Skyrim tips needed - What is the fastest way to increase: Smithing, Enchanting and Alchemy?

[DaniTheHero]

Hey guys, been replaying Skyrim thanks to SE and was wondering what is currently the fastest way to increase the crafting skills - Smithing, Enchanting and Alchemy?

When it comes to smithing, unlike back then where iron daggers were OP, it's not as easy. I've burnt through over 50 ingots and have only increased about 2 levels from Crafting golden Jewelry and Iron daggers :(

Keep in mind that i'm using the Unofficial Skyrim Patch, so i'm assuming some tips might not work with it!

Thanks in advance lads.

[DaniTheHero]

Nobody? :(

[Xrusa]

I recommend looking for increased leveling speed mods for making that easier on yourself

[Kasane Randell MFer]

I find making any jewelry to be faster then making iron daggers and hide bracers.

Turn Undead enchantments, or banish daedra work wonders weapon wise. Sneak and pickpocket are another good one for the other slots also.

For alchemy, I notice that it might depend on the ingrediants when making a potion. But most of the exp comes from potion crafting. Especially from "unknown" effects.

[Goilveig]

For smithing, I just did iron until I could get Dwarven Smithing, and then I did several runs through various Dwemer ruins. Nchuand-zel beneath Markarth can give you enough for hundreds of Dwarven Bows, and if you don't fully clear the dungeon it all respawns fast. Once you've done Calcemo's spider killing quest he'll let you loot some of the items near him, too. Tempering is also a good option, as XP per craft material is better than crafting. I just bought all the iron I needed since it's cheap and plentiful at vendors.

For alchemy, I always do it by looping through four or so cities and clearing out all of the alchemy vendor's stocks, selling back potions to get my gold back. Great for both alchemy and speech.

I do the same with enchanting, looping through cities buying filled soul gems and selling back enchanted weapons. I make tons and tons and tons of legendary dwarven bows of banishing. By now, every man, woman, and child in Skyrim should be able to send Daedra back to oblivion.

A good trick is to do the Aetherial Crown quest as soon as you are capable of killing the Forgemaster (bring potions if you need). Then you can get the Lover's Stone + guardian stone + rested bonus (unless you're a werewolf, in which case just the first two). That means you can get a 35%, 45%, or 50% XP bonus on your skills depending on whether you're a werewolf and whether or not you sleep in your home with a spouse.

Since all the locations for this quest are dwemer, it also acts as a decent source of dwarven metal.

[✠ Sigmar ✠]

Don't forget to make use of the Lover Stone or the Well Rested resp. Lover`s Comfort bonus.

[Frondson]

Use the lover stone. Get soul trap and the alteration spell transmute. Mine/buy iron ingots and murder things and take their souls. Turn iron into gold into jewlery into magic jewlery (archery or sneak for best price). Sell jewlery and repeat ad nauseam.

[bcasner50]

If you go to Bethesda's site there are mods there that allow you up your smithing whenever you tan leather and also when you smelt ore and items. Make 100 iron daggers for leveling and then also get leveling points for resmelting them back down. You go up fast :)

[Randy Magnum]

Build your houses from hearthfire. You get so much smithing from all the building materials crafted.

[SternLX]

Install ARS Metalica mod. Eveything crafting related will then earn you XP.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by SternLX:

Install ARS Metalica mod. Eveything crafting related will then earn you XP.

Isn't that cheating?

[deagleonfire]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Originally posted by SternLX:

Install ARS Metalica mod. Eveything crafting related will then earn you XP.

Isn't that cheating?

Complete crafting overhaul had the same thing. Very minimal XP gained from picking ores, smelting equipment etc. To me it makes sense. (Again the xp gain was minimal)

To the OP. At least for smithing and enchanting, the progress depends on the worth in gold of the final product. So Jewelry for smithing, amulets of fortify archery for enchanting, etc.

[DaniTheHero]

Originally posted by deagleonfire:

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Isn't that cheating?

Complete crafting overhaul had the same thing. Very minimal XP gained from picking ores, smelting equipment etc. To me it makes sense. (Again the xp gain was minimal)

To the OP. At least for smithing and enchanting, the progress depends on the worth in gold of the final product. So Jewelry for smithing, amulets of fortify archery for enchanting, etc.

Alchemy?

[Dala]

Too large to discuss here, your best bet is to search for well written guides, there are plenty.

[last light of the library]

smithing - makeing nails in the building materials section levels it pritty fast generaly how i do it

[deagleonfire]

Originally posted by Dala:

Too large to discuss here, your best bet is to search for well written guides, there are plenty.

Off the top of my head, paralyze potions are worth a lot