Reached level 50 in crafting - now what?

mjonis · July 2018

I've gotten to level 50 for Clothier, Blacksmithing, and Woodcrafting.
Now what?
LOL

I see that other than deconstructing for the mats, there's not much point (makes sense I guess).
But should I keep it at 1 skill point for the writs since it'll use low-level mats?

I thought I read somewhere that higher level writs weren't really worth it?

New to ESO, so sorry for the stupid questions. I just don't want to waste skill points if there's not much of a return.

SilverWF · July 2018

Now learn traits.
Then motiffs
Then just do daily writs
And that's all and crafting is fine atm (over Jewelry one) and no need changes here.

davey1107 · July 2018

It’s not a stupid question. Reasons to push crafting forward:

- You want to craft your own gear, especially things like gold c160 gear.

- you want to improve your own gear.

- you want hirelings to bring in mats you don’t need to farm.

- you want the income from daily writs.

Daily writs are a way for players to earn a daily income even if they can’t play a lot during the week. The writs are all going to pay ~$660 gold per drop, plus a sack of mats. The mats actually provide more value than the gold itself. Mats are pretty easy to quickly sell off. The drop rate on, say, Smith, wood or cloth for gold tempers is maybe 1 in 3, meaning most days a character does writs they’ll get a gold mat worth $5-$10k depending on type/server.

The highest tier writs tend to be the most profitable for a couple of reasons. One, the market is always floodedye with those mats, so if a player needs to spend to buy them it doesn’t dig as deep into the profits. (Except silk, which has been permanently ridiculously expensive on PS4). Two, the highest level writs drop master writs. If you want the vouchers for stuff, great, but if not these sell really well too.

Rogue_Ghost · July 2018

Wasn't sure where else to ask this question, and short of opening a new thread this looks like as good a place as any.

What's the best way to farm mats for legendary and superior gear sets - whether that be clothing, blacksmith, or carpentry? Is it strictly luck of the draw from deconstruction, or is there a way to acquire these mats specifically?

I am trying to top out the gear I have, both weapons and armor, and it just seems like getting the materials needed to do this is taking FOREVER! Clothing and Blacksmithing are both max level, with Carpentry about five levels away from maxing out as well. The main reason I even bothered to build up these lines is so that I could use them when I needed to. Now I have the skill, but the required materials seem to be so rare that they aren't doing me a damn bit of good.

JKorr · July 2018

Rogue_Ghost wrote: »

Wasn't sure where else to ask this question, and short of opening a new thread this looks like as good a place as any.

What's the best way to farm mats for legendary and superior gear sets - whether that be clothing, blacksmith, or carpentry? Is it strictly luck of the draw from deconstruction, or is there a way to acquire these mats specifically?

I am trying to top out the gear I have, both weapons and armor, and it just seems like getting the materials needed to do this is taking FOREVER! Clothing and Blacksmithing are both max level, with Carpentry about five levels away from maxing out as well. The main reason I even bothered to build up these lines is so that I could use them when I needed to. Now I have the skill, but the required materials seem to be so rare that they aren't doing me a damn bit of good.

The mats you find are 50/50 with your character's skill level and playing level. My maxed level/maxed skill crafters will only ever find rubedite/rubedo/ancestor level mats. A maxed level character I haven't maxed the crafting skills on will find 50/50 rubedite/rubedo/ancestor and iron/rawhide/jute.

You can get the tempers to improve gear to legendary/epic from refining raw mats, and its possible to get the gold mats from the lowest tier of mats.

Asardes · July 2018

Maximum tier gear writs (blacksmithing, woodworking, clothier) have about 30% to drop legendary tempers, while for lower ones that chance drops very fast; for tier 1 is probably ~1% or so. Unfortunately that rule doesn't seem to apply to jewelry crafting as legendary tempers (chromium grains) don't seem to drop from maximum tier either so IMO jewelry crafting, even if it's leveled to 50 is best left w/o points invested on chars other than your main crafter since tier 1 writs are also almost self sustaining as you receive intricate items and 5 pewter ounces each time you don't get a survey.

Also master writs drop exclussively from maximum tier crafting writs, the more traits you have researched and styles known on that character, the higher the chances to get one; other crafting achievements also count AFAIK. But jewelry crafting has the same problem - jewelry master writs have the same voucher value as those from other crafts, but 10x the upgrade cost, since those drop as grains, rather than platings. Even when prices will come down to the same level as other upgrades, the craft cost will still be ~10x higher. Yet another reason not to invest skill points or research traits in jewelry crafting on non-main crafters.

Merlin13KAGL · July 2018

Let the great motif hunt begin!

Repeat on 2nd (or more) character. Hireling mails add up in a hurry. You can also make on one character and decon on an alt for higher inspiration.
Learn the traits, do daily writs/master writs if you like.
Farm, farm, farm.
Offer your skills for hire, if you wish.

Sparr0w · July 2018

Rogue_Ghost wrote: »

Wasn't sure where else to ask this question, and short of opening a new thread this looks like as good a place as any.

What's the best way to farm mats for legendary and superior gear sets - whether that be clothing, blacksmith, or carpentry? Is it strictly luck of the draw from deconstruction, or is there a way to acquire these mats specifically?

I am trying to top out the gear I have, both weapons and armor, and it just seems like getting the materials needed to do this is taking FOREVER! Clothing and Blacksmithing are both max level, with Carpentry about five levels away from maxing out as well. The main reason I even bothered to build up these lines is so that I could use them when I needed to. Now I have the skill, but the required materials seem to be so rare that they aren't doing me a damn bit of good.

You can find these out in the world... e.g. you see a log on the floor you can collect it & get unrefined wood. Then you refine this and get refined wood & occasionally tempers.

Inhuman003 · July 2018

it's not reaching level 50 that kills me it's the farming.

JKorr · July 2018

Inhuman003 wrote: »

it's not reaching level 50 that kills me it's the farming.

Want to find mats? Get on your mount. Every 6 steps you'll see something to pick up that you have to dismount for. :P