Skyrim talk:Skooma

Making Skooma

Is it possible to create skooma from moon sugar?--DarthWeezie 00:21, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

I doubt it, as moon sugar doesn't have "restore stamina" as an effect. — Unsigned comment by 68.55.184.71 (talk) at 08:33 on 27 December 2011

You can't make skooma in any ES game I know of. Definitely not in Skyrim. The games seem to indicate that all skooma comes from Elsweyr. --Morrolan (talk) 22:17, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

Not in any canonical game on this wiki. Somebody could check the adventure board non-video game, that's not well documented enough that it could be an exception. 99.179.145.178 09:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Balmora Blue

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Balmora Blue is in an identical bottle, restores 25 stamina, but is illegal in Skyrim. Is it a variant of skooma, strong skooma, or something else? The Silencer has spoken 11:08, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Both Skooma and Balmora Blue are made from Moon Sugar, but Balmora Blue has extra things added to make it more potent. I would think that sounds like a stronger Skooma, but im not sure... — Kimi the Elf ^{(talk | contribs)} 23:46, 9 May 2012 (UTC)

It's not identical, Skooma has no negative effects and is a potion while Balmora Blue damages stamina regeneration and is a wine. --Morrolan (talk) 22:15, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

I think that about covers it: due to being also a wine (from a vineyard, so probably from grapes) it also has negative effects, and it's for a quest, and is as illegal as skooma. We don't know the strength of the distillation, but since it's from Morrowind instead of Skyrim it's probably not as watered down. Only the bottle imagery itself is identical. The mod that tagged it as a "Good Question" is retired, it's been more than a decade since it's been fully answered, can we get the "Good Question" tag removed? 99.179.145.178 09:16, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Cure for Skooma?

I recently read an idea that Skooma can be cured by drinking health potions, which (though I personally have not seen the specific quest about it) is referenced by a beggar asking you to bring a health potion for him to help with his addiction. So, while the player may not experience any negative side effects, this may be because the player (usually) uses more healing potions than air, along with the earlier statements that Skyrim's is weaker.

The main point I'm wondering is if this theory should be added as a seperate section at the end of the article (Trivia, or a different name) "A common player theory "(assuming that there are enough players who agree that this is credible)"is that Health Potions are a viable cure to the negative effects of Skooma seen in other games.8.28.70.17 23:19, 19 April 2012 (UTC) ArcHorizon 4/19/2012 17:18:30

Well Wujeeta asks for a healing potion to cure her addiction. I am not sure how relevant it is to add to the page however. — Kimi the Elf ^{(talk | contribs)} 23:31, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Legality and Guards

Is it illegal in that guards will aggro you for having it? — Unsigned comment by 72.131.35.117 (talk) at 05:54 on 7 January 2013

No. — ABCface^◥ 08:49, 7 January 2013 (GMT)

Narcotic?

A potion that restores stamina does not seem to me like a narcotic--that mention should probably be removed, unless it's explicitly stated that skooma is a narcotic somewhere in the lore. Xolroc (talk) 21:56, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

Skooma is well-established as a narcotic in the lore. What's more, there are instances of people suffering from Skooma addiction in Skyrim, in particular Skyrim:Wujeeta and the people at Skyrim:Redwater Den^DG. It's sorta weird that it doesn't have any narcotic effects to the player in Skyrim though, but that's already noted at the top of the page. --Morrolan (talk) 22:13, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

I'm aware of the addictive properties, but there are things that are not narcotics that are addictive. Xolroc (talk) 22:15, 8 October 2013 (GMT)

Merriam-Webster defines narcotic as "a drug (such as cocaine, heroin, or marijuana) that affects the brain and that is usually dangerous and illegal." Skooma fits that. (link filter doesn't like www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narcotic) --Morrolan (talk) 22:25, 8 October 2013 (GMT)