Okay the way I thought how it works is the following.
- Drink potion of restoration
- Equip fortify alchemy gears
- I will get improved alchemy forever (as long as I keep the gear).
- Make better potion of restoration potion
- Remove gears
- Go back to #1 with the better restoration potion
I tried that my self. And something way off happens.
As the video suggest. There is no difference between I drink potion 90% fority restoration and then equip the gear or drinking the potion of restoration while wearing the gear.
I can drink all potion of restoration (I got 3) and got 900% fortify restoration. In fact, drinking potion of restoration improves the effect of next potion of restoration. However, it doesn't improves the effect of fortify enchanting potion.
I did build awesome 260% fortify restoration potion. However, that potion only have 260% effect for 60 seconds. After that the potion that is already made drop to the regular 100% fortify restoration.
So it's as if I am not really making more powerful potion. It's just the same potion but with temporary higher effect.
So where did I do wrong?
Drinking restoration potion and then equipping fortify alchemy gears do not help at all.
The main difference between drinking and then equip, compared to drinking while already wearing the 4 fortify alchemy set is in the active effect screen. In active effect screen, the effect of my 4 fortify alchemy is listed as only 20%. If I drink and then equip, the active effect of my alchemy is listed as 39%.
However, if I press tab and then items. The effects of my items improve the same way. They all list that each of my fortify alchemy apparels, that usually give 20% fortify alchemy now produces 39% fortify alchemy.
I think the issue may be several folds.
Perhaps the number listed on active effect is the one that's accurate instead of the number listed on item?
Best Answer
The glitch is not patched.
Basically I tried again. This time I have ingredients for fortify enchanting too.
What happens is I tried to drink restoration and go ahead try to create fortify enchanting.
Turns out the number that shows up is bad.
I reload again this time I drink restoration and I remove my fortify alchemy gear and put it back on.
This time it works and now I have 22k% alchemy gears.
It seems that if I do not take off fortify alchemy gears and drink fortify restoration that fortify restoration will improve fortify restoration potions. That number is the one showing up on UI.
I forget where. Maybe in inventory and may be in active effect. They differs.
The way to do this is to drink restoration and wear alchemy gear. Whether you unequip fortify alchemy gear before or after you drink restoration potion doesn't seem to matter. At least not to my knowledge.