Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Blogger Comment Notification via Email



I blog somewhat frequently and have not been very much in the habit of checking for comments on my posts (especially older posts). Often, when I remember to check my comments, I find that there were comments I wish I would have responded to earlier, but hadn't noticed. If you, like me, have had the frustration of blogging regularly and not always checking for comments on old posts, there is a solution.








If you go into your blogger settings on the bottom left side of your home page, then go to the "mobile and email" section, there is a way to set up notification. Then in the box where it says "Comment Notification Email," simply type your email address and you will receive notifications when you get comments on your posts.

Monday, December 5, 2011

Skyrim Smithing Tip

This is not a huge tip, but if you are looking to get into smithing and have a very low skill level, this will help you. All you need to do is go to the smith just inside the Whiterun gate. Her name is Adrianne Avenicci and if you go to her and talk to her, she will give you the opportunity to learn about smithing from her. She will give you materials and tell you to make things with them and them bring them back to her.

This provides a great way to learn how smithing works as well as actually gain experience and level up if you are a low level. The best way to level your smithing up is always by crafting items and she gives you the opportunity to do this without spending any money on it yourself.

Also, once you've done this part, a great way to keep earning experience is to go out on the plains near Whiterun (or other places) and kill animals. When you kill things like deer and elk and even smaller things, you get their hides which you can use on the tanning rack to create leather. With this leather, you can create hide or leather armor. This is by far the cheapest way to create armor pieces to gain experience.

The following is a table that shows what skill levels are necessary to get weapons and armor to various quality levels with and without the smithing perk. It also shows what increase in damage or armor rating this yields after crafted.


Quality
Skill Required
Increase Yielded
Without Perk
With Perk
Armor
Other
Fine
14
14
+2
+1
Superior
31
22
+6
+3
Exquisite
65
40
+10
+5
Flawless
100
57
+13
+7
Epic
134
74
+17
+8
Legendary
168
91
+20
+10


For example:
Your smithing skill level is 42 and you have the dwarven smithing perk - you can improve dwarven items to exquisite quality. However, if you don't have the perk, then you can only improve dwarven items to superior quality.

Friday, December 2, 2011

Skyrim Potion Ingredient Effects

Effect
Ingredients 
Cure Disease
Charred Skeever Hide, Hawk Feathers, Mudcrab Chitin, Vampire Dust
Damage Health
Crimson Nirnroot, Deathbell, Ectoplasm, Falmer Ear, Human Flesh, Human Heart, Imp Stool, Jarrin Root, Nightshade, Nirnroot, Red Mountain Flower, River Betty, Skeever Tail, Small Antlers, Troll Fat, Void Salts
Damage Magicka
Butterfly Wing, Chaurus Eggs, Daedra Heart, Eye of Sabre Cat, Glow Dust,Hagraven Feathers, Hanging Moss, Human Heart, Jarrin Root, Luna Moth Wing, Namira's Rot, Nordic Barnacle
Damage Magicka Regeneration
Bear Claws, Blue Butterfly Wing, Blue Mountain Flower, Chicken's Egg, Glow Dust, Hanging Moss, Human Heart, Jarrin Root, Nightshade, Spider Egg,Spriggan Sap
Damage Stamina
Blisterwort, Blue Butterfly Wing, Bone Meal, Canis Root, Crimson Nirnroot,Cyrodilic Spadetail, Giant's Toe, Jarrin Root, Nirnroot, Rock Warbler Egg,Spider Egg
Damage Stamina Regeneration
Creep Cluster, Daedra Heart, Frost Mirriam, Giant's Toe, Histcarp, Juniper Berries, Large Antlers, Silverside Perch, Skeever Tail, Wheat
Fear
Blue Dartwing, Cyrodilic Spadetail, Daedra Heart, Namira's Rot, Powdered Mammoth Tusk
Fortify Alteration
Grass Pod, River Betty, Spriggan Sap
Fortify Barter
Butterfly Wing, Dragon's Tongue, Hagraven Claw, Tundra Cotton
Fortify Block
Bleeding Crown, Briar Heart, Honeycomb, Pearl, Slaughterfish Scales, Tundra Cotton
Fortify Carry Weight
Creep Cluster, Giant's Toe, Hawk Beak, River Betty, Scaly Pholiata, Wisp Wrappings
Fortify Conjuration
Berit's Ashes, Blue Butterfly Wing, Blue Mountain Flower, Bone Meal, Frost Salts, Hagraven Feathers, Lavender
Fortify Destruction
Beehive Husk, Ectoplasm, Glow Dust, Glowing Mushroom, Nightshade, Wisp Wrappings
Fortify Enchanting
Blue Butterfly Wing, Hagraven Claw, Snowberries, Spriggan Sap
Fortify Health
Bear Claws, Blue Mountain Flower, Giant's Toe, Glowing Mushroom, Hanging Moss, Wheat
Fortify Heavy Armor
Ice Wraith Teeth, Sabre Cat Tooth, Slaughterfish Scales, Thistle Branch, White Cap
Fortify Illusion
Dragon's Tongue, Dwarven Oil, Mora Tapinella, Scaly Pholiata, Taproot
Fortify Light Armor
Beehive Husk, Hawk Feathers, Honeycomb, Luna Moth Wing, Skeever Tail
Fortify Lockpicking
Falmer Ear, Namira's Rot, Pine Thrush Egg, Spider Egg
Fortify Magicka
Briar Heart, Ectoplasm, Histcarp, Jazbay Grapes, Red Mountain Flower,Tundra Cotton, Void Salts
Fortify Marksman
Canis Root, Elves Ear, Juniper Berries, Spider Egg
Fortify One-Handed
Bear Claws, Canis Root, Hanging Moss, Hawk Feathers, Rock Warbler Egg,Small Pearl
Fortify Pickpocket
Blue Dartwing, Nordic Barnacle, Orange Dartwing, Slaughterfish Egg
Fortify Restoration
Abecean Longfin, Cyrodilic Spadetail, Salt Pile, Small Antlers, Small Pearl
Fortify Smithing
Blisterwort, Glowing Mushroom, Sabre Cat Tooth, Spriggan Sap
Fortify Sneak
Abecean Longfin, Beehive Husk, Frost Mirriam, Hawk Feathers, Human Flesh,Powdered Mammoth Tusk, Purple Mountain Flower
Fortify Stamina
Chaurus Eggs, Garlic, Large Antlers, Lavender, Slaughterfish Egg, Torchbug Thorax
Fortify Two-handed
Dragon's Tongue, Fly Amanita, Troll Fat
Frenzy
Blisterwort, Falmer Ear, Fly Amanita, Hagraven Feathers, Human Heart, Troll Fat
Invisibility
Chaurus Eggs, Crimson Nirnroot, Ice Wraith Teeth, Luna Moth Wing, Nirnroot,Vampire Dust
Lingering Damage Health
Imp Stool, Mora Tapinella, Orange Dartwing, Slaughterfish Egg, Slaughterfish Scales
Lingering Damage Magicka
Hagraven Claw, Purple Mountain Flower, Swamp Fungal Pod, Torchbug Thorax, Wheat
Lingering Damage Stamina
Butterfly Wing, Chicken's Egg, Nightshade, Small Antlers
Paralysis
Briar Heart, Canis Root, Human Flesh, Imp Stool, Swamp Fungal Pod
Ravage Health
Cyrodilic Spadetail, Eye of Sabre Cat, Giant Lichen, Jazbay Grapes, Silverside Perch, Skeever Tail
Ravage Magicka
Frost Mirriam, Grass Pod, Lavender, Orange Dartwing, Red Mountain Flower,White Cap
Ravage Stamina
Bee, Bone Meal, Deathbell, Honeycomb, Thistle Branch
Regenerate Health
Garlic, Juniper Berries, Luna Moth Wing, Namira's Rot, Nordic Barnacle,Vampire Dust
Regenerate Magicka
Dwarven Oil, Fire Salts, Garlic, Jazbay Grapes, Moon Sugar, Salt Pile, Taproot
Regenerate Stamina
Bee, Fly Amanita, Mora Tapinella, Scaly Pholiata
Resist Fire
Bone Meal, Dragon's Tongue, Elves Ear, Fire Salts, Fly Amanita, Mudcrab Chitin, Snowberries
Resist Frost
Frost Mirriam, Frost Salts, Hawk Beak, Moon Sugar, Purple Mountain Flower,Silverside Perch, Slaughterfish Scales, Small Pearl, Snowberries, Thistle Branch
Resist Magic
Bleeding Crown, Chicken's Egg, Crimson Nirnroot, Hagraven Claw, Lavender,Nirnroot, Tundra Cotton, Void Salts, Wisp Wrappings
Resist Poison
Beehive Husk, Charred Skeever Hide, Falmer Ear, Garlic, Grass Pod, Mudcrab Chitin, Slaughterfish Egg, Thistle Branch, Troll Fat
Resist Shock
Blue Dartwing, Glow Dust, Glowing Mushroom, Hawk Beak, Pearl, Pine Thrush Egg, Snowberries, Swamp Fungal Pod
Restore Health
Blisterwort, Blue Dartwing, Blue Mountain Flower, Butterfly Wing, Charred Skeever Hide, Daedra Heart, Eye of Sabre Cat, Imp Stool, Rock Warbler Egg,Swamp Fungal Pod, Wheat
Restore Magicka
Briar Heart, Creep Cluster, Dwarven Oil, Ectoplasm, Elves Ear, Fire Salts,Frost Salts, Giant Lichen, Grass Pod, Human Flesh, Moon Sugar, Mora Tapinella, Pearl, Red Mountain Flower, Taproot, Vampire Dust, White Cap
Restore Stamina
Bear Claws, Bee, Charred Skeever Hide, Eye of Sabre Cat, Hawk Beak,Histcarp, Honeycomb, Large Antlers, Mudcrab Chitin, Orange Dartwing, Pearl,Pine Thrush Egg, Powdered Mammoth Tusk, Purple Mountain Flower, Sabre Cat Tooth, Silverside Perch, Small Pearl, Torchbug Thorax, Wisp Wrappings
Slow
Deathbell, Large Antlers, River Betty, Salt Pile
Waterbreathing
Chicken's Egg, Histcarp, Nordic Barnacle
Weakness to Fire
Bleeding Crown, Frost Salts, Ice Wraith Teeth, Juniper Berries, Moon Sugar,Powdered Mammoth Tusk
Weakness to Frost
Abecean Longfin, Elves Ear, Fire Salts, Ice Wraith Teeth, White Cap
Weakness to Magic
Creep Cluster, Dwarven Oil, Jazbay Grapes, Rock Warbler Egg, Salt Pile,Scaly Pholiata, Taproot, Torchbug Thorax
Weakness to Poison
Abecean Longfin, Bleeding Crown, Chaurus Eggs, Deathbell, Giant Lichen,Pine Thrush Egg, Sabre Cat Tooth, Small Antlers
Weakness to Shock
Bee, Giant Lichen, Hagraven Feathers, Void Salts