

She will also give a quest to find ingredients to help her cultivate more nirnroot. She has a garden consisting of eight nirnroot on the farm.Avrusa Sarethi of Sarethi Farm will buy all the nirnroot in your inventory if the option is selected in chat.She displays a third nirnroot in her shop, but it can only be acquired by stealing it.Angeline Morrard of Angeline's Aromatics in Solitude sells two nirnroot.Babette at the Falkreath Sanctuary sells one Nirnroot, which replenishes every two days.A giant nirnroot variety can be found on Giant Nirnroot Island, in The Elder Scrolls V: Dragonborn. crimson nirnroot, a cousin to nirnroot, also grows abundantly in Skyrim's Blackreach. The glow is faint in daylight, but very bright-even from a distance-after dark. The plant makes a sound somewhat akin to chimes and emits a white glow. Nirnroot can be found throughout Skyrim, usually along lake and river banks. The only drawback is it won't regrow after harvesting." ―Ingun Black-Briar It grows only by the water and makes a unique chiming noise.

Gianna, the Castle's chief cook comments that nirnroot is a common spice in stews and other dishes.Ī giant nirnroot which can be found only in Giant Nirnroot Island. The Gourmet's recipe for Potage le Magnifique in his book, Uncommon Taste does not call for a nirnroot, but if the Dragonborn impersonates the cook at Castle Dour, during the Dark Brotherhood questline, a nirnroot can be added to the casserole as a secret ingredient. "Nirnroot" is named because it is a root of Nirn, the planet on which The Elder Scrolls is set. It is still unknown why nirnroot radiates a bluish-white glow, and is still today largely unstudied. The Dunmer used the volcanic ash mixed with soil as a cure for Blight, further supporting this theory.

One theory on how the plant survived is that the explosion of Red Mountain, mixed with the fertile soil of Cyrodiil, gave the soil healing properties, allowing the plant to "preserve itself" during the event and survive without light. Herbalist Chivius Regelliam noted that a solar event known as the Sun's Death severely depleted the presence of nirnoot in Tamriel, as it was a surface dwelling plant and needed the sun's rays in order to survive.
