Taproot (Skyrim)

Taproot

Weight	Base Value
0.5	15

Alchemical Effects
Weakness to Magic 2% for 30 sec	Fortify Illusion 4% for 60 sec

Restore Magicka
5 pts for 0 sec

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For other uses, see Taproot.

Taproot is an ingredient in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It can be used to make potions at an alchemy lab as part of alchemy.

Looting Spriggan corpses.
Arch-Mage's Quarters at the College of Winterhold.
One is in the alchemy room (second floor) of the Hall of Countenance at the College of Winterhold.
In Fort Sungard Muster, near the fireplace.
Two are in the Nightcaller Temple in the alchemy room, on shelves (where Vaermina's Torpor is located).
At the end of Soljund's Sinkhole, on the table.
Can be purchased from alchemists' shops.
May be found on Falmer and hostile mages.
Inside Mzinchaleft, in a bucket along with a green apple, a red apple, and a potato.
Two can be found in the alchemy lab of Severin Manor in Raven Rock.^DR

Main article: Potions (Skyrim)

Weakness to Magic	Fortify Illusion	Regenerate Magicka	Restore Magicka
Creep Cluster † Dwarven Oil † Jazbay Grapes † Rock Warbler Egg Salt Pile † Scaly Pholiota † Torchbug Thorax	Dragon's Tongue Dwarven Oil † Mora Tapinella † Scaly Pholiota †	Dwarven Oil † Fire Salts † Garlic Jazbay Grapes † Moon Sugar † Salmon Roe ^HF Salt Pile †	Briar Heart Creep Cluster † Dwarven Oil † Ectoplasm Elves Ear Fire Salts † Frost Salts Giant Lichen Grass Pod Human Flesh Moon Sugar † Mora Tapinella † Pearl Red Mountain Flower Vampire Dust White Cap

† multiple effects

It is shaped like a spriggan's heart.
Dwarven Oil has exactly the same effects.
What appear to be taproots are often seen hanging in Hagraven lairs, but they cannot be collected.
Taproots are the same appearance-wise when collected from all variants of Spriggans.
In real life, taproots are roots that plunge deep into the ground to obtain nutrients and water for the plant or tree.