Silverside Perch

A small silver fish – Restore Stamina and Resist Frost, plus Ravage Health for poisons.

Silverside Perch is a small silver fish you can grab by hand in Skyrim’s rivers and lakes. It’s worth 15 gold, and its mix of Restore Stamina and Resist Frost suits travellers in the cold north, while Ravage Health and Damage Stamina Regen work in poisons.

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. Restore Stamina – instantly restores spent Stamina. Also on: 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, Small Pearl, Torchbug Thorax, Wisp Wrappings.
  2. Damage Stamina Regen – a poison effect that slows the target’s Stamina regeneration for a short time. Also on: Creep Cluster, Daedra Heart, Frost Mirriam, Giant’s Toe, Histcarp, Juniper Berries, Large Antlers, Skeever Tail, Wheat.
  3. Ravage Health – a concentrated poison that lowers the target’s Health for a while. Also on: Cyrodilic Spadetail, Eye of Sabre Cat, Giant Lichen, Jazbay Grapes, Skeever Tail.
  4. Resist Frost – reduces the frost damage you take for a while. Also on: Frost Mirriam, Frost Salts, Hawk Beak, Moon Sugar, Purple Mountain Flower, Slaughterfish Scales, Small Pearl, Snowberries, Thistle Branch.

Values from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm): base value 15 gold, weight 0.25.

Where to find it

  • Rivers and streams throughout Skyrim.
  • Lake Ilinalta, starting near the Guardian Stones, is a safe early spot.
  • The Riften Fishery barrels and the water downstairs, and the lake outside the Riften docks.
  • Lots around the Apprentice Stone and the Abandoned Shack, and several near the Solitude Sawmill.
  • Alchemists sell them; with Hearthfire you can breed them in a fish hatchery.

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