Red Mountain Flower

A red mountain flower – Restore and Fortify Magicka, plus Ravage Magicka and Damage Health.

Red Mountain Flower is the magicka-flavoured member of the mountain flower family. Restore Magicka and Fortify Magicka make it a cheap mage favourite – just be careful which ingredient you pair it with, because Ravage Magicka and Damage Health can sneak into the result.

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 Magicka – instantly restores spent Magicka. Also on: Briar Heart, Creep Cluster, Dwarven Oil, Ectoplasm, Elves Ear, Fire Salts, Frost Salts, Giant Lichen, Grass Pod, Human Flesh, Moon Sugar, Mora Tapinella, Pearl, Taproot, Vampire Dust, White Cap.
  2. Ravage Magicka – a concentrated poison that lowers the target’s Magicka for a while. Also on: Frost Mirriam, Grass Pod, Lavender, Orange Dartwing, White Cap.
  3. Fortify Magicka – raises your maximum Magicka for a while. Also on: Briar Heart, Ectoplasm, Histcarp, Jazbay Grapes, Tundra Cotton, Void Salts.
  4. 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, Nirnroot, River Betty, Skeever Tail, Small Antlers, Troll Fat, Void Salts.

Values from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm): base value 2 gold, weight 0.1.

Where to find it

  • Along mountain paths across Skyrim, and about 20 right beside the road between Whiterun and Honningbrew Meadery.
  • Along the road between Riften and Helgen, and in the mountain-flower field at Goldenglow Estate.
  • Two in the shrine past the Word Wall at the end of Bleak Falls Barrow.
  • Shoreline Lover’s Tent in the Pale, Left Hand Mine and Yngvild near the boss chest.
  • Dawnguard: at least three in the Ancestor Glade. Hearthfire: adopted children sometimes give you one as a gift.

Lore notes

Dropped by

Where it grows or appears

Bleak Falls Barrow is the ancient Nordic tomb above Riverwood – bandits, draugr, a claw door puzzle, the Dragonstone and your first Word Wall.
Whiterun is the trading heart of Skyrim, a hilltop city on the central plains crowned by Dragonsreach. Districts, shops, quests and characters.

Ingredients that share an effect

Damage Stamina · Fortify One-handed · Restore Health · Weakness to Magic
Eggs from ground nests in western Skyrim – Restore Health and Fortify One-handed.
Damage Health · Damage Magicka Regen · Fortify Destruction · Lingering Damage Stamina
Purple graveyard flower and Dark Brotherhood symbol – a classic poison ingredient.
Fortify Heavy Armor · Ravage Stamina · Resist Frost · Resist Poison
A spiky thistle that grows along paths everywhere – Resist Frost and Fortify Heavy Armor.
Damage Stamina Regen · Fortify Sneak · Ravage Magicka · Resist Frost
A dried herb found hanging in homes and taverns – Resist Frost and Fortify Sneak.
Damage Magicka Regen · Fortify Health · Fortify One-handed · Restore Stamina
Claws taken from slain bears – a cheap ingredient for Fortify One-handed and Fortify Health potions.
Damage Health · Damage Stamina Regen · Fortify Light Armor · Ravage Health
A tail cut from skeevers – mostly a poison ingredient, with Fortify Light Armor on the side.
Damage Magicka · Fear · Fortify Lockpicking · Regenerate Health
A cave fungus named after the Daedric Prince of decay – Fortify Lockpicking and Regenerate Health.
Fortify Illusion · Lingering Damage Health · Regenerate Stamina · Restore Magicka
A fungus growing on stumps and fallen logs – Restore Magicka and Fortify Illusion.
Damage Stamina · Fortify Conjuration · Ravage Stamina · Resist Fire
Ground bone looted from draugr and skeletons – a Fortify Conjuration and Resist Fire ingredient.
Fortify Magicka · Ravage Health · Regenerate Magicka · Weakness to Magic
Low-growing grapes from Eastmarch’s hot springs – Fortify and Regenerate Magicka.
Damage Health · Fortify Sneak · Paralysis · Restore Magicka
A grim ingredient found at Black Sacraments and Falmer camps – Paralysis and Fortify Sneak.
Fortify Heavy Armor · Invisibility · Weakness to Fire · Weakness to Frost
Teeth from Ice Wraiths – Invisibility and Fortify Heavy Armor, plus two weaknesses.
Sources checked: Skyrim.esm + Skyrim_English.STRINGS (stats/effects, read 2026-10-11); Elder Scrolls Fandom ingredient article (locations)

Red Mountain Flower

1st effect
Restore Magicka
2nd effect
Ravage Magicka
3rd effect
Fortify Magicka
4th effect
Damage Health
Harvested from
Mountain Flower (red)
Weight
0.1
Value
2 gold
Game
Item ID
00077E1D