Nirnroot is one of the Elder Scrolls series’ most famous plants – you’ll usually hear its soft chiming before you see its glow. It grows along riverbanks and lake shores. Invisibility and Resist Magic are its useful sides; Damage Health and Damage Stamina make it a poison ingredient too.
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, Nightshade, Red Mountain Flower, River Betty, Skeever Tail, Small Antlers, Troll Fat, Void Salts.
- Damage Stamina – a poison effect that drains the target’s Stamina on the spot. Also on: Berit’s Ashes, Blisterwort, Blue Butterfly Wing, Bone Meal, Canis Root, Crimson Nirnroot, Cyrodilic Spadetail, Giant’s Toe, Jarrin Root, Rock Warbler Egg, Spider Egg.
- Invisibility – makes you invisible for a few seconds – until you attack or interact with something. Also on: Chaurus Eggs, Crimson Nirnroot, Ice Wraith Teeth, Luna Moth Wing, Vampire Dust.
- Resist Magic – reduces the damage and effects of hostile magic for a while. Also on: Bleeding Crown, Chicken’s Egg, Crimson Nirnroot, Hagraven Claw, Lavender, Tundra Cotton, Void Salts, Wisp Wrappings.
Tips and trivia
Ingun Black-Briar wants 20 for Few and Far Between, and Avrusa Sarethi buys them for 10 gold each. Its red cousin, Crimson Nirnroot, grows only in Blackreach. In To Kill an Empire you can add one to the Emperor’s stew as a secret ingredient.
Values from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm): base value 10 gold, weight 0.2.