Skyrim

Grass Pod

Pods from spiky coastal grass – Resist Poison, Fortify Alteration and Restore Magicka.

Grass Pods grow on a spiky, cattail-like grass along Skyrim’s cold northern coast. The plants are easy to miss, but they’re worth picking: Fortify Alteration and Restore Magicka suit mages, and Resist Poison is always welcome.

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.

  1. Resist Poison – reduces the effect of poisons on you for a while. Also on: Beehive Husk, Charred Skeever Hide, Falmer Ear, Garlic, Mudcrab Chitin, Slaughterfish Egg, Thistle Branch, Troll Fat.
  2. Ravage Magicka – a concentrated poison that lowers the target’s Magicka for a while. Also on: Frost Mirriam, Lavender, Orange Dartwing, Red Mountain Flower, White Cap.
  3. Fortify Alteration – makes your Alteration spells last longer for a while. Also on: River Betty, Spriggan Sap.
  4. Restore Magicka – instantly restores spent Magicka. Also on: Briar Heart, Creep Cluster, Dwarven Oil, Ectoplasm, Elves Ear, Fire Salts, Frost Salts, Giant Lichen, Human Flesh, Moon Sugar, Mora Tapinella, Pearl, Red Mountain Flower, Taproot, Vampire Dust, White Cap.

Values from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm): base value 1 gold, weight 0.1.

Where to find it

  • The northern coast between Winterhold and Dawnstar – around seventy plants along the shore.
  • The bay north of Dawnstar, six just south of the Solitude Lighthouse, and outside Hob's Fall Cave.
  • Eight on the island of The Chill, eight on a small island north of Lower Steepfall Burrow, and next to the Wreck of the Icerunner.
  • Two in the garden of the Alchemist's Shack.
  • With Dawnguard, along the shore of Castle Volkihar's island and near Icewater Jetty. Dragonborn adds an ashen variety on Solstheim.

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