raw materials ? craftable?

naiky7

hi i ve been struggling with this for a while now. as i need to refine raw materials to unlock a white dye. but yet i dont have any. all i get is irons and regular stuff from destroying an armor , sword etc.

isnt there a way to get raw materials by melting iron lets say? or any other way?
any idea?

naiky7

also i had no luck so far finding a good guide how to unlock each dye.

Epona222

You collect raw materials from nodes in the world

Iron Ore comes from Iron Nodes, Jute from a plant, rawhide scraps from low level animals, etc.

Valrien

naiky7 wrote: »

hi i ve been struggling with this for a while now. as i need to refine raw materials to unlock a white dye. but yet i dont have any. all i get is irons and regular stuff from destroying an armor , sword etc.

isnt there a way to get raw materials by melting iron lets say? or any other way?
any idea?

raw materials are from the nodes of ore and plants and logs you see out in the wilderness. Get 10 of those, refine them, and you've just refined 10 raw materials.

Epona222

Here you go, have a look at this guide, it has a paragraph about raw materials with a picture of an iron ore node...

http://www.elderscrollsguides.com/blacksmithing/

Halke

When you are exploring the world from time to time you will see 'nodes'. These are intractable piles of rocks, plants, and runes things. If you use them your character will have a short animations (for example you pull out an axe when harvesting from fallen logs) and will get to loot the item. Doing so will give you the raw material from that nodes. Some things of note: When taking from plants do not just leave the worms, that prevents the node from re-spawning. You need ten of the raw material to be able to refine, however refining that stack of ten only has a chance to give you ten items of the normal material, sometimes it gives less, even to a master craftsman. Refining has a chance to give you tempers, tempers are nice, tempers are love. Good luck out there!

Nestor

naiky7 wrote: »

hi i ve been struggling with this for a while now. as i need to refine raw materials to unlock a white dye.

Let me get this out of the way first so you are not frustrated later on. You need 3,000 Refining Operations to unlock that dye. Meaning you have to refine 30,000 ores/raw woods/raw cloths/raw leathers. My master crafter who has refineed all Cloth, Wood and Leather is just in the low 2,000's and she is VR12 and has been active since release week. If she has also been doing the metals, then I would be real close to getting this achievement.

There are other dyes out there for White that are easier to get. Also, some of the Grays look white on certain armors. Note, the dyes will look different on each material and style you apply it to, so what looks grey on one, will be white on another and characol on something else. So, keep that in mind.

As for unlocking dyes, you do that with Achievements. Some are easy to get, some are hard, some just take lots of time. Look at the Undead Slayer for a White dye, that is doable in not too much time, if you can find enough ghosts (easier in AD than in other alliances)

naiky7

yeah finding them in the forrest or hitting a stone to grab a few raw materials i came along. i just thought it would be possible to get them from melting iron (the easier way)

@ Epona222 yeah i saw such guides. was talking about dye guides. how to unlock certain dyes. i saw some required to be level 50. disappointed me. black and white especially...

naiky7

Nestor wrote: »

Let me get this out of the way first so you are not frustrated later on. You need 3,000 Refining Operations to unlock that dye. Meaning you have to refine 30,000 ores/raw woods/raw cloths/raw leathers.

As for unlocking dyes, you do that with Achievements. Some are easy to get, some are hard, some just take lots of time. Look at the Undead Slayer for a White dye, that is doable in not too much time, if you can find enough ghosts (easier in AD than in other alliances)

wow... okay that is too much lol.

oh i did not know that. so the white dye i could get from that quest? i started in AD yeah. am lvl 12 at moment.
how about a good black dye as well? any good quest out there i could do right now?

Aett_Thorn

For dyes, there are usually a few that can be gotten easily just through playing the game, regardless of color. However, the more vivid colors tend to be rarer, and require you to complete various activities. I think that makes a lot of sense. Even me, who isn't an active achievement hunter, has access to a wide variety of colors to choose from just from normal play.

naiky7

Aett_Thorn wrote: »

For dyes, there are usually a few that can be gotten easily just through playing the game, regardless of color. However, the more vivid colors tend to be rarer, and require you to complete various activities. I think that makes a lot of sense. Even me, who isn't an active achievement hunter, has access to a wide variety of colors to choose from just from normal play.

yeah but somehow i have quite less avialable. only 1 uncommon blue from stealing stuff. the rest are just common and quite crappy looking, such as baby pink etc

Epona222

I quite like maormer eyes gray which is from kenarthis roost quest, that looks black on some gear

Epona222

Also a black and white dye from vampire skill line achievements

naiky7

where can i get the quest the Undead Slayer? google gave me only this http://www.esohead.com/achievements/42#/tab-comments

Xendyn

Here you go

tamrieljournal.com/eso-dye-guide-complete-list-dyes/

http://eso-fashion.com/dyes-by-achievement/

might give you some options there.

Epona222

Undead slayer not a quest, just kill undead mobs

Nestor

naiky7 wrote: »

@ Epona222 yeah i saw such guides. was talking about dye guides. how to unlock certain dyes. i saw some required to be level 50. disappointed me. black and white especially...

That is Level 50 in a Crafting Profession, for most of those. No dyes require you to be at character level 50 that I can think of. Although some of them you won't get until your in the Vet Ranks just because.

The Dye system came out after my characters were in the low VR Ranks but I am in now way an Achievement chaser. That being said, just playing the game will unlock a decent palette of dyes to use. A lot of the Armors don't really need a dye, so that is something to keep in mind too. Some armors just look better with dyes, so that is something else too.

naiky7

thanks,

is there any Auridon Master Explorer guide? where to find those caves?

AlnilamE

If you expand the achievement, it should give you the list of sub-achievements (Cave Delver and Path Finder for each zone). And if you go to those, it will have a list of the places you have to find.

If you look at your map, you can usually guess where there are things you haven't found yet based on the geography.

Getting a variety of dyes is a long-term commitment, but it should happen naturally if you are playing the game.

naiky7

AlnilamE wrote: »

If you expand the achievement, it should give you the list of sub-achievements (Cave Delver and Path Finder for each zone). And if you go to those, it will have a list of the places you have to find.

If you look at your map, you can usually guess where there are things you haven't found yet based on the geography.

Getting a variety of dyes is a long-term commitment, but it should happen naturally if you are playing the game.

somehow it does not show me any locations of those caves even when i expand it or click on that quest.

Epona222

It won't show you where the caves are, exploration is a major part of this game. If you want a map of auridon, Google ESO auridon map, there are plenty on the internet

Xendyn

naiky7 wrote: »

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AlnilamE wrote: »

If you expand the achievement, it should give you the list of sub-achievements (Cave Delver and Path Finder for each zone). And if you go to those, it will have a list of the places you have to find.

If you look at your map, you can usually guess where there are things you haven't found yet based on the geography.

Getting a variety of dyes is a long-term commitment, but it should happen naturally if you are playing the game.

somehow it does not show me any locations of those caves even when i expand it or click on that quest.

No it doesn't directly show you. Exploring is a big part of this game and you get xp for it, too. You can make some educated guesses based on terrain and clusters of buildings (darker brown spots) tho.

naiky7

hmm i m surprised there is no guide where those standart caves would ve marked on a map. i remember those when playing guild wars back than. surprised noone made such map with marked locations. the world is so huge i may end up looking forever lol. not even sure how those caves are supposed to look on the map

Epona222

Sorry if my last post sounded snarky I am sorry BTW... I am using this horrible tablet, typing takes forever and I don't know how to do links or smilies yet, so may come across as more terse than I intend to !

Epona222

If you are on PC, look on esoui for an add-on called destinations, that adds all sorts of markers to your in game map

Xendyn

naiky7 wrote: »

hmm i m surprised there is no guide where those standart caves would ve marked on a map. i remember those when playing guild wars back than. surprised noone made such map with marked locations. the world is so huge i may end up looking forever lol. not even sure how those caves are supposed to look on the map

Might be something for console peeps to make. PC users have addons (if you want to use them) that show locations.

Those caves are called Delves ingame and they are marked by a Torch icon. You'll see it on your compass when you get close enough to one. They also have Skyshards in them.

Aett_Thorn

There are maps online that you can find. Just google ESO zone maps, and you should find a few sites which have the delves on them.

Epona222

If you are in auridon, I think the lowest level delve is dels claim, a bit north of vukhels guard, hope that helps you to get started!

naiky7

yup found a few, thanx guys

http://guides.gamepressure.com/elderscrollsonline/guide.asp?ID=24697