Arcane Enchanter (Skyrim)

For other uses, see Arcane Enchanter.

The Arcane Enchanter is a magical table that allows the Dragonborn to create their own magical items and learn the enhancements from other items by disenchanting them. The Enchanting skill heavily affects the results of working at one.

Disenchanting[]

Most enchanted items can be disenchanted, granting the Dragonborn the knowledge of how to place the effect on other non-enchanted items, but destroying the object in the process. Staves and Amulets of the Nine Divines as well as some unique items remain enchanted permanently, thus some unique effects cannot be replicated. Disenchanting also increases the Dragonborn's enchanting skill.

Enchanting[]

"Ah, a student of the craft. You'll need to start by learning an enchantment. Take an enchanted weapon or piece of armor, then use the Arcane Enchanter to learn its secrets. The item is destroyed in the process, so be wary. Once you know an enchantment, you'll need a filled soul gem, and something to enchant. You'll use the Arcane Enchanter for that, too. Of course, I have everything you need for sale, if you have the coin."

―Farengar Secret-Fire^[src]

Learned enchantments can be applied to most mundane equipment making them magical. Most enhancements can be only applied to certain pieces of equipment, such as damaging enhancements to weapons. Most enhancements' strength depends on the size of the soul in the soul gem used and the Dragonborn's enchanting skill and active perks, especially the Enchanter perk level. Also several mage perks affect the outcome as can potions and, with Dragonborn, certain pieces of apparel. For an item to have more than one enhancement the enchanting skill perk Extra Effect needs to be active.

The enchanter must select the desired effect or effects, a mundane item that will be enhanced and a filled soul gem. After the third component is selected, the item's name can be changed by pressing F PC , Y 360 , triangle PS3 , or X NX . Soul gems with greater capacities will naturally cause a much more pronounced effect than those with a smaller capacity.

After the enchanting process is complete the item's damage and armor rating can only be improved with the perk Arcane Blacksmith.

Weapons[]

There are 17 weapon enchantments available, 18 with Dragonborn, that all have a variable number of charges. Each time the weapon's enhancement is applied to its target, it loses one charge until it runs out after which the magical effects are no longer active. Weapons can be recharged by using souls from filled soul gems and recharging increases the enchanting skill by a fixed amount. Weapons can also be recharged with Soul Siphon. Some enhancements' effect can be adjusted to be weaker thus increasing the number of uses.

Different weapon enhancements and their effects
Name	Base damage			Benefits from perks	Value
Name	Health	Magicka	Stamina	Benefits from perks	Value
Absorb Health	10				3
Absorb Magicka *		10			6
Absorb Stamina *			10		4
Banish					1
Chaos Damage ^DR	37,5	12,5	6,25	Augmented Flames, Augmented Frost & Augmented Shock	1
Damage Magicka					7
Damage Stamina			15
Fear					8
Fiery Soul Trap				Augmented Flames	11
Fire Damage				Augmented Flames	12
Frost Damage				Augmented Frost	9
Huntsman's Prowess					16
Notched Pickaxe	5		2,5	Augmented Shock
Paralyze
Shock Damage				Augmented Shock	10
Silent Moons Enchant
Soul Trap					13
Turn Undead

Apparel[]

The types of enchantments allowed on apparel are determined by what part of the body the apparel is covering. Unlike weapon enchantments, apparel enchantments do not require recharging and stay enchanted indefinitely. The strength of the enchantment is dependent on the size of soul used to enchant it and the enchanter's perks and skill, except for muffle and water breathing.

Enchantment and item combinations that can be created at Arcane Enchanter
Enchantment	Helmet	Cuirass	Gloves	Boots	Shield	Amulet	Ring
Fortify Alchemy	Yes		Yes			Yes	Yes
Fortify Alteration	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes
Fortify Alteration and Magicka Regen		Yes
Fortify Archery	Yes		Yes			Yes	Yes
Fortify Barter						Yes
Fortify Block			Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Carry Weight			Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Fortify Conjuration	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes
Fortify Conjuration and Magicka Regen		Yes
Fortify Destruction	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes
Fortify Destruction and Magicka Regen		Yes
Fortify Healing Rate		Yes				Yes	Yes
Fortify Health		Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes
Fortify Heavy Armor		Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
Fortify Illusion	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes
Fortify Illusion and Magicka Regen		Yes
Fortify Light Armor		Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
Fortify Lockpicking	Yes		Yes			Yes	Yes
Fortify Magicka	Yes		Yes			Yes	Yes
Fortify Magicka Regen	Yes	Yes					Yes
Fortify One-Handed			Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Fortify Pickpocket			Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Fortify Restoration	Yes	Yes				Yes	Yes
Fortify Restoration and Magicka Regen		Yes
Fortify Smithing		Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes
Fortify Sneak			Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Fortify Stamina		Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes
Fortify Stamina Regen		Yes		Yes		Yes
Fortify Two-Handed			Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Fortify Unarmed			Yes				Yes
Muffle†				Yes
Resist Disease		Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Fire				Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Frost				Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Magic					Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Poison		Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes
Resist Shock				Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Water Breathing†	Yes					Yes	Yes
† This enchantment's magnitude is not affected by the size of the soul used.

Locations[]

Arcane Enchanters are located throughout the realm, in most cases in the vicinity of a powerful mage. There is one in most jarl's headquarters and one can be purchased or crafted for all the Dragonborn's homes except for Breezehome.

City	Location
Dawnstar	In The White Hall
Falkreath	Jarl's Longhouse. Upstairs to the left.
Riften	Honeyside after purchasing the house and the enchanting laboratory upgrade from the steward. Mistveil Keep – in the room to the left of the great hall upon entering the keep.
Riverwood	Delphine's Secret Room – in the Sleeping Giant Inn.
Markarth	Understone Keep – before the Nchuand-Zel Excavation Site. Vlindrel Hall – after purchasing the house and the enchanting laboratory upgrade from the steward.
Morthal	Falion's House
Solitude	Blue Palace – to the left of the throne room, in the Court Wizard, Sybille Stentor's, bedroom and laboratory. Castle Dour – outside of General Tullius' room Proudspire Manor – in the basement after purchasing the enchanting laboratory upgrade from the steward. Erikur's House
Whiterun	Dragonsreach – in Farengar's work area to the right of the jarl's throne.
Windhelm	Wuunferth's quarters in the Palace of the Kings, the first door on the left when entering the building. Hjerim – after purchasing the house and the enchanting laboratory upgrade from the steward. Behind Niranye's shop – in the southwest corner of the city.
Winterhold	College of Winterhold In the Arch-Mage's Quarters In the Hall of Countenance, second floor.
Other Locations	Anise's Cabin – in the cellar, near Riverwood. Ansilvund Burial Chambers – on the altar behind Lu'ah. Brittleshin Pass Broken Fang Cave – southeast of Rorikstead. Cragwallow Slope Cronvangr Cave Falkreath Sanctuary Darkwater Pass Dead Crone Rock Dead Men's Respite Deepwood Redoubt Drelas' Cottage – south of Morthal. Dustman's Cairn – where the ambush transpires. Fellglow Keep Forelhost – on the upper floor of Forelhost Refectory Fort Amol Fort Dawnguard – if a member of Dawnguard faction. Fort Snowhawk prison – when controlled by the mages, not after taken over by the Imperials. Glenmoril Coven Haemar's Shame Hag's End – near the exit of the final room. High Gate Ruins – in the penultimate room preceding the High Gate Ruins Catacombs. Hob's Fall Cave Ilinalta's Deep Japhet's Folly – top of the tower where you fight Haldyn Kilkreath Ruins – up the ramp on the opposite side of the final room. Orphan Rock Ragnvald Temple – on the top floor of Ragnvald Canal. Serpent's Bluff Redoubt Sinderion's Field Laboratory – a sublocation of Blackreach. Sunderstone Gorge – near the Word Wall. Ustengrav Depths, in a small room behind a double gate
This list is not complete.

Crafting[]

The Enchanter can be crafted for a homestead as part of Hearthfire. It requires the following components:

1 x Sawn Log
1 x Nails
1 x Glass
1 x Refined Moonstone
1 x Iron Ingot
1 x Grand Soul Gem filled with Grand Soul
1 x Gold Ingot

Trivia[]

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Game Guide sometimes refers to the Arcane Enchanter as the Arcane Infuser.
The glowing green globe and its pedestal is identical to that of the Atronach Forge's pedestal for the Sigil Stone, barring the color, as the Arcane Enchanter's orb is green and orange, where as the Forge's orb is red and purple.
The symbols for all schools of magic (Destruction, Restoration, Conjuration, Alteration and Illusion) surround the center motif, which is that of a sword with ribbons swirling around the blade, which is the symbol of the enchanting skill.
The skull below the orb is that of a Troll with Goat horns attached to make it appear different.

Bugs[]

This section contains bugs related to Arcane Enchanter (Skyrim). Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following:

Please reload an old save to confirm if the bug is still happening.
If the bug is still occurring, please post the bug report with the appropriate system template 360 / XB1 , PS3 / PS4 , PC / MAC , NX / PS5 , XS , depending on which platform(s) the bug has been encountered on.
Be descriptive when listing the bug and fixes, but avoid having conversations in the description and/or using first-person anecdotes: such discussions belong on the appropriate forum board.

PS3 On both loading screens and in-game, the table of the enchanter glows a very bright blue. Rarely occurring, the bug is only cosmetic.
- PS3 (Fix) save, restart, and reload save file.
360 PS3 Running into the enchanter while activating it may result in the character model clipping into the enchanter then slowly sliding back to the normal place.