Crafting Material reset behavior

FancyTuna8

What are the different reset/respawn times for crafting materials in the world? I ask because a friend and I are looking for Jode runes, having a hard time finding them, and stuck on enchanting writs until we do. We tried waiting at blue rune spots last night, but they didn't respawn for a LONG time. Meanwhile, he is finding since upgrading alchemy by 1 skill point that ingredients he collects are respawning within only a few minutes. Are respawn rates of crafting items affected by your skill level? Do runes respawn at a slower rate than wood, ore, and alchemy materials? We just want to find 2 Jode runes, and while I'm usually patient, I have now gone about 10 days patiently collecting runes to no avail. Also, are all spawn points for runes going to always provide the same rune? As in, if I find a Jode spot, will it always be Jode? Or will it always be blue, but random based on the level of the area? Any help is appreciated. I've tried looking at guides, but they aren't providing what I'm trying to learn. Thank you.

Nestor

Relog and the nodes will respawn faster. They should respawn upon log in. However it is about 20 minutes typically for a node to respawn, but the rates do vary. Some respawn quite quickly, some take much longer. There is a node in a zone that is always Aspects, and respawns in about 3 minutes. No, I am not telling you where it is.

Also, the Enchanting Writs are tricky as, at the lower levels anyway, there are two Potency Runes, the game will ask for one, and then want you to make something with the other one, the lower level one typically. Oh, your going to need a Jode for every writ you do at level one, as that will be the potency used in the Glyphs they ask for. So, buy a 10 stack.

I personally buy potencies as I go along just for writs. If they are cheap in the guild stores, I buy them. You should also be able to buy the complete Glyphs as long as they were crafted by somebody. The game should accept those as they accept crafted foods no matter who makes them.

Nestor

Also, this guide will help you in farming other runes, for the levels they work at, find mobs at those levels, and you will find those level of potencies in the nodes

http://tamrieljournal.com/crafting-and-professions/enchanting/

In other words to find Jeras, you have to be at the middle/north end of Auridon where the L10 and greater mobs are.

If your on the PC, NA server, send me an email and I can help you out with the runes.

FancyTuna8

Thank you for the help Nestor. I'm kind of into finding/making the stuff on my own, so I'll just keep looking for blue runes in level 1-10 area. I don't suppose anyone has made a map of Rune spawn sites available online? I hate using that stuff normally, but I really wanted to do the enchanting writs and crafting. I'm no xbox, so an add-on wouldn't help.

Nestor

Most of the maps are screen shots from the Harvest Map Addon, like these

https://www.google.com/search?q=ESO+harvest+node+locations&biw=1366&bih=641&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=4GmUVaatPILYoASIhYHIBQ&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

I just look for Runes at night as they are easier to see. Just remember resource harvesting is difficult in the first zone or two as every one is broke so they are farming. Once you get into the 3rd zone, then people start having gold to buy stuff so less are farming.

helediron

The spawning rate is not straight-forward and somewhat random. It depends on you and other players. In early areas with lots of players running around, respawning can be few minutes. In areas where you are alone it can be 10-15 minutes. Relogging does not change resource node spawning in open world (it does in instances and buildings for containers).

Runes spawn randomly. If you find one rune and return back later, the rune is usually different. Invest at least one skill point to keen eye passive. Almost every profession has it for their resources. That helps you to see the nodes. When searching them, make a farming route and run it few times. If you have to wait them, extend your route until you naturally arrive back after spawn. The farming routes also help to memorize the node locations.

FancyTuna8

Appreciate the help. A lot of those suggestions I am already doing, such as focusing on runes at night and farming runs, but I am getting frustrated because everywhere I vaguely remembered getting blue runes, I'm not finding them. For the last 3 days, I have been getting suspicious that beginning players were foraging runes above all other crafting items. I can find treasure chest after treasure chest, as well as wood, ore, alchemy stuff, but runes in Glenumbra right now are almost impossible for me to find. going back to the beginner's island and orc's island.

FancyTuna8

This is an update for other players who might be having problems finding runes like I did to start the enchanting writs/crafting. Go to your starter/tutorial island--it is filled with runes, especially the low-level ones you need at the beginning, and they spawn very fast. Just run around the areas outside of whatever town that is, and you should start finding tons of runes that can make a couple of good farming circles you can run. It was incredible how many more runes there were in that area.