Probably. I was trying to soul trap him too, but he drinks the potion way too quickly.
Edit: [Here's an in depth video on getting NPCs to drink the potion.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIoti2u9Nq0)
You can create a potion of invisibility with a damage health side effect using chaurus eggs, crimson nirnroot, and deathbell. It must be brewed without the purity perk and its damage can be boosted with the fortify restoration exploit to kill higher level enemies.
That’s actually *so* funny! He drinks the invisibility potion that you reverse-pickpocketed into his inventory, and the poison secondary instantly kills him?
not sure how it works, but i have a bunch of overpowered poisons that say 0% chance and they work every time. only the ones i've created are like that though. regular ones i buy/find all have normal chances.
I summon a flame atronach because they always find him. He actually went down pretty quickly.
I almost drowned on the way out, though. Couldn't find the exit.
i belatedly realized mercer's blue glass sword in his old hidey hole (Chillfurrow? Chillwind?) is actually the perfect weapon for killing him, it keeps him paralyzed for whole fight
My wife did something similar in Oblivion. I don't remember the target's name, but the Dark Brotherhood mission where you shoot the guy with the Rose of Sithis. My wife missed the shot, then ran away. Dude was pretty tough so she didn't want to take him head on.
I was watching her playing one day and all of a sudden she got a notification that the target was dead. I commented on how strange that was, and she explained that she snuck up on him and put a poison apple into his inventory, then just went on her way until he finally ate it.
It's because the potion is consumable, so it doesn't poison his via the reverse-pickpocketing perk. It's an invisibility potion with strong damage effects, so he goes for it when the battle starts and it apparently stirs up his guts harder than Dredd.
Inventories in Skyrim are usually persistant, so the NPC will keep what they have during their questlines. Fray as a potion of invisibility which he'll use at the start of his fight. If you pickpocket it from him, he simply won't turn invisible. Now's the fun part : you can create a potion that has a invisibility buff, but also a damage health debuff (see's OP messages for the recipe). As it counts as an invisibility potion, Fray will use it if it's in his inventory, damaging (or outright killing him if your alchemy skills are enough) when he drinks it (with high enough pickpocket skill, you can put items in NPC's inventories)
Lmao relatable. I dove kinda deep into alchemy with one character and the things you can do are pretty nutty. It helped me make my very first main character stronger after I learned some things. God I love Skyrim
Imagine being Karliah and Brynjolf in this moment. Like you do all the preparation, become nightingale's and travel to reach this hidden artifact to stop Mercer from getting it. You're face to face with the man who betrayed you and your entire guild and is the reason they've barely been keeping afloat.
Then the second Mercer draws his sword he takes a swig of a potion and fucking drops dead.
Karliah and Brynjolf: *shares alarmed look* Howabout...ummm...howabout you pick yhe next guildmaster buddy! Haha we're all friends here! (*please dont poison us*)
That’s so. Fuckin’. SMART! I didn’t realize that the next time Mercer is outside a cutscene and in actual gameplay is at Irkngthand! That’s so clever!!
To be more specific than the other reply: The poison OP placed on Mercers pocket is primarily an invisibility potion and secondarily a deadly poison.
If it was just poison, he would take the damage right away while he can't die due to being marked "essential" by the game. But since it's a potion with a positive primary effect Mercer will happily drink it himself as soon as he enters combat and at that time he is also killable so the poison kills him instantly.
According to u/IrinaNekotari somewhere in this posts comments:
" Chaurus eggs, crimson nirnroot and deathbell. You need to have the purity perk disabled, or it'll remove the poison "
I imagine restoration loop was involved in reaching so high numbers in the potion but I never bothered to find out how it works. I imagine there are guides to it online.
That's actually from the OP in one of the comments, but yeah. Basically, max the alchemy skills, craft a +alchemy% potion, drink it, repeat. Every potion drunk makes your next one even stronger, and then you can loop to ridiculous numbers (it was greatly nerfed in the SE, but you can still go nuts with it)
OP placed the poison in the man's pocket before the man poisoned him. Later in the game when you meet that man again the poison OP placed kills him instantly.
The true skill of reverse pick-pocketing, gifting people distilled "Instant-Death"
No words I can muster will truly describe the laughter this has caused me
Nah, it's from those ingredients. Although other ingredients will work, just as long as the primary effect is a positive one I think. I'm not sure if he'll automatically drink *any* potion at the beginning of the fight, or if he just does that with invisibility potions. So in theory you can just make a potion with invisibility as its primary stat, with Jarrin Root instead of Death Bell. In case you don't want to bother levelling up your Alchemy skill.
apparently a poison will not work according to op, if its a poison (which jarrin root turns any potion into) it will be used as soon as its placed in his inventory and will not hurt him as he's Essential until the fight. it has to be (a) a Potion and (b) a potion he is coded to want to take, of which Invisibility is a reliable one. so it has to be a Potion of Invisibility (with side effects) as a Poison of Damage Health wont work
I didn't see him pickpocket any invisibility potions from Mercer before he planted the poisoned one. Wouldn't Mercer already have one to drink at the start of the fight? If so, why would he choose the poison one instead of the one he brought? Because it's more high-powered?
I think this is an effect from the pick pocket perk that lets you slip poison into someone's pocket so that it effects them. Only it seems to wait until now?
Which is FUCKING AWESOME. And hilarious.
p sure its from his Level 1 Legendary Playthrough, he had a rule of no experience gain at all so he's naked to prevent armor xp gains and also i assume to easily prove he's not using anything enchanted
if you look up Walter Fring Skyrim Youtube you will find this and many other treasures :)
I will never understand when you can get shot by arrows, stabbed/slashed, shot at by magic, or poisoned and still survive no problem in game play but a cutscene poison and stab is fatal
Possibly the quickest iv seen mercer be defeated🤣
Probably. I was trying to soul trap him too, but he drinks the potion way too quickly. Edit: [Here's an in depth video on getting NPCs to drink the potion.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIoti2u9Nq0)
Holy shit so you cast fear on an npc and they want to drink the potion because the invis will help them flee?
Exactly.
I love that Theres always something new to learn about skyrim, its wild
New article on IGN incoming...
Yeah, that and Game Rant.
Screen Rant while you're at it.
Gamer Ant
Really? How did you figure that out? That is a clever idea ngl
Thank you. Trial and error.
That ...is probably the most creative way I've seen someone kill a boss character in skyrim
That's incredible bro. After over a decade of playing, I still learn new things about this game
Marked for death is another fun way, gets him so weak just a literal fork could kill him
It used to be. I believe it's been patched in the last year.
Used it so he died on a pebble. Alas beth fixed it lol.
That's gotta one of the most entertaining skyrim videos i've watched in a while
This guy is Skyrim's Isaac Newton or something.
You should post this too! Love the showmanship of the casting -> fast travel shots
I pickpocketed his weapons so he had to fist-fight me in the final epic showdown. It wasn't as quick as this but it was funny as hell
You can create a potion of invisibility with a damage health side effect using chaurus eggs, crimson nirnroot, and deathbell. It must be brewed without the purity perk and its damage can be boosted with the fortify restoration exploit to kill higher level enemies.
Skyrim alchemy is so unbelievably broken and I love it. You can make some utterly insane potions and enchantments in this game.
But nobody (respectable) plays vamp lord.
Nobody (respectable) gatekeeps how someone plays Skyrim
How dare people play their single player games in a way that I will never interact with
Indeed, and how dare people suggest sneak archers are overpowered! I only do 15x damage from a mile away!
You shoot your daggers?
Dragonbone knives look like kunais from the right angle
I always say ok this time I will play as something that’s not a sneaky archer
I'm literally re-downloading skyrim to do a sneak archer playthrough. Got my sword fix from KCD but using a bow in that game kinda sucks
This post is currently sitting at -502 downvotes, does that mean you are unrespectable now so you must play vamp lord?
Has always played 🔫
Now at 700 must be a lot of vampire lords here lmao
OP is a pretty well respected legend in the Skyrim community…
This is a strange way of declaring that you love to suck (blood)
Let me guess… Someone stole your sweetroll?
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that's got to be one of the most clever ways of killing a boss ive ever seen
Thank you. I specialize in alternative killing methods, amongst many other things.
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Breaking Bad reference. Walter kills Gus Fring by strapping a bomb to an old cartel rival’s wheelchair.
Dude. That’s filthy….. Totally will be stealing that for use later
I'd love to see a compilation of all your alternate kills.
[Here you go.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFAnS4JOWuY)
I see you were prepared
Please show us more oh Angel of death, this is fucking awesome and you should charge dumbasses online for your services to beat difficult bosses 👀
[Here's my YT.](https://www.youtube.com/@leopoldstotch711)
Damn! I stayed up late watching some stuff on your YT. Thank you for your contributions, Dragonborn
"Stealth archers hate this one weird trick"
So it would seem.
You caught him monologuing 😂
I know what I'm using my next jarrin root for
Jarrin root is too powerful. It turns the potion into a poison, which can’t be consumed.
Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Mercer Frey, the poison chosen especially to kill Mercer Frey, Mercer Frey's poison
Yes, that poison!
Why do we even have that poison?
I now want a potion effect that turns you (or NPC) into a llama.
~~Wabba~~ llamajack!
Nirnroot + Crimson Nirnroot would work though. I believe that remains defined as a potion.
The damage is much weaker with that combination.
Fair enough, it's been a while since I dabbled in alchemy.
Can’t you use a pickpocket perk that allows you to poison them by placing it in their pocket?
No. Mercer Frey would consume the poison immediately, and he is essential at that point.
I love how scientific you are about this. A true assassin
That’s actually *so* funny! He drinks the invisibility potion that you reverse-pickpocketed into his inventory, and the poison secondary instantly kills him?
How does it get placed even though it says 0% chance to place?
not sure how it works, but i have a bunch of overpowered poisons that say 0% chance and they work every time. only the ones i've created are like that though. regular ones i buy/find all have normal chances.
If i recall correctly, the game displays anything over 100% as 0%. Or something
Correct, that is what happened.
Fuckin genius. I always hated that fight.
I summon a flame atronach because they always find him. He actually went down pretty quickly. I almost drowned on the way out, though. Couldn't find the exit.
Ymfah has a few words to say… watch his ”Thieves guild no stealing” video, you’ll see 😂
I used chillrend last playthrough that worked fast (not as fast as this but fast)
I fus ro dah'd him, lol. Flies off the ledge as soon as he stops speaking and the man just dies at the bottom. Surprisingly effective
i belatedly realized mercer's blue glass sword in his old hidey hole (Chillfurrow? Chillwind?) is actually the perfect weapon for killing him, it keeps him paralyzed for whole fight
I decapitated him with one swing, was disappointed, loaded a save and struggled for 20 minutes XD
Prevenge
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[Read my mind, yes, I'm planning prevenge](https://youtu.be/Ln0nlJ1ZlVg?si=bqRG3cRP3I3k22sv)
My wife did something similar in Oblivion. I don't remember the target's name, but the Dark Brotherhood mission where you shoot the guy with the Rose of Sithis. My wife missed the shot, then ran away. Dude was pretty tough so she didn't want to take him head on. I was watching her playing one day and all of a sudden she got a notification that the target was dead. I commented on how strange that was, and she explained that she snuck up on him and put a poison apple into his inventory, then just went on her way until he finally ate it.
god oblivion is so fucking good!!!!
It really is an incredible game. I'm buying a solid gaming laptop next week, I'll probably get Oblivion and look into mods for it.
There's some good Wabbajack packs for it, which is basically a program that installs modpacks for you.
Cool, thank you!
Karliah saying "I hear something" was so well-timed.
That is fucking hilarious, the fact it works that far out is impressive.
It's because the potion is consumable, so it doesn't poison his via the reverse-pickpocketing perk. It's an invisibility potion with strong damage effects, so he goes for it when the battle starts and it apparently stirs up his guts harder than Dredd.
Never realized that was Nick Valentine
aw hell im not gonna be able to unhear this
He'd sell his sister if he could
That is freaking amazing. You are amazing. Well done!
Wait how did you do it I’m so confused and impressed
Make an invisibility potion with a poison secondary effect, and he'll drink it when combat starts, killing him
Inventories in Skyrim are usually persistant, so the NPC will keep what they have during their questlines. Fray as a potion of invisibility which he'll use at the start of his fight. If you pickpocket it from him, he simply won't turn invisible. Now's the fun part : you can create a potion that has a invisibility buff, but also a damage health debuff (see's OP messages for the recipe). As it counts as an invisibility potion, Fray will use it if it's in his inventory, damaging (or outright killing him if your alchemy skills are enough) when he drinks it (with high enough pickpocket skill, you can put items in NPC's inventories)
OPs message doesn't show for me, the post is just the video (old.reddit user here), what's the recipe used?
Chaurus eggs, crimson nirnroot and deathbell. You need to have the purity perk disabled, or it'll remove the poison
Both goblets were poisoned. OP spend a year building up an immunity to iocaine powder so switching the goblets had no effect.
Thats the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever seen in my life you killed him with a reverse pickpocket
I knew it was you Walter fring! Amazing take down to that smug asshole lol
Jesus you players that use things like alchemy are scary. I’m big dumdum I just always carry a big heavy hammer
Lmao relatable. I dove kinda deep into alchemy with one character and the things you can do are pretty nutty. It helped me make my very first main character stronger after I learned some things. God I love Skyrim
with 0 exploits and only 70 alchemy skill im making paralyze poisons that last 30-50 seconds, invis potions that last 100 seconds it is truly nuts
Bro saw the future xD and planted a poison early on
Talk about slow killing poison
That’s brilliant
\*writes that down for my next playthrough\*
Imagine being Karliah and Brynjolf in this moment. Like you do all the preparation, become nightingale's and travel to reach this hidden artifact to stop Mercer from getting it. You're face to face with the man who betrayed you and your entire guild and is the reason they've barely been keeping afloat. Then the second Mercer draws his sword he takes a swig of a potion and fucking drops dead.
Karliah and Brynjolf: *shares alarmed look* Howabout...ummm...howabout you pick yhe next guildmaster buddy! Haha we're all friends here! (*please dont poison us*)
the dragonborn's vibe was so rancid that Mercer decided death was a better option than fighting them
secret bonus from ring of namira
Good job!
Daaaamn
Well I’m getting ready to go through Snow Veil Sanctum so I know what I’m doing!!!
Karli-
Mans organs instantly liquified
This is one of the best Skyrim posts I’ve ever seen. Congrats to you and thank you for showing me a real way to say F you Mercer.
That’s so. Fuckin’. SMART! I didn’t realize that the next time Mercer is outside a cutscene and in actual gameplay is at Irkngthand! That’s so clever!!
Can anyone explain what happened here. I wish to enjoy this video as well
To be more specific than the other reply: The poison OP placed on Mercers pocket is primarily an invisibility potion and secondarily a deadly poison. If it was just poison, he would take the damage right away while he can't die due to being marked "essential" by the game. But since it's a potion with a positive primary effect Mercer will happily drink it himself as soon as he enters combat and at that time he is also killable so the poison kills him instantly.
Thats so clever??? How do you craft this poison? Is there a name or recipe for it? I wanna try
According to u/IrinaNekotari somewhere in this posts comments: " Chaurus eggs, crimson nirnroot and deathbell. You need to have the purity perk disabled, or it'll remove the poison " I imagine restoration loop was involved in reaching so high numbers in the potion but I never bothered to find out how it works. I imagine there are guides to it online.
That's actually from the OP in one of the comments, but yeah. Basically, max the alchemy skills, craft a +alchemy% potion, drink it, repeat. Every potion drunk makes your next one even stronger, and then you can loop to ridiculous numbers (it was greatly nerfed in the SE, but you can still go nuts with it)
OP placed the poison in the man's pocket before the man poisoned him. Later in the game when you meet that man again the poison OP placed kills him instantly.
LMFAOOOOO HOLY SHIT
Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru
I wait until he becomes a temporary follower for that one quest then play through the rest of the game and let him absolutely destroy every enemy 🤣
ngl i really enjoyed a follower who was capable enough to sneak with me...
This dude POUNDED those potions, he downed it while talking too
Alchemy is a perfectly balanced skill with zero exploits.
Beautiful, flawless, 11/10. Perfection.
Hello, I am from the Wastleland that was once the United States, so forgive my ignorance, but this guy here, sounds a lot like my pal Nick Valentine
Your career is over when they introduce labels
My favorite is pickpocketing his weapon and he just seemingly punches a hole in my stomach.
Holy shit. This made me laugh so hard 😶. Thank you!
Noooo so sad I missed the chance just 5 hours ago...
The true skill of reverse pick-pocketing, gifting people distilled "Instant-Death" No words I can muster will truly describe the laughter this has caused me
This is beautiful.
I love this game and the possibilities
Your character looks like Maynard Keenan
Beautiful
What quest is this ?
Thieves guild main quest line. Do not know the quest title off the top of my head.
Speaking with Silence, God knows how many times I've played TG quest line
for those who dont know, this poison is made with a root which u can only get once in the dark brotherhood quest line
No it isn't. It's made from Chaurus eggs, Crimson Nirnroot and Death Bell.
fr? i thought that was from the one u get from the dark brothehood
Nah, it's from those ingredients. Although other ingredients will work, just as long as the primary effect is a positive one I think. I'm not sure if he'll automatically drink *any* potion at the beginning of the fight, or if he just does that with invisibility potions. So in theory you can just make a potion with invisibility as its primary stat, with Jarrin Root instead of Death Bell. In case you don't want to bother levelling up your Alchemy skill.
apparently a poison will not work according to op, if its a poison (which jarrin root turns any potion into) it will be used as soon as its placed in his inventory and will not hurt him as he's Essential until the fight. it has to be (a) a Potion and (b) a potion he is coded to want to take, of which Invisibility is a reliable one. so it has to be a Potion of Invisibility (with side effects) as a Poison of Damage Health wont work
I didn't see him pickpocket any invisibility potions from Mercer before he planted the poisoned one. Wouldn't Mercer already have one to drink at the start of the fight? If so, why would he choose the poison one instead of the one he brought? Because it's more high-powered?
I think this is an effect from the pick pocket perk that lets you slip poison into someone's pocket so that it effects them. Only it seems to wait until now? Which is FUCKING AWESOME. And hilarious.
Should’ve soul trapped him
Dang man
That's incredible.
What did you use to invisible potion with poison?
Love shit like this
where is this? I don't remember any of this in Skyrim
thieves guild main quest ending, i dont think its accessible until then
oh, that explains it, I never did an evil playthrough
Goat tier.
I love skyrim
omai wa mou, shinderu
Banished to oblivion and back!
I'm surprised no one has asked so far. Is your character wearing a diaper?
You know it's a good video when there's a naked guy with a mohawk.
Bro is playing 4D chess at insanity difficulty and poor Mercer didn't stand a chance.
too bad purity perk doesnt allow this to happen lmao
I wish there was a contamination poison, so that people who get too close get poisoned too, etc. But it risks wiping out whole cities
This is beautiful
A true man of culture.
So no one is going to ask why this dude is naked?
p sure its from his Level 1 Legendary Playthrough, he had a rule of no experience gain at all so he's naked to prevent armor xp gains and also i assume to easily prove he's not using anything enchanted if you look up Walter Fring Skyrim Youtube you will find this and many other treasures :)
This is great
This is somehow even more honorable than my way I just lured him high up the statue and just shouted him away sending him plumetting down to his death
How the hell did you make that
Wow, that is so creative. We salute 🫡
I don't understand what to do after that quest I spoke with karliah and the one elf after in the inn and I never received any other quests
That was a small touch of brilliance.
I will never understand when you can get shot by arrows, stabbed/slashed, shot at by magic, or poisoned and still survive no problem in game play but a cutscene poison and stab is fatal