The alchemy skill is beneficial while playing Skyrim. Players can use alchemy to craft powerful potions with potent effects. They can also sell these potions for a decent profit. Some of these potions can momentarily increase the Dragonborn's many skills. The sneak skill is vital to fans looking to join the Dark Brotherhood or the Thieves Guild. Crouch while near NPCs to begin sneaking. A small eye icon will indicate whether the Dragonborn is hidden or seen.
The higher the skill, the longer it takes for NPCs to spot the player's character. Fans can use sneak to unleash devastating critical attacks from the shadows or to steal valuable items from a shop. This guide will explain how to make a Fortify Sneak Potion and where to find the necessary ingredients in Skyrim.
How to Make Potions
The Dragonborn can walk up to any alchemy table to create potions. They can be found in apothecary shops, inns, and Jarl holds. Combining two to three ingredients will craft a potion and slightly raise the alchemy skill. Most ingredients can be bought from apothecary shops. Waiting for some time will cycle the shop inventories. All the ingredients can be found in the wilds of Skyrim. Every ingredient has four properties. Combining or eating them will reveal their various effects. Some ingredients will carry negative effects that will carry through to the potion. Read carefully once the potion is created and experiment with different mixtures for the best effects.
Fortify Sneak Ingredients
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Abecean Longfish |
These are fish that can be found in the waters throughout Skyrim. Look for dragonflies above water as chances are the fish will be below them. One guaranteed sample is located at the Shrine to Peryite northeast of Markarth. Search throughout the marshes of Hjaalmarch near the Apprentice Stone and the Abandoned Shack. |
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Beehive Husk |
Husks are harvested from beehives. Four hives are located around the Honeystrand Cave south of Ivarstead. |
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Frost Mirriam |
These will be found hanging to dry in homes and inns. Look for long strands of Mirriam next to hanging Garlic and Elves Ear. Two guaranteed samples can be found in Elgrim's Elixirs located in Riften. Search the Bee and the Barb Inn and the Temple of Mara in Riften as well for more. |
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Hawk Feathers |
Feathers can be looted off of dead hawks. One guaranteed sample is located in the Alftand Animonculory ruin southwest of Winterhold. Many hawks can be found flying near their nests around the East Empire Company Warehouse by Solitude. Hunt them using a bow. The feathers are also useful for curing diseases in Skyrim. |
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Human Flesh |
The flesh can be found in areas where Necromancers reside and where people have called on the Dark Brotherhood. Ten guaranteed samples can be found in the Volkihar Keep location in the Dawnguard expansion. Three more guaranteed samples can be found in Alftand Animonculory as well as Tolvald's Cave north of Riften. |
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Powdered Mammoth Tusk |
This is a rare ingredient mostly acquired as random loot. Four guaranteed samples can be found in the Forgotten Vale area in the Dawnguard expansion. Three more guaranteed samples can be found at the player's home in the Hearthfire expansion if they have installed the Alchemy Laboratory. |
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Purple Mountain Flower |
Purple flowers can be harvested from the very common mountain flower bushes. 11 guaranteed samples can be found at the Frostflow Lighthouse west of Winterhold. Search around Pinewatch northeast of Falkreath. Many can conveniently be found around Arcadia's Cauldron alchemy shop in Whiterun. |
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