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I have level 100 smithing, enchanting and alchemy. I also have some nice enchanted gear, fortify smithing and alchemy.

How high should I be able to get my fortified equipment? Currently I'm around 29% for alchemy and smithing.

How high can I get fortify smithing and fortify enchanting potions without using the console (cheating)? And how? Currently I get +147% and +32% respectively.

Is something like this possible without using the console(or photoshop)? Photoshop much?

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I can not comment on everything but I do recall the cap for %less was I think 25%, so you can achieve 100% reduction, but you need to put that enchantment on 4 pieces of gear. – James Jan 6 '12 at 3:09
You can get to at least 29%. I have 3 items with a total of -106% destruction (I should be making magika when I can a fireball) – Coomie Jan 6 '12 at 3:18

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29% is the max cap you can get per piece of armor via the in game fortify loop. I've tried using the falmer helmet glitch to see if I can boost my enchanting up some more, but it does not. The only way you can make that armor with a fully patched game is using the console.

However, there used to be a glitch with fortify restoration that can turbo boost your skills to insane levels, and with that it was possible to make armor as shown in the picture.

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You mention 'Used to be a glitch with fortify restoration'. This looks to be alive and well as of this date in the game to me. I do not think it could give you the stats on the armor of the question however as the parts do not add up to any enchantment set or pair I have seen as of yet. – James Jan 19 '12 at 0:24
@James maybe that video didn't explain it properly and I picked a bad one as an example. There used to be a way (maybe its still not patched) to form a complete feedback loop via fortify restoration that can easily allow you to make 100% reduction armor. See here as an example: skyrimforums.org/threads/… – spartacus Jan 20 '12 at 14:10
Oh, sorry miss-communication on my part. I just did not think those two stats looked right together. I know you could get it to 100% reduction, but I did not think you could do that and only have a 10% regeneration along side it. I used a Fortify Restoration potion to increase my smith skill just 3 days ago now so it is still active :) – James Jan 20 '12 at 17:05
@James ah, I see. The enchantment on that armor is correct, its the one from robes and the magic regen is fixed at 10% (possibly a bug) – spartacus Jan 20 '12 at 22:16
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That glitch you used is still available and can be used...but what you should do is wear fortify alchemy equipment, make the fortify restoration potion, drink, unequip/equip clothing, repeat till your gear is ridiculously high, fortify alchemy, then make a fortify enchanting potion and set enchantments on other equipment.

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