Oakensoul Ring Malabal Tor,

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 6

Unfortunately the area I've been told to go to Velyn Harbour Inn and wipe out any mobs. Well herby lies the rub. I've already done the Velyn Harbour quest. So there isn't anyone to kill. What am I supposed to do now?

Cooperharley · July 6

You can kill any mobs in Malabal Tor. I went just east of Velyn Harbour and killed mobs in the Ilayas ruins for the lead. Good luck!

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 7

Thanx Coop

I've done all the all the mobs I could find and the Dolmens. I stll haven't found it, but I guess it is possible that that I have it but overlooked it. And as far as I know there's no real way of knowing? Till I get all 5 pieces and try to put them together. I've got the one from the vents and the Crab. I think I'll have to move on and get the others and if I can't build the Oakensoul I'll have to come back the Malabal Tor and give it another go.

Cheers anyway

Mike

Mesite · July 7

I may be misremembering, but I remember killing lots of crabs along the Velyn Harbour beach area looking for something. When you attack a crab it becomes an enemy. Can the lead be hidden behind a crab?

NoSoup · July 8

You can see in the "codex" if you have already got it. Having said that, I do remember the Malabal lead being quite a grind to get.

freespirit · July 8

Any enemy can drop it, anywhere in Malabal Tor, good luck!

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 8

Mesite

The crab that has the Larimar Gems is Titanclaw World Boss at Mudcrab Beach Stormhaven.

No Soup

Thanx for the codex tip. I've been all over Malabal Tor killing mobs and doing Dolmens. I'll check the codex.

Anyone got any tips on finding Ore Nodes in Glenumbra. Everywhere I've been they are very thin on the ground. Someone said that they resporned every 3-5 mins. So when he found one he just stayed with it until it gave him what he wanted. However I think that tip was a bit spurious, because I opened one last night and stayed with it till I switched on again today. But it hadn't
resporned.

Freespirit

Thanx for that, I think?

Q - Do you have to Scry at the exact spot where you get the item Leads?

Zodiarkslayer · July 8

The time tested method to get antiquities leads is farm one, dig it up, do the next.

A never officially confirmed theory is that there is a modifier embedded into the RnG that lowers the drop probability, if you have too many open leads. I certainly believe it and have always scried and dug up all open leads before I went on a Mythic hunt.

I never had to really grind leads. Not like this mind numbing, "why am I doing this?" kind of grinding. They usually drop within the first 15 mins or 10 attempts with Bosses. Lockboxes are a different matter, though. 😅

Dagoth_Rac · July 8

mikeb16_ESO41 wrote: »

Mesite

The crab that has the Larimar Gems is Titanclaw World Boss at Mudcrab Beach Stormhaven.
No Soup

Thanx for the codex tip. I've been all over Malabal Tor killing mobs and doing Dolmens. I'll check the codex.
Anyone got any tips on finding Ore Nodes in Glenumbra. Everywhere I've been they are very thin on the ground. Someone said that they resporned every 3-5 mins. So when he found one he just stayed with it until it gave him what he wanted. However I think that tip was a bit spurious, because I opened one last night and stayed with it till I switched on again today. But it hadn't
resporned.
Freespirit

Thanx for that, I think?
Q - Do you have to Scry at the exact spot where you get the item Leads?

Just run around Glenumbra. There are ore leads everywhere. You'll waste so much time sitting by a node waiting for it to respawn. You'll find 20 other nodes just running around in the time you would have sat around waiting for a node you just picked to respawn. Get the passive that makes ore nodes glow if you have to, but red rubedite ore is generally pretty easy to see even without passive.

Also, the node is not local to you. It is available to everyone in zone. If it was not there when you logged in, that is completely normal. Somebody else had picked it recently while you were offline. It likely respawned hundreds of times while you were offline, got picked by someone passing by, and then went on cooldown for a while before respawning, getting picked, and so on.

You can only scry in the zone where you dig up the antiquity. All Oakensoul pieces are dug up on High Isle. And the codex is sorted by location of antiquity, not location of leads. So you need to look under High Isle in codex to see Oakensoul and which leads you already have dug up, which are found and on timer to expire after 30 days, and which are not yet found.

Mesite · July 8

mikeb16_ESO41 wrote: »

Mesite

The crab that has the Larimar Gems is Titanclaw World Boss at Mudcrab Beach Stormhaven.
No Soup

Thanx for the codex tip. I've been all over Malabal Tor killing mobs and doing Dolmens. I'll check the codex.
s?

No, I checked and found the Reddit message from 2 years ago that gave me the tip. Kill mudcrabs along the beach at Velyn Harbour. The mudcrabs are hiding it.

Mesite · July 8

The little mudcrabs, not the big one

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 9

Mesite

I think we are speaking at cross purposes. I don't know what you are talking about . But I'm talking about the Larima Gems. One of five items that make up the OAKENSOUL RING. It was only launched about three weeks ago, not 2 years ago? Anyway, as I've already said...

The crab that has the Larimar Gems is Titanclaw World Boss at Mudcrab Beach Stormhaven. That's where I got the lead from.

Zodiarkslayer

Thanx for your input

Dagoth_Rac

Yeah I hear what you are saying. The Stone Shank Frame is now the last piece of the ring I need. And as you say the clock is ticking. I have 24 days left, I was running around Glenumbra for nearly 3 hours last night, but my luck just wasn't running with me.

If I manage to get the Ring I think I'll clone it. Yes, they say that all your characters can use it, if you keep it in the bank. But I'd rather have them all equiped with it, well at least the One Bar ones.

Cheers Guys

Mesite · July 9

The oakensoul ring came out with High Isle. It's not new.

I was talking about the sacred resin

allochthons · July 9

@mikeb16_ESO41 it sounds like you might be on a 30 days ESO+ time limit?

If you are on console, one of the add-ons, Harvestmap, shows resource nodes on your map. Get it, install it, and then turn on the Ore node. You can turn off the rest of the nodes to clean up your map. I know similar add-ons exist for PC, but someone else will have to give details.

Glenumbra has a ton of ore nodes. Find a cliff or mountain ,and just run along the base. Once you hit the end, find another. I've farmed that lead on three accounts. It drops. But every once in awhile, a lead will just have awful RNG. If you have more than one character, try on another character for awhile. Leads drop even for characters that don't have antiquities unlocked.

You can definitely check which leads you've found by looking at the codex. My server is down right now, but you can navigate to the Oakensoul ring, then hit a button to see which fragments you have. I can make a video once the server comes back up showing how to do it, if you still need it.

And definitely make multiples of the mythic with a transmute station. I have the Oakensoul ring, and the Ring of Pale Order, and the Ring of the Wild Hunt on most of my toons.

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 10

Hi Mesite

The oakensoul ring came out with High Isle. It's not new.

Yes it might well have, but they didn't shout about it then. Because I didn't hear about it at all till now. Anyway we've had two power outages in the last two days. And although it doesn't make any direct difference to you and what we are talking about now. It's made a hell of a difference to my life and work here. My brain has been a bit fried, but toes crossed that it won't happen again today. And I can get my life back on track.

Still, now my brain has just clicked back in, I can see where you are coming from. It didn't occure to me for one minute that ESO would consider a bunch of hostile crabs as being mobs! But yeah, I can see it now! Unfortunately though it's too late for me to wreak vengeance on the crabs as I now have all the leads I need.

Cheers anyway

Mike

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 10

allochthons

Thanx mate, your a star with info and a video offer.

But I won't be needing that video now. Last night when I switched off, I was on a little island. When I say little I mean really little, you could walk round it in under 30 seconds. I switched on today and literally at my feet was a group of red ore. It contained the Stone Shank Frame, the last lead I needed.

Yes I am on PS5. I was invited to test ESO when it was a Beta and have been playing it ever since. And yes I think we can safely say I'm a vet.

However, with your obvious ESO knowledge perhaps you can help me with another matter? Although I have all ring leads, I still have to obtain them. And until now I haven't paid much attention to Scrying. So I'm something like lever 3 or 4 and to complete the ring it needs me to be at least level 7. I would normally ask, I'm not a fan of fast levelling up, but I'm against the clock. And I'm thinking that if I run out of time I might have to start again from cratch. And farming isn't my most favourite occupation. So what I'm asking is are their any add ons or actions to help speed my level up?

Cheers

Mike

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 10

allochthons

PS

Master Difficulty Leads:
The Oakensoul Ring requires five fragments, each associated with a Master difficulty Lead???. These leads can only be scried by characters with a Scrying skill level of at least 7??? and the Antiquarian Insight IV passive???

As you can obviously see '???' I'm completely Duh? With all this.

Mike

allochthons · July 10

@mikeb16_ESO41 congrats on that last lead! I'm so glad to hear it!

Scrying, unfortunately, doesn't have any shortcuts to leveling. Except a lot of time. XP scrolls or events, or training gear, don't speed it up. The conventional wisdom though, is this:

Dig up every green lead you get for free. In every zone you have access to. Once you hit the level where you can dig up blue, do all of those. And then the purple. That'll get you most of the way.

Between those, go to Artaeum, and repeatedly dig up the green and blue leads there. Since Artaeum is the smallest zone with leads, and it has no enemies, it's the fastest to travel between sites.
The drag between about level 4 and that lovely 7 is real, but everyone has had to do it.

The upside to scrying all the green/blue/purple leads is you get access to an item you can sell for, I think, 100K.
Here's what UESP says about it (down in the notes):

Once you have dug up at least one of every Simple, Intermediate, and Advanced Antiquity lead treasures available in each zone (a total of 39 excavations), a "Curious Coin Collection" will appear on top of a dresser on the top floor of the building [the antiquarian circle building -Allo]. This can be looted for Lead: Al-Esh Ascension Coin, which will lead you to a treasure that can be sold for 100,000 Gold. This is an Ultimate Antiquity lead, so you will need to reach Rank V of the Antiquarian Insight skill in Scrying before you can attempt it.

You need to dig up the leads in every zone up to greymoor, including summerset, I'm pretty sure. So owning DLC or having ESO+ is required. And this can only be done once per account, not once per character, alas.

I did all this during 1 month of ESO+. It's not fun. Good luck!

allochthons · July 10

Another tip. To level from 7 to 10, go to Coldharbour and harvest nodes. The Void-Crystal Anomaly lead drops from all resource nodes (except surveys, I don't think surveys drop the lead), and the drop rate is crazy. I don't think I've ever harvested more than 10 nodes without the lead dropping. I usually get it from the nirnroot and water nodes around the pond in the Hollow City.

Get the lead, dig it up, get the lead, dig it up. Coldharbour is big, but with all the wayshrines this isn't too bad, and it levels scrying to 10 pretty quick. Then, while you have the furnishing vault, shove the crystals in there and forget them.

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 11

allochthons

When I came on here for some assist, I wasn't aware what I would be getting, if anything. It's usually all a bit hit and miss. But I guesse I've mainly got you to thank for the lions share. When you say...

"I did all this during 1 month of ESO+. It's not fun. Good luck!"

You make it sound like torture. Approx how long were the sessions? If I succeed in doing any of the things you've suggested. I'll pop back and leave a message.

Cheers mate

allochthons · July 12

@mikeb16_ESO41 Well, I wouldn't call it torture!

I've leveled antiquities on numerous toons (like 15+) so my perception right now is a bit skewed.

(^^ this is all the toons on my main account. I've also leveled a toon on two alt accounts, so add a few to those numbers)
I am royally sick of Artaeum. But that won't be everyone's experience. I put on a podcast, or a movie, or something, and just scry there to level.

I honestly don't remember how long it took. I seem to remember someone telling me they did it in a day, but it was a long day.

Dagoth_Rac · July 12

mikeb16_ESO41 wrote: »

Yeah I hear what you are saying. The Stone Shank Frame is now the last piece of the ring I need. And as you say the clock is ticking. I have 24 days left, I was running around Glenumbra for nearly 3 hours last night, but my luck just wasn't running with me.

I am a little confused by "24 days left". The game is showing you a clock counting down on Stone Shank Frame and it is currently at 24 days? That means you already got lead 6 days ago. Once you get lead, you have 30 days to dig it up. That 30 days will tick down and if the 30 days expire, you need to farm the lead again.

So if Stone Shank Frame shows 24 days left, go to High Isle and dig it up! But if this 24 days left means days in your ESO+ subscription or something, then never mind.

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 13

Hi Dagoth_Rac

I have all the leads now and am bringing my Skrying to the level needed to continue to the next stage. And yes I am an ESO+ member. And further to that a vet. I was invited to play ESO when it was just a beta and I've been here ever since.

However, as for the countdown thing it wasn't counting down on Stone Shank Frame. I saw the countdown someware else. Actually I cant even remember exactly where it was. As I haven't been able to find it since. But it definately now shows that I have all 5 leads. But I can't take it the next step until I've leveled up.

Cheers Mike

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 13

allochthons

"I've leveled antiquities on numerous toons (like 15+)"

I can't see me doing that. As much as I like the game, I still have a real life I'd like to hang onto. I play ESO to relieve the tension and stress of my day job. I work from home, and I only see my wife when she gets home from work in the evening. I'm an artist in every form, material and style. One of my paintings took me 42hrs. Plus I make jewellery and do DIY, when I can find the time to fit it in.

Mike

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 16

allochthons

You said you have two other rings...

Pale Order & Wild Hunt.

Did you have to get leads and do the skrying to get them as well?

Mike

JanTanhide · July 16

Check the merchant Filer Ool in Infinite Archive. It carries two leads each week you can purchase. I do believe the reset day is Monday and then runs those two leads until the next reset the following Monday.

I've gotten quite a few leads I didn't have from that Merchant. Good Luck!

mikeb16_ESO41 · July 20

Hi guys, thanks for all your information and assistance...

allochthons said..."It wasn't fun"

I said..."You make it sound like torture!" Well, for me, it is TORTURE!

After spending ages and ages looking and listening for a heap of earth, with rising sparkles. And when I do find it either I run out of time, or get unfairly attacked by monsters in the middle of skrying. They make me lose the sparkling mound I took so long to find. And now I'm back to square one again looking for another mound. And when I eventually find it I can't skry for any of the 'ring leads'. Why? Because I've already tried before and run out of time??

I now have less than 10 days left on my countdown. And the question that I ask myself is...why am I making myself jump through all these hoops? Do I really need this ring? The answer comes so much faster and easier than searching for a sparkling mound. Thanks, but no thanks.

I'm a long standing ESO+ member. I joined on Jan 8 2014 and to date through thick and thin, I have hung in here for 11 years. And the occassion was marked with a picture of an...

'Ancient Membership Cake' with one candle on it! I'd rather have got the Oakensoul Ring handed on a plate. :¬)

Mike

Its_MySniff · July 22

Are you using the antiquarian's eye? It makes finding the mounds so much faster.

freespirit · July 22

As mentioned above slot the antiquarians eye in your quickslots(it can be found in tools), then make it your active quickslot, press 'q' and you will see blue sparkles that point in the direction of the dig.

If you run out of time/break the dig then another dig will appear in the same area just use the eye again to find it. The new dig will be fully restored and as new, you should have no "time run out" issues. 🙂