Heart Stone is a strange, pulsing rock found only on Solstheim (Dragonborn). It is not smithing material at all: its job is to power the staff enchanter, where it goes into 43 staff recipes, from simple fire and frost staves to atronach and Daedric summoning staves. Each stone is worth 100 gold, so even if you never craft a staff, they are well worth picking up.
How to get it
Heart Stone is mined from glowing deposits, and there are 28 of them on the island. The biggest cluster is outdoors near Tel Mithryn, home of the cranky wizard Neloth, with 6 deposits and a loose stone nearby. Brodir Grove and Coldcinder Cave have 3 each. You can also find 2 at Ashfallow Citadel, Hrodulf’s House, White Ridge Barrow and Broken Tusk Mine, plus 4 in and around Fort Frostmoth. Single deposits sit in Kolbjorn Barrow, Highpoint Tower and near Old Attius Farm.
Unlike the regular ores, Heart Stone has no merchant listings and no enemy drops in the game data, so a pickaxe and a tour of the ash wastes is the way to go.
Used to craft
Heart Stone appears in 43 recipes in the game files.
Weapons and other items
- staff enchanter (Dragonborn): Staff of Thunderbolts (4), Staff of the Storm Wall (4), Staff of the Frost Wall (4), Staff of the Flame Wall (4), Minor Staff of Turning (2), Staff of Turning (3), Grand Staff of Turning (4), Staff of Sparks (1), Staff of Soul Trapping (2), Staff of Vanquishment (4), Staff of Revenants (3), Grand Staff of Repulsion (4), Staff of Repulsion (3), Staff of Reanimation (2), Staff of Inspiration (3), Staff of Zombies (1), Staff of Paralysis (4), Staff of Magelight (2), Staff of Incineration (4), Staff of Icy Spear (4), Staff of Ice Storms (3), Staff of Ice Spikes (2), Staff of Mending (3), Staff of the Healing Hand (2), Staff of Fury (2), Staff of Frostbite (1), Staff of Frenzy (3), Staff of Flames (1), Staff of Firebolts (2), Staff of Fireballs (3), Staff of Fear (2), Staff of Expulsion (4), Staff of Dread Zombies (4), Staff of Courage (1), Staff of the Storm Atronach (4), Staff of the Frost Atronach (3), Staff of the Flame Atronach (2), Staff of the Familiar (1), Staff of Daedric Command (4), Staff of Chain Lightning (3), Staff of Calm (2), Staff of Banishing (3), Staff of Lightning Bolts (2)
The number in brackets is how many Heart Stone each recipe needs. Bold labels are the Smithing perk the recipe requires.
Good to know
- Heart Stone is used at the staff enchanter, not the forge, and most staves need between 1 and 4 stones.
Data from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm and the official add-ons): value, weight, ore veins, recipes and merchant lists. ID 040195A9 is the item’s form ID for the console.
