Skyrim Enchanting perks
Adding magical effects to weapons and armor. Enchanting is a mage skill with 9 perks and 13 perk ranks.
- Perks
- 9 perks, 13 perk points to complete
- Skill type
- Mage (Magic)
- Race bonus
- High Elf, Imperial, Orc +5
- XP 15 → 100
- 278,852 skill XP
- Training 15 → 90
- 120,450 gold (75 sessions)
Enchanting perk tree
| Perk | Rank | Skill | Requires | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enchanter | 1/5 | 0 | — | New enchantments are 20% stronger |
| 2/5 | 20 | Enchanter 1 | New enchantments are 40% stronger | |
| 3/5 | 40 | Enchanter 2 | New enchantments are 60% stronger | |
| 4/5 | 60 | Enchanter 3 | New enchantments are 80% stronger | |
| 5/5 | 80 | Enchanter 4 | New enchantments are 100% stronger | |
| Soul Squeezer | — | 20 | Enchanter | Soul gems give extra magicka when recharging |
| Fire Enchanter | — | 30 | Enchanter | Fire enchantments are 25% stronger |
| Frost Enchanter | — | 40 | Fire Enchanter | Frost enchantments are 25% stronger |
| Soul Siphon | — | 40 | Soul Squeezer | Killing creatures with a weapon recharges it a little |
| Insightful Enchanter | — | 50 | Enchanter | Skill enchantments on armor are 25% stronger |
| Storm Enchanter | — | 50 | Frost Enchanter | Shock enchantments are 25% stronger |
| Corpus Enchanter | — | 70 | Insightful Enchanter | Health, magicka and stamina enchantments on armor are 25% stronger |
| Extra Effect | — | 100 | Corpus Enchanter or Storm Enchanter | Put two enchantments on the same item |
When a perk lists two prerequisites, you need only one of them.
Planning your Enchanting perks
Completing the whole Enchanting tree costs 13 of the roughly 80 perk points you get by level 81, so most builds take only the perks they will really use. Start with the perks at the bottom of the tree, then follow the branch that suits your play style up to its top perk.
The highest perks in the tree need a skill of 90 or 100: Extra Effect (100).
How to level Enchanting
Every time Enchanting goes up, your character earns experience equal to the new skill level, so a high Enchanting skill also helps you level up quickly. Raising it from 15 to 100 takes about 278,852 skill experience in total. Trainers can take it to 90 for about 120,450 gold, five sessions per character level. Use the skill XP calculator for exact numbers between any two levels.