Slaughterfish Scales come from the toothy fish that bite your ankles in Skyrim’s rivers. Fortify Heavy Armor, Fortify Block and Resist Frost make them a natural pick for armoured warriors, while Lingering Damage Health is there for 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.
- Resist Frost – reduces the frost damage you take for a while. Also on: Frost Mirriam, Frost Salts, Hawk Beak, Moon Sugar, Purple Mountain Flower, Silverside Perch, Small Pearl, Snowberries, Thistle Branch.
- Lingering Damage Health – a poison effect that deals damage to the target’s Health over time. Also on: Imp Stool, Mora Tapinella, Orange Dartwing, Slaughterfish Egg.
- Fortify Heavy Armor – temporarily raises your Heavy Armor skill. Also on: Ice Wraith Teeth, Sabre Cat Tooth, Thistle Branch, White Cap.
- Fortify Block – lets your block absorb more damage for a while. Also on: Bleeding Crown, Briar Heart, Honeycomb, Pearl, Tundra Cotton.
Tips and trivia
With Hearthfire, four scales make a mounted slaughterfish for your trophy room.
Values from the Skyrim game files (Skyrim.esm): base value 3 gold, weight 0.1.