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Alchemy/Enchanting Loop

The basic concept is using the fortify enchanting potion to increase the fortify Alchemy enchantment and then making an even stronger fortify enchanting potion. Repeating this 3-4 times will increase the enchanted items to a very high level. Then one crafts a few fortify enchanting potions that are very strong. Using the stronger enchanting potions to enchant other items that have even larger Fortify Alchemy affects. Then using the larger Fortify Alchemy affect items to craft stronger potions, thus the loop is started.

Example of previously mentioned concept (Taken from WoWhead, cropped by mask2697)

Requirements:

• At least one item that has the Fortify Alchemy enchantment.

• Several items that can be enchanted with the Fortify Alchemy enchantment.

• Several soul gems for enchanting

• Ingredients for 10 -15 Fortify Restoration potions (any 2 of the 5):

Abecean Longfin, Cyrodilic Spadetail, Salt Pile, Small Antlers, Small Pearl

• Ingredients for 4-10 Fortify Enchanting potions (any 2 of the 4):

Blue Butterfly Wing , Hagraven Claw, Snowberries, Spriggan Sap

Process:
1. Put on the Fortify Alchemy item/s
2. Create a Fortify restoration potion.
3. Drink Fortify restoration potion

4. Remove Fortify Alchemy and put it back on.
Repeat steps 2– 4 several times or until Fortify Alchemy level does not increase.

5. Craft enough Fortify Enchanting potions to enchant the next batch of enchanted items.
6. Go to the Arcane Enchanter and Disenchant fortify Alchemy item to learn the enchantment.
7. Take the potion to fortify Enchanting
8. Enchant item with fortify Alchemy enchantment
Repeat 7-8 until all new items are enchanted.

Put on the stronger Fortify Alchemy item/s.
Start over at step 2 and repeat until the fortify enchanting potion does not get stronger or reaches an acceptable level. —This unsigned comment is by DRThree (talk • contribs) 20:38, January 20, 2012. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

Notes

• Enchanting an item with Fortify Restoration has the same effect as drinking the potion. Thereby giving a permanent upgrade to your potion making and alchemy enchantments. reduces the cost of restoration spells themselves, this does not increase the potency of restorations spells (enchanting, and alchemy included). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.113.175.214 (talk • contribs) 04:31, July 2, 2012
• If you overbuff with fortify health enchantments (I've heard over 10 million HP) you will die the instant that piece of equipment is removed or unequipped. This will effectively stop any progress possibilities in missions such as Diplomatic_Immunity where you are required to remove all of your own stuff in favour of quest-specific, unenchantable gear. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.229.191.196 (talk • contribs) 18:16, August 15, 2012

Comments

I think this process can be done in reverse, making items that have massive debuffs (this also bugs the game so they end up negatively priced). If anyones interested I think I may be able to find a few examples of the results of these enchantments Mask2697 ^(talk) 18:10, July 13, 2012 (UTC)

Can't this be done with weapon damage if so please tell me how. —This unsigned comment is by Bluewolfbrandon (talk • contribs) 21:29, July 27, 2012. Please sign your posts with ~~~~!

In order to do this with weapon damage, make a Fortify Smithing Potion when you would normally be making (or along side of) your most powerful enchanting potion. Fortify Restoration potions will also effect fortify smithing apparel in the same way that it effects fortify alchemy apparel, so once you're done making potions, quickly change into your fotify smithing gear and drink your fortify smithing potion. This can yield weapons with 1,000,000,000+ damage. It is possible to improve weapons to the extent that their in game stats will roll over into the negatives. Armor on the other hand has a hardcoded combined maximum cap of 567 (this equals 80% physical damage reduction), no matter what it says on the screen. However, virtual invincibility can still be achieved by enchanting something with the "Fortify Health" enchantment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.194.209.84 (talk • contribs) 18:48, August 17, 2012

Factual correction

The listed steps were faulty and incorrect. I had watched a YouTuber who did this loop correctly which was easier to understand. I've updated the steps to properly match the correct way to do this loop as well as letting readers know that the best results require them to have some levels in Alchemy already. As doing this from no previous Alchemy levels it will not get them the desired results as shown in the example photo.

[FOR BEST RESULTS: Level your Alchemy to 30 and have the first 3 perks purchased!]

Process:

1. Create a Fortify Restoration potion!
2. Take off any items with the Fortify Alchemy enchantment.
3. Drink Fortify Restoration potion!
4. Put back on the items with the Fortify Alchemy enchantment.
5. Craft a new Fortify Restoration potion while wearing your Fortify Alchemy items! [Repeat steps 2-5 until you feel you can craft a strong enough Fortify Enchanting potion]
6. Craft a strong Fortify Enchanting potion!
7. Go to the Arcane Enchanter [If you haven't already learned the Fortify Alchemy enchantment, make sure you do before following the next steps!]
8. Take the Fortify Enchanting potion, and enchant an item with Fortify Alchemy!

Put on the stronger Fortify Alchemy item/s. Start over and repeat until you've reached the desired result! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.168.19.165 (talk • contribs) 20:20, August 19, 2022