Nightshade’s bright purple flowers grow mostly around cemeteries, and every Nord knows to keep their distance. It’s a true poison ingredient – Damage Health, Damage Magicka Regen and Lingering Damage Stamina – and also a symbol of the Dark Brotherhood: it’s part of the Black Sacrament and sometimes left on victims as a calling card.
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.
- Damage Health – a poison effect that deals instant damage to the target’s Health. Also on: Crimson Nirnroot, Deathbell, Ectoplasm, Falmer Ear, Human Flesh, Human Heart, Imp Stool, Jarrin Root, Nirnroot, Red Mountain Flower, River Betty, Skeever Tail, Small Antlers, Troll Fat, Void Salts.
- Damage Magicka Regen – a poison effect that slows the target’s Magicka regeneration for a short time. Also on: Bear Claws, Blue Butterfly Wing, Blue Mountain Flower, Chicken’s Egg, Glow Dust, Hanging Moss, Human Heart, Jarrin Root, Spider Egg, Spriggan Sap.
- Lingering Damage Stamina – a poison effect that drains the target’s Stamina over time. Also on: Butterfly Wing, Chicken’s Egg, Small Antlers.
- Fortify Destruction – makes your Destruction spells stronger for a while. Also on: Beehive Husk, Ectoplasm, Glow Dust, Glowing Mushroom, Wisp Wrappings.
Tips and trivia
Ingun Black-Briar asks for 20 Nightshade in Few and Far Between. Its Fortify Destruction is slightly weaker than on other ingredients.
Values from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm): base value 8 gold, weight 0.1.