3 Answers. It sounds like your Enchanting skill is too low. Under the Enchanting skill tree, the first perk is called Enchanter. As you spend perk points in Enchanter, it will increase the power of your new enchantments.
How do you increase Enchantment value in Skyrim?
Gaining Skill XP[edit] A few basic tips to increasing your Enchanting skill are as follows: Crafting enchanted items gives the biggest overall skill increases. Unlike Alchemy and Smithing, enchanting skill increases are unaffected by item value, enchantment used, or soul level of the soul gem used.
How do you make enchants not too expensive?
To avoid “too expensive,” you need to know about the prior work penalty (pwp). Each time you enchant or anvil, this goes up by one. If it’s the first operation on am item, it goes 0->1. If some of the items have a prior work penalty already, it adds one to the highest existing pwp.
Why does it say too expensive on an anvil?
Your anvil also says ‘too expensive’ when it consists of a maximum level of enchantment. If the cost of different items on an anvil is 40 or more, it will say ‘too expensive’, and you won’t be able to buy that item or cap for your anvil. Combining too many books will make enchant more expensive.
Why are my enchanted items going up in price?
And it’s not only a display bug: you can exploit it by saving the game after you’re done with your enchantments, loading a previous save, enchanting once in order to update prices, and loading your current save again to sell items at higher prices.
Why do enchanted items have less value in Skyrim?
For example, a leather bracer enchanted while under the effects of a Fortify Enchanting potion will have less value than a leather bracer enchanted without a Fortify Enchanting potion. If creating enchanted items for sale, remove any Fortify Enchanting buffs you may have equipped and don’t drink any Fortify Enchanting potions.
Why does armor rating decrease when I enchant an item?
Just tested it, with dragon armor. Legendary gauntlets started at 51 armor. When I enchanted it with a grand soul gem, the black star :), the base defense displayed as 26 on the enchanter. However when I checked the bow damage induced gauntlets in my inventory the armor was 51 again.
What happens when you enchant an item in vanilla?
In Vanilla, when a player enchants an item, both its price and charges are wrong. They do not match leveled items of the same enchantment strength and the gold value actually decreases with strength (which makes no sense).
