Disenchanting diminished return

Question

I just disenchanted an item with +50% magicka regen and +12% destruction spells but only ended up learning an enchantment with +10% magicka regen and +5% destruction. The same thing happened for similar items: the enchantment I gained was significantly diminished. How do I get closer to what I had before? Do I have to disenchant more of the same item?

Asked by Bilge

Answer

When you disenchant something, you're not getting a percentage of the enchantment you learned. What you're getting the ability to use that enchantment: in essence, the base enchantment upon which you built better ones.

So it doesn't matter what your skill is or what the item is, you'll always wind up with the same base enchantment to start off with.

What matters is the size of the soul you use and your enchanting skill. Larger soul and more enchanting skill means better enchantments to be placed on items.

Answered by Mark Trapp

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