You only need to know 6 traits on pieces you will use to make the most used and powerful sets. Focusing on those alone, you can be there in less than 2 months. Then you can spend the next year after that getting to 9 traits on everything.

As for my journey, it was about 18 months, no panzy research scrolls, I did it the manly man way, click and wait.

As to what a Master Crafter means, all ceafting skills maxed, almost all crafting skills assigned skill points and all the achievements for crafting earned. I would normally add in all motifs known, but we have so many of those now and more being added that just are a true grind to get, or just cost cash, that I have dropped Motifs from my requirements

started mid 2016,finish all traits May 2017,had all available slots researching and spent a lot of money
buying gear (Nirnroot mostly) needed for research
after i learned all motifs (bought a lot of them also) i know all ingame motifs so far
now im researching my last jewelry trait-will finish in 20 days,without ever buy a research scroll

if you plan ahead,you will need aprox 9-10 months without spending any money at CS

Slow.

Honestly the development of my main crafter is the thing in the game I feel the greatest sense of accomplishment over. I have not used any crown store speed-ups, not for pride or any feeling it's cheating but just because I can't afford that, so it's taken me over a year to get him ALMOST done. He has just a handful of nirnhoned traits to unlock now before he's complete. It's been so slow and I could kick myself for all the time I wasted in my first few months NOT RESEARCHING (he is not my main character so I suppose I can excuse myself a LITTLE). >_< It's been so expensive...getting Style Master broke my bank in horrifying ways. But I'm almost done and I'm really very tickled that soon I will be able to do just about any master writ I get my hands on, and be able to craft any set that any of my friends want or that I decide to experiment with, and can have gold equipment at a whim. WORTH IT ALL.

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Runs wrote: »

Taleof2Cities wrote: »

Starlock wrote: »

What does "master crafter" mean to you?

The game now has a standard: Grand Master Crafter title. Was happy to have that final jewelry trait researched a few weeks ago for the achievement.

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/407266/there-is-a-new-master-crafter-title

The title is bs...

You can totally cheese the games title and have it without being able to craft 9 trait sets, since the trait master and jewelry trait master requirements only requires learning the trait on 1 item not on all.

To me a Grand Master Crafter is someone who can make anything and everything. Personally I exclude furnishings in this but that's just because there are way too many.

Well if it’s BS, how are you doing with your Grand Master Harvester achievement?

Screenshot only, please.

That achievement is not needed for Grand Master Crafter. But I do have it, only crafting achievement I'm missing is the legendary jc upgrade one. Waiting for update 19 to do it. In Cyro now will edit in a screenshot when I'm back on main crafter.

-Edit to add-

In a word: "Diligence"

You have to be diligent at remembering to start your research to reduce the amount of idle time not learning that next trait. Diligent at farming resources, deconstructing gear, and finding those last few motif chapters (even more so on console without any type of trader search feature!).

And, you also have to be diligent at doing enough content to acquire the massive amount of skill points it takes to fully realize the crafting skills' potentials. My crafter is also my main PvE content character. I'm currently at 314 skill points (just respecced the other day and that was tedious), and even being able remove all the skill points from the blacksmithing/clothing/woodworking research passives, I still need multiple skill points to fully flesh out some of my secondary skill line passives (Dark Brotherhood, Thieves Guild, etc).

Regarding research scrolls. I have used them, and continue to use them for jewelry, but I have only ever purchased the ones from the writ voucher merchants with vouchers I have acquired doing master writs that I feel I have earned. No crown store cheese for me, thank you very much.

One of the achievements I feel proudest of working towards (which offers no actual in-game achievement) is the acquisition of all the provisioning recipes available in the game. I currently only need the two aetherial ambrosia recipes for my mission to be complete. When I found that last blue, level 25-29 recipe after months of searching traders it was such a relief. I don't know that I'll ever track down a mythic aetherial ambrosia, but I will be okay with that.

Motifs are an exercise in futility. Just when I acquire the final chapter of the most recently released batch, another update drops and 3-4 more are introduced - often sourced in content I don't regularly complete. I would probably cringe upon seeing the figure detailing how much gold I've spent on motif acquisition to this point.

For me, the best thing about being a master crafter is independence. If I want to make a new set of gear and gold it out, I just do it. No hunting around for someone in the guild, or spamming zone chat. I enjoy the freedom and convenience it provides.

Still not there, but then I'd like the requirements to be much higher.
- Motifs: Lacking one last page, waiting for a reasonable price
- traits: all
- food: lacking one (guess which one, that's the next big target...)
- jc: about 25 days to gofor necklace (plus 3 more traits on rings), gold ring: waiting for update; refusing to buy scrolls
- items, I'd say 50% plus, buying 1-3 every day

Honestly, a true master crafter is quite difficult to reach, you need tens of millions of gold, plus correct timing for crown store only motifs.

My top crafter is still on the journey. Motifs are acquired as needed for writs, and buying them is the second choice, but sometimes the only one. Traits are a click and wait thing for me, also. I haven't yet used any scrolls, although that could happen for a second crafter, because we've already had the "full experience".

I'm a bit annoyed that there isn't a lesser title for no-DLC completion. I.e. learn all non-DLC motifs, max all crafts except jewelry, and so on.

Having played other MMOs like Ultima Online, I knew the value of having a master crafter on day one of ESO. And that's when I started my crafter, with my first character. It took about 6 months or so to learn all the traits and I picked up or farmed all the motifs along the way. It takes about 2 to 3 weeks to get all of the crafting skills except enchanting up to level 50. Enchanting was the worst, it probably took 4 or 5 months for that, back when the game first started. I hear you can do enchanting a bit faster now. The jewelry skill took less then a week to get to level 50 and about 3 months to learn all the traits.

The main benefit of having a crafter is not so much the money you can make selling stuff, (although you can make money from it). It's the gold you can save by making your own armor, weapons, furniture, upgrades, etc.