Alchemy Guide Free for Skyrim 17+

I give 3-4 stars because it's good but not the best. It tells you about the ingredients and where to find them and my favorite part is also my least favorite part. You can add ingredients to a list and it will then come up with a list of recipes for potions or poisons listed in order of value I believe. The reason I don't like that is simple, it is not as easy to add/remove ingredients to/from the list as I make potions and lose ingredients by doing so. I have found a website that works wonderfully instead. Good app overall though.

This app is such a time saver. I can't imagine playing Skyrim without it. I use it to level up the alchemy skill quickly by making useless but very valuable multi-effect potions. It's very easy to use: you tell the app what ingredients you have (there's no nonsense about inputting *how much* of an ingredient you have--you just tell it whether you have it or not); it tells you what potions you can make. By default it gives you the most valuable three-ingredient potions you can make, but you can change various filters, like "only two ingredients" and "only beneficial effects". The way I use it, every time I come home from an adventure, I only tell the app what ingredients I have a LOT of and can afford to spend, like bear claws and blue mountain flowers, I make five to ten very valuable multi-effect potions (usually with both beneficial and harmful effects) to gain one or two alchemy levels, then go sell them and level up speech a bit. This way, I save the rarer ingredients to make potions I actually plan to use.

God, I hope this app still works with newer versions of iOS. :-(

It’s easy enough to remove ingredients as I use them up. Filters include # of ingredients, value, # of effects, purity, specific effects, or just let it show you all possible potions. So much easier than pulling up my notes or an online resource, as it remembers from my previous use what my ingredient inventory was.

You can find ingredient details and a link to the UESPWiki for each. There’s also info on all possible potions and a wiki link for those. Dawnguard and Dragonborn ingredients are optional.

It’s everything I need to simplify crafting potions, making money and/or making sure I’m ready for that next encounter. Bonus: it is ad-free. Thanks and well done!