Odd (and very irritating) crafting bug

Lord_Kreegan

I decided to upgrade the heavy armor on one of my alts before he left Rivenspire for the next zone and stopped in at one of the specialty crafting areas. I made a new cuirass and did an improvement on it, and then noticed something strange.

I'd set it up to be a level 32 chest piece with one of the perks; when I looked at it in my inventory after improving it, I found it was only a level 26 item.

I presumed I'd accidently tweaked one of the buttons and reset the level, so I stepped back through the process to make another level 32 cuirass. As soon as I pressed "R" to build the item, the level dropped from 32 to 26.

Thinking it might be a bugged crafting station, I headed down to Shornhelm to use a regular station. Same problem. It didn't matter what style of armor I used or what perks I placed on it, the level changed each time just as I pressed "R".

Since the character is a Templar, I then tested the woodworking station. Same problem.

So, apparently I can't build myself any new on-level armor or weapons... at least not until I upgrade blacksmithing to the next level of resources... which is going to be difficult if I can't make any armor right now.

I /bugged it, but I don't expect ZOS to fix it anytime soon. They'll either deny it's happening or ignore it like so many other bugs, but this just kills a big part of the game for me.

I'm getting really, really tired of these sorts of bugs in the game.

Korah_Eaglecry

I was having this issue the other day. I was trying to craft VR2 Calcinium and it kept turning out as VR1. I had to wast my time deconstructing more items then what I intended on using.

I thought I was accidently doing it myself but it kept happening.

whiteshadow711jppreub18_ESO

It must have been the last small patch that was put through that is now causing the problem, as before that the crafting was working normally..

Ommamar

That is interesting...just made some medium for my NB I noticed that each time I cycled through a new style it would change back to the base level same with traits. So once I got it set with the style and trait I changed to the level I wanted this seemed to work fine. It was low level stuff so maybe it is the higher level that is bugged? Anyway I hope you reported it.

ashlee17

I've noticed this one too- it's very frustrating. Thanks for bringing it to the attention of zos. Hope the fix it soon

Zershar_Vemod

I've started having this issue too.

Runhent

Noticed the same bug too. I'm using MultiCraft addon, and I thought it's broken - but this bug continues to appear after addon disabling

Lynx7386

Ever since that last patch, crafting settings reset every time you change anything. It's very annoying.

But I guess they cant fix anything without breaking something else in its place.

murmur

If you set level of item last, you get right level item. Every change in trait or style currently changes level back to min level for that material.

Magdalina

Ommamar wrote: »

That is interesting...just made some medium for my NB I noticed that each time I cycled through a new style it would change back to the base level same with traits. So once I got it set with the style and trait I changed to the level I wanted this seemed to work fine. It was low level stuff so maybe it is the higher level that is bugged? Anyway I hope you reported it.

Same. I can craft at any(well, I was crafting vet 9+) level stuff just fine, but once I craft one(which comes out as intended) the station resets level to lowest possible, vet 9 for tier 9 mats, while keeping style and trait. That didn't use to happen.

Cuyler

Ommamar wrote: »

That is interesting...just made some medium for my NB I noticed that each time I cycled through a new style it would change back to the base level same with traits. So once I got it set with the style and trait I changed to the level I wanted this seemed to work fine. It was low level stuff so maybe it is the higher level that is bugged? Anyway I hope you reported it.

Yes same here. It's just visual for me however. I was able to craft the lvl I wanted, but immediately after crafting, the armor "glowed" with the wrong lvl. Then going into my inventory it was correct. This is not how it used to be pre1.5.8, definitely a bug.

So you know you should drop a @ZOS, so it links to someone and they actually see this

Darkrogue671

Is anyone getting a bug where if you go to one crafting station, then to another one, you will get an error message and all of the items listed will be the previous station you visited?

For instance, I went to Hunding's Rage and checked it out. Then I went to Vampire's Kiss, got the error message, then everything at each station was listed as Hunding's Rage. The only way I could fix it was to relog.

I've talked to one other person that this has happened to them, but no one else since. The funny thing is that I did a repair recently and it seems to have stopped, but I would imagine it would happen again. Just wondering if this is a localized problem or if it's more of a global issue.

Lynx7386

Darkrogue671 wrote: »

Is anyone getting a bug where if you go to one crafting station, then to another one, you will get an error message and all of the items listed will be the previous station you visited?

For instance, I went to Hunding's Rage and checked it out. Then I went to Vampire's Kiss, got the error message, then everything at each station was listed as Hunding's Rage. The only way I could fix it was to relog.

I've talked to one other person that this has happened to them, but no one else since. The funny thing is that I did a repair recently and it seems to have stopped, but I would imagine it would happen again. Just wondering if this is a localized problem or if it's more of a global issue.

Whenever something weird with the UI like that happens, just type /reloadui
It will reset everything without having to log out and back in.

Mettaricana

i been wasting mats left and right trying to craft stuff and this bug swaps without notice sometimes

daemonios

I've been crafting today and I noticed that the item level (number of ingots) resets whenever you (i) change the style, (ii) change the trait, (iii) change the type of item, or (iv) finish crafting an item.

I was extra careful because some time last week I wasted some materials due to this issue, but someone who's doing it by muscle memory may stand to waste a lot of mats (especially improvement mats, if they don't notice until after they improve the items).

Needs fixing ASAP.

ZOS_TristanK

Hey, folks. We're working on a fix for this crafting bug. Thanks for the reports!

negbert

I /bug ed this yesterday as it was driving me mad whilst I was trying to craft a full set of armor. I wasted a few mats on the first piece before I noticed what had happened.

Zershar_Vemod

ZOS_TristanK wrote: »

Hey, folks. We're working on a fix for this crafting bug. Thanks for the reports!

Good to hear.

Was annoying to craft a new set of gear, and then open my inventory to see the set I made was 3 VR below what was supposed to be crafted.

Elder_III

Same issue here, definitely a nuisance if crafting in bulk for someone.

Coatmagic

I actually saw the (level) number change while i was deciding what trait to put on the item i was making >.<

Lord_Kreegan

Darkrogue671 wrote: »

Is anyone getting a bug where if you go to one crafting station, then to another one, you will get an error message and all of the items listed will be the previous station you visited?

I've had that happen once or twice, but figured it was just some sort of cache that wasn't getting cleared out. I didn't have to relog to fix it, though.

Lord_Kreegan

Cuyler wrote: »

Ommamar wrote: »

That is interesting...just made some medium for my NB I noticed that each time I cycled through a new style it would change back to the base level same with traits. So once I got it set with the style and trait I changed to the level I wanted this seemed to work fine. It was low level stuff so maybe it is the higher level that is bugged? Anyway I hope you reported it.

Yes same here. It's just visual for me however. I was able to craft the lvl I wanted, but immediately after crafting, the armor "glowed" with the wrong lvl. Then going into my inventory it was correct. This is not how it used to be pre1.5.8, definitely a bug.

So you know you should drop a @ZOS, so it links to someone and they actually see this

In my inventory, it is the wrong level. I have, however, previously seen where the glowing dialog said one thing and the inventory item was different like you suggest, but the current problem isn't doing that.

Lord_Kreegan

reapersloveb16_ESO wrote: »

I actually saw the (level) number change while i was deciding what trait to put on the item i was making >.<

Saw that happen, too... before I even pushed another button on the GUI. I presumed my mouse had a latent event, but maybe not.

Moonshadow66

Cuyler wrote: »

Ommamar wrote: »

That is interesting...just made some medium for my NB I noticed that each time I cycled through a new style it would change back to the base level same with traits. So once I got it set with the style and trait I changed to the level I wanted this seemed to work fine. It was low level stuff so maybe it is the higher level that is bugged? Anyway I hope you reported it.

Yes same here. It's just visual for me however. I was able to craft the lvl I wanted, but immediately after crafting, the armor "glowed" with the wrong lvl. Then going into my inventory it was correct. This is not how it used to be pre1.5.8, definitely a bug.

So you know you should drop a @ZOS, so it links to someone and they actually see this

Same happened on my end. But first I did not check the inventory after trying it several times. Then a friend joined me to check the station(s), she had the same bug like I had where after crafting an item, the level changes to the lowest for each material, but she saw in her inventory that the items DO have the correct level, though. My own items were ok, too.

The odd thing was, as soon as she entered the station I was in (the Magnus' Gift station in Rivenspire), her chat suddenly went to the middle of the screen, just like that.
The crafting stations are cursed, cursed, I tell you.. lol

Moonshadow66

I'm just wondering why this bug shows up just now, there was no update or anything else lately that changes anything in the game. My friend and I saw it about 3 days ago although we're crafting items pretty often.

Heishi

Raygee wrote: »

I'm just wondering why this bug shows up just now, there was no update or anything else lately that changes anything in the game. My friend and I saw it about 3 days ago although we're crafting items pretty often.

This is about when I started noticing it as well

Wizzo91

I've also noticted something similiar, but for me the level only dropped when I changed something like trait, style before crafting it.

Robbmrp

The bug actually resets the item level for any change you make to any of the selections. If you change the item, style or trait the level of the item drops down to the lowest level in the material that your using. It's a pain especially when your making more than one item. Hopefully they can get it fixed soon!

SteveCampsOut

This in effect, breaks the MultiCraft addon for Blacksmith, Woodwork and Clothing.