Skyrim:Crimson Nirnroot

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Alchemy Effects
1st	Damage Health (3×)
2nd	Damage Stamina (3×)
3rd	Invisibility
4th	Resist Magic
Sources
# Samples	0
Plant	Crimson Nirnroot
# Plants	44
Merchant Avail.	None

A crimson nirnroot plant

Crimson Nirnroot is a special variant of nirnroot that can be found exclusively in Blackreach. It has the same alchemical properties as normal nirnroot (other than details of the two damage effects). Similar to regular nirnroot, the crimson variety makes a humming sound that lets you know when a plant is nearby.

Aside from the unique jarrin root, crimson nirnroot creates the largest magnitude damage health poisons in the game; see the alchemy effects page for full details. It also makes the largest magnitude damage stamina poisons in the game.

Assuming you eat one sample to learn the effects and use thirty for the quest, there are 13 samples to use.

Combinations

In terms of combinations of two ingredients, Crimson Nirnroot can be combined with 63 other ingredients.

4 Effects

Desired Effect				Combine with:
Damage Health	Damage Stamina	Invisibility	Resist Magic	Nirnroot (12.6×)

2 Effects

Desired Effect		Combine with:
Damage Health	Invisibility	Redwort FlowerCC (1.5×,1.56×) (1.5×,1.56×)
Damage Health	Resist Magic	Void Salts
Damage Stamina	Invisibility	Ash Creep ClusterDB
Damage Health	Damage Stamina	Jarrin Root (100×)

1 Effect

Desired Effect	Combine with:
Damage Health	ChokeberryCC (1.5×,1.56×), Coda FlowerCC (1.5×,1.56×), Deathbell (1.5×), Ectoplasm, Emperor Parasol MossDB, Falmer Ear, Fire PetalCC (1.5×,1.56×), Gnarl BarkCC 1.5×,1.56×, Human Flesh, Human Heart, Imp GallCC (1.5×,1.56×), Imp Stool, Mort FleshCC, Nightshade, Poison BloomDG (1.5×), Red Mountain Flower, River Betty (2.5×), Scalon FinCC (1.5×,1.56×), Skeever Tail, Small Antlers, Troll Fat, Wisp Stalk CapsCC (1.5×,1.56×)
Damage Stamina	Ancestor Moth WingDG, Blisterwort, Blue Butterfly Wing, Bog BeaconCC (1.33×,1.36×), Bone Meal, Canis Root, Chaurus Hunter AntennaeDG, ComberryCC (1.33×,1.36×), Cyrodilic Spadetail, Giant's Toe, MarshmerrowCC (1.33×,1.36×), Rock Warbler Egg, Spider Egg
Invisibility	Bittergreen PetalsCC (1.5×,1.56×), Blister Pod CapCC (1.5×,1.56×), Chaurus Eggs, Daedra SilkCC (1.5×,1.56×), Elytra IchorCC (1.5×,1.56×), Flame StalkCC (1.5×,1.56×), Green Butterfly WingCC, Ice Wraith Teeth, Luna Moth Wing, Screaming MawCC (4×,4.6×), Vampire Dust
Resist Magic	Aster Bloom CoreCC (1.2×,1.22×), Bleeding Crown, Bungler's BaneCC (1.2×,1.22×), Chicken's Egg, Felsaad Tern FeathersDB, GleamblossomDG, Hagraven Claw, Hawk's EggHF, Hypha FaciaCC (1.2×,1.22×), Lavender, Tundra Cotton, Wisp Wrappings

Ingredients

Already-harvested samples of crimson nirnroot are not available. There are none sitting out on tables or shelves, and they cannot be bought from merchants (even with the Merchant perk) or found in random loot.

Plants

44 crimson nirnroot plants are found inside Blackreach:

• Alftand Cathedral: 1 at start, 1 at end of the pipe under ballista.
• Debate Hall: 1 at the entrance.
• Derelict Pumphouse: 1 between two falls to the west, accessible with Whirlwind Sprint from the top. 1 down the falls, 1 under another fall to the south, 1 inside (lower floor, through underwater gates with valve).
• Great Lift at Alftand: 1 right in front, 1 behind.
• Great Lift at Mzinchaleft: 1 on the west side, 1 to the south (near patrolling Giant).
• Hall of Rumination: 1 outside top exit.
• Raldbthar Deep Market: 1 to the west (near Falmer camp).
• Reeking Tower: 2 near the entrance, 1 outside top exit. 1 to the southeast (east of Falmer camp). 1 to the east (with Corundum Ore Vein).
• Sinderion's Field Laboratory: 1 inside (in a pot), 1 to the southwest (near Dwarven Centurion Master).
• Silent Ruin: 1 inside (in a pot), 1 behind.
• Silent City Catacombs: 1 at the entrance.
• Tower of Mzark: 1 under northern bridge, 1 in southern stairway. From the lower end of the southern stairway, 1 to the west (between two falls) and 1 to the south (near Falmer camp).
• North of War Quarters: 1 on the wall crossing the road, 1 to the east of it (along with two dwarven buildings), 1 a bit north of it.
• South of War Quarters (stairways): 1 at the peak (with two trolls), 1 under outlet pipe in the middle, 1 at the lower end.
• Others apart from landmarks:
  • Following the river from north end: 2 before the fall (left and right), 2 down the fall (left and right), 1 under two pipes, 1 under big mushrooms, 1 near wooden bridge.
  • Following the river from Tower of Mzark to Derelict Pumphouse: 1 on the left (near waterfall), 1 on the right (in a pot at a mini shrine-like alcove), 1 on the left near waterfalls.
  • Dwemer city: 1 to the south (at riverside).

Maps

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  Annotated map of Blackreach with Crimson Nirnroot positions marked

Related Quests

• A Return To Your Roots: Go where a famous alchemist could not in order to aid ground-breaking research.
  • 30 samples are needed for this quest.

Notes

• Crimson nirnroot and regular nirnroot are not affected by the Alchemy perk Green Thumb, and therefore even with the perk, you still only collect a single sample from each plant.
• Combining Nirnroot and Crimson Nirnroot will unlock all ingredient effects for both plants.