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Fortify Heavy Armor
Skyrim Potion Effect

Increases Heavy Armor skill by 13 points for 60 seconds.

Fortify Heavy Armor is a beneficial alchemy effect in Skyrim, brewed into potions. It is carried by 9 ingredients, the strongest being Bog Beacon. Its potion strength scales with the Alchemy skill and perks.

It is the effect behind 4 ready-made potions, foods and poisons.

Potion Strength

Brewed from its strongest ingredient row, without Fortify Alchemy gear. Every mixture containing that ingredient reaches these numbers.
AlchemistPotionValue
Alchemy 15, no perksIncreases Heavy Armor skill by 13 points for 60 seconds.60
Alchemy 100, no perksIncreases Heavy Armor skill by 18 points for 60 seconds.86
Alchemy 100 with Alchemist 5, Physician, Benefactor, and PoisonerIncreases Heavy Armor skill by 45 points for 60 seconds.236

Potions and Food

Ingredients

Strongest first. When two ingredients in a mixture share this effect, the stronger one's numbers are used.
IngredientMagnitudeDuration
Bog Beacon
cc
360s
Strongest
×1.5 magnitude
Gnarl Bark
cc
360s
×1.5 magnitude
Bliss Bug Thorax
cc
260s
Goldfish
cc
260s
Ice Wraith Teeth260s
Sabre Cat Tooth260s
Slaughterfish Scales260s
Thistle Branch260s
White Cap260s

Alchemy Calculator

Open the Alchemy Calculator with Fortify Heavy Armor on the wishlist: it lists every ingredient pair that brews it, and computes the potion for your skill, perks, and gear.

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