The perfect potion for those who prefer heavy weapons, the fortify two-handed potion is relatively easy to craft. Rock Warbler Eggs can be found in bird nests throughout the mountains, especially in the bridges of Blind Cliff Cave, while Hanging Moss is found in just about every cave and hollow, sometimes in massive numbers. Hawk Feathers can be purchased, or looted from the birds that fly above Solitude or Riverwood. For this potion, the best ingredients are Hawk Feathers, Rock Warbler Eggs, and Hanging Moss. This gear has to be made through enchanting and will double the power of your potions.As long as the ingredients share a common effect, the outcome is the same. The next ideal set of gear you need to obtain is fortify alchemy gear. If you do not have the Dragonborn™ DLC then Volsung is your next best option, which will give you in total 65% better prices.

This gear will give you a total of 70% better prices.

The ideal set of merchant gear is as follows: Here is the list of all the possible merchant gear that you can acquire: Unfortunately, the only merchant gear you can make is the amulet, which is capped at 25% better prices, the rest has to be found. The first one being your merchant gear, see for an easy start to merchant gear. There are two types of business gear you will need to make for this guide. It is necessary for progressing in the field of alchemy. I feel Riften is a good city to sell goods in because of the fact that you can just go through the whole town and sweep every merchant making selling less of a hassle.īusiness gear is a fundamental part of alchemy. The general merchants to go to in Riften are as follows: Bersi Honey-Hand (750), Brand-Shei (750), Elgrim (500), Hafjorg (shared with Elgrim), Grelka (750), Herluin Lothaire (500), Marise Aravel (50), Tonilia (1000 to 4000). That being said, the best place to buy and sell alchemical goods is in Riften. Only alchemical and general merchants will buy potions from you. You will notice that most cities do not have an abundance of merchants, or most merchants will not buy potions from you as they are specific merchants (blacksmith merchants, spell merchants, etc). When you have a surplus of potions, it's probably best to sell them and generate income from all this potion mixing. They can also be made by the player if need be, but early on while your alchemy levels are low, they won't be as powerful as store bought potions. Finally, the potions of fortify haggling can be found randomly adventuring in skyrim, or if you're lucky apothecary merchants may have them. The Gift of Charity can be obtained at any beggar when you give them gold. The Blessing of Zenithar can be obtained at any shrine of Zenithar. To maximize your profit you will need the following: Blessing of Zenithar, The Gift of Charity and a potion of fortify haggling. Still want to maximize your profit? Great, because gear is just the start of it. This will still let you join the thieves guild though. There is a way for Brand-Shei to stay a merchant and join the thieves guild, and that is to fail the quest from Brynjolf. However doing so will getīrand-Shei arrested and he will no longer be able to trade, as he is permanently put in jail. TO GET THE THIEVES GUILD HOOD: You must join the thieves guild to get the hood. For extra measure you could paralyze the spider with your bow and a paralysis potion (see utility potions for more). The easiest way to dispatch of the spider is to use range to your advantage. One thing to note about the shrine of zenithar is that it's guarded by a frostbite spider, which could be problematic if you're playing on higher difficulties. TO GET THE AMULET OF ZENITHAR: It is located NORTH-EAST of the Riften Stables in the mountains. These can both be found in and around Riften. The easiest speech gear to get is the thieves guild hood and the amulet of zenithar. That being said, you will need to get better speech gear and buffs. Before getting into selling, it's best to maximize your profit by getting speech buffs, as your first potions will be practically valueless.

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