Do you want to know how to level Alchemy in ESO? Welcome to the Alchemy Leveling Guide! In this Alchemy Leveling Guide I will explain how to level up your Alchemy level fast and efficiently and how you can discover all the traits of the flowers. To level up Alchemy successfully in ESO I would recommend preparing everything first, especially if you also want to discover all the traits. If you just want to get to the max level, you can level Alchemy up with some of the cheap flowers that exist in ESO. Overview:

What is Alchemy in ESO

Alchemy is used to craft powerful Potions and Poisons that can be used in combat. To craft them you need to farm Reagents (Flowers) and Solvents.

Alchemy Guide

How do I level up Alchemy

Inspiration

All crafting skill lines are leveled up via the gain of “Inspiration”, which is the “crafting experience”. Inspiration gain can’t be increased with Ambrosia Drinks, Crown Experience Scrolls or other experience-boosting methods. There are only two ways to increase inspiration gain:

  • 10% ESO Plus Membership
  • 30% “Inspiration Boost” Champion Point Passive (acquired by spending 45 Champion Points in the green Craft tree. Place points like this: 10 Breakfall, 15 Wanderer, 10 Fortune’s Favor, 45 Inspiration. That means you need to have a total of 240 Champion Points to get to the 30%.)

Leveling Alchemy

There is only one way to level up Alchemy, all you need to do is craft potions or poisons. I do recommend farming or buying cheap flowers and then crafting potions till you can invest another point in the Solvent Proficiency and get higher-quality Solvents. Keep using the same flowers but just change the Solvents and you will be level 50 in 15 minutes. Amount of Solvents needed to level up Alchemy (without any experience boost):

  • 22 Natural Water
  • 43 Pristine Water
  • 48 Cleansed Water
  • 60 Filtered Water
  • 66 Purified Water
  • 20 Cloud Mist
  • 0 Star Dew
  • 0 Lorkhan’s Tears

You will need about 520 Flowers in total to get Alchemy from level 1 to level 50. Make sure to just buy a combination of the two cheapest flowers that you can craft a potion with.

Alchemy Solvents and Reagents

Now let’s take a look at Solvents and Reagents.

Solvents (Potion & Poisons)

Solvents are needed to create the Potion or Poison. In general you always want to use the level 8 Solvents for max level Potions or Poisons.

  • Level 1: Natural Water and Grease
  • Level 2: Pristine Water and Slime
  • Level 3: Cleansed Water and Gall
  • Level 4: Filtered Water and Terebinthine
  • Level 5: Purified Water and Pitch-Bile
  • Level 6: Cloud Mist and Tarblack
  • Level 7: Star Dew and Night-Oil
  • Level 8: Lorkhan’s Tears and Alkhest

Reagents

Reagents are flowers or mushrooms you can pick up throughout the world.

Blessed Thistle

  • Restore Stamina
  • Ravage Health
  • Increase Weapon Power
  • Speed

Blue Entoloma

  • Ravage Magicka
  • Restore Health
  • Invisibility
  • Lower Spell Power

Bugloss

  • Increase Spell Resist
  • Lower Spell Power
  • Restore Health
  • Restore Magicka

Columbine

  • Restore Health
  • Restore Stamina
  • Restore Magicka
  • Unstoppable

Cornflower

  • Restore Magicka
  • Ravage Health
  • Increase Spell Power
  • Detection

Dragonthorn

  • Increase Weapon Power
  • Lower Armor
  • Restore Stamina
  • Weapon Crit

Emetic Russula

  • Ravage Health
  • Ravage Stamina
  • Ravage Magicka
  • Stun

Imp Stool

  • Lower Weapon Power
  • Increase Armor
  • Ravage Stamina
  • Lower Weapon Crit

Lady’s Smock

  • Increase Spell Power
  • Lower Spell Resist
  • Restore Magicka
  • Spell Crit

Luminous Russula

  • Ravage Stamina
  • Restore Health
  • Lower Weapon Power
  • Reduce Speed

Mountain Flower

  • Increase Armor
  • Lower Weapon Power
  • Restore Health
  • Restore Stamina

Namira’s Rot

  • Spell Crit
  • Invisibility
  • Speed
  • Unstoppable

Nirnroot

  • Ravage Health
  • Lower Weapon Crit
  • Lower Spell Crit
  • Invisibility

Stinkhorn

  • Lower Armor
  • Increase Weapon power
  • Ravage Health
  • Ravage Stamina

Violet Coprinus

  • Lower Spell Resist
  • Increase Spell Power
  • Ravage Health
  • Ravage Magicka

Water Hyacinth

  • Restore Health
  • Weapon Crit
  • Spell Crit
  • Stun

Whitecap

  • Lower spell Power
  • Ravage Magicka
  • Increase Spell Resist
  • Lower Spell Crit

Wormwood

  • Weapon Crit
  • Reduce Speed
  • Detection
  • Unstoppable

Torchbug Thorax

  • Lower Armor
  • Detection
  • Lower Weapon Crit
  • Vitality

Spider Egg

  • Reduced Speed
  • Sustained Restore Health
  • Invisible
  • Defile

Scrib Jelly

  • Ravage Magicka
  • Vulnerability
  • Speed
  • Sustained Restore Health

Nightshade

  • Ravage Health
  • Creeping Ravage Health
  • Protection
  • Defile

Mudcrab Chitin

  • Increase Spell Resist
  • Protection
  • Increase Armor
  • Defile

Fleshly Larva

  • Ravage Stamina
  • Creeping Ravage Health
  • Vulnerability
  • Vitality

Butterfly Wing

  • Restore Health
  • Sustained Restore Health
  • Lower Spell Crit
  • Vitality

Beetle Scuttle

  • Lower Spell Resist
  • Protection
  • Increase Armor
  • Vitality

Powdered Mother of Pearl

  • Lingering Health
  • Speed
  • Vitality
  • Protection

Clam Gall

  • Increase Spell Resistance
  • Hindrance
  • Vulnerability
  • Defile

Dragon’s Bile

  • Heroism
  • Vulnerability
  • Invisible
  • Vitality

Dragon’s Blood

  • Lingering Health
  • Restore Stamina
  • Heroism
  • Defile

Dragon Rheum

  • Restore Magicka
  • Heroism
  • Enervation
  • Speed

Chaurus Egg

  • Timidity
  • Ravage Magicka
  • Restore Stamina
  • Detection

Crimson Nirnroot

  • Timidity
  • Spell Critical
  • Gradual Ravage Health
  • Restore Health

Vile Coagulant

  • Timidity
  • Ravage Health
  • Restore Magicka
  • Protection

Alchemy Guide Trait Discovery

In this section of the Alchemy Guide you will learn how to discover all the traits of the flowers. This is the list that you should follow, assuming you have no traits discovered yet. After crafting those combinations, you will know all the traits of flowers. Start on top.

Trait Discovery Walkthrough

You can use Potion or Poison Solvents to get through this list.

  • Beetle Scutle & Mudcrab Chitin
  • Beetle Scutle & Butterfly Wing
  • Beetle Scutle & Violet Coprinus
  • Blessed Thistle & Namira’s Rot
  • Blue Entoloma & White Cap
  • Blue Entoloma & Butterfly Wing
  • Blue Entoloma & Nirnroot
  • Bugloss & White Cap
  • Columbine & Bugloss
  • Columbine & Wormwood
  • Columbine & Blessed Thistle
  • Corn Flower & White Cap
  • Corn Flower & Blessed Thistle
  • Dragonthorn & Stinkhorn
  • Dragonthorn & Blessed Thistle
  • Dragonthorn & Water Hyacinth
  • Emetic Russula & Water Hyacinth
  • Emetic Russula & Violet Coprinus
  • Emetic Russula & Luminous Russula
  • Fleshfly Larva & Torchbug Thorax
  • Fleshfly Larva & Scrib Jelly
  • Fleshfly Larva & Imp Stool
  • Fleshfly Larva & Nightshade
  • Imp Stool & Mountain Flower
  • Imp Stool & Nirnroot
  • Lady’s Smock & Violet Coprinus
  • Lady’s Smock & Corn Flower
  • Lady’s Smock & Water Hyacinth
  • Luminous Russula & Mountain Flower
  • Luminous Russula & Spider Egg
  • Mountain Flower & Blessed Thistle
  • Mudcrab Chitin & Nightshade
  • Mudcrab Chitin & White Cap
  • Namira’s Rot & Wormwood
  • Namira’s Rot & Water Hyacinth
  • Nightshade & Nirnroot
  • Nirnroot & Butterfly Wing
  • Scrib Jelly & Spider Egg
  • Scrib Jelly & Blessed Thistle
  • Scrib Jelly & White Cap
  • Wormwood & Spider Egg
  • Spider Egg & Mudcrab Chitin
  • Stinkhorn & Emetic Russula
  • Torchbug Thorax & Wormwood
  • Torchbug Thorax & Nirnroot
  • Torchbug Thorax & Stinkhorn
  • Water Hyacinth & Luminous Russula
  • Wormwood & Water Hyacinth
  • Butterfly Wing & Spider Egg
  • Namira’s Rot & Nirnroot
  • Spider Egg & Nirnroot

New Ingredients

Powdered Mother of Pearl, Clam Gall, Dragon’s Bile, Dragon’s Blood

  • Clam Gall+ Fleshfly Larva
  • Clam Gall + Spider Egg + Dragon’s Blood
  • Clam Gall + White Cap
  • Powdered Mother of Pearl + Scrib Jelly
  • Powdered Mother of Pearl + Beetle Scuttle
  • Dragon’s Bile, Dragon’s Blood + Spider Egg
  • Blessed Thistle + Dragon’s Blood + Mudcrab Chitin
  • Dragon’s Bile + Scrib Jelly + Dragon Rheum
  • Imp Stool + Lady’s Smock + Dragon Rheum

Amount of Flowers that you need to get through the list

  • 4 Beetle Scuttle
  • 6 Blessed Thistle
  • 3 Blue Entoloma
  • 2 Bugloss
  • 3 Butterfly Wing
  • 3 Columbine
  • 3 Corn Flower
  • 3 Dragonthorn
  • 4 Emetic Russula
  • 5 Fleshfly Larva
  • 3 Imp Stool
  • 3 Lady’s Smock
  • 4 Luminous Russula
  • 3 Mountain Flower
  • 5 Mudcrab Chitin
  • 4 Namira’s Rot
  • 2 Nightshade
  • 7 Nirnroot
  • 6 Scrib Jelly
  • 7 Spider Egg
  • 3 Stinkhorn
  • 3 Torchbug Thorax
  • 3 Violet Coprinus
  • 5 Water Hyacinth
  • 5 White Cap
  • 4 Wormwood
  • 3 Clam Gall
  • 2 Powdered Mother of Pearl
  • 2 Dragon’s Bile
  • 2 Dragon’s Blood
  • 2 Dragon Rheum

Passive Abilities of Alchemy

You need to make sure to have Medicial Use passive active all the time, because this enhances your potion duration by 30% which is huge.

  • Solvent Proficiency
    • Level 1: Natural water and Grease
    • Level 2: Pristine Water and Slime
    • Level 3: Cleansed Water and Gall
    • Level 4: Filtered Water and Terebinthine
    • Level 5: Purified Water and Pitch-Bile
    • Level 6: Cloud Mist and Tarblack
    • Level 7: Star Dew and Night-Oil
    • Level 8: Lorkhan’s Tears and Alkhest
  • Keen Eye: Reagents
    • Level 1: Flowers easier to spot from 20 meters or closer.
    • Level 2: Flowers easier to spot from 30 meters or closer.
    • Level 3: Flowers easier to spot from 40 meters or closer.
  • Medicinal Use
    • Level 1: When using potions, resulting effects last 10% longer.
    • Level 2: When using potions, resulting effects last 20% longer.
    • Level 3: When using potions, resulting effects last 30% longer.
  • Chemistry
    • Level 1: Produces 1 extra potion or 4 extra poisons per crafting attempt.
    • Level 2: Produces 2 extra potion or 8 extra poisons per crafting attempt.
    • Level 3: Produces 3 extra potion or 12 extra poisons per crafting attempt.
  • Laboratory Use
    • Level 1: Allows the use of up to 3 reagents while mixing Potions or Poisons.
  • Snakeblood
    • Level 1: Reduces duration of negative effects in potions by 50% when consumed.
    • Level 2: Reduces duration of negative effects in potions by 100% when consumed.

We hope this clears things up with how Alchemy works in ESO. At the start it might all seem a bit confusing, but once you get the hang out of it, it won’t be that difficult to understand.