Enchanting allows players to add magical effects to weapons and armor. This guide covers the enchanting skill tree and best practices for creating powerful enchanted items.
Overview
Enchanting allows players to add magical effects to weapons and armor. This guide covers the enchanting skill tree and best practices for creating powerful enchanted items that can significantly enhance your character's abilities.
Disenchanting
To learn enchantments, you must disenchant items at an enchanting table. This destroys the item but teaches you the enchantment, allowing you to apply it to other items.
Enchanting Process
To enchant an item, you need:
- An item - Weapon, armor, or jewelry
- A filled soul gem - The size determines the enchantment's power
- A known enchantment - Learned through disenchanting
Useful Enchantments
Weapon Enchantments
- Absorb Health - Steals health from enemies
- Fire Damage - Adds fire damage to attacks
- Paralyze - Has a chance to paralyze enemies
- Soul Trap - Fills soul gems when killing enemies
Armor Enchantments
- Fortify Health/Magicka/Stamina - Increases attribute pools
- Fortify Skills - Increases skill effectiveness
- Resist Elements - Reduces damage from fire, frost, or shock
- Waterbreathing - Allows breathing underwater
Perks
The Enchanting skill tree includes perks that increase enchantment strength, allow multiple enchantments on one item, and reduce soul gem consumption. These perks are essential for creating the most powerful items.
Combining with Smithing
Combining enchanting with smithing allows you to create incredibly powerful equipment. Use fortify smithing enchantments to improve items further, then enchant them for maximum effectiveness.