Elusive recipes.

SedoUmbra

Hi. I have recently taken up Provisioning. At the start when I wasn't interested I took a Provisioning Writ anyway. I need to make a Four-Eye Grog and a Banana Surprise. I found the Four-Eye Grog recipe easily but cannot find the Banana Surprise recipe anywhere. I am on PS4 EU Aldmeri Dominion. I search the starting ship, the 2 warehouses and the Bank every hour or two to search for recipes and ingredients. I got the writ at level 6 and my Provisioning was level 2 so I imagined the recipes should be easy to find. I now have 63 Recipes and no Banana Surprise. I also looked in Guild Traders for it and no one seems to be selling it. Any help?


My friend also wants me to get the Fish Sticks Recipe but no sign of it either.

Thanks.

BenevolentBowd

I have found that I often see the writ recipes as writ rewards which is ironic in my opinion. Other locations where the recipes can be found are in desks, cabinets, backpacks, and the occasional humanoid mob. Beware that in civilized areas, looting containers will be considered stealing (warning will open when you open container) and draw the unwanted attention of the local guards.

Keep checking the guild traders, it may take some time but eventually the recipes show up.

An alternative to completing the writ is to have a friend with the recipe make you some. You do not have make the item yourself as the writ centres will accept the crafted version of the item requested. It is possible to find non-craft versions of the writ items but they will be of white quality and not the crafted green.

Good Luck and happy crafting.

SedoUmbra

BowD wrote: »

I have found that I often see the writ recipes as writ rewards which is ironic in my opinion. Other locations where the recipes can be found are in desks, cabinets, backpacks, and the occasional humanoid mob. Beware that in civilized areas, looting containers will be considered stealing (warning will open when you open container) and draw the unwanted attention of the local guards.

Keep checking the guild traders, it may take some time but eventually the recipes show up.

An alternative to completing the writ is to have a friend with the recipe make you some. You do not have make the item yourself as the writ centres will accept the crafted version of the item requested. It is possible to find non-craft versions of the writ items but they will be of white quality and not the crafted green.

Good Luck and happy crafting.

The problem with getting a friend to do it is that I am the only Provisioner in the group. Guess I'll just have to keep doing what I'm doing. Thanks anyway.

FancyTuna8

Have you asked any of the sailor NPC's to give you their Banana Surprise?

Serious answer: you can abandon the quest and see what you get the next day--it will be a rotation of 3 sets of recipes, so you should have a 2/3 chance of not getting the troublesome one. I feel for you--I am still unable to locate a Golden Lager. The guild traders can help, though--I got Carrot Soup that way.

SedoUmbra

FancyTuna8 wrote: »

Have you asked any of the sailor NPC's to give you their Banana Surprise?

Serious answer: you can abandon the quest and see what you get the next day--it will be a rotation of 3 sets of recipes, so you should have a 2/3 chance of not getting the troublesome one. I feel for you--I am still unable to locate a Golden Lager. The guild traders can help, though--I got Carrot Soup that way.

I was thinking about that but I picked up that writ when I was level 6 with level 2 Provisioning. I now am level 28 with 22 Provisioning. The Writ that I get if I abandon it will be much more difficult to fulfill.

failkiwib16_ESO

Guys, ask a good friend in the game that knows that recipe and can craft it for you if you provide the materials, or go around traders and buy the actual crafted food.

You don't have to know the recipe or craft the food yourself. It is only required that the food is crafted by someone.... so if you find the food anywhere, buy it and use it for writs :P

FancyTuna8

SedoUmbra wrote: »

I was thinking about that but I picked up that writ when I was level 6 with level 2 Provisioning. I now am level 28 with 22 Provisioning. The Writ that I get if I abandon it will be much more difficult to fulfill.

I just saw this a few days ago. Check out the chart from the link in this thread, and it should help you to know which recipes to collect for a particular writ level--once you have all 6 you need, just re-spec for that level (even if down) until you can get all 6 for a higher level.

http://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/196867/provisioning-writ-recipes-for-all-factions#latest

Bacon

The Fishy Stick recipe really does seem to be rare. I've looked in many guild stores and I look in every container I come across and have not been able to find it. I did find a stack of 26 fishy sticks someone crafted so I bought them. Turned 1 in for my writ and sold the others in my guild stores in stacks of 5. All 5 stacks sold out within a few hours so obviously many people are having difficulty finding them.