Ectoplasm (Skyrim)

Ectoplasm

Weight	Base Value
0.1	25

Alchemical Effects
Restore Magicka 5 pts for 0 sec	Fortify Destruction 4% for 60 sec

Damage Health
2 pts for 1 sec

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For other uses, see Ectoplasm.

Ectoplasm is an ingredient in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. It can be used to make potions at an alchemy lab as part of alchemy.

A sample of ectoplasm can be found in Anise's Cabin, in the cellar.
Another can be found in the Abandoned Prison.
Four (one on the first floor, three on the second) can be found at the College of Winterhold in the Hall of Countenance.
There's another one on a table in Jorgen and Lami's House.
Found in the Alchemy room in some houses that one can own.
On a table in the final room in Yngvild
Found on Dragon Cultists in Forelhost.
Can be found occasionally by searching the 'ghostly remains' of slain Ghosts, but not Corrupted Shades.
2–4 can be found inside of the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon.
Can be bought at Arcadia's Cauldron.
2 can be found in Wuunferth the Unliving's room in the Palace of the Kings in Windhelm.
10 can be found on the corpse of Karstaag.^DR
Loot drop from Petra the Hagraven in Blind Cliff Bastion for "The Affairs of Hagravens" quest.

Main article: Potions (Skyrim)

Restore Magicka	Fortify Destruction	Fortify Magicka	Damage Health
Briar Heart † Creep Cluster Dwarven Oil Elves Ear Fire Salts Frost Salts Giant Lichen Grass Pod Human Flesh † Moon Sugar Mora Tapinella Pearl Red Mountain Flower † Taproot Vampire Dust White Cap	Ash Creep Cluster ^DR Beehive Husk Glow Dust Glowing Mushroom Nightshade † Wisp Wrappings	Briar Heart † Emperor Parasol Moss ^DR Histcarp Jazbay Grapes Red Mountain Flower † Salmon Roe ^HF Tundra Cotton Void Salts †	Crimson Nirnroot Deathbell Emperor Parasol Moss ^DR Falmer Ear Human Flesh † Human Heart Imp Stool Jarrin Root Nightshade † Nirnroot Poison Bloom ^DG Red Mountain Flower † River Betty Skeever Tail Small Antlers Troll Fat Void Salts †

† multiple effects

Three samples of ectoplasm are required to temper the Ghostblade at a grindstone. Ectoplasm is also used to upgrade the Drainspell Bow, Drainheart Sword and Drainblood Battleaxe at a grindstone. It is required to make elixirs doubling the duration of conjuration spells at the Atronach Forge.

It is one of only a few alchemical ingredients to also have a use in Smithing, some others being Bone Meal, Void Salts, and Daedra Hearts.
Ectoplasm has a similar appearance to Spriggan Sap, though Spriggan Sap is greenish while Ectoplasm is pearly white.