Atronach Forge

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The Atronach Forge, inside The Midden.

The Atronach Forge is a dais capable of magically creating items and creatures in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

It is located in The Midden, an underground facility beneath the College of Winterhold. The forge includes a lever, an offering box, and a setting. Different items and Daedra can be conjured with the forge by placing certain combinations of things inside the offering box, then pulling the lever. Atronachs summoned with the forge are unbound (i.e., aggressive), unlike those summoned at Frostcrag Spire's Atronach Altar in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, which serve as permanent followers. The setting can be filled with a sigil stone, which is required for conjuring Daedric armor, weapons, and hearts at the forge.

Recipes

Recipes are somewhat flexible: sometimes an ingredient can be replaced with something of higher value of the same category. It is possible to loot recipes from conjurers; however, they are written in the Daedric alphabet. The best way to find a hidden recipe is to put all food, ingredients, and miscellaneous items in the Dragonborn's inventory into the offering box, then pull the lever. Only items needed for a successful recipe will be consumed. Daedra Hearts and black soul gems, some of the rarer items used in recipes, can be purchased from Enthir within The College of Winterhold.

Result	Ingredients
Flame Atronach	1 Ruby 1 Fire Salts
Frost Atronach	1 Sapphire 1 Frost Salts
Storm Atronach	1 Amethyst 1 Void Salts
Random unbound Dremora	Sigil Stone † 1 Skull 1 Daedra Heart 1 Dog Meat/Horker Meat/Horse Meat/Leg of Goat/Mammoth Snout (if more than one is placed in the offering box, they will all be consumed)
Spell Tome: Conjure Flame Atronach	1 Ruined Book 1 Fire Salts 1 Dragon's Tongue 1 Bear Pelt
Spell Tome: Conjure Frost Atronach	1 Ruined Book 1 Frost Mirriam 1 Ice Wolf Pelt 1 Frost Salts
Spell Tome: Conjure Storm Atronach	1 Ruined Book 1 Void Salts 1 Deathbell 1 Mammoth Tusk
Spell Tome: Soul Trap	1 Ruined Book 1 Salt Pile 1 Torchbug Thorax 1 Soul Gem (any)
Staff of the Flame Atronach	1 Broom 1 Fire Salts 1 Corundum Ingot/Ore 1 Soul Gem (Greater or higher)
Staff of the Frost Atronach	1 Broom 1 Frost Salts 1 Refined Moonstone/Ore 1 Soul Gem (Greater or higher)
Staff of the Storm Atronach	1 Broom 1 Void Salts 1 Orichalcum Ingot/Ore 1 Soul Gem (Greater or higher)
Scroll of Conjure Flame Atronach	1 Roll of Paper 1 Fire Salts 1 Charcoal
Scroll of Conjure Frost Atronach	1 Roll of Paper 1 Frost Salts 1 Charcoal
Scroll of Conjure Storm Atronach	1 Roll of Paper 1 Void Salts 1 Charcoal
Conjurer's Elixir	1 Empty Wine Bottle 1 Ectoplasm 1 Soul Gem (any)
Fire Salts	1 Salt Pile 1 Ruby 1 Soul Gem (any)
Frost Salts	1 Salt Pile 1 Sapphire 1 Soul Gem (any)
Void Salts	1 Salt Pile 1 Amethyst 1 Soul Gem (any)
Daedra Heart	Sigil Stone † 1 Human Heart 1 Black Soul Gem
Daedric Armor (chosen piece, no enchantment)	Sigil Stone † 1 Daedra Heart 1 Unenchanted ebony armor of the desired type (Daedric Boots will not show in inventory) 1 Centurion Dynamo Core 1 Black Soul Gem (empty or filled)
Daedric Weapons (chosen piece, no enchantment)	Sigil Stone † 1 Daedra Heart 1 Unenchanted ebony weapon of the desired type (does not work on arrows) 1 Centurion Dynamo Core 1 Black Soul Gem (empty or filled)
Daedric Armor (random piece, random enchantment)	Sigil Stone † 1 Daedra Heart 1 Ebony Ingot 1 Void Salts 1 Soul Gem (filled with greater soul or higher)
Daedric Weapons (random piece, random enchantment)	Sigil Stone † 1 Daedra Heart 1 Ebony Ingot 1 Silver Sword or Silver Greatsword 1 Soul Gem (filled with greater soul or higher)

† The Sigil Stone must be installed in the Atronach Forge pedestal. Unlike the items in the offering box, it is never consumed and can be re-used again and again.

Bugs

This section contains bugs related to Atronach Forge. Before adding a bug to this list, consider the following: Please reload an old save to confirm if the bug is still happening. If the bug is still occurring, please post the bug report with the appropriate system template  360  /  XB1  ,  PS3  /  PS4  ,  PC  /  MAC  ,  NX  /  PS5  ,  XS  , depending on which platform(s) the bug has been encountered on. Be descriptive when listing the bug and fixes, but avoid having conversations in the description and/or using first-person anecdotes: such discussions belong on the appropriate forum board.

•  PC   360   PS3   The "Daedric weapon (random piece, random enchantment)" recipe may only produce warhammers, battleaxes, and war-axes. Reverting to a previous save or restarting the system does not appear to fix this.
  •  PC (Fix)   360 (Fix)   PS3 (Fix)   Removing the sigil stone and placing it back into the pedestal should fix this bug.
•  PC   360   When crafting Daedric boots at the forge, the item will not appear in the Dragonborn's inventory when picked up. This renders it impossible to equip unless console commands are used. Followers are able to pick up and wear Daedric boots suffering from this bug.
  • A makeshift, albeit time-consuming fix is to put the ingredients for the "Daedric armor (random piece, random enchantment)" recipe into the offering box, save, then craft and reload until Daedric boots appear with a desirable enchantment.
•  PC   360   NX   If the contents of the offering box are removed immediately after the lever is pulled, the recipe will still be conjured, but the ingredients will not be used.
  •  360   This may cause freezing.
  •  NX   A follower must be alongside the Dragonborn to be able to have them pull the lever and loot the offering box. If the contents are taken too slowly, they disappear; and if they are taken too fast, the forge will not register the offering. Some items may be missing.
• If an unbound Dremora is sneak attacked just as it appears, it will not have any weapon other than an Iron Dagger. If not looted, these iron daggers will appear in the offering box.^{confirmation needed}
•  360   Sometimes the Daedric weapons (random piece, random enchantment) recipe may create enchanted Daedric helmets or cuirasses.
  •  360 (Fix)   Reloading a previous save may fix this.
• When taking an item off the table next to the forge, there is a chance that all other items on that table will become invisible. They will remain in exactly the same position and can be interacted with, but cannot be seen. This makes the illusion ritual quest hard to complete because the book that is on the table is invisible even with the spell, making it appear that the book is just not there. It is also possible that all other items on that table will start rising slowly and then float above the table at a small distance.^{confirmation needed}
•  360   PS3   Atronach staves may not do anything.
•  NX   The "Daedric armor (random piece, random enchantment)" does not produce anything.

Appearances

• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim