A Daedra Heart is exactly as grim as it sounds: the black, still-twitching heart of a Daedra, usually a Dremora. At 250 gold it’s the most valuable ingredient in the game, and it’s needed for several quests and for crafting Daedric gear, so think twice before you throw one into a cauldron.
Alchemy effects
The effects are listed in the order you discover them by eating the ingredient or using it in a potion. Two ingredients make a potion when they share at least one effect.
- Restore Health – instantly restores lost Health. Also on: Blisterwort, Blue Dartwing, Blue Mountain Flower, Butterfly Wing, Charred Skeever Hide, Eye of Sabre Cat, Imp Stool, Rock Warbler Egg, Swamp Fungal Pod, Wheat.
- Damage Stamina Regen – a poison effect that slows the target’s Stamina regeneration for a short time. Also on: Creep Cluster, Frost Mirriam, Giant’s Toe, Histcarp, Juniper Berries, Large Antlers, Silverside Perch, Skeever Tail, Wheat.
- Damage Magicka – a poison effect that drains the target’s Magicka on the spot. Also on: Butterfly Wing, Chaurus Eggs, Eye of Sabre Cat, Glow Dust, Hagraven Feathers, Hanging Moss, Human Heart, Jarrin Root, Luna Moth Wing, Namira’s Rot, Nordic Barnacle.
- Fear – a poison effect that makes low-level creatures and people flee from combat. Also on: Blue Dartwing, Cyrodilic Spadetail, Namira’s Rot, Powdered Mammoth Tusk.
Tips and trivia
During The Black Star, Malyn Varen summons three Dremora that each drop a heart, and the laboratory in Nightcaller Temple (Waking Nightmare) has two more. Daedric weapons and armor need one per piece at the forge, and The Cursed Tribe asks for one as an offering.
Values from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm): base value 250 gold, weight 0.5.