Ingredients are items that can be eaten or used with Alchemy apparatuses to make potions and poisons. Ingredients can be retrieved from plants, dead animals, or bought from vendors. Each ingredient has four effects; these may range from restorative, to damaging, to fortifying effects. The number of effects visible to you depends on your alchemy skill. At 'Novice' level, only the first effect is visible to you. An 'Apprentice' sees two effects, a 'Journeyman' sees three, and an 'Expert' can see all four properties of an ingredient. There are 103 ingredients, not including some hidden and rare ingredients.