11-20-2011, 02:29 AM
(11-19-2011, 10:34 PM)Zyn Wrote: FWIW I *think* you get skill in Alchemy just by eating different ingredients, assuming you don't know any of the effects. Even still, mine is only at like 35ish too.
-Z
Your Alchemy skill goes up by eating ingredients and making potions. More specifically, it goes up depending on the value of the potion created, i.e. potions worth more will level you faster. On the plus side, once I figured this out I've not only raised my skill to 49 (and sunk a few perk points into it - also increases the value of the potions), but made about 10k in gold.
Ah, Alchemy. Still as broken as ever. Smithing just hit 90 after I bought a Glass Bow. I can now upgrade any non-magical item to Flawless quality (only higher tiers are Epic and Legendary). Also worth noting is that all this buying and selling has raised my Speechcraft skill a few points, so prices are getting ever-so-slightly better. 
Oh, and I think I'm around level 27 or 28.
Roland *The Gunslinger*