| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Secrets of Skyrim - How To Make The Best Possible Equipment A guide on how you can make the best gear in Skyrim. This is complex and confusing, but once you're through it one time, you'll have a set of gear that will allow you to continue the process from Step 3 over and over again! :D Below is my best attempt at explaining it via text. Step 1: Get smithing, alchemy, and enchanting to 100. Also, make sure you have these perks: Enchanting - Enchanter 5/5 and Insightful Enchanter Alchemy - Alchemist 5/5 and Benefactor Smithing - Arcane Blacksmith and the perk for whatever armor you are wanting to craft **From now on, anytime you are enchanting something, use a Grand Soul.** Step 2: Enchant a set of Fortify Alchemy gear (Healmet, Bracers, Amulet, Ring). Make sure each piece has a 25% bonus to alchemy. Step 3: Put on your 25% Alchemy gear and using a combination of two of the following four ingredients; Blue Butterfly Wing, Hagraven Claw, Snowberries, and Spriggan Sap, craft 2-3 Fortify Enchanting potions. Make sure these potions increase your enchanting by 30%. Step 4: Drink one of your new Fortify Enchanting potions and while under the effect of the potion enchant a new set of Fortify Alchemy gear (Helmet, Bracers, Amulet, Ring). Be aware that you only have 30 seconds per potion to enchant the gear, so if you run out of time, have another one handy to finish the job. Make sure that this gear increases your Alchemy by 28%. Step 5: Put your NEW ... |
