How to get started??

Vedauwoo

Sorry for the noob questions, but i didn't see a "new player forum" or the like.....

So, I am just starting out....level 4 and level 8 chars...and I have been saving materials i find and deconstructing items for mats....but running out of bank space quick, and I don't seem to be able to make much of anything yet, so I cannot use up the materials.....how is this supposed to work? Am I looking in the wrong
places?

Big Question....how can i find more recipes? I have only one for a tea...yet, again, tons of mats to use up....can i learn by experimenting somehow?

Is there no "server market" for sales between players?? I see these "guild vendors" here and there but none ever have anything to purchase....

Please point me to a good guide, if there is one....'cause this all seems awfully muddled....much more so than even in Beta....

SpAEkus

Okay then,

First yes there are guides here, they just got buried when they revamped the forums.

Here's ZOS player guide:
forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/61503/the-elder-scrolls-online-new-player-guide#latest

Then of course you can search the Crafting forum itself for specific questions.

Then there are the fansite ESO Craft Guides that you can read through:

tamrielfoundry.com/crafting/

tamrieljournal.com/crafting-and-professions/

deltiasgaming.com/category/eso-guides/crafting-guide-for-elder-scrolls-online/


And specific reference data when you need to get the most out of your crafting efforts:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/138kYOCeuOSGEmU4WvSPzPVVqu1X11VXT_Wg8C4_7uLc/edit?pli=1#gid=0

tamrielfoundry.com/topic/crafting-profession-aid-work-in-process/

Your specific questions:

1) Recipes can be found in containers, or bought from players or bought from Guild Stores/Traders. Most containers are now "owned" and have to be stolen from that now involves penalties for stealing - see the guides on Legerdemain and the Justice System.

2) The "Server Market" is the system of Guild Stores/Traders, there is no central "Auction House" like in other games. The Guild Traders with usually guaranteed stock will be found in each of the large cities and towns and not out in the wild areas alone by themselves. Just keep going to different cities and you'll find a trader with what you need. If you join a trade guild then you get to buy and sell directly from the guild store using the Bank interface. The Guild Trader is simply the "public" access to a Guild Store.

Now on to one big tip I can offer.

Take each of those characters and go get ALL the skyshards for their alliance in EVERY 1-50 zone. Most of the skyshards (even several dungeon ones) are safe to just go get without any fighting at all. For the ones that you have to pass enemies to get to, you can even sneak-die-sneak as long as you have Soul gems to resurrect with and get to the skyshard.

Get the Luminary Teleporter addon, it allows you to teleport to any other guild member directly from your in-game map for free. Join all 5 guilds you can and you'll never get stuck fighting your way out of a bad situation.

Get the Skyshards addon that will put all the shards on your map for you. Or you can get Destinations or Undiscovered addons if you want even more markers. Use as many "spoilers" as you desire or limit for "thrill of discovery/surprise".

You can get 69 safe skyshards for 23 skill points in Daggerfall Covenant alliance, 54 for 18 in Aldmeri Dominion and 50 for 16 in Ebonheart Pact. Take all those skill points and use them for whatever Craft or fighting skills you want, easy head start without any other questing required.

Then apply the knowledge you get from any of the links I provided and come back to the forum for more specific questions later.

Rune_Relic

There wont be enough skyshards to max out every skill in every skill-line
There wont be enough bag or bank space for you to do all crafts at once without lots and lots of back and forth.
You can buy more but its very expensive especially when just starting out.

So you have to balance between which combat skills and which crafting skills and how much bag space you have for research.
Bag/bank space has always been an issue and always been a premium.

In zone chat you can use WTS or want to sell and link items.
You don't have to use the guildstore system and can sell direct to other players.
Right click on a players chat tag or the player themselves for options.
Right click on inventory gear for more options.

Tarukmockto

With regard to the Guild Vendors locations, there are 7 Guild Vendors at each of the Capital Cities of each Faction. This is the major city in the second zone of each faction. There are 5 Guild Vendors in the major city of the other 4 zones in each faction. That's a total of 27 Guild Vendors in each Faction that are fairly easy to get to.

In addition there are single Guild Vendors scattered about in smaller cities or even along the road in the middle of nowhere. These are probably not the most well stocked Guild Vendors, however they are prone to have some of the best "deals" on random items!

Nestor

Vedauwoo wrote: »

So, I am just starting out....level 4 and level 8 chars...and I have been saving materials i find and deconstructing items for mats....but running out of bank space quick, and I don't seem to be able to make much of anything yet, so I cannot use up the materials.....how is this supposed to work? Am I looking in the wrong
places?

Big Question....how can i find more recipes? I have only one for a tea...yet, again, tons of mats to use up....can i learn by experimenting somehow?

Until you are level 20 or so, and really, Level 30, your not going to have many skill points you can spare for a crafter. That's OK, for the first 30 levels, your going to use Dropped items for armor and weapons and things you find in the game.

However, you can start your crafting training right now.

1. Start researching traits on armor and weapons. You only need to know 2 to 3 traits to make some powerful armor, so get 2 or 3 traits learned on anything you would use before you start learning the 4 and more traits. This way you can get the research done in a couple of weeks.
2. Deconstruct anything your not researching or don't need to sell to pay for something else. Research Assistant Add on can help with this.
3. When you have a stack of mats, sell them, either at a Vendor or in a Guild Kiosk

Once you have some skill points to spend on the crafting skills, then you will have mats and traits researched and be ready to make some good gear by the time your character is in the 20's.

For Recipes, really, the Crafting writs are great. Nice thing, if you don't know the recipe, you can buy the product someone else already crafted at a guild kiosk (not the stock game items that are white, these are the Green items made by someone else) Please note, the game has a white Clarified Surille Wine that is not crafted, you would want the Green version of it that someone made, it will be cheaper anyway.

Anyway, you will get a recipe a day from writs. Or, buy the recipes in the guild stores, at your levels, never spend more than 27 to 50 gold on a recipe. There are many recipes that make the same effects, so no reason to buy a special one that does what you already know.

Same with Enchanting, if you loot a Glyph, and you can't use it, deconstruct it for experience. Save the Runes for making other Glyphs to get more experience if you have the space.

Most importantly, roll a Mule Character or 3 and use them to store excess stuff until you can afford the bag space to keep it all in the bank or on a character.

newtinmpls

If you do/are using "spare" or "mule" characters to store things, do take the time to give them a good appearance and name - you may end up playing them as characters later, no matter how unlikely that seems now.

Vedauwoo

SpAEkus wrote: »

Join all 5 guilds you can......

I may find this as I look through some of the guides you referenced,

But, how do you join a guild? Do i need an invite from a member or is there a NPC recruiter or something?

SpAEkus

Just ask in zone chat "looking for trade guild" or "looking for combat guild". If there are any members that see that and have openings they will answer back with an invite.

Some of the larger guilds are always full but when they have openings they will also offer them in zone chat.

Finally many guilds have webpages where you submit a request on-line and they then contact you in-game.

You can look through the Guild forum here on ESO to get started:

forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/categories/en-pc-mac-na

Nestor

Vedauwoo wrote: »

SpAEkus wrote: »

Join all 5 guilds you can......

I may find this as I look through some of the guides you referenced,

But, how do you join a guild? Do i need an invite from a member or is there a NPC recruiter or something?

The new guilds that are not established yet do more advertising in zone chat. The more established guilds you typically have to get an invite, simply because they tend to not advertise for members as much in the zone chat. We do have a Guild recruitment section of the boards and most of the more established guilds use that for recruitment.

All that being said, I can get you into Lone Wolf Help, a guild that exists to help players in the game who otherwise solo. We are a great crafting resource for help, making traited items for research, helping you with making crafted sets you may not have the traits researched for etc. We do run events that help people get achievements like for dungeons and dolmens.

forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/152562/lone-wolf-help-na-friendly-casual-cross-faction

If your interested, send me an email in the game to @Nestor