Statistics on Crafting Material and Improvement Mats from Refinement

goatlyonesub17_ESO · December 2021

I recently completed a 10-day binge of harvesting crafting nodes on Stros M'kai. Where there is considerable competition from other harvesters, I may add.

Here's what I ended up with.

Rubedite Ore: 52357, 63.6% of the ores
Platinum Dust: 30025, 36.4% of the ores
Ancestor Silk: 3210
Rubedo Scraps: 2059, mostly from wolves
Rough Ruby Ash: 9314
Kuta Runestones: 45
And some unknown number of Beetle Scuttles.

While refining the rubedite ore, this is what I got.

Tempering Alloy: 56+66+62+63+56+12 = 315
Ratio ore/TA: 166.2

Grain Solvent: 97+77+84+70+74+20 = 422
Ratio ore/GS: 124.1

Dwarven Oil: 159+148+141+133+164+32 = 777
Ratio ore/DO: 67.4

Honing Stone: 177+164+164+168+163+39 = 875
Ratio ore/HS: 59.8

Rubedite Ingot: 8.5K+8.5K+8.5K+8.5K+8.5K+2K = 44.5K
Ratio Ore/Ingot: 0.85

When refining the platinum dusts, this is what I got.

Cromium Grains: 62+59+56 = 177
Ratio PD/CG: 162.6

Zircon Grains: 250
Iridium Grains: 430
Terne Grains: 510
Pulverized Cobalt: 100
Pulverized Titanium: 105
Pulverized Zinc: 110
Pulverized Antimony: 120
Pulverized Aurbic Amber: 12

When refining the ancestor silk and the rubedo scraps, this is what I got.

Dreugh Wax: 17+9 = 26
Ratio (raw stuff)/(dreugh wax) = 202.7

Elegant Lining: 30+17 = 47
Ratio (raw stuff)/(elegant lining) = 112.1

When refining the rough ruby ash, this is what I got

Rosin: 53
Ratio (raw stuff)/rosin = 175.7

Mastic: 65
Ratio (raw stuff)/mastic = 143.3

Turpen: 125
Ratio (raw stuff)/turpen = 57.8

Pitch: 170
Ratio (raw stuff)/pitch = 54.8

Sanded Ruby Ash: 7.9K
Ratio (raw stuff)/(sanded ruby ash) = 0.85

I also found two aetherial dusts and one psyjik ambrosia during this 10-day harvesting session.

goatlyonesub17_ESO · February 2022

I did it again: went farming until I'd harvested 30k platinum dusts. Here are the refining statistics.

Rubedite Ore: 50247
Rough Ruby Ash: 9837
Raw Ancestor Silk: 5371
Rubedo Hide Scraps: 2705
Platinum Dust: 30065

Rubedite Ingot: 42659 84.910%
Honing Stone: 168+156+181+175+157+3=840 (ratio 59.8)
Dwarven Oil: 146+142+155+146+153+6=748 (ratio 67.2)
Grain Solvent: 93+82+95+80+92+1=443 (ratio 113.4)
Tempering Alloy: 51+62+63+54+64+1=295 (ratio 170.3)

Sanded Ruby Ash: 8365 85.036%
Pitch: (850) 164 (ratio 59.9)
Turpen: (1444) 131 (ratio 75.0)
Mastic: (333) 77 (ratio 127.7)
Rosin: (97) 55 (ratio 178.7)

Ancestor Silk: (44263) 4595 85.568%
Rubedo Leather: (17107) 2324 85.915%
Hemming: (2580) 88+43=131 (ratio 61.6)
Embroidery: (1329) 75+34=109 (ratio 74.0)
Elegant Lining: (629) 52+28=80 (ratio 100.9)
Dreugh Wax: (21) 41+12=53 (ratio 152.3)

Platinum Ounce: (168302) 25635 85.279%
Terne grains: (7) 181+149+185+1=515 (ratio 58.4)
Iridium grains: (4) 133+157+133+1=424 (ratio 70.9)
Zircon grains: (3) 95+79+79+0=253 (ratio 118.8)
Chromium grains: (7) 54+70+55+1=180 (ratio 167.0)

Summary
Green improvement mats occur at the rate of 1 per 60 raw mats refined.
Blue improvement mats occur at the rate of 1 per 72 raw mats refined.
Purple improvement mats occur at the rate of 1 per 115 raw mats refined.
Gold improvement mats occur at the rate of 1 per 167 raw mats refined.

Thus, the scarcity value of the mats approximately follows this ratio:
green 5
blue 6
purple 10
gold 14

tmbrinks · February 2022

Always nice to see confirmation from another source

Here's my data!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1yQDUjYNQVsIFl0ktkbkSlfYPkzP6pgCOTMQ-qCuzfaI/edit#gid=1892397659

goatlyonesub17_ESO · February 2022

Nice work. Your sample size is considerably larger than mine. I must have been lucky with the gold mats, since I've been getting a ratio of 1:167, whereas you've gotten a ratio of 1:177.

Obsidian3 · March 2022

Thanks for posting, going to have to go through this data when I get home. So far, whether I have MD slotted or not, I am not noticing much a difference in Gold Mats.

katanagirl1 · March 2022

Obsidian3 wrote: »

Thanks for posting, going to have to go through this data when I get home. So far, whether I have MD slotted or not, I am not noticing much a difference in Gold Mats.

If by MD you mean Meticulous Disassembly, I think that only applies to deconning gear, not refining.

tmbrinks · March 2022

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Obsidian3 wrote: »

Thanks for posting, going to have to go through this data when I get home. So far, whether I have MD slotted or not, I am not noticing much a difference in Gold Mats.

If by MD you mean Meticulous Disassembly, I think that only applies to deconning gear, not refining.

It absolutely applies to refining. 100% tested and confirmed. Data in the link I provided above.

katanagirl1 · March 2022

tmbrinks wrote: »

katanagirl1 wrote: »

Obsidian3 wrote: »

Thanks for posting, going to have to go through this data when I get home. So far, whether I have MD slotted or not, I am not noticing much a difference in Gold Mats.

If by MD you mean Meticulous Disassembly, I think that only applies to deconning gear, not refining.

It absolutely applies to refining. 100% tested and confirmed. Data in the link I provided above.

OK cool, I didn’t know that. Or maybe I did and forgot, hard to say nowadays, lol.

Fizzyapple · April 2022

This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing this

I love love me some data.

I have found over 1000 lead based motifs with interesting numbers on drop rates of different pieces etc do you all feel its worth me sharing?

A different type of farming but farming none the less.

goatlyonesub17_ESO · April 2022

If you are in a good ore-harvesting area, are champion level, have blacksmithing maxed 50, have plentiful harvest and expert harvester in your crafting CP bar, are wearing a very speedy set of apparel, and no competition for the ore nodes, then you can probably get 12 platinum dusts per minute.

Improving three jewelry pieces to legendary requires 12 chromium platings.
12 chromium platings requires 120 chromium grains.
120 chromium grains can usually be gotten from refining 24000 platinum dusts
Getting 24000 platinum dusts from harvesting takes 2000 minutes, or 33 hours and 20 minutes, of constant playing time under ideal circumstances

Coming at it another way, you will probably harvest one ore node (either rubedite or platinum) every 10 seconds.
You will average 2 platinum dusts per node.
Every minute, you'll get 12 platinum dusts...
...you know how it goes from here.

MidniteOwl1913 · May 2022

goatlyonesub17_ESO wrote: »

If you are in a good ore-harvesting area, are champion level, have blacksmithing maxed 50, have plentiful harvest and expert harvester in your crafting CP bar, are wearing a very speedy set of apparel, and no competition for the ore nodes, then you can probably get 12 platinum dusts per minute.

Improving three jewelry pieces to legendary requires 12 chromium platings.
12 chromium platings requires 120 chromium grains.
120 chromium grains can usually be gotten from refining 24000 platinum dusts
Getting 24000 platinum dusts from harvesting takes 2000 minutes, or 33 hours and 20 minutes, of constant playing time under ideal circumstances

Coming at it another way, you will probably harvest one ore node (either rubedite or platinum) every 10 seconds.
You will average 2 platinum dusts per node.
Every minute, you'll get 12 platinum dusts...
...you know how it goes from here.

So all those farming bots are really making *a lot of* plating... Dang!

mercyormisery · June 2022

I'm still kind of new to harvesting; do you have all the crafting lines maxed?