Is Enchanting supposed to level so quickly?

[Uzi Master]

Is it normal for the Enchantment skill to level after only two or three enchantments? Seems really fast, currently the skill is at level 50 on my character. The only experience boosting effect I have active is the mage stone.

[Moa Chiin]

Yeah it does level fast, with mage stone even faster. It shouldn't take more than 200 (strong) enchantments to get it to 100

[Willow Rivers]

Depends on the size of the soul you are using. If you are using a Grand Soul then yes it can level quickly.

[Uzi Master]

^ Was using simple petty and lesser souls though... Unless that's only for recharging weapons?

Originally posted by Cinder Moa:

Yeah it does level fast, with mage stone even faster. It shouldn't take more than 200 (strong) enchantments to get it to 100

Alright, was worried something might be wrong there. Does seem odd though, maybe it's to add a downside to the massive amount of gold you make doing this? It does force your level up, making enemies stronger...

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by Uzi Master:

^ Was using simple petty and lesser souls though... Unless that's only for recharging weapons?

Originally posted by Cinder Moa:

Yeah it does level fast, with mage stone even faster. It shouldn't take more than 200 (strong) enchantments to get it to 100

Alright, was worried something might be wrong there. Does seem odd though, maybe it's to add a downside to the massive amount of gold you make doing this? It does force your level up, making enemies stronger...

Yup crasfting skills should be worked on gradually, you want to keep your combat skills in line with the crafting skills so that the enemies don't get too strong for you to defeat.

[Shrapnel]

Originally posted by TT Bixillarla PT:

Depends on the size of the soul you are using. If you are using a Grand Soul then yes it can level quickly.

every enchant is the same in terms of exp gained
from petty to black

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Disenchanting weapons = slow leveling. Disenchanting Armor and jewelry = Fast leveling. Use Grand and Greater Soul Gems to enchant armor and/or jewelry. Use Petty and Lesser soul Gems to enchant weapons. Use Common Soul Gems to recharge weapons.

Originally posted by Shrapnel:

every enchant is the same in terms of exp gained. from petty to black.

When enchanting, this is correct. It's DISenchanting where the exp gained differs. High quality armors/jewelry gain over 20x exp over low level armors/jewelry. With disenchanting weapons level of weapon is irrelevant. Try disenchanting a Robe of Destruction that you get off some random mage. You get almost no exp. But disenchant a Robe of Minor Destruction that looks like a College robe and you get HUGE exp. Both robes have the exact same enchantment, but for one you get peanuts for exp. With the other you just watch your exp skyrocket.

I almost always reach level 100 just disenchanting stuff. Make it Legendary then make it 100 again enchanting.

[Brandybuck]

Leveling enchanting does slow down. There's a curve so that last 20% can seem to take an awfully long time. On the other hand, you only need petty soul gems and iron daggers.

p.s. Disenchanting the higher value stuff for more XP works, but who has the patience to do that? Do people actually save all their disenchantable loot until they have it all, then pick through it to find the best ones to disenchant? I can't imagine doing that.

[Willow Rivers]

Originally posted by Shrapnel:

Originally posted by TT Bixillarla PT:

Depends on the size of the soul you are using. If you are using a Grand Soul then yes it can level quickly.

every enchant is the same in terms of exp gained
from petty to black

Oh I thought it was based on value like smithing?

[Dexter]

Yeah enchanting levels very quickly.

If you are using the Mages Stone combined with the Lovers Stone stored on the Aetherial Crown and sleeping bonus you can get Enchanting to 100 extremely fast.

One mining session in Blackreach will get you enough Soul Gems to get Enchanting to 80 or so with those bonuses.

You can use the Skyrim Community Uncapper to lower your skillup rate if you want, if leveling the skill is too fast for you.

What I did was lowered the amount of experience that my character receives from things like Enchanting, Smithing, and Alchemy so I can still level the skills quickly, but getting skillups levels my character at 1/4 the rate so leveling those skills doesn't level my character very much.

[Armchair Civilian]

It's no bad thing in my biased opinion; i find it to be rubbish as a skill until it's maxed out, and even then it's frustrating without mods to free it up. Did i mention that i'm biased? :)

[Silvermane]

Dexter has the right of it. Rather than say the vanilla game is dumbed down for the casual player who wants everything quick and easy; I'll just say it isn't balanced properly for many playstyles.

I use the Community Uncapper to make Skyrim support a much longer campaign.

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Taken from Ambitious Skyrim[1drv.ms]

All skills can advance beyond the vanilla limit of 100 up to 199 for skill effects and 999 for character leveling.

Smithing and enchanting skills advance half as fast as vanilla so they no longer reach 100 far before other skills.

Once a skill reaches 100, it advances half as fast as vanilla (one quarter for smithing and enchanting). We want to slow skills down after 100 so the player doesn't become overpowered or over leveled.

All skills give the player half as much experience as vanilla when they advance from 15 to 75. This prevents the player from gaining levels too quickly in the beginning of the game when all skills are advancing rapidly.

The player gets 2 perks every time they level up instead of 1. This eliminates the need to make skills legendary and ensures the player has enough perks to develop their character with the reduced leveling rate.