Anyone else addicted to getting alchemy reagents? : V - Skyrim

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:48 am

Reuters reports that the butterfly population is nearing dangerously low levels in Skyrim in the last year. Unknown immigrants are being blamed for their dwindling numbers. More reports to follow.

Skryim keeps track of your destruction of the environment.
I just had a look at mine, Wings Plucked = 340. I obviously can't pass a butterfly without killing it!
The bunny rabbits don't fare any better. There's also a counter for how many of those you butcher.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 1:59 pm

I'm addicted to collecting mushrooms atm. I can't help myself when I see them and some dungeons have loads of them - they look so tasty! I'm trying to reach the level cap and I must have 1000s of ingredients in a barrel at my house to level alchemy.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:15 pm

I do this too, I even pick flowers in the middle of a dragon fight.

Worst thing is: I DON'T EVEN USE ALCHEMY!

I haven't since my first character :/

this /\ all over lol! Die beast! oooh look a pretty flower! oh where was i?! oh yes, Die beast! lol

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:05 pm

Short answer: No.

Long answer: I decided that my first character would invest in alchemy. Then, I discovered how much time you have to spend on getting the items - and I won't even go into items that are only available in far-out places. So, I sold her entire inventory and never plucked a flower or wing again.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:08 pm

Even if the character does not use alchemy I still always pick ingredients.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:41 am

Yes, I did this in Morrowind and especially Oblivion - would often (as someone else mentioned) end up miles away!

On the other hand, I pick up tons of ingredients in order to show myself where I have been - I know you can see on the map, but the point for me is to be able to know when the environment (and accompanying beasties) have reset, as a technique to aid immersiveness.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 2:54 pm

Alchemy isn't even a skill I focus on yet I always have near 300 mountain flowers.

money maker :biggrin:

http://www.alchemyplanner.com is awesome.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:30 pm

I do that, but I'm very selective with my ingredients because of encumbrance issues (I only use a handful of ingredients for all my potions). But this scenario is very typical:

me: hmm, there's the dungeon's large chest. Hope there's something good inside.
*spots imp stool on the other side of the cave*
me: ooooooh, mushroom!
*runs across to grab mushroom*

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:02 pm

I usually ask the enemies to stop attacking me and be quite, I'm trying to sneak up on a butterfly. Also found a cave with like 75 chaus eggs, spelled that wrong.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:35 am

I hate those butterflies tbh...my girlfriend had a great laugh when skyrim came out. Instead of doing any quests, MQ or SQ, i just chased those damn butterflies...i could chase one forever since it would fly over my head and my nord ain't a great jumper

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The biggest issue i had with chasing a butterfly is that i would spot another one, i'd just get confused since i can't decide which one to catch (seriously).

Guess who got really really really happy when he found a.....click on the spoiler tag below.

Spoiler

Butterfly in a jar

you can kill them with area spells then pick up their wings off the ground

blue are the best Imo because they're an ingredient in making fortify enchant or smithing potions (forget which)

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:45 am

Definitely addicted. For now, I'm lying low and waiting for a lot of mod types I expect when the CK gets heavily into use, but the few hours I put into Skyrim already were often spent getting sidetracked into gathering ingredients.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:59 pm

i picked everything in sight too, but then I turned off the HUD and its become less of a problem,

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:16 pm

For some reason i keep reading the title of this thread as. anyone else keep getting addicted to alchemy reagents? XD you puffin Void salts? lol.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:48 am

I've done that since Morrowind.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:31 pm

Absolutely. I'm just glad most alchemical reagents don't weigh too much.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:15 am

Huh, I guess I'm not the only one. I usualy end up picking up flowers and insects in mid fight with dragons or other encounters. I don't even do that much alchemy, just end up picking up 100's of pounds of ingredients and dumping them in satchel in Breezehom. I do have a small..issue.. with nirnroots though. Everyone by now probably already knows about the glow bug, but recently having started a new charecter in hopes it get fixed sometime in the future, I always make these scheduled trips to make sure I get them all when they respawn ><

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:08 pm

I don't buy alot. But I grab everything I see. Then I usually store all of it right next to the alchemy station. Then when I need to make something just grab it all, make what I need and then put it back.

This.

Which is one of the big reasons I can't stand that "R" is "put ONE item in chest" but "take ALL items out of chest". Sticking 800+ lbs of alchemy ingredients back in when you've accidentally grabbed them all is a bit tedious. :tongue:

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 2:00 am

I gather pretty much everything, specially reagents.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:35 pm

Have you ever tried to catch a butterfly in real life let alone a dragon fly? Impossible. I think about that alot when catching them in skyrim, sometimes I Fus em when i get annoyed though

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:04 pm

@ everything in this thread

INDEED.

I try to get the mushrooms on the way out of a cavern, beacause they look so cool, I don't want to mess them up. I don't even do alchemy, but I can't help it. I need intervention. Addicted to shrooms.

Protip, get the dragonflies first, then catch the fish.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 7:48 pm

Earlier was playing and kept wondering after a dungeon how come I had no space in inventory. Found out had 100 pounds in reagents on me, had to go buy house.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:39 pm

I just hate all the work and BS going into something that's a one-time consumable that I don't really need, anyways. I dunno, Alchemy was just never my thing in TES.

» Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:02 am

I've been a compsulive ingredient collector since Morrowind. A lot of the time, I dont even make potions. :ermm:

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:30 pm

I don't buy alot. But I grab everything I see. Then I usually store all of it right next to the alchemy station.

Which house? I use the Solitude house and there's nowhere near the alchemy/enchanting stations to store stuff.

» Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:09 pm

Which house? I use the Solitude house and there's nowhere near the alchemy/enchanting stations to store stuff.

Whiterun.

i've noticed that it takes time for my skyrim to show the ingredient when i point at them for picking,in oblivion it was run along and rapidly push spacebar,instant pickup but not so in this game which makes shopping on the run aggravating