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Fortify Lockpicking
Skyrim Potion Effect

Lockpicking is 13% easier for 30 seconds.

Fortify Lockpicking is a beneficial alchemy effect in Skyrim, brewed into potions. It is carried by 7 ingredients, the strongest being Worm's Head Cap. Its potion strength scales with the Alchemy skill and perks.

It is the effect behind 10 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 perksLockpicking is 13% easier for 30 seconds.28
Alchemy 100, no perksLockpicking is 18% easier for 30 seconds.40
Alchemy 100 with Alchemist 5, Physician, Benefactor, and PoisonerLockpicking is 45% easier for 30 seconds.110

Potions and Food

Ingredients

Strongest first. When two ingredients in a mixture share this effect, the stronger one's numbers are used.
IngredientMagnitudeDuration
Worm's Head Cap
cc
330s
Strongest
×1.5 magnitude
Ashen Grass Pod
db
230s
Falmer Ear230s
Namira's Rot230s
Pine Thrush Egg230s
Spadefish
cc
230s
Spider Egg230s

Alchemy Calculator

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

Open the Alchemy Calculator