Will it matter how strong the disenchant is?

[Aki]

I see a iron dagger with the sparks enchant on it for like 380 gold. but it only does 5 points of shock damage while the warhammer with the same enchantment has 15 points of shock damage on the enchantment, but also costing a ton more.

Will it matter how strong I can enchant other weapons with it? Or will just just unlock the enchantment and then I can make it stronger with levels and gems?

[SpeedFreak1972]

No the enchantment is always the same the magnitude is based on the enchantment level of the player and soul gem used to craft it.

[Sabaithal]

Soul gems determine enchantment strength...well most of the time. If you get "muffled" or "waterbreathing" the strength of the gem doesn't matter.

Enchantment strength on an item you are disenchanting is completely inconsequential.

[Aki]

Thanks!

[Zsrai]

The only time the strength of the item you are disenchanting matters if when you're going to sell it to a merchant. If you have 2 Fire Resist items, make sure to keep the one worth less for disenchanting.

[Shady]

The enchantment system is NOT at all intuitive. I have dozens of questions about it because it doesn't make a damn bit of sense to me.

[Sabaithal]

Originally posted by Shady:

The enchantment system is NOT at all intuitive. I have dozens of questions about it because it doesn't make a damn bit of sense to me.

Soul gem strength in order:
- Petty - weakest
- lesser
- common
- greater
- grand/black - strongest

When enchanting you need the item you want to enchant, the enchantment itself on the list of known enchantments (will show up automatically at the arcane enchanters), and a soul gem. The stronger the soul gem, the stronger you can make an enchanted item. Its not as complex as it may seem.

Acquire new enchantments by finding an enchanted item with the enchantment you want, and disenchanting it to learn it.

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by Shady:

The enchantment system is NOT at all intuitive. I have dozens of questions about it because it doesn't make a damn bit of sense to me.

What about it is confusing? It's pretty straight forward: you disenchant an item to learn the enchantment, and then you use an (unenchanted) item + a soulgem + a selected enchant and craft your new enchanted item.

[alexander_dougherty]

Originally posted by Shady:

The enchantment system is NOT at all intuitive. I have dozens of questions about it because it doesn't make a damn bit of sense to me.

It was pretty intuitive to me....

You learn enchantments by disenchanting
When you apply an enchantment, the deciding factors are the strength of the soul gem and your skill, plus how strong you want it (ie you can make it weaker to get more charges)
And the game tells you this the first time you approach an enchanting station.

Any idiot who plays with it can learn it....I did.

[SpeedFreak1972]

Oh and btw there are a lot of weapons you can't disenchant (at least without mods that is).

[Ambugaton]

Originally posted by Shady:

The enchantment system is NOT at all intuitive. I have dozens of questions about it because it doesn't make a damn bit of sense to me.

So no matter the strength of the enchantment on the weapon or armor or jewelry you disenchant, when you disenchant it, it always destroys the item and gives you the "base" version of the enchantment as what you learn.


When you then enchant an item, the strength of that enchantment is determined by: your base enchanting skill, relevant enchanting perks, and the soul gem used to create the enchantment.

Items of certain types can only take certain types of enchantments. So for example you can put "waterbreathing" on a head piece, but not on a shield or your gauntlets. Conversely you can put "Fortify health" on a chest piece, but not on a head piece. https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Enchanting_Effects

The left side of the enchantment menu will show you what items you're currently carrying that can be disenchanted. If you already know the enchantment on the item, or if you can't disenchant it, it will be grayed out. Be careful with unique items. Some can't be disenchanted, but even of those that can some will give you an enchantment that you can't actually put on anything. Best to leave unique items alone.

The right side of the enchantment menu has three icons. The first lets you select an item in your current inventory that you want to enchant. If you select one, the second icon will then display your known enchantments that you can put on that item. Some known enchantments will be grayed out because not all enchantments can go on all items. If it's an enchantment that uses charges, it will then let you select the strength of the enchantment. For example, paralysis on a weapon: you will have the option of the paralysis lasting a long time but the weapon will have few charges, or lasting a short time but the weapon will have more charges. FInally, the third icon will bring up a list of your currently carried soul gems that have souls in them, the bigger the soul the stronger the enchantment. Note that some enchantments (like water breathing) don''t really have different strengths, they just do what they do, so no need to waste a large soul on those.

[Perplex]

The worst part with enchanting is that the gear you find in the world is just way way stronger than anything you can do your self untill you hit 100 enchanting skill (with full 5/5 first perk). Thats a bit sad to be honest. Enchants you make without high skill and full perks are just pathetic, i dont want them to be OP i just want them to be somewhat relevant.

[Ambugaton]

Originally posted by Perplex:

The worst part with enchanting is that the gear you find in the world is just way way stronger than anything you can do your self untill you hit 100 enchanting skill (with full 5/5 first perk). Thats a bit sad to be honest. Enchants you make without high skill and full perks are just pathetic, i dont want them to be OP i just want them to be somewhat relevant.

Kinda true, and the arc from "useless" to being "brokenly OP" is steep.