Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7292443-20130320015211/@comment-7362333-20130322143005

Smithing, Enchanting and Alchemy are the 3 basic skill trees you should work first, since they all revolve aound each other as you progress through the game.

1. smithing is easily done by taking iron ore & a leather strip to the forge & creating iron daggers, make as many as you can 500-1000 dagger will level your tree fairly quick.

2. alchemy- health potions; blue mountain flowers & butterfly wings; the more you make of any potion, the stronger they become. eventually when you have progressed far enough in the game you will not be taking any potions whatsoever. so potions will then be a form of currency to trade & barter with.

3.alchemy part-2; when your alchemy skill is beyond level 50 or 75, mix Blisterwoot and glowing mushrooms; this will creat a potion to enhance your smithing skills, which will make your armor & weapons more powerful. mix Blue butterfly wings & SnowBerries; this will create a potion that enhances Enchanting, which will make your character stronger in health, magicka & stamina held within the weapons & armor you weld.

4. Enchanting; there are many weapons, armor & jewelry in the game that are already enchanted with a special ability and worth a lot of coin. before selling it for gold, take the item to an enchanting table and disenchant it to learn that ability, then you can place that enchantment on your own items to make you richer quicker, and sell off all the useless items you don't use anyway.

NOTE: By combining a albecean longfin(fish) and a Salt Pile you create a potion of "FORTIFY RESTORATION" when you drink this potion and then go into alchemy all potions you create will become 2-5 times more potent. this particular potion has been known as a glitch in the game into making potions anywhere from 1000% - 10,000,000% stronger and why X_BOX users can't make this potion. it is "NOT" a glitch but due to it's strength enhancing capabilities it can make you into a Godlike being and take away from the challenging aspects of the game. if used in moderation it will help you through some of the more challenging opponents so you may complete your quests.