If you didn't already know, Nirnroot is probably the most infamous ingredient in Oblivion Remastered, given its prominence in the quest Seeking Your Roots. Completing the quest is imperative if you want Sinderion to use the Nirnroot you find to make one of the best potions in the game.
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PostsWhether you're focused on completing Seeking Your Roots or you want to combine Nirnroot with Unrefined Greenmote from the Shivering Isles to make your creation, you'll need several samples to satisfy your needs. Unfortunately, the only way to acquire Nirnroot is by harvesting it, as it cannot be duplicated in the Arch Mage's chest.
What Is Nirnroot?
Nirnroot is a rare Alchemical ingredient that you must collect for Sinderion during the Seeking Your Roots quest, which will earn you a unique potion called the Elixir of Exploration.
This unique Elixir of Exploration potion gives the following effects, with their duration and magnitude increasing with each improved version.
- Night Eye
- Fortify Fatigue
- Fortify Health
- Fortify Blade
- Fortify Blunt
- Fortify Destruction
- Fortify Restoration
- Fortify Security
- Fortify Sneak
This potion is a massive help during dungeon exploration, but Nirnroot also boasts four other Alchemy effects if you want to make a custom poison:
- Drain Health
- Drain Fatigue
- Drain Agility
- Drain Speed
Whether you want Sinderion to help you make a potion packed with boons or you'd rather use Nirnroot as a poison, you'll need to collect as many samples as possible, since this ingredient cannot be cloned when you become Arch Mage.
Where Are The Best Places To Find Nirnroot?
CloseNirnroot can be found in planters within homes and certain guild halls, like the Mages Guild, or outside around bodies of water.
Every sample of Nirnroot makes a humming noise when you get close, so keep an ear out for this sound while you're searching for this unusual ingredient.
In total, there are 309 samples of Nirnroot in Oblivion Remastered, with 43 plants potted inside and 263 wild samples near water.
Inside Nirnroot Locations
CloseEach of these Nirnroot will be inside a small gray planter and look like a few green leaves sticking out of the soil. Here are some of the easiest samples to get.
City
Location
Notes (if needed)
Anvil
Heinrich Oaken-Hull's Private Rooms
Bedroom
Anvil Castle
Dairhill's Room
Anvil Lighthouse
Ulfgar Fog-Eye's House. On a ledge.
Bravil
Andragil's House
n/a
City-Swimmer's House
Fighters Guild
Second Floor
Bruma
Baenlin's House
Second Floor
Regner's House
Downstairs
Cheydinhal
Mach-Na's Books
Bedroom
Mages Guild
During the Cheydinhal Recommendation quest
Chorrol
Casta Scribonia's House
Upstairs
Vilena Donton's House
Third Floor
Imperial City
Arch-Mage's Quarters
On a dresser
The Gilded Carafe
n/a
Mystic Emporium
Private Quarters
Leyawiin
Ahdarji's House
Second Floor
Blackwood Company
- Second Floor
- Jeetum-Ze's Room
Skingrad
Surilie Brothers' House
Third Floor
Toutius Sextius' House
Hackdirt
Natch Pinder's House
Upstairs
Lord Rugdumph's Estate
Main House
Second Floor
Outside Nirnroot Locations
CloseThese outdoor Nirnroot are slightly bigger and more obvious than their indoor varieties, and are almost exclusively located directly adjacent to bodies of water.
Whenever you see a lake, pond, or other bodies of water, check their banks for humming Nirnroot samples.
Generally, any location near water is good, but searching around the Imperial City's outer ring of water will yield tons of Nirnroot. Start here and make a circle around the area, and you'll be swimming in Nirnroot.
Here are some backups in case you want some variety.
Location
Quantity
Shadeleaf Copse
Three
Pond East of Shardrock
Two
Pond Southwest of Bleak Flats Cave
One
Pond East of Shetcombe Farm
One
Niben Bay
Five+
Shadeleaf Copse is one of the best outdoor locations, with three samples to collect.
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