Skyrim:Orange Dartwing

Orange Dartwing; 000bb956
Alchemy Effects
1st	Restore Stamina
2nd	Ravage Magicka
3rd	Fortify Pickpocket
4th	Lingering Damage Health
Sources
# Samples	51
Creature	Dragonfly
Merchant Avail.	None (Uncommon)

An orange dartwing

An orange dartwing as depicted in the Herbalist's Guide to Skyrim

Orange Dartwings can be acquired by catching dragonflies. Not all dragonflies are orange dartwings; some are blue dartwings. The two types of dartwings share the Fortify Pickpocket alchemical effect.

"A surprising number of insects survive in Skyrim's climate, many thriving in the lower, southern areas of the province. Dragonflies can be found in a great many places, and while catching them can be a daunting prospect, the reward is well worth the effort. It was beyond the scope of my research to determine whether the orange and blue dragonflies are fully different breeds or merely simple color variations, but through experimentation I found that the orange dragonfly, when combined with the very hardy barnacles found along the coast, transfer some of their flighty nature, giving the herbalist some very nimble fingers." —Agneta Falia in the Herbalist's Guide to Skyrim.

CombinationsEdit

In terms of combinations of two ingredients, Orange Dartwing can be combined with 45 other ingredients.

2 EffectsEdit

Desired Effect		Combine with:
Fortify Pickpocket	Lingering Damage Health	Slaughterfish Egg
Lingering Damage Health	Ravage Magicka	Scathecraw^DB

1 EffectEdit

Desired Effect	Combine with:
Restore Stamina	Bear Claws (0.8× ,0.78× ), Bee, Charred Skeever Hide, Chokeweed^CC (1.2× ,1.22× ), Eye of Sabre Cat, Hackle-Lo Leaf^CC (1.2× ,1.22× ), Hawk Beak, Histcarp, Honeycomb, Large Antlers, Mudcrab Chitin, Netch Jelly^DB (2.0× ), Pearl, Pine Thrush Egg, Powdered Mammoth Tusk, Purple Mountain Flower, Sabre Cat Tooth, Salmon Roe^HF (0.4× , 0.36× ), Silverside Perch, Saltrice^CC (1.2× ,1.22× ), Scrib Jerky^CC (1.2× ,1.22× ), Small Pearl, Torchbug Thorax, Wisp Wrappings
Ravage Magicka	Alocasia Fruit^CC (1.5× ,1.56× ), Coda Flower^CC (1.5× ,1.56× ), Frost Mirriam, Grass Pod, Lavender, Red Mountain Flower, Spawn Ash^DB, White Cap, Wild Grass Pod^CC
Fortify Pickpocket	Blue Dartwing, Kresh Fiber^CC (1.25× ,1.27× ), Nordic Barnacle, Spadefish^CC
Lingering Damage Health	Chokeberry^CC (2× ,2.14 ), Imp Stool, Luminous Russula^CC (2× ,2.14 ), Mora Tapinella, Roobrush^CC (2× ,2.14 ), Rot Scale^CC (3× ,3.34× ), Slaughterfish Scales

IngredientsEdit

51 guaranteed samples can be found in 33 different locations. Locations with multiple samples are:

7 in the Hall of the Dead (Solitude)
5 in Forsaken Crypt (The Pale)
2 in Angeline's Aromatics (Solitude)
2 in Castle Dour, Emperor's Tower (Solitude)
2 in Dustman's Cairn (The Reach)
2 in High Hrothgar (Whiterun Hold)
2 in Jala's House (Solitude)
2 in Solitude Lighthouse (Solitude)
2 in Solitude Sawmill (Haafingar)
2 in the Thalmor Embassy (Haafingar)

This ingredient is not in the VendorItemIngredient category that allows it to be traded by apothecary merchants (see bugs).

The only way to make this ingredient become available from apothecary merchants is to unlock the Merchant perk (requires level 50 Speech), at which point it is an "uncommon" ingredient.

CreaturesEdit

Dragonflies spawn at 769 sites, in 138 different locations, typically near bodies of water (rivers, lakes, or ponds). Each spawning site can generate a random mix of up to 10 orange- and blue-winged dragonflies. The dragonflies are spawned between 5am and 8pm; some of the spawning sites instead generate torchbugs at night.

30 around the Apprentice Stone (Hjaalmarch)
22 around the Abandoned Shack (Hjaalmarch)
22 around the Wreck of the Winter War (Winterhold)
17 around Goldenglow Estate (The Rift)
15 around Geirmund's Hall (The Rift)
15 around Robber's Gorge (Hjaalmarch)
15 around Solitude Sawmill (Haafingar)
14 around Gloomreach (The Reach)

NotesEdit

Both the orange and blue dartwings have their wings on backwards.
Dartwings can be difficult to catch, due to their small size (making them harder to see) and speed. Using a word of a shout (such as Unrelenting Force or Drain Vitality) causes them to fall to the ground. However, if you do this over deep or swiftly moving water, it will complicate finding them afterwards.
Orange Dartwings are only considered "uncommon" ingredients in the apothecary merchant chest lists. In apothecary's satchels and enemy spellcasters' pockets, they are considered a "common" ingredient.

BugsEdit

This ingredient cannot normally be bought from apothecary merchants, even though it should be available according to their merchandise leveled lists. It also cannot be sold to apothecary merchants; it can only be sold to general goods merchants.
- The Unofficial Skyrim Patch, version 1.2, fixes this bug.
Dartwings can spawn partly under the ground, which makes them even more difficult to catch. ^?

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