect, you need to add and remove another reagent that has the desired property.
2. If a complex poison has at least one positive parameter, the resulting mixture cannot be used as a poison.
3. Some ingredients have valuable effects hidden under the 3rd or 4th property, so it is better to save them until they are fully upgraded.
4. Don't waste very rare materials that might be useful elsewhere, such as elemental salts and vampire dust.
5. When working in the laboratory Frostcrag Spire you will have plus 15 units to alchemy.
6. Racial Wood Elves, Bretons and Altmer have a bonus to the skill.
7. At the start, you also get a boost to your skill classes scout, wanderer, magician, sorcerer, battle mage, healer, inquisitor, assassin and bard.
8. It is very important to learn how to brew powerful potions for characters born under sign Atranaha.
9. To the southwest of Skingrad is located Magic stone A student who adds an ability that temporarily increases herbalism by 20 points.
10. Profession refers to an attribute "Intelligence", however, increasing it does not affect the crafting power in any way.

These tips will be especially useful for completing the game on the highest difficulty level.

We hope that thanks to the guide you were able to quickly learn alchemy in Oblivion Remastered. If you know any additional tips that will help you improve this profession, please tell us about it. в comments.